While the pundits and commentariat and the blogosphere go berserk about how Hillary and Barrack are hurting the party, all I can think about is how they're hurting the country.
The fighting about nothing may even be proving Hillary's point: Barrack may talk about working together to solve problems, but he doesn't do anything to actually solve the problems.
I've long supported Hillary Clinton - probably since 1993 or 94. I want her to be president.
I'm inspired by Barrack Obama. Not only his presentation and style, his history and approach: I'm inspired by what he triggers in my memory. I remember Bobby Kennedy. I remember Martin Luther King. I remember John F. Kennedy. I remember the anguish of their murders. I remember the extinguishing of hope. I remember Richard Nixon.
The press, especially the moderators of the debates, love a fight. And they instigate them. All the time. Every day. Every debate. In fact calling them moderators is worse than a misnomer, it's a lie. They're instigators, starting fights.
The next time Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton are on the stage together, and even better before then, they must engage in a dialog. Then need to discuss how they intend to solve the problems they mutually agree need to be addressed. Tell us how they would work together, regardless of who was President and who the Senator, to bring their very similar programs to fruition.
Stop fighting about how many angels fit on the head of a pin. Instead inspire the angels of yours and our souls. Tell us how it's going to work. Prove that you can actually make these very urgent problems get better.
As far as I'm concerned, Hillary represents my anger the Republicans: people who use hatred and bigotry to drive wedges between us and rule for their own ends. I want her to go after them. I want her to use the powers of the presidency taken by George W. Bush and use them to remove these enemies of what the USA stands for from the stage. She represents my need for revenge.
Barrack represents what, for 40 years, I've felt was gone forever. The possibility that the USA can be better. That we can all get along. That we can all be free people living together on a free world. Where poverty is ameliorated, war and destruction are interesting historic artifacts, where all you truly need is love.
My cynicism was telling me that while Obama spoke about changing the politics of hate he wouldn't be able to do anything about it. In fact, I feared he was a phony - talking the talk, but not even interested in actually walking the walk.
Now is the time Mr. Obama. Now. Not after the nomination. Not after the election. Now.
Show us that you can work with your opponents to end the rancor. Don't attack back. No matter the provocation from the Clintons and their surrogates. No matter the goading from Tim Russert and Keith Olberman and Pat Buchanan. (I watch more MSNBC - sorry CNN, Fox and the rest.) Reach out directly to Mrs. Clinton. Reach out and show us that you actually can resolve differences and make a difference. Otherwise, sad to say, you are a phony and no more deserve to be president than John McCain the murderous bomber of poor Vietnamese children or George W. Bush or any of the other tools.
Prove you're not full of crap.
