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Senator Clinton's Letter to Her Supporters
Thanks, Hillary. Classy letter. At least it should put to rest all the speculation from the pundit and bloviator classes. It seems pretty unambigous about Senator Clinton's intentions; she will be focused on rallying her supporters behind the candidacy of Barack Obama.I wanted you to be one of the first to know: on Saturday, I will hold an event in Washington D.C. to thank everyone who has supported my campaign. Over the course of the last 16 months, I have been privileged and touched to witness the incredible dedication and sacrifice of so many people working for our campaign. Every minute you put into helping us win, every dollar you gave to keep up the fight meant more to me than I can ever possibly tell you.
On Saturday, I will extend my congratulations to Senator Obama and my support for his candidacy. This has been a long and hard-fought campaign, but as I have always said, my differences with Senator Obama are small compared to the differences we have with Senator McCain and the Republicans.
I have said throughout the campaign that I would strongly support Senator Obama if he were the Democratic Party's nominee, and I intend to deliver on that promise.
When I decided to run for president, I knew exactly why I was getting into this race: to work hard every day for the millions of Americans who need a voice in the White House.
I made you -- and everyone who supported me -- a promise: to stand up for our shared values and to never back down. I'm going to keep that promise today, tomorrow, and for the rest of my life.
I will be speaking on Saturday about how together we can rally the party behind Senator Obama. The stakes are too high and the task before us too important to do otherwise.
I know as I continue my lifelong work for a stronger America and a better world, I will turn to you for the support, the strength, and the commitment that you have shown me in the past 16 months. And I will always keep faith with the issues and causes that are important to you.
In the past few days, you have shown that support once again with hundreds of thousands of messages to the campaign, and again, I am touched by your thoughtfulness and kindness.
I can never possibly express my gratitude, so let me say simply, thank you.
Sincerely,
Hillary Rodham Clinton
So ends a truly historic Democratic primary campaign.
My lamp of Hope has a fresh fill of oil. To quote Marian Wright Edelman,If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.Screw the cynicism, that's the easy way out; that's doing nothing.
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I'm simply pointing out that, should you vote for McClone and he wins, then you shouldn't bitch at his actions while he's POTUS. After all, you would have gotten what your vote said you wanted - namely, McCranky as POTUS.
If pointing out that the sky is blue, grass is green, and fire is hot is somehow "name-calling", then we have highly differing definitions of that term.
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There's a huge world of difference between "here is a concrete example of the topic" (namely, resisting supporting their party's nominee) and the "neener, neener, neener" tone you've taken with me.
If you'd care to re-read what I wrote, I stated everything with "If..." and "...should...", but please, continue to ignore the context. It's obviously more important for you to attack and then whine about attacking (shades of Gerry Ferraro again).
It's crystal clear to me that, to you, "civil discourse" means "agree with everything I say and think, and never challenge me on any of it". Gotcha.
This isn't the first time you've replied to me on this topic. If it's so incredibly stressful for you to do so, I humbly suggest you quit doing so. It'll be a whole lot easier on the both of us.
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