In all probability, you will not be able to win both Texas and Ohio tomorrow. There will be clarion calls for you to quit the race. They will ask you to consider the unity of the Democratic Party. They will tell you that you are a spoiler. They have already called you pretty much every name in the book from bitch to witch to much worse.
You may even consider quitting tomorrow night if you lose both Texas and Ohio.
So, in advance of whatever might happen tomorrow, I just want to say:
I.Am.Sorry.
I am sorry for the way your country has treated you. Sorry for the hate that is spewed towards you from both the left and the right.
I am sorry that even people like Olbermann can show his irrational hatred for you. I knew the true nature of Rachel Maddow when she backtracked from her sharp criticism of Chris Matthews. But here she is, today, randomly reading your mind. As Somerby points out today, it is time for these hacks to go.
I am sorry because it is clear to me that you are a smart, accomplished dedicated woman who cares deeply and at a personal level about healthcare and yet you are being trashed by all and sundry for things that are not remotely your fault.
I don’t know much about your campaign staff. I don’t know if Mark Penn is the worst person in the world. I thought Bill O Reilly had that sewn up for good. I have no idea if your campaign is stupid.
Let me be honest – I did not vote for you in the primaries. I did not like your vote on the AUMF and I did not like your vote on Kyl-Lieberman regarding the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
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I agree that you are not a gifted orator like Senator Obama is. Your voice is sometimes quite harsh – probably from all that yelling and shouting you have to do. You don’t dress like a woman. If I was to believe your critics, you are barely human./snark>
But I am terribly sorry that your fellow countrymen, even the liberal blogosphere will not treat you fairly. This site has been especially cruel to you. As an example, I point to the diary today which took a perfectly innocent and truthful statement from you and distorted it beyond all recognition.
It is one thing to disagree with your policy position. It is quite another to attack you personally, selectively quote you and then viciously attack you by inference.
For all this, I am truly sorry. You would have made a great president. You would have been good for America – a nation that seems to run on a heady mix of testosterone and gasoline.
So, if you believe you have been unfairly targeted; that your words are always distorted to reinforce the narrative that you are a cruel, ambitious, ruthless, hypocritical bitch – take heart - for you have at least one citizen who will always judge you on your merits, Oh and a couple of absolutely brilliant bloggers – Digby and Glenn Greenwald who will always treat you fairly.
So, once again, I am sorry that you are being trashed like this by people who should know better – most of the front page authors on this site.
But above all, I am truly sorry that your husband ever met Monica Lewinsky.