I voted for you only five short weeks ago, but today I am done. I understand you have your ambitions, and I used to share in them. But your refusal to acknowledge the obvious makes me question your judgment. And now I am starting to believe you have motives which frankly sicken me.

You will turn 61 in October of this year, 65 in October of 2012, and 69 in October of 2016. That math is as obvious as the math that says you have lost the nomination. It's regrettable that people judge women so harshly as they age, but it's true.

So it would appear that 2012 may be the last year that you consider yourself young enough to be elected President. If Obama wins this November, he will be our party's nominee that year. If you join his ticket and ensure his victory, you may never get the chance to lead your own ticket.

But if you kneecap Obama in the primaries, and toss the White House to McCain in November, the 2012 race currently comes down to you or John Edwards vs. an elderly John McCain. If McCain pursues GOP economic policies, an America in ruin will surely elect you as President. A Bush-McCain appointed Supreme Court and WW3 in the Middle East must be a small price to pay for that opportunity.

So you have led me to regard you either as oblivious to reality or willing to hurt the party, the country and the world to advance your own ambition. The former disturbs me; the latter, if correct, truly sickens me.

by Dogger on 03/12/2008 01:58:22 PM EST