Friday, June 6, 2008 | 2:04 a.m.
It speaks volumes about what motivates people to participate in a democracy when they are willing to abandon the principles their candidate espouses simply because their candidate is no longer in the race.
What an insult to Hillary Clinton, and all the issues she has fought so hard for, that many of her followers would simply shrug their shoulders and in November vote for John McCain, who opposes so many of her ideals.
It really shows that no matter how much we Americans would like to believe that our political participation is motivated by the important issues of the day (economy, foreign relations, national security, equal rights, etc.), we seem to endlessly choose the path of least resistance and are motivated by less important factors: race, gender, seniority.
I’m afraid to say that indeed, we have not come a long way, Baby.
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