"Her Just Due..."

Personally...I'm glad that she failed to capture her party's nomination for President. Honestly, I am over joyed. Still I must give her her just due for her persistence in making the attempt.

I do not believe that the question throughout the recently concluded Democrat primaries ever should have been "Is our country ready for a female as Commander-in-Chief?" I think our country has matured enough and, in all candor, yearns for a candidate that embodies true forthright leadership, that rises above partisan politics and seeks non-compromising solutions to the compounding problems that face our nation, and would, therefore, embrace any candidate that exemplifies those qualities regardless of gender or race. For me, she failed to exemplify those necessary qualities that would sway me to cast my vote in her direction. I honor her quest and would applaud her for perhaps throwing open the door even wider to future female candidates who would vie for elected government service at every level. We need more voices to enter the dialogue of seeking solutions, not fewer.

That having been said, I am glad that the possibility of Hillary standing as the head of state has at long last been quashed. It is also my hope that Mr. Obama will have the wisdom to refrain from considering Hillary as his choice for Vice President. When compared to her husband's abysmal presidency, Mrs. Clinton could hardly deliver an administration that would purposefully rival Bill's reckless eight year performance as duface-in-chief, as I would wager that she would at least manage to keep the zipper on her pants suit in the fully closed position. Still, when one owns a horse one must contend with the accompany flies. Placing Hillary on the ticket invites the ever present unnerving buzzing about of Bill Clinton. You can shoo him away persistently, but persistently he keeps returning. His renewed presence in the administration would prove to be a distraction that no President needs and our country can no longer tolerate. It is time for the Clintons to resign themselves to the footnotes of history.

I abhor your politics, Hillary, but I applaud your heretofore unwavering and steadfast quest to achieve the highest political prize our nation can offer, as misguided and groundless as your base motivations were. No one in this country is "entitled" to anything. Entitlement breeds victimization. The American people, the people you rightfully labeled the blue-collar workers, earn by the sweat of the brows daily their right to choose which leaders shall maintain the open doors of honest and rewarded hard work...and they reject forthrightly all those who would lay claim to the spoils not of their own creation. You brought little to the table of debate but a sense of self-importance and an attitude that you know better than those people in America that for generations have made this country a nation to be emulated. Thanks for running...now run along like a good little girl. There are others waiting in the wings that can see well beyond the tip of their noses. And take that husband of yours with you.