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* an update to Grant's update....

regarding this bit at the end of Grant's blog today:

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P.S. Before I forget...I didn't go to see President Clinton. It seemed more important to try to get the magazine done, and I didn't fancy standing in line all afternoon.
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As fate would have it, shortly after Bill Clinton left Morehead, he headed for my neck of the woods -- not precisely Mebane, but nearby Greensboro, about a half-hour down the road, where he spoke this morning.

And, no, I didn't go, either.

I knew about the visit in part because -- like Grant, who mentioned this in his blog-entry of a few days ago -- somehow I recently turned up on Hillary Clinton's e-mail list. No idea how. The fact that both Grant and I report this same coincidence is of small concern to me. (I've since opted-out of her e-mail list.)

Let me make clear that I truly appreciate what Bill Clinton did for this country from 1992-2000. And that I greatly appreciated Hillary Clinton's efforts to put health care front-and-center during her husband's administration.

But it has come to this, for me:

If Hillary Clinton somehow ends up the Democratic party's nominee, there is a very real possibility that I will vote for John McCain.

I won't commit to that, not yet, not now -- largely because I believe it's a moot point, and that Barack Obama will receive the nomination he so clearly deserves.

But the mere fact that I would consider voting for the Republican candidate for president probably speaks enough to the disenchantment I now harbor for the way the Clintons have handled their campaign in recent weeks.

If this sounds like a mild endorsement of McCain, it's not meant to be. I have serious problems with a great many of the policies he would espouse and promote as president.

I do, however, respect a man who will get up in front of Michigan voters and tell them some of their jobs aren't coming back.

Just as I greatly respect a man who gets up in front of the nation and explains that matters of race aren't nearly as black-and-white as we may wish to paint them.

Barack Obama is what America needs, of that I am certain.

As for John McCain and Hillary Clinton -- I may like some of the latter's policies more. I am not sure I respect the person more. Quite possibly not enough to vote for her, if somehow faced with that choice.

adios,
peter

Posted by peter on March 28, 2008 7:02 PM | Permalink