T o say I am disappointed is an understatement. I wanted a strong enough showing for Obama to knock the bitch out of the race. I am beyond sick of the Clintons. If Hillary continues the slash and burn tactics of Karl Rove at his worse, I honestly believe she is guaranteeing defeat for the Democrats in November. Of course, she could care less as long as her ego is satisfied. She is engaging in precisely the type of campaign that will make young voters (like my youngest daughter), blacks and former moderate Republicans (the majority of my extended family) stay home or vote for McCain out of disgust. And, yes I got an e-mail from my 80 year mother who had watched the returns and was not happy. There's one older white woman vote Hillary will NEVER get. Andrew Sullivan has a great assessment of Hillary and what is happening here:
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But she won't leave. She will never leave. Ceding to someone younger is unthinkable to her. It's a form of death for her.
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But here's what she does have: total shamelessness, and an absolute belief that she is the rightful nominee. Shamelessness: the appropriation of the message and even the words of her opponent; the portrayal of one of the most privileged and advantaged candidates in memory as an insurgent underdog; the eager embrace of the tactics - and message! - of the Rove right if it could help in any way; the picture of a candidate who saw a 20 - 25 point lead dissipate into single figures as a candidate for momentum. What sustains her is this deep, deep sense of entitlement and an absolute refusal to let the next generation take over. She will take this to the last day of the convention if necessary.
But here's what she does have: total shamelessness, and an absolute belief that she is the rightful nominee. Shamelessness: the appropriation of the message and even the words of her opponent; the portrayal of one of the most privileged and advantaged candidates in memory as an insurgent underdog; the eager embrace of the tactics - and message! - of the Rove right if it could help in any way; the picture of a candidate who saw a 20 - 25 point lead dissipate into single figures as a candidate for momentum. What sustains her is this deep, deep sense of entitlement and an absolute refusal to let the next generation take over. She will take this to the last day of the convention if necessary.
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If Obama thinks he has a right to actually be nominated by the Clinton Democrats because he has won more votes, more states and more delegates, he is sadly mistaken. They will never let such a person win without a death struggle. And that is where the Democrats are now headed.
If Obama thinks he has a right to actually be nominated by the Clinton Democrats because he has won more votes, more states and more delegates, he is sadly mistaken. They will never let such a person win without a death struggle. And that is where the Democrats are now headed.
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I find Hillary utterly loathsome. Lets hope stories break soon on Billary and dirty money or a bimbo erruption with Bill.
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