Reply #22: That is the bottom line, isn't it!?

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And I hope we all get to the point where we realize AND accept that we can live easily and happily with EITHER candidate.

I am an Obama supporter. However, I've been playing this little game with myself, for just-in-case purposes. It's the How-I-Can-Be-Happy-Supporting-Hillary-Clinton. And there ARE ways - many ways:

1) I LOVE the idea, as a woman, of seeing that one last big glass ceiling broken.
2) I actually like the idea that it might be Hillary who does it. Gotta say I have a LOT of respect for her brains.
3) Her version of fix-the-health-insurance-crisis is widely touted as being the best one.
4) Gotta admit - I do like her balls. I recognize what she's trying to do - show the testosterone-obsessed that she's as macho as anybody they've got. We just have to make sure that when/if WE escort her into the Oval Office, WE keep leaning on her to keep this well-managed.
5) She turned richard mellon scaife of all people. If she can do THAT, I want her hunkering down with Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Kim Jong-il, the South Americans, and anybody else with whom we're presently not on speaking terms.
6) She's widely credited with being a surprisingly excellent Senator, for all her constituents - even the assholes.
7) She is a fighter. Anyone can at least concede that. And with some of these weenies in Knuckledragger-land, that's what counts. I clearly remember one republi-CON operative boasting that what sets them apart, favorably, with so much of the electorate, is "because we fight." A lot of people like fighters.
8) She's now saying what dumbya said - that too many of the knee-jerk-reactioneers REALLY loved: "You may not agree with me but you know where I stand." Hell, even richard mellon scaife swallowed that one. Whole. And willingly. That's an asset here, whether we like it or not. More people than just bushie-boy "don't do nuance." Their unchallenged, atrophied, mouth-breather reasoning can't deal with something that takes too long to explain, especially when their litmus test is limited to "duh... can I go have a beer with that person?" Yeah, I don't like it either, but for now, that's the mindset we're stuck having to deal with. So let's deal with it then. On their Neanderthal level. And once we've got 'em, we can start nudging them up the evolutionary ladder to more modern times.
9) She's a veteran of many battles with the far-wrong. She knows who they are and what their strategies are. She knows what to expect and in this case she is indeed more experienced on a bigger, rougher playing field than Obama is.
Which means...
10) She's demonstrated a willingness and a skill for hitting below the belt. I do NOT like that she's applying that aptitude to someone on her side. But if she's our ball-carrier, I cannot wait to see her hit mcbush and pals with it. Especially since they deserve it. They're absolutely going to fight dirty, regardless what mcbush SAYS in public to sound like Mr. Nice-Guy. He's simply got a few thousand surrogates who'll do his dirty work for him so he can keep his hands allegedly clean. And whether we like it or not, THAT is the game. THAT'S the way the game is played, and THAT'S the only way to win at the moment. And we can't change ANY of that until and unless WE start winning. If that's what it takes to win, I'm all in - with bells on. I just don't like it turned on another one of OURS. Remember John Edwards' original hesitancy about Obama - how he might not be willing to fight as hard and mean as he'll need to? That's a reasonable fear to have for our Dems. And I want very badly to see Obama throw a sucker-punch or two - or two thousand. Unfortunately, THAT'S the game and THAT'S the way it's played. And we can't change that game until WE start winning and WE control the playing field again.

And again, let me just say, I'm an Obama supporter. But I'm VERY prepared to support Hillary Clinton if it comes to that. I think we ALL have to figure out a way to be okay with that, just in case that's what we're stuck with. Sitting one out in protest, or to "send a message" gets us NOWHERE except to the dead-letter office. Think Ralph Nader.

Divided we get to stay shut out of the White House.

These are things I can, and do, find rather appetizing about her and on which I would fixate if she winds up being the nominee.