What about the true pain being felt by military families all around this country? Michelle Obama referenced the empty seats at the table the other night in her speech, and thanks to Bush and McCain, over four thousand of those seats will forever be empty. What of their pain and suffering?
On March 15th, 2007, my son became one of my biggest heroes since he captured the true pain and suffering being felt by our military and innocent Iraqis in this feed titled War. This is the madness that both Bush and McCain support, and a madness that McCain will continue to support. My son, like Senator Obama and Senator Biden, gets it that we must put an end to tragedies like this and bring our men and women in the military home to their families.
Senator Hillary Clinton, to her credit, has been outspoken on the health care crisis facing this nation for decades. Presently there are 47 million people who do not have it, and those numbers should count more than the 18 million who voted for her in the primaries. She has graciously stepped aside so that these people who do not have health insurance can have a chance at getting it under an Obama administration.
Do these Clinton supporters such as the one I emailed think McCain will hear the battle cries coming from those who have only felt pain during these past eight years? No, it will be more of the same. Isn’t it up to those Clinton supporters even thinking of voting for McCain to end the true pain and suffering felt by their fellow Americans?
During the primaries, I too questioned Obama’s experience, but it was former President Clinton last night who said his detractors brought up the same argument against him when he ran in 1992. One only has to look back in history as a young president, John F. Kennedy, Jr. stared down Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis and won.
Lastly, are those who have supported Senator Clinton in the past truly doing as she has asked all of them to do: to back Senator Obama and Senator Joe Biden? Are those Clinton supporters being dismissive towards her should they vote for McCain? If so, how is that honoring Senator Clinton and her charge to all of you? After all, Senator Clinton has often spoken out about the pain and suffering being felt by Americans each and every day at the hands of George W. Bush and John McCain. Now it is up to any of you thinking of voting for McCain to actually listen to her. She put country before self and for that, we are all thankful to her.
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