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Hillary Writes Me Back, and Says Absolutely Nothing

Thu Oct 04, 2007 at 09:48:55 AM PDT

Back in August, I watched (along with many of us, I'm sure) Kos debate Harold Ford on Meet the Press.  I took offense at Harold Ford perpetuating the Fox News line that antisemites abound on DailyKos:

But, but, Markos, in all fairness, your site has posted awful things about Jewish-Americans. Your site...You--now you have a site up about...something about Cindy Sheehan, she uses it as a--she has a heavy presence there in talking about her run against...

(Diaried by DHinMI at the time).

So I wrote Hillary on August 12:

I was appalled that Harold Ford used Bill O'Reilly talking points today on Meet The Press in his "debate" with Markos Moulitsas. He accused DailyKos of posting hateful remarks about Jewish-Americans. This is so far from the truth. As a "leader" of the DLC, please ask Harold Ford to apologize for those remarks.

So much time had passed that I actually had forgotten that I had written her.  But what shows up in my inbox today?

Dear David,

Thank you for sharing your views with me. I am grateful that so many Americans are joining our conversation about the serious and complex challenges before us.

I want to be sure that people know my record and agenda on the issues at stake in this election.  Please visit http://www.hillaryclinton.com/... to read about my positions on various issues, and check the news room at http://www.hillaryclinton.com/... to get the latest news and releases about my policies.

Working together, we will get our country going in the right direction!

Sincerely,
Hillary Rodham Clinton

So my question is, why even bother?  That was the biggest nothing of an email I have ever read.  She would have been better off just not responding.  At least when Dianne Feinstein blows me off, she does it on topic.

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