My thoughts exactly Rubymom. We have become a bunch of sheep who would jump over a cliff if told to do so by our party leaders.

Iraqi war, women's right to choose, the economy, 47 million Americans without healthcare, Iraqi war, America's standing in the world, homeless vets, Iraqi war, Supreme Court Justices, education, illegal wire-tapping, Iraqi war, gay rights, military budget, Bush's Tax relief for the Country's wealthy, the Iraqui war............
THIS IS WHY!

I am soooo happy I am not able to vote wright now. Hopefully when I become of age to vote, there will be a dem in the big White Teepee in DC, and hopefully will be running as an incumbent.

is not someone you can vote for and you believe it is your responsibility to exercise your right to vote, you do what you have to do. The right to vote was hard won by many before us.

In case you have forgotten. But, I am not young and lived through those days when Bill was president as a working professional, making good money. Yes, I was very happy with the way things were going. But, I knew who was responsible for our economic high times then and I still know: Alan Greenspan. For people who have no, or a limited, understanding of how the economy works, it looked like Bill Clinton was the genius that brought us the prosperity. But, for those with more knowledge of what was going on, who know how the stock market works, who realize that the prime rate controls the stock market to a great degree, we KNOW who held the keys to the mansion. It was not Bill. Greenspan made credit readily available, that sparked the economy to grow. The internet was in its infancy, showing promise of a bright future in online business transactions. Lots of startup companies were invested in if they had anything to do with the internet. Their stocks would climb to enormous heights before they ever sold a single widget. Stock funds climbed to as much as thirty times their initial value. Everyone felt rich because their 401ks and investments were going through the roof. They felt like spending more, so they DID spend more, creating real capital gains for a wide segment of our economy.

What those people feeling rich forgot was that all their gains were just on paper until they got OUT of the stocks or funds. Then, Greenspan saw this irrationality on the part of investors and tightened up credit. All of those paper gains people though they had? Gone in the wink of an eye.

Bill made a fine, but singular, contribution to the boom times: he worked to have a balanced budget, creating the budget surplus that George W. Bush inherited and squandered. I strongly applaud him for that achievement and that achievement alone.

Hillary helped, you say? By her own words, she WATCHED as Bill handled the tough issues. That was from her own mouth, so to speak, since it came from her book.

You speak of being blinded and I can say that I agree with you 100% concerning some who back both candidates. But, I cannot understand their willingness to allow this country to be the victims of their spite and hatred as so many are saying they intend. They want their candidate and no one else no matter what the consequences of their candidate's failure to secure the nomination. Then, they want to blame the party instead of themselves or their candidate. And you want to know the REALLY sad part? They blame those who support the other candidate for their refusal to back that candidate. ??????????????????????? "Damn that person's stance on the issues. It doesn't matter that their stance is very much like my own candidate's stance. I don't like his/her supporters, so I won't vote for him/her, EVEN if my candidate supports that one." What a totally assinine way to vote for a presidential nominee!

President Bill Clinton was one of our country's greatest presidents. During the Clinton years in the White House this country experienced 8 years of prosperity. The economy was booming, energy costs were reasonable, we had a goverment surplus, and long term plans for funding social security were actually in sight. Bill Clinton was a very good president. And even as First Lady, Hillary Clinton was very proactive going after reforms to health care, and being a voice and advocate for the millions of uninsured Americans. But, It was the Republican controlled House and Senate that fought us, tooth and nail against any type of health care reforms back then. A great many of us, remember the Clinton years in the White House and we remember the strong leadership of the Clinton presidency....We also remember the fact that; Senator Hillary Clinton has always been a fighter for the middle class, and for the average American; that is why so many us, wholeheartedly support her to be our next president. Why there are so many demeaning comments towards one of our greatest presidents, President Bill Clinton is that a lot of those negetive comments are coming from the twenty something year olds, who simply don't remember; a lot of them were 10 years old when Bill Clinton was President...And there is just plain a lot of disrepect out there. I believe if John F. Kennedy were alive and supporting Hillary, that some of these same twenty year olds would be knocking JFK as well...

Hillary said it herself: not voting or voting for McCain would be "an error," and she said she's gonna campaign vigorously for Obama if she doesn't get the nomination.

Why is that so hard to understand?

We as democrats share moral values in common with eachother. These values are not held by the GOP.

If you truly believe in the vision and values of Hillary Clinton, you would support our nominee even if that person is not Hillary.

One more thing: you repeated that things were great under BILL Clinton over and over again. That has no relevance to the person who is running for office, Mrs. Hillary Clinton. Who are you voting for, her - or Bill?