Hillary’s Voice

Please Editorial Board of the Argus Leader,

You were there. You are journalists. You have a first person account. You know Hillary Clinton’s context was the schedule, and how she has been pressured to drop out when nominating fights historically have not only gone to the convention in August, meaning that there was active campaigning until June, but have produced Democratic Presidents:

Woodrow Wilson was nominated in 1912 on the 146th ballot.

Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated in 1932 after 4 ballots.

I beg you, because you hold the truth paramount, please stand up for Hillary Clinton. You were able to see first hand how the Obama campaign has hand-fed reporters vicious lies, which unfortunately the complicit media has just repeated and disseminated widely, in order to win the nomination. This manipulation of the media is the reason Obama is slightly ahead of Hillary, but she is still competitive in spite of being outspent (Hillary supporters are working class, while Obama’s are elite Liberals with more disposable income), in spite of heavyweights like most of the Kennedy family, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Richardson, and Tom Daschle supporting Obama, and in spite of the sexism that exists in our culture. Why is Hillary so close to the nomination still? The reasons are that she is the stronger, more knowledgeable, more experienced, more dedicated, smarter, harder-working candidate. When voters have a chance to hear Hillary Clinton, like in the debates, which Obama now refuses to participate in, voters choose Hillary. Her intelligence comes through loud and clear, and Obama’s inexperience and unpreparedness for the awesome job of the Presidency comes through as well. That is why Obama refuses to debate Hillary, thereby depriving voters of the opportunity to get to know her while his campaign disseminates vicious lies against her to make her out to be a monster.

Please note that it was the Obama campaign who e-mailed reporters about Hillary’s RFK statement and fanned the hysteria like they did to Geraldine Ferraro, like they did about Trina Bachtel’s death, and Hillary’s other innocuous comment about President Johnson and Dr. King. The Obama campaign has behaved in an irresponsible and hateful manner, inciting hatred against innocent people. Please stand up for the truth, for Hillary. Please.

When Clinton referenced RFK’s assassination while discussing previous Democratic nomination fights which stretched into June, she was quickly scolded by the Obama campaign.

“Senator Clinton’s statement before the Argus Leader editorial board was unfortunate and has no place in this campaign,” wrote Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton in a missive to reporters.

Burton’s e-mail included a link to a New York Post story which noted that Obama, who received a Secret Service detail early in the campaign, has been the subject of threats.

The Obama campaign’s decision to target Clinton’s RFK reference forced the former first lady to express regret for her remarks.

It also ensured that the dust-up would be covered on all three network newscasts.

— Source

The comment Hillary made about RFK is in no way offensive. People really have to bend it around to make it into something sinister. That takes effort, so it reveals the bias. All Hillary said was that nomination fights extend to the summer and have gone to the convention in August, and she gave a date that has historical significance: June when RFK was still campaigning. Her subtext was to question why she is being asked, and has been asked, to drop out when she is very close to winning the nomination outright.

Hillary Clinton is a good, honorable, person who has been a public servant for over 35 years, these attacks on her are vicious and mean-spirited. You have an opportunity to right a wrong; history will take note. I ask you to consider this episode in your endorsement. Hillary Clinton can win the general election, and she would be one of our country’s greatest Presidents. Her breadth and depth of knowledge, her commitment, her love for our country and its people, is evident every single day that she fights on in spite of formidable challenges. Strength, Fortitude, Resiliency, Diplomacy, Experience, Intelligence, Dignity, Courage: These are the qualities I want in a President. Hillary Clinton has demonstrated them all clearly.

I am impressed and awed by her tenacity and grit. She is a true representation of what is best about the promise of America: that through hard work and determination great things can be accomplished. Hillary Clinton has produced real results that help many people: she helped create the SCHIP Children’s Health Insurance, which now covers over six million children; she fought for the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act to ensure the safety of prescription drugs for children, and she helped pass the Renewal Communities program to encourage investment in struggling communities.

Hillary inspires me. Please give your daughters that gift. Hillary is the better qualified, smarter, and harder-working candidate. Let this mean what it should mean in hiring someone for a position.