Race '08- Pennsylvania Edition

Although it pains me to have to stoop so low as to write about the democratic presidential campaigns, I have no choice. This particular subject is all i hear about on the news and i cannot help but form some pretty strong opinions about the subject. Therefore i feel i must share these ideas with the world. So here i go...

The Pennsylvania frenzy regarding the democratic primary began a very long time ago. All of these emotions and, at times, hostilities had a rather dull climax last night. Hilary Clinton won the primary by 10 points. Although she was expected to win, it still made a lot of news and riled up a lot of people. It is not Hilary's victory that interests me, it is the way she went about winning. She played the dirty politician game bashing her opponent in a way that 68% of Americans feel was unjustified. This really bothers me for some reason. It showed the world her desperation to win in a state that, by the way, she already had a large lead in, and it showed that she was not above fair politics.

My personal favorite example of Hilary Clinton criticizing Obama was during the ABC debate. She brought up Obama's acquaintance with a former member of an organization that acted against the government using violence. She claimed that Obama was his friend and the Obama's policies would be affected by this man. My favorite moment of the debate, and possibly the election thus far, was when Obama responded to this accusation with some thing along the lines of, "wasn't it your husband who pardoned 2 members of this same organization, involved with the same acts of violence, before he left office?" Ii wish the camera would have shown Clinton's face because, finally, her harsh and unwarranted criticism of Obama had blown up in her face.

I am not trying to impose my beliefs on anyone. I am just saying that there is something i don't trust about Clinton and she seems like she will do whatever it takes to win the presidency, which I'm not sure is a good thing. But anyway, the Obama-Clinton saga will continue in Indiana and North Carolina in the coming weeks, and how interesting it will be to see how heated the "Race '08" becomes.