For the last month or two both Hillary Clinton and John McCain have made comments about how Barack Obama is nothing but speeches and empty rhetoric. They have made the case that he offers only words and that words mean very little. But now that words might bring political gain, they are suddenly of great importance. As usual, Hillary Clinton wants to have it both ways; when it doesn't help her campaign, words mean nothing, but when it might help her campaign, words mean everything. By Hillary's standard, Barack's comments about Americans being bitter over government's failure to address the needs of the working class should be considered empty rhetoric and meaningless words. I guess by her standard, only words that bring hope and inspiration have no meaning.

In this campaign we have seen what words can do, Hillary has used them to take this Primary from issue based to controversy based. We no longer hear much about health care, Iraq, or even the economy. The controversial topics have dominated the news media. All the coverage of Barack Obama's message of hope and inspiration has been virtually eliminated. It's as if Hillary Clinton has managed to crush the message of hope. By her words, Hillary has said it is not words that are important, but action. Hillary's actions over the last several months have not shown her to be the best candidate. She has caused polarization and partisanship within her own party. If Hillary is the Democratic nominee, she will do the same to her country. And if she is elected President, we will face another four years of polarization and partisanship that will leave us unable to start solving problems and get America moving in a new direction.