Hillary, No! Wait, I mean, Yes! Err, I'm confused. Let's just vote Obama.

I'll admit I was getting pretty angry at Hillary Clinton over her negative campaigning. And I still believe her campaign is unwinnable; the sooner she drops out the better. But watching this interview between her and Bill O'Reilly made me love her again!

She does a better job than anyone I've seen handling Bill O'Reilly's agressive style and making her points coherently. Suddenly, I'm glad we have Hillary around again. I still prefer Obama's message of hope and moving beyond partisan bickering, but maybe, just maybe, that's just because I thought democrats were bad at dirty political fights. Now here comes Hillary; she was naive and idealistic, but now she's tough. And I can only imagine if I were a woman how inspired I would be.

So much so, that it makes me wonder if O'Reilly isnt trying to help her prolong the democratic race. Oh, such insidiousness! (That would look great on a T-Shirt.) Moveon.org said the interview "does nothing more than legitimize a network that will then use that credibility to smear Democrats and progressive ideas in 2008." This is getting tricky. Damn, I can't even enjoy a good Hillary/O'Reilly interview without wondering about the politics. I'm tired of this junk.

I'm going to stick with plan A and support Obama. I like to believe it's possible to elevate the national discourse. If I'm wrong and Obama loses to the right wing attack machine, which is the only thing that really can defeat him, well, then next election cycle people will be even more eager, right?

Here's the video that inspired these thoughts, for better or worse.

POHS
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