I Could Never Support A Candidate Who Didn't Believe In Hopes and Dreams

[THUNDER HANDS]

Fuck that shit. Aren't we the Democratic party?

The party that hopes and dreams of a better life for all people?

The party that hopes and dreams that one day all people will be looked at as equals.

The party that hopes and dreams that one day there won't be a child who goes to be hungry.

The party that hopes and dreams that one day there won't be any more war.

The party that hopes and dreams that one day everyone will have a good paying job with benefits.


Aren't we still that party?

When did we become the Hillary Clinton party?

The party that says, don't hope, don't dream. You'll never get what you wish for.

The party that says, don't try to work with the other side, they hate you.

The party that says, it doesn't matter what red states think, it only matters what blue states think.

The party that says, if you speak eloquently you don't have any substance.

The party that says, if 16 states are all it takes to win the nomination, why try to get the other 34?


Do we really want to be that party?

Do we want to live in the cold, cynicism-laden world of Republican thought?

Do we dare to dream only when Hillary Clinton tells us it's okay to do so (like when we imagine the first female president)?

Fuck that.

And fuck her.

It's my party. My life. I'll dream if I damn well want to. And then I'll wake up and get to work on making those dreams a reality.


Go piss and moan, Hillary. Remain bitter that you never got to complete your 60s-era battles one last time. The world is moving on without you. Dreams are moving on with you. The democratic party is moving on without you.

Just go away. Or better yet, just stay where you are, we'll move away. Like a ship leaving an desert island, we bid you fond farewell.

Maybe one day, many years from now, you'll go to bed wondering why you never became president. You'll be wondering what you could have done differently. Should I have moved to the center here? Should I have moved to the left there?

Ultimately, you'll put your head down on your pillow and imagine yourself sitting in the White House.

You'll dream. Perhaps for the first time. And maybe you'll be happy.

The next morning you'll wake up and it will have all seemed so real.

But it wasn't. Because a dream dreamed by one person is not real. But a dream dreamed by millions is.

And then you'll realize why you didn't win. Because nobody else dreamed your dream.

Goodbye Hillary, it was nice knowing you.

[Catherine Vincent]

1. I'm sure Hillary is fine not having the support from a magical rat.

:)

[babylonsister]

2. Most excellent-rec'd! nt

[shadowknows69]

3. nice. k+r

[Metric System]

4. What an ass.

[billbuckhead]

7. They act like Axelrod copyrighted the word "hope" and then moan when called a "cult"

:spray:More Kool-aid from the hope-a-dope camp on behalf of the "hope" candidate du jour.

[THUNDER HANDS]

12. i'm going to be very, very happy

when Obama wins.

[billbuckhead]

16. I'm going to be very very very happy when my new cold fusion reactor arrives!

But I'm going to very very very unhappy when Democrats lose decisively a national election that should have been in the bag. All this built up political capital wasted on a limosine liberal vanity candidacy that can only divide America even further. Celebrate now, Republicans have over half a year and unprecedented media power to turn Obama and his movement into a bigger threat to the average American than Hussein and Osama combined.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

25. that reactor fueled by Uranium from Kazakstan? n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. I wouldn't support a candidate that exploits the platitudes of "hope & dreams"

to con nitwits into voting for him.

[yeswecan2008]

33. do you really believe that is what he is doing?

n/t

[griffi94]

6. my candidate must believe in hope and change

and puppies....and bunnies too...and donny osmond....and other cool nice fluffy stuff....

[THUNDER HANDS]

13. your candidate doesn't have to believe in anything

she believes whatever you believe. Are you anti Iraq-war? she believes in that position. Are you pro-Iraq war, she believes in that position as well.

[griffi94]

17. whay do you hate puppies

and bunnies....and fluffy stuff....

[Straight Shooter]

8. Jesus had hope, and Jesus had a dream.

Look how well that turned out.

[mkultra]

9. Clinton has neither

And nothing else either.

[rodeodance]

15. SPOUTING off again. What do you know about her hopes and dreams???

[mkultra]

19. hopes and dreams dont matter

Remember.

[rodeodance]

22. broad brushing her comments once again i see.

[mkultra]

27. yeah, wouldnt be fair to do that to her.

lol

[Straight Shooter]

20. Clinton is not being touted as holier than thou and a messiah for the people.

Your "nothing else either" reflects on your candidate's ability to generate hate, not hope.

[mkultra]

21. Obama is only

by clinton supporters

[rodeodance]

23. ha ha--guress you have not been keeping up with the press articles.

[mkultra]

26. so your mad at the media?

[jillan]

10. Hillary has hopes and dreams *

to start bringing our troops home in 60 days

to end the war in Iraq

healthcare for every single american

a balanced budget

ending our dependence on foreign oil

a thriving, green economy &

rebuilding the infrastructure resulting in

more jobs for the lower and middle class

better funding for education and educators

better treatment of ALL of our veterans


*just to name a few of her hopes and dreams.

[Bluerthanblue]

11. great post- for the reminder of who we are, and the irony of

how destructive and divisive the "Us vs. Them" mentality really is.


Happy to Rec-!

:hi:

peace~

[rodeodance]

14. YOU ASSume she does not have hopes or dreams. silly silly

[Enrique]

18. you have misunderstood her

Hillary does believe in hopes and dreams.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

24. time to end the 28 year Dynasty

democracy is at risk:

Bush Bush Bush, Clinton Clinton, Bush Bush ..... and??????

[ladjf]

28. I'm OK with hopes and dreams as long as they are backed up

by objective plans that are likely to cause the hopes and dreams to be realized.

[yeswecan2008]

rat-you rock!

my fave poster ever

[polichick]

29. My question about Hillary Clinton is WHY...

Why does she want to be president ~ because it's the next thing on her to-do list, or because she DREAMS of seeing this country reach its full potential???

[yeswecan2008]

32. she doesnt know why

its just another thing to check off the resume

[rug]

30. Isn't Hope and Change being used to bash the Peace and Love 60s?

[THUNDER HANDS]

31. the 60s are 40 years ago

that would be like someone in the 60s wanting to recapture the magic of the 20s.

[rug]

35. Peace and Love are a lot more substantial than Hope and Change.

And that war was ended.

[THUNDER HANDS]

36. then again, that was wasn't helped along by those 60s liberals either.

[rug]

39. No, despite them. And Iraq will end despite Obama.

[11 Bravo]

34. Bush hoped to make his buddies rich, and dreamt of pre-emptive war.

You're welcome to him.

[alteredstate]

37. Bravo, Magic Rat!

[nomorewhopper]

38. i'm sure you'll get flamed for this

but i couldn't agree more