An Open Post to Hillary Clinton

This from a news story:

"Clinton, who easily won re-election to (her) second term on Nov. 7, 'is reaching out to her colleagues in the New York delegation and asking for their advice and counsel and their support if she decides to make a run,' a top adviser, Howard Wolfson, told The Associated Press.

"He noted that Clinton had said she would begin actively considering a run after the election. 'That process has begun,' Wolfson said. He said he did not know when she might make a decision or set up an exploratory committee."

Dear Mrs. Clinton:

I don't know you personally. Probably we'd get along fine if we were stranded on the proverbial deserted island. As long as we didn't discuss politics...

The notion of you running for President has been part of the American cultural imperative since at least 2000. Even your fiercest detractors have to acknowledge that your star has been ascending in the national political firmament; you have become a force to be reckoned with.

And now the moment is at hand when you may declare yourself and all the "what if'ing" will be over.

Personally I want you to wind up the Democratic nominee. I'm a non-religious Republican, meaning all I want for America are an increasingly smaller government, fewer and lower taxes, the right to bear (concealed) weapons and the absolute separation of church and state. With you as a candidate the chances for the Republican nominee winning are increased. If we barely squeaked by against Mr. Privileged Personality in '04, I think we could keep the White House by a comfortable margin in 2008.

One of the dependable characteristics of self-important people is their inability to accurately interpret their place in the world. You are a too far left. In your mind you're the most sensible person you know. You just can't see that you're going to scare enough Democratic Centrists so that they'll either not vote or they'll vote Republican. On top of that you're going to galvanize every single segment of the Republican party to pull together like they've never pulled together before.

Mrs. Clinton, you may be the only chance the Republican Party has in 2008. So you go, girl.

Respectfully,

Bertram Bananas, LLC