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Originally Posted by ORD_Buckeye

Question for Hillary supporters:

A recent article I read said that approximately 25% of Clinton's and Obama's supporters are saying that they won't vote for the other in the general election. Now, I understand the position of the Obama supporters who feel that way; I am one. Here are our reasons.

• Hillary's refusal to step aside despite virtually no mathematical chance of catching up to Obama in delegates
• A clear and growing movement within the Clinton campaign to undo the results of the primary process--in essence steal the nomination from Obama should he end up with more delegates
  • the Florida and Michigan primary mess
  • Personal attacks, through subordinates, on superdelegates endorsing Obama
  • the "pledged delegates aren't really bound to their candidate" statement
• The nasty personal attacks, particularly those coming from Bill
  • Bill's South Carolina comments
  • Hillary has twice brought up Rev. Wright since Obama's speech on race
  • The ridiculous instance of when they brought up Obama's kindergarden essay on why he wanted to be president as evidence of his "ambition."
  • The leak of the Sudanese dress photo
  • The half-hearted response to the "is Obama a muslim issue"
  • Bill's "Wouldn't it be great if we end up with two 'patriotic Americans' in the general election" slime

These are our reasons for a growing disgust with Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Now, what has Obama done to Hillary in a like vein that would make her supporters feel similarly? The only thing that I can think that he's done is enter the election and fairly win what she and Bill thought to be her natural right to possess. They thought that the primary process would be a combination of Hillary's coronation with an underlying worship of Bill's legacy. Obama got in the way. Memo to the Clintons: It's called democracy.

He hasn't trashed her personally. He hasn't attacked her superdelegates for choosing to support her. He hasn't questioned her patriotism nor insinuated that she's only gotten this far because she's a woman. And given what the Clinton's have done to him, he's shown a remarkable degree of discipline in not reminding America of the Clintons seemingly endless ability to attract scandal. What has he done that remotely compares with what the Clintons have done to him?

I hate this notion in the press that both campaigns are going after each other equally. Just because Obama's pant leg may have gotten a little bit muddied because Bill and Hillary are reaching up from the gutter and trying to drag him down into the filth doesn't mean that he's willingly hopped into the gutter with them.

My guess is that they really do worry about Obama's experience and see McCain as a Republican-lite. Oh, and the whole Muslim thing.