Requiem For Hillary

Maybe The Time For The White House Has Passed For Hillary

Oh Hillary, I loved you well. I am here to tell you that I am a middle aged Texas Democrat, andI threw my support behind Hillary Clinton in the primaries. I was bitter when she lost the primary, but being a good Democrat, I realized that Obama was the future, and like me, Clinton came from the past.

Baby Boomers Did Well!

We had a good run. We did. I am, perhaps, too old to be idealistic, but not so old I cannot remember idealism. We are the children on the 60′s, and the early 70s. We did some good, made some mistakes, and earned our legacy. But I am reminded of the story of Moses, leading the children of Israel for 40 years, enough time for the odler generation to die off, and the next generation, who had not been slaves – at least as adults, take positions of leaderships.

Now I just read a post that some of the Clinton’s business dealings did not live up to the idealism we thought we still had. Poor working conditions in an ethonal company the Clinton’s invested in and a Chinese internet company who wanted to help the government find Tibetan protesters come to mind. Oh, Bill and Hillary, you are not worse than the rest of us, and perhaps, better than most.

But maybe it is time for us to step back and support the future, to admit that in our middle age we should be here to remind our children, but not to lead them. I love and respect Hillary Clinton, and the holes she punched in all sorts of glass ceilings, and the fighter she is. But maybe we should just relax, remind the new kids of the mistakes we made, and what we did right, and let them learn from us.

OK Kids, Go On and Change The World!

I think we did a good job, and when the Obama kids realize that they will not reach our age without mistakes, and would not be the great people they are without us to guide them, our job will be complete. So, kids, we are ready for change, and we aren’t gone yet! But we trust you too, So go and and be better than we are. We will be glad to see it.

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