Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Shame on You, Hillary

Shame on you, Hillary Clinton. It is traditional, when defeated, to give a concession speech and congratulate the winner. But you haven't done so at all. Not after the Potomac races and not after last night, when Obama soundly defeated you in Wisconsin and Hawaii (as well as the second part, apparently, of the Washington state primary). You simply behaved as if none of these victories, ten (eleven, if you count Washington State) in a row. You simply ignored these defeats and continued on as if you were the winner in these races.

Hillary, you're just not really a likable person, you are of the "old" politics school, and you are not as pro-labor as you claimed you were last night. After all, if you were, you wouldn't have supported NAFTA, now, would you have? You have not acted appropriately, and all you've done is run a negative campaign against a very positive, hopeful person who shows and has a lot of promise. You've bashed him on non-issues, keep claiming you have all the experience and he has none, and you keep saying how wonderful and original you are with your ideas and how he has no substance or potential.

Hillary, KNOCK IT OFF! You are being divisive when this country needs unity. You are acting selfishly instead of in the best interests of the American people. We don't need you and we don't want you. You and your generation are no longer good for this country. We need someone new, with good ideas, someone who, when in Washington, won't allow the good ideas that get there to die, as you would likely do.

Hillary, act like a good loser. Concede defeat when you are defeated and congratulate the winner. Otherwise, all the public sees is a sore loser.

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