Tuesday, March 4, 2008

An Open Letter To Hillary Clinton

Dearest Hillary:
For the love of God and country, please call this off. I know you won three of the four contests tonight, but even the most deluded of your advisers can't possibly contend you actually won anything of substance tonight. At the end of the day (or week, in the case of Texas), you will probably have fallen further behind in the elected delegate count. Barack Obama has an insurmountable lead. Regardless of what you do, he will arrive at the convention with more elected delegates, more of the popular vote, and probably more pledged super delegates than you. He will be the nominee, no matter what happens from here on out.

The problem, Hillary, is that your "kitchen sink" negative campaign might very well sabotage Obama's chances for election come November. If you truly care about your country and your party, you must cease and desist now. To persist only reinforces the idea you are purposely hurting Obama so you can defeat McCain -- or whomever is the Republican candidate -- in 2012. This stinks of pure political opportunism of the worst sort: that you are more hungry for power than you are hungry for patriotism.

Hillary, the country may not be able to withstand another four years of the failed Bush presidency; and make no mistake, another four years of Bush is exactly what McCain promises. We must not squander this opportunity to take back our nation. Please stop attacking Barack Obama. Please stop comparing your "experience" with McCain's, a thinly veiled swipe at your erstwhile opponent. Bow out gracefully, while you still can, and save whatever dignity you still have. Do it for us. Please.

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