I received an invitation to Hillary Clinton's concession speech yesterday in Washington, DC. I wish I could have been there to experience some sort of closure. Instead, I watched the speech from a live feed from the Clinton campaign. Clinton's gracious and inclusive speech really explains why I worked so hard for her in six states during the past five months. She mentioned gay and lesbian rights and women's rights with conviction, and she has a record of service to back up her statements. It was both heartbreaking and empowering to watch her yesterday.
My friends from Team Hillary have been emailing like mad these days, sharing their feelings about the outcome, and a few have made pronouncements about what they intend to do in November. A couple of friends are so angry with the Democratic National Committee that they changed their voter registration from Democrat to Independent. Some have made it clear that they are not voting for Obama, while others are urging unity.
I'm not there yet. I have already been inundated with emails from Howard Dean, the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Missouri Democrats, Sen. Sherrod Brown, (D-Ohio) and the Democratic Farmer Labor Party in Minnesota calling for unity and asking for contributions to Obama's campaign. I am using these opportunities to press the case for women's issues.
I want to see more discussion about the virulent sexism that Hillary Clinton had to endure during the past year. The Democratic Party should not take my vote for granted.
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I think it's important to separate the nasty sexism that Clinton experienced from Obama himself and what he stands for and can mean for our country. Aside from the give and take of debate and other comments in which they both said not-so-kind things about the other, the only significant "harm" that he himself did to Clinton was not to wait his turn--and we can't really hold that against him since such large numbers of voters were apparently waiting for him to appear.
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