RE: “It’s Time to Cheer Up About Hillary Clinton” [Feature, Aug 3], Megan Burbank’s valiant effort to get people excited about voting for Clinton. “If you’re not excited to vote for Hillary Clinton,” Burbank wrote, “go ahead and vote the fuck against Donald Trump. A Trump-Clinton contest presents two distinct results: If Hillary is elected, the next Supreme Court appointee isn’t likely to be a frothy-mouthed puritan who hopes to punish women, queer folk, and people of color for existing. A Clinton presidency also means that, at the very least, your nieces will grow up seeing someone who looks like them in the highest elected office in the land.”
Huzzah to Megan Burbank for an outstanding piece. It was incisive, humorous, pragmatic, tuned to history, respectful and congratulatory toward Bernie Sanders, personal, and a damn fine piece of writing. Should have been in the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, or the New York Times, but they would’ve cut the “Fuck It. Vote with Your Vagina” part. Someone buy Megan a Wonder Woman outfit and set up the drinks!!!
John Milliken
Woot! I’m on board. I hung out with a bunch of 70- and 80-year-old women on Friday, and hearing them talk about their decades of political activism, enthusiasm for HRC, and getting to meet her throughout her years of doing hard, thankless political work got me all excited. She’s shown up, year after year, and helped moved the ball forward. I’m far too lazy and scared to do that work. So she’s got my vote. Happily.
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