Allow me to first state that not all of Hillary's supporters are angry.
Some of my friends were fervent Hillary supporters and their primary
emotion at the present time is disappointment. And it's understandable
given the effort and emotional investment in their cause. My problem
is with the apparent minority of Hillary's supporters who spout venom
against Barack Obama and the world because Hillary lost the presidential
nomination.
Personally, I do not buy the argument that an anti-woman vote sank her
chances. Or, that a "press" which was negative toward her candidacy
caused her to fail. I seriously doubt that the anti-black vote was smaller
than the anti-woman vote around the nation. The evidence available
supports my assertion. White women by far have been the beneficiaries
of Equal Opportunity legislation suggesting far less resistance to equal
treatment of women than blacks. I also can not remember one instance
where Hillary was brought to task by the press for statements not made by
her. She was confronted by discrepancies between her stated remarks and
public records of the facts. Senator Obama was, and predictably will be in
the future, confronted with statements by individuals other than himself with
the complicity of the "press".
To Hillary's angry women followers, I would suggest the following:
-Support of the Republican candidate would seriously undermine any
gains women have made since 1968;
-Not voting in the upcoming election will have the same effect as
supporting the Republican candidate with the same dire results
for Women's rights;
-You are part of a coalition. Your coalition shares the bulk of your values
and goals although not necessarily your standard bearer. The same is
true for every other constituent group of the coalition.
It would be a tragedy if the angry followers of Hillary fall into essentially the same politically dysfunctional trap as poor whites vis-a-vis poor blacks.