To those of you who want "Hillary-bashers" to STFU [View All]

Has any of it sunk in yet? Whether I love Hillary or you love Hillary, or we all love/hate Hillary...the FACT is -- and I emphasize that word FACT -- Hillary Clinton is so polarizing that she even handily splits our own party. Now, you can try to shout down the Hillary detractors here on DU, but what the hell are we going to do in 2008 when there is a national election? If a considerable, measurable portion of our own party doesn't like her, what on earth is to be gained by ramming her through and forcing everyone to accept her as the nominee? Especially now, in what will be arguably the most important election in our nation's history?

We already know that only the crunchiest of cons would give even a nano-second of consideration to a Hillary vote, so don't count on wooing too many republicans. And she's got her own party polarized. Maybe it's time to concede that now is just not Hillary's time.

She's still a relatively young woman, in Statesman Years. Maybe we need to allow some of the post-Clinton wounds to heal just a bit longer before we attempt to elevate her to the historic position of First Female U.S. President? Or are we somehow afraid the GOP will beat us to it with Condi, and in doing, shit on our party's long held rep on equal rights?

Seriously...if we cannot find more than a modicum of unified support for Hillary here in the über-Dem realms of DU, how the hell do we expect America in general to turn out to vote for her? That was the point of my earlier post, which caused so much consternation. Not that I wouldn't vote for her if she was the nominee, or that she is somehow a demon. My only point is/was the undeniable fact that she is simply too polarizing a figure to either unite the democrats or the country. Period. Deny it all you want, but you're just denying reality.

If you haven't asked yourself why the GOP has such a hard-on for Hillary to be our nominee, you're doing yourself and your party a disservice. THEY know that she'll split the dem ticket, and also help bring out the shallowest and lowest of the GOP -- those still obsessed with Clinton's dick -- to cast their votes for Anyone But Clinton. Please, stop taking crit of a Hillary candidacy so personally. I'm only addressing it from a marketing standpoint, after 25 years in the field, working with some of the nation's largest corporations...if it were my assignment to sell Hillary to America, I'd be very, very concerned. I'd probably advise my clients that maybe their product isn't properly refined enough yet to bring to market. Nothing personal, just doing the numbers.

It's not "bashing" to lay the cards on the table and face the cold hard truth.