Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Hang seperately

I went to Hillary's site last night , as she suggested, to offer my opinion. I said I would've voted for Bill again if he could've served a third term. I was always an admirer of both Clintons. But it's time to unify the party behind Obama. Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised, but reading the comments of her supporters was very unsettling- more inarticulate and deranged than the most heated American Idol discussions. Yes, this is a passionate election, but the threats to vote for McCain and never, ever "that Obama" were startling. I hope Hillary isn't listening to these messages- or proud of them. Perhaps this sort of "passion" isn't limited to just her and her website, but John McCain- sorry- you know better, and I hate to say this- but I'm not sure I "trust" all of the American people. After all, Bush got in twice. And there is a lot of sexism and racism, spoken and unspoken that are big factors here. It's frightening. I live in NY State. I'd be scared to leave- it's relatively sane here- but not everywhere. Even in my own circles, I detect these very sins, unspoken, and rationalized among some acquaintances. One more thing- how is it that so many people can't spell?

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