The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    I Love Hillary

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    If there's one thing I've enjoyed doing on this site, it's tearing Hillary a new one.

    But in recent days, I've had a change of heart, just as some Hillary supporters have had (e.g., Allsburg's apology;)
    concerning Obama. You see, I love Hillary.

    Well, wait, I don't really love Hillary.

    Then again, I don't even love Obama. But he is the candidate I'm betting my jittery faith in American politics on. My last crumpled dollar of hope is riding on Obama to accomplish two little thing: Change the world and better my life.

    And so, I believe it is, with Hillary supporters. She isn't a glowing goddess to most of them, any more than Obama is a knight in shining armor to most of us (though either would make a happier ending than Johnny Mac and his pirate crew).

    Anyway, here's the point: Fellow Obama supporters, drop your guard for a moment and pretend to be neutral. If you think about it, Hillary captured the imaginations of a lot of Americans. Only a few of them are racists. Only a smattering are sexist old women.

    What's left over are the majority of decent, white Democrats — the ones who supported the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act and just want to pay off the mortgage.

    What's left over are the majority of Hispanic Americans, who struggle each day to provide for themselves and their families.

    What's left over are a lot of women. And men, and gays and lesbians just hoping for a fairer shake out of life.

    What's left over are the other American Democrats, ones that Hillary attracted to her candidacy because they placed their bets in the same crumpled currency of hope — on her — to do two things: Change the world and better their lives.

    And every American who join us reminds us that we are both host and guest of the same wild party under one big tent. (Excuse me. I'll have a Tanqueray and tonic, hold the Armageddon.)

    So, you got this far without puking, eh? Most of you, anyway? Well, hold onto your cookies, kids:

    Hillary supporters, name one thing good about Obama. Same admonition. Obama supporters, name one good thing about Hillary.

    Don't blow this, gang. (And Otto F: Don't even...)

    Since I'm an Obama supporter, I'll start.

    I Love Hillary because she has shattered the glass ceiling for women.
    I Love Hillary because she cares about making people's lives better.
    I Love Hillary because she is a fighter.

    Your turn.