Clintonistas: McCain's Fifth Column
Via DC Blogs Live Feed, I stumbled upon a Clintonista screed among many on Sugar'N'Spice. Sugar writes:
FF, she were to accept a VP offer from the Obamazoid campaign, let's keep our wits about ourselves and realize that we don't have to and we shouldn't support the ticket. I fully and absolutely expect that if she accepts an offer, it's to get this chump to pay off that debt and to make sure she looks like a "team player" so she can get geared up for 2012, because let's face it--Obama can't win. I don't care who his VP is. Not to mention, we should not be supporting this Democratic(?) Party as it is at present anyway. Did the Rules and Bylaws Committee not just give us all the finger just six days ago? Keep your wits people.
Please, Clintonistas. There is nothing undemocratic about a party that is controlled by rules. State Democratic parties knew what the rules were, and violated them anyway. And the "popular vote" is rubbish, as I said in another place. This is not a first-round Presidential ballot--this is a party selection process. Unless you are a member of the Party, and are responsible for the creation of the rules, you must play the hand you're dealt.
As I said in my comment to Sugar:
The Democrats will not lose in November because Obama is the nominee. They will lose because this kind of pointless bitterness will help McCain.
Ultimately, Clintonistas will have to decide whether they, as Democrats, prefer to nurse their personal grudges or take the White House.
The Democratic Party is in a long-term decline. The fact that the current President is an idiot (and consequently possibly the least popular President ever) does nothing to change the underlying faults of the party. Among the leadership, there is petty factionalism and internecine squabbling. And while Democrats (very arguably) have a much broader base than the Republicans do, Democratic voters tend to be more skilled at whining on the Internet than actually turning up on Election Day and taking power.
So keep fuming, Clintonistas--and work on who you're going to blame in January when McCain trounces a disorganized party.
Or do something revolutionary: get over yourselves and mobilize to win in November.
FF, she were to accept a VP offer from the Obamazoid campaign, let's keep our wits about ourselves and realize that we don't have to and we shouldn't support the ticket. I fully and absolutely expect that if she accepts an offer, it's to get this chump to pay off that debt and to make sure she looks like a "team player" so she can get geared up for 2012, because let's face it--Obama can't win. I don't care who his VP is. Not to mention, we should not be supporting this Democratic(?) Party as it is at present anyway. Did the Rules and Bylaws Committee not just give us all the finger just six days ago? Keep your wits people.
Please, Clintonistas. There is nothing undemocratic about a party that is controlled by rules. State Democratic parties knew what the rules were, and violated them anyway. And the "popular vote" is rubbish, as I said in another place. This is not a first-round Presidential ballot--this is a party selection process. Unless you are a member of the Party, and are responsible for the creation of the rules, you must play the hand you're dealt.
As I said in my comment to Sugar:
The Democrats will not lose in November because Obama is the nominee. They will lose because this kind of pointless bitterness will help McCain.
Ultimately, Clintonistas will have to decide whether they, as Democrats, prefer to nurse their personal grudges or take the White House.
The Democratic Party is in a long-term decline. The fact that the current President is an idiot (and consequently possibly the least popular President ever) does nothing to change the underlying faults of the party. Among the leadership, there is petty factionalism and internecine squabbling. And while Democrats (very arguably) have a much broader base than the Republicans do, Democratic voters tend to be more skilled at whining on the Internet than actually turning up on Election Day and taking power.
So keep fuming, Clintonistas--and work on who you're going to blame in January when McCain trounces a disorganized party.
Or do something revolutionary: get over yourselves and mobilize to win in November.