I keep seeing these Hillary Clinton supporters on TV who say they are so disillusioned and disappointed, they’re going to vote for John McCain. They even have their own website: http://hcsfjm.com/

“The media is sexist!” they cry. “Obama is sexist!” they scream. “We’re voting for McCain!” they announce.

Are you kidding me?

Okay, first, let me say, I was all Hillary when this whole thing started. Seriously. I sent her campaign money. I got the bumper sticker. I wore the button. But when the primary got to my little ‘ol state of Indiana, things had changed. I was more than a little concerned about the idea of two families having ruled this nation for 20 years. And the whole gas tax thing was stupid. I voted for Obama. Believe me, I surprised myself.

So now, here we are. At last, the Democratic primaries are over, and we have a candidate. A darn good candidate. Sure, he’s not the most experienced candidate ever, and that was a source of concern for me. After reading a wonderfully enlightening article in Time magazine, however, I realized experience is highly overrated. Some of our nation’s least experienced candidates have made powerful presidents – most notably, Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan. Our most experienced candidate? James Buchanan, who is considered by many historians to be the worst president ever.

Obama’s reason and eloquence appeal to me. The consistency of his voting record, particularly on the Iraq War, is also impressive. And his affection for and protection of his wife Michelle strike me as particularly admirable. Here’s a man who has bucked some very tough odds to become this country’s first African-American major party candidate for president. He’s smart, charming, exciting and interesting.

But these bitter Hillary supporters want to send a message so they’re going to vote for McCain.

The John McCain who married a swimsuit model who stood by him through thick and thin. The John McCain who, while he was a prisoner in Vietnam, never knew his first wife was in a horribly debilitating accident because she wouldn’t let anyone tell him because he had enough to deal with as a POW. The John McCain who, after this wife waited faithfully for him to return from war, was unhappy to find her disabled, overweight and shorter. The John McCain who cheated on his wife with an heiress. The John McCain who then divorced the former swimsuit model to marry the heiress almost twenty years his junior.

So they’re going to vote for this man to make a statement against sexism. Brilliant.

I agree that the media was disgusting in its treatment of Hillary. Punish the media. Go for it. Stop buying their papers. Stop watching their broadcasts. But for heaven’s sake, don’t punish yourselves and your fellow Americans by putting another stinking Republican in the White House. Talk about cutting off your own nose to spite your face.

Please, folks, re-consider and listen to what Hillary’s saying. Vote for some change. Don’t give in to your own bitterness and disappointment. I cried during both speeches last Tuesday night. It seemed so unfair that we had two such fantastic candidates, and one of them had to go. Hillary Clinton’s time is not over, though. I believe, and hope most ardently, that she’ll be back.

In the meantime, though, do we have to “make a statement” by submitting ourselves to another four years of Republican ridiculousness?