Reply #24: I'll share with you something I wrote a couple of months ago on HuffPo [View All]

To all HRC supporters who feel driven away from ever supporting Obama due to the negativity of the anti-Hillary posts, I urge you to reconsider holding Obama responsible.

I've made somepretty scathing comments about HRC. I'm infuriated by her comments that she and McCain pass the CiC test and Obama has a speech. It's fine to criticize Obama, but not to denigrate him in comparison to McCain.

But I'm not a huge Obama fan -- he's my third choice this season, after my first 2 dropped out. Rather, I have been ABC (Anybody but Clinton) from the beginning.

I want a Democrat to win in the fall. I don't think there is any way HRC can win. She is toxic on the ballot, in my view. The HIllary Haters will flock to the polls to vote for McCain. I want her to bow out gracefully and unify the party so we can win.

I also want her to accept adult responsibility for failing to do the math and consequently running a lousy campaign. She ran as if this were a state by state winner-take-all contest, as it will be in the fall. She failed to try to increase her vote in states where she knew she was going to lose, instead just writing them off. The proportional apportionment of delegates made that a very foolish move. Obama has won huge blowouts, and even when he's lost, he's worked to keep the margin to a minimum.

While I want HRC to exit stage left, I respect and admire many people I know to be HRC supporters. Including my own congresswoman, Lynn Woolsey.

some additional comments:

people on Internet boards are a very, very small subset of Obama supporters. These boards always attract people who like to argue. Sometimes vehemently and nastily.

When Obama gets elected, I'm sure he'll have the good sense to listen to his constituents who are reasonable and civilized. :) And the well-behaved people will be the ones to become leaders of Obama activists who pressure the Democratic congress to enact the BEST reforms. Like single-payer health care, I hope.