It’s amazing how in a span of a year I went from liking Hillary Clinton and truly debating with myself whether I would vote for her or Barack Obama to getting an extremely bitter taste in my mouth at the very mention of her name.

The following is taken from an article written by Rick Klein and David Chalian on abcnews.com:

Sen. Hillary Clinton told a gathering of supporters last week that she’s looking for a “strategy” for her delegates to have their voices heard and “respected” at the Democratic National Convention — and did not rule out the possibility of having her name placed into nomination at the convention alongside Sen. Barack Obama’s.

At what point do you actually support the presumptive democratic nominee? Or do you ever? What exactly does Senator Clinton think she (and most importantly, the party) can gain from this? Well, Senator Clinton states:

“I happen to believe that we will come out stronger if people feel that their voices were heard and their views were respected. I think that is a very big part of how we actually come out unified. Because I know from just what I’m hearing, that there’s incredible pent-up desire. And I think that people want to feel like, ‘OK, it’s a catharsis, we’re here, we did it, and then everybody get behind Sen. Obama.”

The problem here is that the animus between the two campaigns has barely died down and here you are trying to fan the flames again. What if the bulk of pledged delegates do not go for Obama at the convention? What if it comes out much closer than people imagined? How is that going to look to those people who are already straddling the fence when it comes to this election? Furthermore, do you actually think that the people who are bitter about Obama winning the nomination are actually going to be placated by the fact that your name is on the ballot? I’ve read the blogs and the comments. There are people out there who have actually stated that people who wanted Clinton to win should vote for McCain so that Clinton will have her shot in 2012. What kind of strategy is that?

The fact that most of the comments boosting McCain over Obama simply to have Clinton back in action in 2012 comes from women bothers me even more. Are they aware of McCain’s stand when it comes to women’s rights?

He voted NO on Comprehensive Sex Education

Mccain skipped the vote on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (both Clinton and Obama voted for the bill. However, it was blocked by Senate Republicans) and claimed that he was opposed to it, basically stating that women should not be compensated for acts of discrimination within the workplace, but that instead they need “education and training”

He OPPOSED a repeal of the global gag rule.

He voted AGAINST requiring insurance plans to cover contraception.

In 1999 he stated to the San Francisco Chronicle:

“But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations.”

Now he states:

I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned.”

I will argue here that a man has a right to change his mind. The question, however, becomes whether or not that shift was a choice for emotional or political reasons.

And Mccain’s long record of siding against women’s rights goes on and on. It seems to me that Hillary Clinton and her enormous brood of female supporters are recklessly threatening to commit an act of “cutting off their nose to spite their face”. Exactly what benefit is there in voting for a man who obviously has no real regard for you or your rights or your body? Even if you are pro-life (which I wholeheartedly respect), you still must be aware of the fact that the idea of women’s rights does not register with this presumptive Republican nominee.

At this point it appears that both Senator Clinton and Bill Clinton are so embittered about the loss of what they felt was rightfully theirs, they are willing to decimate the whole party and dismiss the hopes and ideals of the people who they have supposedly spent most of their lives fighting for.