I've been down recently, and when this happens, I tend to let others speak for me, or I allow my thoughts to sit silently. I don't have Olbermann's fire at the moment, but it's something that I admire.
I realize he's just "another talking head" to many people, and I've been feeling like I shouldn't talk about politics among some friends lately -- even directly criticized for my support of Barack Obama by intelligent people, a couple of friends I respect.
It'll pass. For now, I just want to say that I agree with Keith Olbermann, and if you're still interested in the Obama/Clinton struggle for the Democratic nomination, check this out.
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I don't know. If he'd said, "This was rather insensitive," and not gone on and on, I probably would've said, "Yeah. Hmmm." But to make it so melodramatic a thing, he actually loses my attention. And I think I'd say that no matter who he were talking about: Clinton or McCain or Bush or Obama or anyone.
So, I MIGHT agree with the point that Clinton's words were insensitive. But I would disagree with the degree to which he belabors them, with the utter importance he places on them.
i know he goes on a bit too much, a little beyond what's probably necessary to make his point. i think that all of the points he makes about her so-called missteps on the campaign trail (among other things) were what people continued to overlook in supporting her. again, that's just my opinion, and i have a lot of friends who supported her that i respect and admire. the way olbermann delivers the message, sure, i can completely understand why many people wouldn't respond positively to that.
but, that hillary repeatedly brought attention to kennedy's assassination is beyond insensitive, in my opinion. every message is carefully constructed by these candidates. so, was she trying to remind us of obama's potential to be assassinated? is the implication that she needed to stay in the race so long because he might be assassinated? that she's less likely to be a target for extremists if she were president? i'll stop speculating since i probably sound a bit like a conspiracy theorist already. :)
but one thing is for certain: she showed that she's out of touch with a lot of people by not foreseeing the reaction that her comments would cause and the damage she would do to herself and her campaign by making them. i think that's something that any politician needs to understand.
on the other hand, when a candidate is losing, she/he starts to panic, to say too much, to play dirty, and hillary is like any other candidate trying to get back into a race, in that way.
anyway, i thought her concession speech was quite good, a heartfelt message about women in politics and the glass ceiling that still exists. i'm hoping her supporters will continue to support the party and obama. lately i've heard that a frightening number have said they're considering mccain, and not only is that a bad sign for november, but it doesn't speak well of her campaign in hindsight. i hope they look carefully at the issues and the differences between obama and mccain.
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