Finally, a voice of reason.  Thank you.

To be honest...I would be disappointed if she would drop out before the end of the primaries...She has gained enormous respect from me in the way she continues to inspire millions and millions of people all over our country.

Virtual mojo and rec...

Thank you.  I'd rec if I could.

Recc'd and mojo'd because I know you've been a staunch Clinton supporter. But you see the detriment to voting for McCain or abstaining in the fall.

Thank god. :)

If you want to make us real happy, pledge to adopt her health care plan and name her as VP and let her head up health care policy like Cheney did with energy policy.

We all love Mom's!!!

And male candidates don't get personally smeared?

Barack Obama hasn't been personally smeared? His wife hasn't? Are you standing up for women being smeared or just Hillary Clinton being smeared?

How many in the Democratic Party stood up to defend Barack and Michelle Obama? Did Hillary counter thus Muslim smear? Nope.

"As far as I know..."

Remember those words? Did Hillary use a Farrakhan smear when Obama has no real link to the man? Yes.

You're looking at this through rose-colored lenses.

It has been a rough primary season.  I too am upset with the media and the tone - because if they do that to Hillary, then they are also slapping me, as I strongly identify with her.

I've written to the DNC, Hillary's & Obama's campaign and MSNBC (as I think they are the worst) about the tone of sexism and racism in this primary.

However, if Hillary can rise above it, I can as well.  Her beliefs and causes are bigger than her, bigger than me, bigger than you.  We can continue to point out the injustices.  However, having a republican president who shares none of her beliefs, her worldview, is a worse injustice, imho

Think of this poem by Maya Angelou, who is a strong Hillary supporter as well:

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

Barack's people need to know this, if he doesn't need us no problem, but right now he can't count on most of us.

To the contrary, we're doing everything what we can to end the hostilities. But we're also dealing with a lot of people who are threatening to vote for McCain, making demands that are almost impossible to meet, and making truly nasty comments about Obama in the process. (Seriously, embracing Larry Sinclair?!?)

When faced with that kind of negativity, and recognizing that there's basically nothing we can do to win them over, at that point we just simply throw up our hands and give the old "Don't let the door hit ya..." line.

It's cause and effect, not effect and cause. We need everyone we can get to win the White House, but there's certainly some people who aren't genuinely looking for conciliation.

male fatheads are there in your life?

He's running now as yet another male fathead.

Tell me, do you have any use for men?  

And what about the anger felt on the other side?  I was pissed as hell yesterday at the behavior of the Clinton 'supporters' at that meeting.  But there has to be peace in the party, or there will never be any justice.  Carrying hurt forward will do none of us, on either side, any good.

Because we need each other.  Divided we fail.

And somehow hoping that Hillary will win after McCain's first term is far from definite, either.

Someone earlier on another diary wrote (paraphrasing) she was tired of men with thin resumes getting the job rather than a woman who is smart, intelligent, and hardworking. I've been there and I've experienced that. I know how that feels.

Voters were never asked in exit polls if gender affected their vote like they were asked about race.

I think the democratic party has failed miserably  in this primary. As I've written before the silence on sexism has struck a nerve in me and a lot of other women. I don't believe the party leadership really supported Hillary's candidacy. I feel deceived by the stewards of the party.

Some women can accept the party's silence on sexism. I wish I could, but I feel if I do the party will continue to take women voters for granted and label us angry feminists.

In this primary the silence became a deal breaker for me. The Democratic party did not stand up for women in this primary.

I won't be able to stand with the party in the general election in November.

I know.  I wrote a diary last week that helped me with that hurt.  I found a wonderful op-ed that really made me soul-search.  If you are interested:

http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/5/27/2125 57/815

it isn't "my" beloved cause - it is our cause, including Hillary's.

I believe Hillary will be able to inspire her supporters, which I am one of, and transform the anger into activists who will support the Democratic nominee and never let 'em forget that we will be making sure our voices are heard as well.

"That a weak McCain presidency for four years followed by a Hillary bid in a much less fixed primary would be the best path for the party and the nation."

Very risky game to play!

Finally, truth!

The primary was fixed...for Hillary.

Hey, Hill, you want a 100+ superdelegate lead? Here ya go. Your supporters helping to fashion the calendar? Sure. The entire PA party machine behind you? Have at it. The leeway to repeatedly endorse John McCain to hurt your competition?

Why not?

And she still lost.

Right, and George W. Bush wouldn't be any worse than Al Gore. Both are corporate whores. Let's vote for Ralph Nader so the Democrats remember the progressive base. That'll teach 'em.

I distinctly remember thinking this in 2000. That George W. Bush turned into the worst President in modern history only underscores how stupid short-term GOP voting is for a serious Democrat and progressive.

1)  It's not assured Senator Clinton gets a second bite at the apple since the Party isn't too fond of people who lose elections.

It is also not assured she would get "the other 17 million".  Also, Obama partisans might hold a grudge if there is evidence he lost because of a base collapse.

2) Rolling the dice on a McCain presidency probably results in a Democrat against the Republican VP (God forbid).  Mortality numbers for melanoma are high.  I get the general feeling that the strict ground rules for the 1200 page medical document dump aren't a good sign.

As a result, don't vote for Senator McCain unless you could vote for President Romney, President Jindal or President Pawlenty.  Any VP other than this would be VP crazy wingnut.

3) The non-reconciliation wing of the Clinton brand probably makes a Clinton VP appointment impossible. Since Senator Obama is hearing "no, we won't reconcile no matter what", why would he pick Senator Clinton when she wouldn't solve his problem with Clinton voters?  Doesn't he have to seriously consider getting his votes elsewhere with a Nunn or a Clark or a Bayh?

I hope you were responding to another poster and not to my diary :(

This troll keeps posting the same thing over and over.

Comnpletely disagree.

Hillary's causes include a range of policies and political positions that John McCain would try to destroy. Helping McCain win betrays her.

I am a Hillary supporter and I didn't throw out any sexism or racist language.

I have written to the appropriate parties, if you had read my comments further upthread.

maybe you should read my comments and history here before making such a ignorant statement.

so you are going to blame Hillary for the SD's?  

come on....

I think you ought to lighten up, Skex. Both sides took advantage of what you yourself admit is a flawed process.  Obama played his cards better, that's all.  As he has from the beginning.  I don't see anything inherently wrong in trying to interpret the rules in a way that works to your political benefit.  Some are just better at it than others.

Save your smugness, Skex....you will be very humble come November. In the worst year imaginable for Republicans, "Barry" is running behind McCain in most trial heats.

We all know that momentum plays a huge role in the nominating contests; early on,the Democratic party embarked on a 48-state nominating process that eliminated MI and FL...talk about surreal! Had that not happened, Hillary Clinton would be the nominee right now.

I know, I'm playing the "what-if" game. But get used to it: after the elections, the Obam-orons will be wondering what would have happened if Barak and Michelle had never joined Trinity United (great church for a "uniter", don't ya think?) Good luck...the GOP slime machine is about to beat your candidate like a rented mule. And he will then fold like the $2 suitcase that he is.