Im still waiting for Mr or Ms. Smith to come to Washington truly with change on their minds. Not change as a slogan used to rally a crowd, but change in his / her soul the kind of change which means damm the media or anyone who attempts to silence anyone for the fair expression of their thoughts, change which means doing what is right no matter what even if it would cost some power, some monied contributions, change which means we are forthright not purposely vague, not silent by a non vote, not sitting by observing or profiting from discrimination whether of race, gender, age or religion and insuring that the best ways are followed.

I dont see this in Mr Obama whose early writings indicated he was for real health care reform, not what he is now tauting as good policy, something less than genuine, something which insures a good segment of the populartion remains uninsured, something still completely governed by private corporations and subsidies which may end up less than what you think. I see a man who has often caved in and says he has not. I see a man who speaks of ethics yet has his own indiscretions which he claims was just a mistake. Well, a Constitutional lawyer with a well educated Princeton graduate for a wife doesnt see that having a local businessman buy property you want for your own home and offer it to you at 1/2 price as you are rising in local politics is wrong, is kidding himself and I would be a fool to buy into that. Even I yes educated myself though admittedly not in an IVY league insitution knows something about such an offer smells foul.

Ive heard about the Clinton ambitions and more. However, I have also seen Ms Clinton in New York. I have seen her change the minds of conservatives, I have seen her able to work with one who once sought her downfall (Mr Gingrich) and I have seen under Bill Clinton people move from poverty into the middle class. If that can happen in this day, a day when so much is wrong I would welcome it and her.

So I say sorry Mr Obama, but Im sticking with the woman. Chris Matthews and MSNBC be dammed for the woman seems the right gal for the job ahead.

For one, I think Hillary’s position was nuanced, correct, and tried to push the responsible action while dealing with 2 vain and erratic figures, Hussein and Bush, in a time of great concern over terrorism. But she’s gotten only grief for this, as if she actually said “let’s invade” instead of “let’s get the inspectors back in and pull the UN together”. Imagine if she had said “Hussein is absolutely no danger”. Would Republicans be crossing over to vote for her?

Second, this is overshadowing everything from Donnie McGurkin to Obama’s more limited health care to his global warming (“we’re going to get great thinkers together and study it” – heard that before?) to his attacks on Hillary from the right and his appeal to crossover McCain supporters for the primaries.

Thirdly, Hillary’s qualifications have been marginalized from day 1. All of her travel as First Lady, her child and women’s initiatives, became an outing with Sheryl Crowe and Sinbad. Her lawyer credentials and work on poverty and family issues are buried under “Rose Law Firm”. Her early experience with the Watergate Committee, Mondale Labor Board and Carter’s anti-poverty trust are simply ignored. She published papers (including with Harvard), worked Yale’s Review of Law and Social Action, did scholarly research, and taught law at a university -but this doesn’t seem to count as experience. She was involved in numerous campaigns and vote drives from the mid-60′s on, but it doesn’t count if it’s not South Side Chicago. Just as in 1992, she’s shoved into a dumb housewife role, nothing to do with Bill’s success, let all those menfolk talk about how smart they are and get back in the kitchen & fix Chelsea some cookies (as if not cooking is ever an option for a woman). And now at 60 they call Romney “young” and Hillary “old”. Guess she needs a better tanning salon to add to her day’s duties. Guess she should have run in 2004 as an inexperienced newbie Senator.

But it all comes down to that one vote, the one that so many Wise Men of Washington did the same way, the one the people of the US supported, the one that some wiseacre from the South Side didn’t have to make – he was simply backseat driving while she and others were at the wheel. But in politics, having the loudest most simplistic voice usually carries the day. “Change, Hope”, “Axis of Evil, Terruh, Uniter Not a Divider”. Too bad “Experience” doesn’t count.

Wendy has also been reading some invisible ink. Nowhere in the editorial do I talk about whom I will support once the Democratic candidate has been selected.

Surely in this day and age we shouldn’t be dealing with sexism and surely as her opponent and a Democrat, Barack Obama shouldn’t be using sexist memes against her.

More well thought out thinking and positions from you on why Hillary and not Obama. Thank you.

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