Letters to the Editor
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@ @ Madame Defarge
It must be terribly disappointing for Hillary supporters, after believing in her and putting all of that hard work into her campaign.
Still, Obama will make a fine President, and Hillary has the chance to be one of the greatest Democratic Senators, in US history.
While it doesn't feel like it now, it will be OK.
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@Madame D
Still, Obama will make a fine President
I doubt that, MD, but he won't make it there to find out I am certain. If you want to Believe until forced otherwise that is your perogative, but I have watched this same sort of election with differnent names too many times.
Unlike the Republicans who put aside their ideology and put up their strongest candidate in the general election, the left more often than not does the precise opposite.
Afterwards, they blame the electorate for not seeing things their way. This has gone on for 30 years but I think it won't continue because we will lose Congress with McCain's win as people rarely split tickets anymore and after this defeat there IS no more Democratic Party.
Moveon just isn't an electorate.
and Hillary has the chance to be one of the greatest Democratic Senators, in US history.
She already has done so. It's Obama who decided to squander that opportunity.
'Night.
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Back off, buddy.
If I hear "my friends" one more freakin' time I'm going to sic Rudy on this guy to go all 9/11 on him.
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You all have been waiting for 2008 for so long; I can't believe you're not pissed that your candidate is going to be Obama.
It is as if Huckaby were winning the Repubican nomination. How it is that you don't think Obama is another Howard Dean or a Dukakis, I'll never know.
I expect that after November, I won't care.
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As an old political junkie, I know how it feels
We grow accustomed to the Dark –
When Light is put away –
As when the Neighbor holds the Lamp
To witness her Goodbye –
A Moment – We uncertain step
For newness of the night –
Then – fit our Vision to the Dark –
And meet the Road - erect –
And so of larger – Darknesses –
Those Evenings of the Brain –
When not a Moon disclose a sign –
Or Star – come out – within –
The Bravest – grope a little –
And sometimes hit a Tree
Directly in the Forehead –
But as they learn to see –
Either the Darkness alters –
Or something in the sight
Adjusts itself to Midnight –
And life steps almost straight.
Emily Dickinson
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HRC may be down, but she's not out
It's still very much a race, kids. Nothing more, nothing less. Too early to call it. It goes on.
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@Madame Defarge
I will Lift up Mine Eyes Inspiring Words of Comfort and Hope
A Hallmark publication:
http://experiencedbooks.com/web/abk/bAI-009592
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@Anonymous
"I have watched this same sort of election with differnent names too many times.... Unlike the Republicans who put aside their ideology and put up their strongest candidate in the general election, the left more often than not does the precise opposite."
Very well put. They almost foisted Dean on the party in '04. Now they have a candidate who actually has less credible experience (none of it executive). Oh well. Get used to saying "President McCain." Barack and Michelle will soon have to.
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@ @Madame Defarge
Thanks. I need all the help I can get.
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The Drudge Report could not be happier
They have the candidate they wanted:
http://www.drudgereport.com/
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Arlington, etc.
Just to add - I lived in the Arlington for three years. Pretty much nothing but white people as far as the eye could see. Also, take a look at the numbers, people. Obama won across the board with pretty much every demographic except white women, and those he only lost by a few points. He won so handily that the superdelegates don't even really matter anymore. It's not just black people voting for him, not even close, and you sound impossibly stupid continuing to say that, so knock it off. Hilary LOST. She got her butt handed to her on a silver platter, and if you want to blame someone, blame her and her campaign, and get over it. She, of all people, should have know the power of the words "Hope" and "Change" on a country that's gone through 8+ years of hell - it's the same message that her HUSBAND RAN ON IN 1992!!! And I believe that it was Bush I that was in the position of saying that it takes more than hope to make change, and he had the experience, and blah, AND the irony runs deep. 35 years of experience and she doesn't remember this?
Also, as long as I'm here, I'm getting a little tired of people talking about how young and inexperienced Obama is. He's what, 47 years old? Practically an infant, right? More legislative experience than Hilary, authored like, 50 times more bills than she has (some across the aisle, so so much for him not knowing how to get stuff done), I mean, this is not a neophyte that we're talking about. What the hell?
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The Hillary-as-electable myth
Hasn't this effectively been laid to rest. There were no WMDs in Iraq, The US gov didn't blow up the WTC and Hillary was NEVER more electable than any of the viable candidates. Her "unfavorables" are just too high.
As for the democrats consistently putting up their weakest candidate, Al Gore was probably the most qualified candidate either candidate has put up since FDR. And he won. Kerry wasn't quick enough in his response to the Swift Boat liars. He let the story dominate too many news cycles expecting the media to point out that all the evidence pointed to the fact that they were making it all up. It will be a LONG time before ANY Democrat makes that mistake again.
If Obama can handle the Clinton sludge machine, he can handle anything McCain can throw at him. McCain can't risk running a campaign as racist as the one Hillary has run.
My favorite argument from Hillary supporters is that she can win better than Obama because she can carry the states that Kerry won. Yeah, we all saw well that "carry only the deep blue states" plan worked. Kerry actually had experience, as opposed to counting his spouse's experience as his own, and the "blue states" couldn't give him a win over the man who completely ignored the terrorist threat, allowing 9/11 to happen, the man who was told "America is under attack" and didn't get up, the man who was inaugurated in 2005 with record low approval ratings for an inauguree.
Hillary was never the most electable. Calling any black person who supports Obama racist is a desperate attempt to belittle Obama and his supporters. Are Hispanics for Hillary racist? Old white women too racist to support a black man?
There was an interesting fact buried in the LA exit polls. Most voters said that race was NOT a factor. Of those polled who said race was a factor, only half of them backed Obama. Yes, half of those who admittedly decided based on race voted for the white girl. Now, who is the racist?