wlotus | Some Clinton Supporters Are "Shrugging"

While I intend to vote McKinney-Clemente in November, I can understand why some supporters of Senator Clinton are voting McCain-Palin. On "The View", Bill Clinton gave his philosophy on why some people are making that choice, and he raises several good points. He (probably deliberately) leaves out one point: some people are making that choice in protest of Obama's illegitimate selection as the Democratic nominee, not merely because they identify with Palin as a woman. I like to think of it as "shrugging", as in "Atlas Shrugged". This is what the Democratic party wanted, this is what they pulled all manner of strings to get, and so this is what we are letting them have. We are getting out of their way, putting our support and energies elsewhere, and letting the chips fall wherever they may, for better or worse. They can blame themselves for the outcome, if it goes against what they wanted. (They won't of course, but they should.)

Bill Clinton has a lot more respect for people making whatever voting choice makes the most sense to them than many of the staunch Democrats I have heard and read, lately. It is that refusal to pander to the party line that makes so much of the Democratic party leadership hate him and Senator Clinton.