Reply #92: the hope-a-dope [View All]

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I was only slightly to young for the draft, but I knew it was coming and I wasn't sure what to do when, and if, that day came. It was a lottery. How messed up was that? The ultimate lotto game. The infamous Deer Hunter scene, vistited on the whole nation.

When Clay became a conscientious objector, it had a larger effect on my personal view of the war, and America in general, than any other single event in my life. I even had a distant relative die in country, and it didn't faze me nearly as much as he did. He was the real deal. John Wayne, Thurgood Marshal, and Rosa Parks all rolled into one person.

In the next few rounds of this bout, Clinton has a huge opening to the left. If she circles far enough to the left, far enough to be enthusiastic about impeachment and criminal prosecution of some of the war profiteers, then she can beat him down and win this thing. There's absolutely nothing for her to lose by moving quickly this far to his left. Nothing. And she's win back all the Edwards supporters, plus more of the base. Obama would be forced to stay in the middle in order to defend the fundamental basis for his whole campaign, or else abandon it completly.

At least that's what I would tell her to do if I was in her corner. She's getting whooped, badly!