Thanks, Jane Smiley! I couldn't have said it any better!

[Nedsdag]

Author Jane Smiley takes on Hillary Clinton regarding her response to Barack Obama's "bitter" statement:

I cannot believe how angry this makes me. I cannot believe that after the last seven and a half years, I can even get this angry. Yes, I know she is pandering to her audience. Yes, I know she will do anything to get elected. Yes, I know that she and Bill Clinton are corrupt to the core, and that I should have never expected anything better of her. But, please, any of you angry white women who still support this craven shill, don't mention it to me. Do me the following favor -- apologize to your children for not stopping the war that HIllary voted for, the war that is going to impoverish them. Then apologize to them for the effects of global warming that are going to make their lives hell. Then apologize to them for the school shooting they may someday see, the one where the kid gets the guns out of his father's gun case, or buys at a gunshow. Apologize to them for the meaningless wars they are going to fight and pay for. Then tell them that "American values" killed their hopes and maybe killed them. And ask them if they think it's going to be worth it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-smiley/here-we-go-again_1_b_96374.html

[azmouse]

1. Thank you for posting that.

Rec'd.

[Nedsdag]

2. You're very welcome!

:hi:

[southern_belle]

3. K & R

[Scurrilous]

4. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Cha]

5. Jane Smiley speaks for me!

"Yes, I know that she and Bill Clinton are corrupt to the core, and that I should have never expected anything better of her. But, please, any of you angry white women who still support this craven shill, don't mention it to me. Do me the following favor -- apologize to your children for not stopping the war that HIllary voted for.."

My kids know that I tried to help stop the war on Iraq..I and thousands of New Yorkers called and emailed.. hilary & schumer, my sister and I joined hundreds of thousands in NYC on Feb 15, 2003 when millions across the World Said No to WAR..but, the neocons & the m$$$m wanted it and the IWR was passed..and so we bombed Iraq on March 20, 2003 and 5 years later, 4000 dead and thousands more maimed,.. hundreds of thousands of Iraqis dead and hilary still thinks she made the right decision.

[movonne]

6. That was good...it is so great to hear someone who can put into words

what I'm thinking...

[knixphan]

7. amen 2x

[MannyGoldstein]

8. Wow. Spot On. K&R. [nt]

[Faygo Kid]

9. "Craven shill": I have finally reached the point where I agree with that description.

[bigtree]

10. how insulting

Do these folks realize that those who disagree with them (and their candidate) aren't the evil, corrupt 'shills' they like to represent them as?

It's as if they can't have a disagreement without -- in the most humiliating and insulting way they can manage -- completely denigrating anyone who would oppose them or their view.

Over-the-top outrage is all the fashion these days.

[AtomicKitten]

11. K and a mo-fo R!!!