You just said a phrase that a very close woman friend of ours who is an avid Hillary supporter talked about as to why she was against Obama and it really disturbed me. You stated "He may embolden minorities". Now in her case she expounded on that idea with the justification that, in the city she lives in, the majority of the crime comes from the minority areas and she's worried that an Obama win would embolden those criminals and cause an upsurge in crime. She's scared.

But she's not nearly as scared as I am because here's a liberal, compassionate, well-educated, and well-respected dear friend who was allowing her fear to separate human beings into threats based upon their level of empowerment. Nowhere in her analysis did she take into consideration that, if a group that had a criminal element was empowered and bouyed by one of their own attaining the presidency, the responsible section of that group (which greatly outnumbers those few reprehensible sorts) will also be empowered and maybe they can help with the fight against crime and violence.

Can you imagine if someone made the statement had Hillary received the nod, that the violent women amongst us would be empowered and one would have to fear them further? Now Rush Limbaugh might say that but rational folks?

Lindy, I hope you didn't mean that statement like our friend did. I forgive her because I know what other factors were at play with her devotion to seeing a woman elected. I get that. Women deserve a seat at that table. Getting Hillary elected consumed her and rationalization took over to look beyond the negatives Senator Clinton brought to the mix. I know her heart and I trust her to eventually get over her aversion to Obama at least in terms of this issue. I'm also sure that her very disturbing statement that she'd vote for McCain should Obama get the nod was also just emotions talking. Before Hillary came into the picture he was as repugnant to her as he is to me.

Art