Yeah, let me pull some magic money out of my butt....

In the last five years, I have racked up over $10,000 in medical bills. That's just me, that doesn't include the $6000 accrued by my wife. This is with insurance, mind you. Beyond that are the student loans to pay off, plus the obvious credit card debt.

My wife and I are like most Americans who try their best to pay down their debt and "get square" with their lenders. Like half of America, we are true blue Democrats, and for those who have read my writings, big supporters of Barack Obama. We have made our small contribution to the campaign, giving a nominal sum for a T-shirt and a few bumper stickers. But we are in a position, like most in this country, who cannot contribute in large sums like lobbies or corporations. We cannot afford, on our incomes, to give more to a candidate than we pay month to month toward our own personal debts.

So why am I being asked to pay off the debt of the Clinton campaign? Why am I being asked by my own nominee to give money to the woman who is not the nominee and continuously put herself deeper into debt knowing she could not win. She knowingly accrued an ever growing hole in her pocket without thinking of the future consequences (which goes to show that Democrats made the right decision in choosing Obama). And now she has the audacity to ask those who did not support her candidacy to pay off the debts of her egotism.

We cannot afford gas for our commutes, food for the dinner table, insurance for our ills, yet we are asked to deepen our own debt to lessen a millionaire's own financial shortcomings? If you pour money into a slot machine and continue to lose, all the while convinced you will win, the casino is not going to reimburse you when you finally crap out. Take the gamble, pay the price.

Write a new book, go on a speaking tour, do what you must to work off your own damned debt, Senator, and stop insulting the hard-working middle-class you so vociferously fought for. Hell, go get appointed to a board of directors somewhere and then retire a year later; the severance package will most certainly pay off those campaign loans.

As for Senator Obama, take the hint as shown by your supporters' response to your plea to help out Hillary: less than $100,000 has been given for her debts since you clinched the nomination. Don't alienate those who got you where you are. Just concentrate on how you'll make it easier for us regular citizens to ease our own debts.

Hillary, this is why you will always be a polarizing figure: you have no real grasp on reality. Go back to Chappaqua, your multi-million dollar mansion, and your focus on the job you do have.

Not Another Four Years.....

I didn't want to continue on and on about Hillary's lack of poise, grace, and humility, but as I was browsing MySpace today I got a bulletin informing me of the new "Hillary Clinton for President 2012" page. Only two days since she lost the nomination and already an inter-party battle has been launched for the next four years. Regardless if she should somehow wrangle the VP slot, she has already shown her true colors: an unquenchable thirst for power and spotlight.

The party is in need of unification. Democrats have long been accurately perceived as the party of internal chaos. The lack of cohesion and focus has cost the party in far too many national races. Senator Clinton's continued aping of Dick Cheney in an unswerving drive toward ultimate power does nothing but disservice to her party, her supporters and her New York constituents, let alone her need to leave a larger-than-life legacy.

She's leaving a legacy, alright, albeit one of a scorched earth policy in the quest for political immortality.

Just seeing the new site up, before she has even officially conceded the race, is telling in the question of her character. It belies the truth as to why she got into the race: for her own glory and not for the sake of the country.

History has a way of sorting out the magnanimous from the malicious. The legacy of Richard Nixon, for example, who could boast the greatest achievements in foreign policy of any modern President is instead remembered for his bunker-mentality, enemies lists, and self-inflicted downfall, all for the sake of holding power.

In that one speech, on Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton secured her spot in history, not as magnanimous, but malicious. Her inability to serve the people instead of her own interests is the one thing that will keep her from attaining that which she so desires. By not squelching any talk of her desire to remain a perpetual candidate for President she cements her legacy as a power-monger and not a power-sharer.

The Democratic Party has always held itself as the party of inclusion. By refusing to acknowledge the accomplishments of Barack Obama, Hillary has tarnished that image and has forfeited any right as a standard-bearer for the party.

So go ahead, Hillary, keep running. Four years is a lot of time for people to get to see your true colors.