Okay, okay, in the last couple of days, I’ve started seeing a lot more stories about these people, mostly women, who’re organizing to show their “unsupport” of Barack Obama. These people are Democrats, Clinton supporters miffed by “sexism”* in the media, and are so outraged that they’ve decided to vote for John McCain.
Rarely do I witness stupidity on this level (shocking, no?). It’s even coming from some superdelegates (can we just call these people Liebermen?).
WTF are these people thinking? I understand the bitterness of defeat, but what is this about? Them? Their candidate? Or, call me crazy, the country? How can you realistically support Hillary Clinton on the merits of her positions, and then switch to the ideologically polar McCain?
These people basically disgust me, as they seem to be in it for themselves and some warped notion of novelty. Look, when we elect a female president, I’ll be on the front lines of the celebration. But electing her shouldn’t be founded on the fact of her being a woman.
She did it. With one speech, Hillary vanquished my hatred and repulsion of her with one swift stroke (a la the Empire in Star Wars). She said everything she needed to say in her concession speech yesterday. And the real surprise to me was that at some points, she gave me chills.
Seriously, my final critique is that I loved this speech. I loved what it says, I love what it portends. It’s so on.
At the state Democratic Party convention, when the feed of Clinton’s speech was lost due to technical difficulties, supporters of both candidates in attendance in Austin began to unite.
Okay, I’m gathering (and am on the precipice of belief) that Hillary Clinton will end or suspend her campaign (I don’t care which it is, honestly) either Friday or Saturday.
If this turns out to be true, though, she ain’t off the hook. I’m declaring right now (yes, little ol’ me) that it is absolutely imperative that she go rabid, ape shit, ballistic, signaling the farthest fringe of support base that we must all do everything we can to elect Barack Obama president of the United States of America.
Anything less, and I go back to immediately hating her.
And with that implicit analogy, this blog now turns its full attention toward taking down John McCain. Reader submissions are accepted.
The aim will be to expose John McCain for what he is — an old-school politician, beholden to special interests with deep pockets who play by their own rules. The arguments about approach to government are tired, but must be hashed out. The real question is who these candidates are, what they represent, and how they will lead and represent the United States of America at home and to the world.
Given these tenets, the choice should be pretty clear, methinks.
But this blogger (who blogs from work regularly) can no longer keep up.
I turn you over to my touchstone, Democratic Convention Watch, who reports several Clinton-to-Obama defections, 10 Edwards superdels, and many, many more.
Obama is easily within striking distance of 2,117 or 2,118, whatever. He may even get to that number before votes are counted in South Dakota and Montana. His speech tonight is a victory speech.
The question remains what Hillary will say. And whether anyone should care.
I wanted to wait until the words left his mouth. Apparently, they have.
40 to clinch. That number needs to get down to about 17 or so for Obama to wrap things up tonight, concession or no concession.
I wonder whose words I’ll be paying more attention to tonight — hers or his. I care more about his message, of course, but I’m so curious to see whether she’ll morph back into a human being and be gracious and respectful.
If you flip a coin, a coin with the profile of a man on one side, and a woman on the other, and the coin lands with the man’s face up, is that sexism?
If you flip three times, and it comes up twice for the man, once for the woman, is that sexism?
As Joan Garry brilliantly pointed out, what Clinton supporters should at least think about is not the failings of their preferred candidate, but the strengths of her opponent. He happened to be better. His message resonated more than hers. It’s that simple.
McCain has said he will appoint Supreme Court justicesto the right of John Roberts. With two liberal justices (Stevens and Ginsberg) facing likely retirement, that means a 35-year setback for women’s rights is nigh if McCain is elected.
The Rules and Bylaws Committee of the DNC voted in favor of seating the full delegations from the renegade states of Florida and Michigan, but each of these states’ delegates will get .5 votes.
The committee also agreed to the Michigan Democratic Party’s proposal to split that state’s delegates 69-59 in Hillary Clinton’s favor. Halved, that means Clinton picked up 38 in MI (pledged and supers) and 56.5 in FL. Obama netted 32 in Michigan and 36 in Florida.
Clinton wins the day 84.5-68. She’ll gain even more tomorrow in Puerto Rico.
But Obama is just 64 away from the new magic number of 2,117, according to DemConWatch.
