Clinton organizer supports Obama

I could not disagree more with the opinions in Kristi Oloffson’s article, “Clinton’s Biggest Fans Prepare to Choose ‘Between 2 Evils.’” I spent more time, worked harder and put in more hours on the Hillary Clinton campaign than anybody else on this campus, and yet I have had absolutely no problem working and campaigning just as hard for Barack Obama this semester.

Why is this? Because what made my campaign work the hardest during the primary wasn’t arguing my position, it was the fact that the opposite side was arguing almost the same exact thing. The differences between Senator Clinton and Senator Obama were so slight that even the debates between the two were forced out of the realm of policy. The people who stood next to me, and argued for Hillary’s platform, supported her because they agreed with her campaign and her stances on the issues.

Now, I stand and advocate the same side on the same issues on behalf of the Obama campaign, and not a single one of my beliefs has had to be compromised to do so. That wouldn’t be factual for a former Clinton supporter who now supports John McCain. Almost every one of their morals and ethics would have had to take a 180- degree turn. Anybody who still thinks today that the primary was a fight between Obama and Clinton lost sight of the bigger picture that we were working for.

My work for Hillary Clinton wasn’t against Barack Obama: It was for the democratic process, and only against the Republican Party. My endorsement of Barack Obama proves that I was in support of a Democratic primary candidate for all the right reasons. Any true Democrat – and true believer in the platform that Hillary Clinton represented – knows that Barack Obama is the only presidential candidate on the ticket this November who is fighting for the same ideals we stood for during the primary.
 
AnnElyse Gibbons
President of Students for Hillary Clinton, executive board member of Students for Barack Obama, secretary of IU College Democrats, president of Students for Baron Hill