big news. mark penn, chief strategist (read public relations whore) for the clinton campaign has been forced to step down for his representing union-busting companies and courting Columbia into a free trade agreement not unlike NAFTA. You know, that thing the Clintons championed and now she's against?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/apr/07/uselections2008.hillaryclinton
http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20...ation/45306884
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Now that it has been learned that Hillary Clinton's chief strategist is lobbying -- hard -- for a free-trade pact that is broadly opposed by labor, environmental and human rights groups, a number of major unions and union groupings have called for Clinton to disassociate herself from Mark Penn.
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See I think the whining and begging by democrats around the Daily KOS neck of the woods that Clinton should step down for fear of ruining it for all democrats completely misses the point. It is not Hillary's obligation to step down from her campaign. It is the democratic voter's obligation to make an informed decision. It is also their obligation to stand firm on their values regardless if their super favorite candidate gets to win or not. Of course if demos were ever good at standing firm on their values in the face of pressure we probably wouldn't be in this mess. The fact that Hillary has gotten this far, with so many stunts like the above, that is the real issue.
So as far as I'm concerned I probably will vote for Mccain. George Bush will be known for having poor judgment. And the biggest effect of that poor judgement was who he chose to surround himself with. With this jackass running her show, it shows who's really going to be four more years of Bush.