Oh Yeah, and Vote for Barack Obama

While Halloween is still two months away, I wonder if anyone told Charlie Brown that the Great Pumpkin would be speaking at the Democratic Convention in Denver. Deciding that the orange pant suit would work best on camera, Hillary Clinton took to the stage not as the vice-president nominee but as a proud Barack Obama supporter.

“Whether you voted for me, or voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose. We are on the same team, and none of us can sit on the sidelines.” Well of course they have to unite; Hillary had to tell her supporters to vote for Barack for the sake of the Democratic Party. Especially since many women are switching over to John McCain instead. Said Hillary, “Barack Obama is my candidate, and he must be our President.”

And while Tuesday night was Hillary Clinton’s big chance to bring the masses to Obama, instead it sounded more like another “bowing out of the campaign/goodbye” speech. I mean did anyone else notice how many times she said, “I will always…, or I ran…”? She spoke more about what she ran for then why Americans should elect Barack Obama; doesn’t that just make everyone a little nervous? Sure they list their reasons why America is going down the drains (and are we really, I mean seriously?), but how much have they really talked about what they’ll do? The Democrats can yell “change” all they want, but a nice change would be to see them talk about fixing problems then just stating that there are problems.

It’s also common for either parties to put their opponent down, but I think I have to say that Hillary really did give a good one to McCain. “John McCain says the economy is fundamentally sound. John McCain doesn't think that 47 million people without health insurance is a crisis. John McCain wants to privatize Social Security. And in 2008, he still thinks it's okay when women don't earn equal pay for equal work. With an agenda like that, it makes sense that George Bush and John McCain will be together next week in the Twin Cities, because these days they're awfully hard to tell apart.” Burn!

So finally, when you look past her campaign stories, the history of women’s rights, and how America can’t afford to have four more years of failed Republican policies, you’re left with this final insert, “oh yeah and vote for Barack Obama.”