As I've watched the nomination battle wage on, one thing has become clear to me. The Democrats are burning their own house to the ground and Hillary is holding the match.

Her politics of negativity and venom, her fearmongering, her scheming and attacking are doing one thing... pissing people off. And it's not just Obama supporters. It's Hillary's supporters. She's working to make them hate Obama like people in the 50s hated the commies. Recent polls show that her supporters are so rabid, large numbers of them say they'll defect or stay home if she doesn't win.

See, Obama's tried to stay positive, tried not to beat her up on really obvious and easy targets, tried not to bring fear and anger into the race, but instead concentrated on hope and possibility. And because of that, if Hillary takes the nomination, Obama will have an easier time picking up her standard like a good soldier and rallying his loyalists to her side.

But if she loses, I don't think she can undo all the damage she's done. Her attitude has been that she'd rather take the party down with her than carry on a respectable, honorable, campaign. And if it becomes her time to rally the troops, to mend the fences and rebuild the bridges... I don't think she can.

And that makes me wonder if we can afford not to have her as the nominee, because if her campaign collapses it could be like a Jonestown massacre.

If anyone deserves this nomination -- for running a clean campaign, for talking to our heads and hearts instead of our fears, for not taking the easy low blows even when they were taken against him -- Obama does. I just fear that Hillary's politics of anger, hate, violence, and fear are going to win.

And if they do, I don't know what I'll do. I can't take 4 more years of Republicans spending our economy into the shitter. But I cannot take 4 years of Hillary's anger, pettiness, and "do anything to win" attitude. I used to support Obama because I thought Hillary would prove too much of a bogeyman to the Republicans and help them turn out the vote like never before. Now I support him because he's shown honor, dignity, and respect, and Hillary is just covered in the filth she spews, the muck she rakes, and the mud she slings.

If she carries this on until August, the party will be burned down, and she'll be standing in the ashes, holding the match.

Hillary Clinton doesn't care about America. Hillary Clinton cares about Hillary Clinton. And you can quote me on that... please.

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