Tuesday, May 6, 2008

An Open Letter to Hillary Clinton

Hi. I don't know if you remember me, but we met at an event in Clinton, Iowa. You took a photo with my Mr. Potato Head. Anyway...
Today is a big day for you. Indiana and North Carolina are both going to the polls to try and deciede between you and Sen. Obama. So far, Sen. Obama is ahead in the polls and you have been trying to close the gap. The problem is, is that Indiana and North Carolina are not on the list of the states that you have labeled the "Big States" that you want to be President of. Hillary Clinton, President of the Big States. Growing up in Iowa, I have not been priveledged to grow up in a big state, and according to you, don't know what I'm doing when it comes to politics. Yet, you and your competitors spent a year here campaigning. We mattered to you until you came in third.
I just have a couple things I would like to address with you. First, and I think everyone wants to know, after the Texas/Ohio primaries you were told that it was not possible for you to get the nomination even if you were to win the rest of the states and have Michigan and Florida reinstated. Now, John Edwards knew when it was he time to back out and help the party. Even Mitt Romney knew when to back out to help his party. They both still had a little bit of a chance when they backed out. You have been told there is no way, and yet you have stayed in, with noticeible divide in the party. You have made viscious attacks agaist Sen. Obama and have played McCain's game for him. In an election the Republicans have handed you, you have turned that around. Now you make up some BS excuse about how you want the people to vote and state their opinion. Yet, you know that in the long run, it will still come out that more people want Sen. Obama to be President.
One of my biggest problems with your campaign is the insistance that the delegates from Michigan and Florida need to be reinstated. First of all, you didn't follow the rules and put your name on the ballot when none of the other canidates would. Now you have put up a big fuss about how they need to count, and you know that if the tables were turned you would be against it. And now every time you release a delegate count or vote count you include those votes, and you are the only people that do. You need to lay off of it and actually follow the rules. I'm sorry, but the rules do apply to the Clinton family.
This is only the first letter Mrs. Clinton. More are going to follow.
Andy Green

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