By: Factcheck2

Factcheck2 — Sun, 11 May 2008 03:09:29 +0000

I love Sen. Clinton, but wish she’d get some rest, then continue the battle for the nomination - all the way to the convention floor. Each time I hear her talking as though the Democratic Party is one big happy family of humanitarians, and that this will all be decided June 3rd, I cringe. It won’t be decided June 3rd unless she capitulates. The people who run this outfit have rigged the nominating process from Day One, they excoriate her as a racist, and they keep telling her to drop out because she’s destroying the party (as if disenfranchising Florida and Michigan didn’t already achieve that end). Guilt Guilt Guilt Guilt Guilt. It’s all a ploy, because enough of the pledged delegates at the convention may cross over on the first ballot and put her over the top. (Everyone in the media, the DNC and Karl Rove knows this.) And the superdelegates don’t count until August, anyway, so it would be nice if she started pointing that out in her interviews and quit worrying about not hurting their feelings. She should tell the world that she answers to the 15 million people who voted for her in the primaries, not Howard Dean and the other 795 folks. And every time she makes one of those comments about how she’s going to work for the nominee, it gives the impression that this is over. It also validates the ruthless, underhanded, race-baiting campaign Obama has run. He has no chance of winning in the fall, so why does she help keep this illusion going? Again, this process should go to the floor of the convention - and to hell with the threat of a riot, that’s what policemen are for. It’s just more guilt-tripping, about her responsiblity towards African Americans, when it’s Barack Obama who was representing the slumlords of Chicago and helping divert millions of dollars away from inner city social services for years and years. She needs to put that crime right back in his lap where it belongs, not in her lap, where everyone keeps putting it. If the Repubs win the WH in November, there will be no more elections, I would wager. That’s how important this is. And the 15 million of us who voted for her did so on the assumption she’d go the distance. Which doesn’t mean she shouldn’t take breaks, of course. Running against the wind is not going to get her anywhere but lying a grave ten years too soon. Knuckling under to the likes of Dianne Feinstein isn’t going to do help matters either. (I sent Di-Fi a harshly worded fax Thurs., by the way.) Standing up for what’s right involves some sitting and waiting, after all, like that moment of release in New Hampshire, and onstage in Rhode Island, and during that incredible victory night in Ohio, which reminded me of a pagan ritual from the Neolithic. If only she could open up like that again and let in the love that surrounds her. She’s kind of lucky, compared to the rest of us, so she needs to rekindle the joy while it’s there for the taking. And part of that mission involves replacing some of those hacks in her campaign. The end never justifies the means, so enough of those stupid “What’s wrong with Barack Obama” TV spots. I think she lost a point every time one of those commercials ran in NC and IN. Like Evan said, just be yourself, Hillary. (P.S. I just posted a new article on my website called “Obama’s October Surprise” if anyone’s interested. The URL is Thecityedition.com.) Rosemary

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