[Ghoulish Delight]

And that relates to my post how? I never said she doesn't deserve to be where she is. I said, as I've said this entire election, that I don't think her political attitude is right for the time. I think she, and those that support her, would have gotten into the White House and proceeded to run an administration that was totally reactionary to the Bush administration, making decisions based on what would make the other side of the aisle look worse, not based on what would be best for the country.

It has nothing to do with her being a woman, or riding coat tails, or lack of experience. It has everything to do with how I've seen her conduct herself int he political arena.

Not that I expect Obama to be free from that, the realities of the pressures of partisan politics being what they are. But I don't expect him to go in with that as part of his goals. Whereas I would expect that rubbing her victory in Bush's face would have been very high on Clinton's priority list, and her constituency would by and large have been disappointed if that WASN'T what she did.

I don't want to see 8 more years of Bush politics, but neither do I want to see 8 years of reaction to Bush politics. I want to see 8 years of someone running their own Presidency as best they can whether it makes Bush look bad or not. Right now, Clinton represents an arm of the Democratic party that doesn't want fair, rational decisions in the White House, but wants the pendulum to swing in the other direction to make up for the slights they've perceived over the last 8. I'd rather see that pendulum stopped as much as possible.

Take Clinton out of that context, where the people voting for her aren't doing so because they want someone who can stick it to Bush but because they want her as a leader and it's a whole different ball game. After 8 years of an Obama White House that is (crossing my fingers) comparatively rational, civil, and professional, I will be much more willing to back Hillary as a candidate.

That's all I'm saying. So try to keep your personal sniping to yourself for a second and read what's posted rather than assuming something I never said.