{Crossposted at Switzerblog}
I give up. It's just become too disgusting to bear.
Now, Hillary's running an ad featuring Osama bin Laden. So, finally, it's enough for Switzer. Fuck off, Hillary.
A note: I have never been a Hillary supporter. I've supported Obama since 2006 in this race, but as I said in this diary, I've defended Hillary's tactics as being unsurprising and ultimately not that damaging.
They're still talking about Obama having to answer "tough" questions at the last debate (and the media, btw, is happily supporting this talking point the linked CNN article says Obama was "asked several pointed questions"). As I've said, those questions were neither tough nor pointed (and no one other than Hillary, Republicans and the media have suggested they were), they were simply stupid and ill-conceived.
Add to that Hillary's continued opposition to anything Obama says that is plain-as-the-nose-on-your-face obviously truthful. Such as, you know, the bitter nonsense. Or from this weekend, when Obama suggested that any of the three remaining candidates would be a better President than Bush. Despite the fact that she's openly said, several times, that McCain is ready to be President and Obama is not, she's now (again, btw) trying to argue that he supports a Republican and thinks McCain would be a wonderful president.
Uh, Hillary? A deceased potted plant would be a better President than Bush. So yes, McCain would be better than Bush. Luckily for us, McCain will be running against Barack Obama and not Bush (and more importantly - you might take a note - not against you).
Back to the OBL ad...I've argued that folks shouldn't be so surprised by Hillary's tactics, because this is the very thing people used as justification for supporting her from the beginning - her willingness to campaign like this. But I truly, and perhaps naively, assumed that Hillary would at least be above this, the slimiest of campaign options. Does she not remember her friend and (former) colleague Tom Daschle, whacked by OBL campaign ads? Does she not remember her friend and (former) colleague in the House, Max Cleland, a goddamn war hero defeated by ads featuring OBL?
Sorry, stupid questions. Of course she does...that's why she's using it. Trying to use fear, xenophobia and racism to defeat her opponent.
I've had enough of Hillary. I no longer care if Obama goes negative on her; in fact, I hope he goes nuclear. Rather than destroying the party, which she is clearly willing to do, I'm willing to see her own career destroyed. This makes me sad, as she has done good and I believe still has good in her. But if something must be sacrificed to save the Party, let it be her career.