Why This "Hillary Holdout" Is Backing Barack

[Hope And Change]

Susie Tompkins Buell

Why This "Hillary Holdout" Is Backing Barack

Posted August 28, 2008 | 04:38 PM (EST)

On June 7th, my heart was broken. The candidate of my lifetime and my dear friend Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton suspended her historic Presidential campaign.

Over the past two months I have become the poster-child, in the press, for the so-called Hillary holdouts; Hillary Clinton supporters who were angry and frustrated with the way she was treated in the primary and post-primary and weren't ready for unity. I was frustrated at the incredible amount of misogyny in our political process and in our media. And I was embarrassed that my party, and its leadership, never came to her defense when she faced a barrage of attacks based on her gender.

I still bear some wounds, but I've thought long and hard about the issues I support and that I believe in and Hillary has led me to understand that Senator McCain supports little of what I champion.

The turning point for me was the Democratic Convention in Denver this week. I saw how Hillary was treated by the Obama campaign and his supporters and I saw how President Clinton was greeted as a hero in our party and our country.

This was not an easy decision, not because I dislike Senator Obama or think he's not a good public servant, but because I so strongly believed that Hillary was the stronger candidate.


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[Danger Mouse]

1. The PUMAs have NO EXCUSE now.

[cliffordu]

2. Yep. Them republicans are going to have to troll another fiction.

Bless that woman for telling her story.

[Orangepeel]

3. Well, good news. But damn this woman is dense.

she's still basing her vote on how she perceives that random people treat her friends, rather than on which candidate running is better.

Uh, oh! If she reads my post, she might switch to McCain again!

[peace13]

4. I'm glad you're here.

I felt the same way when Kucinich was ousted. It's not easy to change horses but I'm glad that you did. Good on you! Peace, Kim