--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To lose, and to lose so closely after having poured all her > attention and all her energy into this campaign that came as the > culmination of an entire life's ambition and well-intentioned work > must be an extraordinary blow to absorb. And I feel that Senator > Clinton truly understood that she embodied and carried the hopes and > ambitions in this campaign for millions of people who felt *she* was > the one to be president; to relinquish that collective ambition must > be unimaginably difficult; it's certainly not anything I can imagine. > > There was a comment following a blog on the HuffingtonPost that I > particularly appreciated and I've copied it below. The blog > preceding it was more than a little derisive of Clinton and chided > her for making Obama's presumptive victory still "all about her". > The comment was posted by an ardent Clinton supporter and I was > impressed with the graciousness and magnanimity and insight it > provided. > > ** > > "As I've said earlier, in her pre-concession speech last night > Hillary was preparing her supporters for the transition from > activism on her campaign's behalf to refocusing on the ultimate > goal - taking back the White House. In the fervor surrounding this > very long campaign, most of us lost sight of what values truly make > ours the big tent party. It's not atypical to any campaign season, > but both the length and strength of conviction of supporters for > both candidates personalized politics in a way which has long been > absent from our party. > > I, for one, am greatly encouraged by this historic opportunity to > redress the many issues which seemed to stagnate in the 1970's. > > More importantly, as a Hillary supporter, I've already made my > concession. I would ask that those decrying Hillary's speech last > night as another betrayal to please try and look at it from our > perspective. Millions of us poured our entire beings into her > campaign, not out of some ill-will towards fellow progressives, but > because we truly believed in her candidacy. In delaying concession > until the weekend, Hillary has given her supporters time to absorb > their disappointment and regain perspective. You might not > understand how deeply we were committed to seeing Hillary in the > White House, but these passions cannot be converted to support for > Obama overnight. With a little time, our side will come around to > see that Obama is not only our candidate, he's also our future, and > what a good thing that is!"
That's a good explanation. I was beginning to wonder... wtf? [snip]
