A Short Letter to the Clinton Campaign

Knock it off.

Your campaign's series of pretty slimy aides and volunteers supposedly "going off message" and perpetrating evil, bullshit rumors against the Obama campaign is exactly what the Bush-Rove cabal did, and is indicative of why, of the many Democrats I know, not a single one supports you as the first choice for the President.

You are putting your own ends above the party's best interest. This kind of politics tells me that in your heart you have taken in a dangerously cynical view of politics, the Dick Morris view of the world. This tells me you've been in too long. This and your history of corporatism erodes the trust you will need if you gain the nomination.

The polls say that Obama or Edwards has a better chance against the Republican nominee than you, but you hammer away at the notion that you can beat the Republican most effectively - why? I now suspect because it is you truly believe that cynicism and manipulation is the only way to beat them - certainly they have given you ample cause for that belief.

But I tend to believe those polls. And I tend to believe Barack Obama. Hope was your husband's original message, the one that defeated the first George Bush.

Shape up. Our whole damn world depends on it.

Sincerely,

First Sea Lord