I don't get how progressives can support Hillary

[Robyn66]

I am not writing this to incite a riot or a fight and I am sure I will be called all kinds of names by some Clinton supporters for this rant but I really don’t understand why her numbers are so high or how anyone who thinks of themselves as progressive can support Hillary Clinton.

In the beginning of the campaign, I really didn’t know whom to support. Then I decided on John Edwards. When he dropped out I was really torn because I always respected Bill and Hillary Clinton. I would always get really angry when my Republican friends would bring up the Monica nonsense and say that Bill was the embarrassment of the country and I would say no, the embarrassment of the country was the millions of our tax dollars that was spent on a show trial. But I digress. I didn’t support everything the Clinton administration did (like NAFTA) but I honestly thought that Hillary would make a good president.

The turning point came in South Carolina with the Jesse Jackson comment. I was so disappointed. And that was what made me give Barak Obama a close look. After that the Clinton campaign has only sunk lower and lower, and Hillary’s photo ops have become more and more ridiculous! There was the beer and whisky drinking in Pennsylvania, the back of the pick up truck and the coffee she couldn’t pour and the gas she couldn’t put in the truck.

She uses the word “Elite” like Republicans use the word “Liberal”. I don’t know about anyone else, but I want my president to be special and among the elite. We have had a president for eight years that was elected because people thought it would be great to have a beer with him, and that didn’t work out too well. But I am sitting here just like I was in 2004 when I saw almost half the country fawning over George W Bush in total disbelief because if we want to really make a difference in the world and raise ourselves up, we don’t need more of the same.

Hillary becomes more like a Republican every day. Saying things like “Obliterating Iraq” makes my blood run cold. Trying to force Minnesota and Florida into the mix is flat out dishonest. Would she be so vehement if Obama wanted to count them? I doubt it. My opinion is that they should split the delegates down the middle and be done with it. There is no other fair way to do it when there wasn’t a fair election in those states.

What I really don’t get is the closeness of the race. As each day goes on I see less and less of a democrat. I see dirty dealing and low blows whereas I see grace and dignity under fire in Barak Obama during these personal attacks, that really do distract from the issues. And why doesn’t anyone seem to be suspicious that the likes of Pat Buchanan, and Anne Coulter are so Pro-Hillary? Could it possibly be that for years they have been saying that she has been THEIR dream candidate because no one will rally the Republican Party like she can?

Some people will call me an Obama-bot, which is too bad because I have done my reading and after carefully thinking about both candidates, I think that the best hope for this country lies in Barak Obama.