Why I Voted for Hillary

Michael Callaway — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:50:06 +0000

By Michael Callaway

March 11, 2008

Let me tell you the ten most painful words I have ever said in my life, “I would like to vote in the Democratic Primary please”. The pain is still with me even today and not only is the pain in my heart there but they branded my voter registration card with the word Democrat on it. Me, Mr. Vast Right Wing Conspiracy stranded as Democrat, branded a fool, what will they say, Monday at school?

However, I must explain why I voted for Mrs. Clinton and it is not for the reason that many others had said I should. As many of you know I am a huge McCain fan, I loved him in 2000 and was heart broke when I thought his 2008 campaign was done last year. The reason that I choose to vote for Mrs. Clinton is not because I think she will be more beatable in November or because I want the fight to go on. The reason that I voted for her is because I felt like of the two Democrats that were in a competitive race she would make the better President if the Democratic candidate should win in November. While I like Barak Obama’s style and rhetoric more then the Clinton style, I believe that with the war, the threat of terrorism and a possible global recession, it is important to have someone who has been there before.

While I love hope and optimism as much as the next guy, I found myself saying not yes we can but rather, how will you? Let us assume for the moment that only the Democratic Party cares about the little guy and that Republicans care only about the rich. If it was possible for government to do all that Obama wanted why have very accomplished Democrats failed to do so? Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, LBJ, JFK, Harry Truman and FDR, if it was possible for government to be the answer these are men that I believe would have found a way to make it happen. Now, you can say that they were opposed by the powerful establishment that wants to keep the current system because it benefits them at the expense of everyone else, but then you are left asking, who are these evil people?

There is no group of THEY that are keeping things as they are all for the benefit of THEY at the expense of us. The reason that capitalism works is because people are selfish and mean and want to do things that will be better for them. I wish Communism and Socialism would work, I wish people as a whole would work for the greater good of humanity and not solely for the benefit of themselves. There is no THEY stopping the hopes and dreams that Barak Obama wants to bring, rather there are millions and millions of greedy little me first people who care primarily about number one and they will always be there no matter who is President. To me, Mr. Obama’s message is simply not believable and I felt like Mrs. Clinton would make more realistic choices as President.

There is a 50/50 chance that the next President could be a Democrat; I simply wanted to vote for the one that I thought was best. Afterwards I felt like Peter when he denied his Lord Jesus Christ three times before the roster crowed just as Jesus had said that he would. I not only voted for Hillary Clinton in the Texas Primary and then voted for her again in Texas Caucus, but for 2008 and 2009 in the state of Texas I am a registered Democrat. Like Peter, I wept bitterly.

However I got a moving phone call from John McCain himself, he said to me, “Michael son of James, do you love me more then Hillary?”

To which I replied, “Yes John, I love you more then Hillary.”

“Blog for me. Michael son of James, do you love me more then Hillary?”

“Of course I love you more then Hillary.”

“Volunteer for my campaign. Michael son of James, do you love me more then Hillary?”

At this I became sad because he asked me a third time, lowering my head I said, “John, you know all things, you know I love you more then Hillary.”

“Vote for me!”

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