PUMA. Help me understand the reasoning...
By II2aTee
@II2aTee (2559)
United States
September 12, 2008 9:50am CST
I was... still am... a huge Hillary supporter. I am a New Yorker and I am glad we at least get to keep Hil as our Senator. But Obama is the Democratic nominee now. We need to support our party.
Are you so upset that Hil didnt get the nomination that you wil jeopardize your parties futur? I dont get that.
From what I can understand PUMAs feel like thier vote didnt matter because Hillary didnt win. Do you think your vote should have counted twice? Everyone got a chance to vote. The Democrats chose Obama. I am sorry if you feel cheated, but he won fair and square.
Now its time for the Democrats to take back the White House. We cant do that if the Hilldog supporters are so jaded that they vote for war mongering Republicans.
PUMA people... what is your reasoning?
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@chameleonsdream (1230)
• United States
12 Sep 08
I keep hearing about these PUMAs, but I've never met one. The women I know who supported Hillary are disappointed, but not stupid. My own pick out of the original field didn't even make it as far as my state's primary, but that didn't stop me from placing a vote for the next most qualified person on the ballot. Hillary isn't on the presidential ticket, but that won't stop me from voting for the person on the ballot that most agrees with my beliefs and policies.
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@evanslf (484)
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12 Sep 08
Of course, with such a close primary battle, it is understandable that Hillary supporters are disappointed. They may feel cheated but that is unfair: the votes took place and were counted fairly, I don't recall there being allegations of 'hanging chads' etc. Fact is that Hillary lost a close primary battle, Obama won because he was better organised at getting his supporters out in the caucus states in particular. If Hillary had organised her campaign better, I believe she would have won.
There may be some Hillary supporters who will cross over to McCain, though I think it will be less than is often talked about. As the campaign goes on, and they find out what McCain and Palin stand for (banning abortion, even in cases where a woman has been raped - at least that seems to be Palin's view), one would hope that despite their anger/disappointment, they will come back to the Dem fold and support Obama.
That said, I suspect there will be a minority who won't and there is really not much the Dems can do about this.
@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
12 Sep 08
As a former Hillary supporter I can only say I thought it was very nice what Senator Obama did for her. I was very happy when she came out and asked her supporters to support Barack. I had already done that because I couldn't stomache the thought of 4 more years.
I think that the PUMA group is just wanting a woman in office. I mean if the voters were actually voting for Hillary because of her policial views and policies how could they vote for McCain? From what I have read about Palin she doesn't share much beyond gender with Hillary. It doesn't make any sense.
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@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
12 Sep 08
Barack Obama ran a clean campaign and he won the primary fair and square. Sometimes I get the feeling that some Hillary Clinton supporters want him to just hand over his nomination to her even though their candidate got fewer delegates.
They also want Barack Obama to pay off Hillary Clinton's campaign debts.
This kind of action reeks of blackmail. I don't like it one bit.
If they didn't like the process, then they should try and change it to their advantage at a future date. But to change the rules of the game in the middle of the game, to their liking, is not fair to those who voted for Barack Obama.
I've supported many Democratic candidates, in the past, who've lost during the primaries. Not once did I ever think of crossing over to the other side because of this.
What those who are now supporting the Sarah Palin/John McCain ticket fail to realize is this:
If they are the reason Barack Obama loose the general election, their goals of ever seeing a Democratic woman in the White House will never come to be.
Their actions will cause so much hatred that there will be an irreversable backlash.
We've always supported the Democractic Nominee regardless of race or color and now they want to change that.
God bless them if they really believe that the Sarah Palin/John McCain ticket will work in their best interests.
Lloyd
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
12 Sep 08
Hi Tee, As you know I am not an American, but I certainly agree with your line of reasoning. I have followed the American election closely, and I too was/am a Hillary supporter but Obama is the party candidate now and I don't feel that he is a lot different from Hillary in his ideas. Quite frankly I am amazed that the race is so close, I had thought that Obama would be away out in front by now. Blessings.
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@Sarah1108 (310)
• United States
12 Sep 08
Thank you for saying this! I have been an obama supporter but i had friends that placed their vote for hillary, they are sticking with their party though. I wonder how PUMA's can switch parties like that. I mean if you are a Hillary supporter or even a Clinton family support why would you jump parties. does it really seem like a smart move. Its almost like these PUMA people are trying to "stick it to the man" but by doing that they are hurting their future and their families future.
Thank you for trying to reach out to the PUMA's!
