I've decided that I will be voting for Jonathan Tasini in the Democratic primary for US Senate in New York on September 12. Hillary Clinton has just been too supportive of this war for far too long. She voted for it, and she refuses to say her vote was a mistake.
We need senators in Washington who are going to stand on progressive ideals. Hillary Clinton just hasn't been doing that. All too often she takes the Republican position because I believe she wants to run for president and in her mind she thinks these Republican positions will get her elected. She is sorely mistaken.
Even if Tasini doesn't win, a strong showing would certainly send Hillary a message to start taking us seriously and to start taking more progressive stands. She isn't as bad as Lieberman, but she certainly could be better. Supporting Tasini would send a strong message to New York, and the country, that we don't support the war in Iraq, and that we need to start bringing our troops home.
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