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Edited on Wed May-21-08 04:19 AM by CreekDog
months ago, she hadn't heard of Mark Penn, now she speaks of how badly he hurt Hillary's campaign. she also said that she saw Terry McAuliffe on tv and has been incredulous, she said, "all he says are numbers and numbers but they don't add up..."
we both agreed that had Hillary run a better campaign, she would be the nominee now and probably president in 2009.
while i feel good as an Obama supporter that he is winning, i feel bad that in a somewhat close race, she has lost so embarassingly. a few point loss in delegates and (votes :hide:) is respectable enough, but to lose them while gaining scorn from so many in her party is an embarassment of special magnitude.
and much of he scorn against Hillary is not because she is a woman, but largely because of the spin her campaign has used that is so transparent as to be embarassing for even me to listen to (the numbers arguments, the states that count arguments, etc.). further i think her lack of hesitation to be the hatchet man against Obama (with negative attacks to his face no less) I think ultimately hurt her because in my case, I always recoil when one Democrat goes negative especially if the exchanges leave them both weaker in the aftermath.
so i'm not happy she lost. i feel like i'm watching somebody sacrifice the last bits of self respect and dignity in public life that they have. i'm left with the unhappy thought that she is either better than she is letting herself appear to be, or that she is just like she is appearing these days.
:cry: i'm serious and to hear the disappointment from family members who liked her so much and pulled for her, disappointment that she is losing yes, but that losing in the particular way she has been has altered some of their thoughts about her.
as for Bill Clinton, well, I can no longer watch one of my all time favorite movies, "Primary Colors" because it's too hard to watch in light of some cognitive dissonance i've had about the Clintons this past year.
just my two cents (i'll end it there) :hide:
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