http://newwillard.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/why-hillary-clinton-can-count-on-not-getting-my-vote/ Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:21:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://newwillard.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/why-hillary-clinton-can-count-on-not-getting-my-vote/#comment-2 yal Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:56:19 +0000 http://newwillard.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-2 Hip, Hip, Hooray! Thank you for this focused and intelligent approach. Thank you for the link to the video, which I hadn't seen yet - yes, an eloquent example of the truth behind fear tactics. Thank you for your contribution to what I believe is the really important issue here (and to what I fear risks getting lost in the muddle of Hillary's "me-first, me-first" urge), i.e. the fact that we NEED to get beyond the fear tactics and the fear; we NEED for the rest of the world to see that we CAN, yes, we CAN, move on and away from the mindset that has informed American policy, domestic and foreign, for the past umpteen years. I would just like to point out that, despite the claims of the Clinton campaign in re the vote of women, I come from a family where there is an 85-year-old superstar grandmother who is FOR OBAMA, a 54-year-old superstar single mother and inspirational teacher who is FOR OBAMA, a 28-year-old daughter/niece/granddaughter who is living abroad in an attempt to improve life in one of the poorest countries in the world and who is FOR OBAMA, a 19-year-old daughter/niece/granddaughter who is a brilliant creative artist who is FOR OBAMA ... and where there is me, a 56-year-old teacher who is FOR OBAMA. (Oh, and our men are FOR OBAMA, too!) Hillary's "Not as far as I know" response to a query about Obama's religion put paid to her claims to honesty and decency, as far as I am concerned. I am now following Mr. Dean and the DNC very closely - their decisions will be telling, for the campaign, the elections and the future of our country. The brilliant Frank Rich, in today's NYT, made some excellent points - as have several other honest, coherent and eloquent political writers. But the most telling comment was in the accompanying cartoon ... Hillary and Barack pointing at each other; McCain with two raised thumbs. Heaven help us. But thank you for your contribution. I will be checking in regularly. Hip, Hip, Hooray! Thank you for this focused and intelligent approach. Thank you for the link to the video, which I hadn’t seen yet – yes, an eloquent example of the truth behind fear tactics. Thank you for your contribution to what I believe is the really important issue here (and to what I fear risks getting lost in the muddle of Hillary’s “me-first, me-first” urge), i.e. the fact that we NEED to get beyond the fear tactics and the fear; we NEED for the rest of the world to see that we CAN, yes, we CAN, move on and away from the mindset that has informed American policy, domestic and foreign, for the past umpteen years.
I would just like to point out that, despite the claims of the Clinton campaign in re the vote of women, I come from a family where there is an 85-year-old superstar grandmother who is FOR OBAMA, a 54-year-old superstar single mother and inspirational teacher who is FOR OBAMA, a 28-year-old daughter/niece/granddaughter who is living abroad in an attempt to improve life in one of the poorest countries in the world and who is FOR OBAMA, a 19-year-old daughter/niece/granddaughter who is a brilliant creative artist who is FOR OBAMA … and where there is me, a 56-year-old teacher who is FOR OBAMA. (Oh, and our men are FOR OBAMA, too!)
Hillary’s “Not as far as I know” response to a query about Obama’s religion put paid to her claims to honesty and decency, as far as I am concerned. I am now following Mr. Dean and the DNC very closely – their decisions will be telling, for the campaign, the elections and the future of our country. The brilliant Frank Rich, in today’s NYT, made some excellent points – as have several other honest, coherent and eloquent political writers. But the most telling comment was in the accompanying cartoon … Hillary and Barack pointing at each other; McCain with two raised thumbs.
Heaven help us.
But thank you for your contribution. I will be checking in regularly.

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