<p>Before the primaries started, I was a passive Hillary defender. I didn’t know much about her, but there was so much irrational hysteria from the conservatives against her that I felt she was being treated incredibly unfairly. As a liberal, I knew that she was quite a centrist, but nevertheless, she was attacked for being a “socialist” (code word for “emasculating feminist who makes me all too aware that I’m a wuss of man”). </p>
<p>I didn’t begrudge her for trying her best to beat Obama in the early stages of the primary season. After all, it’s her right to present herself as the best candidate possible. But then, something happened after Super Tuesday. She failed to win her decisive win, and she was completely unprepared for the long fight. Obama racked up his famous 11 victories in a row and pretty much sealed the deal with his blowout win in Wisconsin (showing that he could win in a white, blue collar neutral state). </p>
<p>Then she started getting desperate and incredibly selfish. She adopted the attitude of denying glory to others if she could not have it for herself. Her absolute low point was probably her Bobby Kennedy remarks that treated Obama’s potential murder as a viable campaign strategy. She refused to concede, or at least congratulate, Obama on the historic night he clinched the nomination. Amidst all this was all that BS about how she was “cheated” out of Florida and Michigan, despite the fact that she was all in favour of the proposal back in 2007 (when she thought she wouldn’t need to cheat to win) and her campaign’s top advisor, Harold Ickes, voted to approve the DNC’s stripping of delegates.</p>
<p>But now, all is well. She has worked very hard at campaigning for Obama and raising money for him. </p>
<p>I suppose the big question is, should she be the VP?</p>
<p>Firstly, I think that’s a demotion for her. Why? Well, because for one, it’s not as if she’s ever going to become president. If Obama is a one term president, she will likely not be nominated or elected. If Obama’s a two term president, she’d be way too old to run in 2016. The vice president has to do exactly what the president says, and is pretty much a glorified senate tiebreaker. Well, I suppose some lunatics might secretly hope for an assassination, but those people should be thrown into prison.</p>
<p>Secondly, she brings nothing but 1990s baggage to the ticket. The “18 milion votes” hooey is just that. It’s not as if those 18 million people are going to stay with Hillary, and most if not all of them have been welcomed into the unified Democratic tent. She also is not strong in Ohio and Pennsylvania and all those other swing states. Hello, she only won the low-information white working class vote because she was running against a black guy. Against John McCain, she’ll go back to being the hated ballbuster she always was to those people. John McCain may not excite conservatives, but Hillary Clinton will.</p>
<p>Thirdly, Bill Clinton is too jealous and bitter for his own good. He’ll make the campaign all about him and how he has to get back at the Republicans for what they did to him. He was a pretty good president, but his time is up and he should let the new kids take over. </p>
<p>What do you think?</p>