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Patti W.
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September 8, 2006
Whoopi switched to Hillary!
February 08, 2008 02:21 PM EST
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I've Switched to Hillary: On Wednesday on "The View," former Sen. Obama supporter Whoopi Goldberg announced that she voted for Hillary. On Thursday, the video of Whoopi's announcement was YouTube's single most watched news and politics clip. More than 200,000 people watched Whoopi explain that Hillary was the first candidate to propose taxing tax breaks away from companies that ship jobs overseas.
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Comments: 7
In any event, I like Whoopi's sentiments on the issue--although both Obama and Clinton are on record favoring the same sort of policy. We have two very strong candidates and I have a very good feeling that this is the year to put an end to the failed policies of the last 7 years. "Whoo-peee!" (couldn't resist.)
Your comments on Clinton are out of date, if they ever had any substance. Clinton received more votes in California than the entire Republican slate. Something like 2/3 of the vote nation-wide is for the Democrats. For years now, we have heard about the hatred and vitriol reserved for Hillary--by presumably significant portions of the electorate. We now know that it is, at most, a teeny sliver. The failure of the right-wing talk radio nuts to nudge even the Republican vote in the direction of Romney are further proof of the insignificance of this hateful minority.
There is an undercurrent of hope in this election that goes beyond a simple rejection of the failed policies of the current administration and its lackeys in the Congress. Perhaps it is in part a projection of irrational dreams and desires onto the candidates. Perhaps it is to some extent a fire whose flames are fanned by Clinton's increasingly populist message or Obama's call for "a new kind of politics" that is marked by citizen participation and practical problem-solving. But I have a feeling--a good feeling--that the wave of change coming out of the fall election will see a major restructuring in the parties and in the government. Democratic cloture in the Senate, moderates having a renewed voice in the Republican party, and a "surge" in across-the-aisle efforts to answer some of the most pressing needs of the American people. Check those vote totals, and have a fun election season, all.