Posted on 03/08/2008 6:23:11 AM PST by jdm
Last night, Bill OReilly asked Al Sharpton the $64,000 question what happens if Hillary Clinton gets the nomination even if Barack Obama comes into Denver leading in pledged delegates? After the losses in Texas and Ohio, the new meme has the superdelegates wondering whether Obama can win a general election. If Hillary can make it closer by the time the convention rolls around, say to within 70 or so pledged delegates, the superdelegates will throw their support to the most competitive candidate.
After hesitating a bit, Sharpton makes it clear that he and his supporters wont accept a brokered outcome:
Superdelegates are not Supermen. The party cant say it represents the concept of one-man, one-vote democracy and then make backroom deals that ignore the popular vote and the will of the electorate. They will march in the street to protest a Hillary nomination if she comes into Denver trailing Obama.
Strong words indeed.
Duane and I discussed this today, and he thought that putting Obama at the bottom of the ticket will avoid a walkout. I dont think Obama will be willing to tie his political fortunes to Bill and Hillary Clinton, and I dont think that his supporters would forgive him easily if he did. The Clintons are everything that his campaign opposed insider deals, nasty personal attack strategies, and the politics of the Beltway. Accepting that bottom slot would endorse all of that and eliminate the one advantage he gives the Democrats.
Sharptons threat gives Obama potent leverage to keep from accepting a convention demotion. If his supporters start talking about third-party movements, the Democrats are finished up and down the ticket and they know it.
UPDATE: My apologies Red Lasso seems to have a problem with this episode from OReilly. Hopefully it will work again soon; it worked when I loaded this initially.
no course not
in todays society all half blacks/ half white are blacks never white
If I were half I’d be black , just think of all the special rights you get.
affirmative action, don’t do all that good at school hey that’s alright we still give you the job because you’re black
then there’s the all black colleges
the black college funds
own channels
own congress etc etc etc
and whne you get fired, get stoppped for speeding , don’t get the job you too can cry racism so the lib comes running to your aid
yep I’d be putting down I’m black too
ah
I hear you
After katrina I went out got my gun and concealed weapons permit, of course I wouldn’t be able to protect my self in certain states like massachusetts.
LA was ransacked but parts of MS were not, infact even the police of new orleans were stealing as I have it on video
Then you have Tiger Woods who had a good father who doesn't identify with any particular race.
It’s sad to see the effect and impact a minority of a minority can have on a nation such as America!
Making it worse - it seems the most vocal segment of the minority that Sharpton, Jackson and Obama speak for, are the least educated, most dependent on Government handouts and criminal elements of our society....
America has NOT be fairly rewarded for the blood, treasure, generosity or legislation put forth in favor of our black minority...
It appears there will never be enough, for those who will do little for themselves...
Enemies of this Republic have used every weapon against us - even poking at the scab of racism and the dissatisfaction of those who want much, but do little to achieve.
Clintons think NOW, not Long Term.
They are both over 60, both narccicsts, and both could care less what happens to the Party, since they built a SHADOW PARTY, all thier own...
hope you don’t mind
but I see you said african americans I presume you mean blacks
africans are white as well , many africans I know are white and hate the wording of african americans are just blacks.
ah he does the race bainting like he did not too long ago in the south , and then the crowd ios all whipped up , he leaves waiting for what he wants, b;lacks going on a racist rampage
If skin color disappeared Al & JJ would have to go get real jobs.
I wonder if MLK would want special privilege's for blacks or would he want all being treated equal
LOL. But the decision isn’t the Clintons to make.
Yes, this is true. I have never seen a crazier presidential race. I hope that there will be reforms to allow the republicans to choose their own candidate. It certainly did not happen this time!
McCain is almost (but not quite) as bad a candidate as Dole was.
It is great news to me. Al Sharpton coming down on the Rat Party and being on the right side for once in his life. Hey Conservatives, the Rats are spliting apart. We should be dancing in the streets. Old John McCain might pull this off if the Rats come into the race splintered. This is great news. Get happy. See the Rats running in all directions.
Today half of the children between the ages 0 to 5 are minorities. According to the Pew report, by 2050, non-Hispanic whites will be 47% of the population and Hispanics of all hues will be 29% of the population of 438 million. So perhaps, non-Hispanic whites may claim minority status and get affirmative action access. Demography is destiny.
I though Sharpton was in Hillay’s corner?? I assume
blood is thicker than politics in this case?? Am I
wrong..as somebody says every night of the week?? JK
Message for Bill and Hill - what goes around, comes around. Enjoy the world you've created.
More likely will be treated like whites in Zimbabwe, or Jews in Nazi Germany
The real crisis will happen much sooner than 2050. It will happen when the Baby Boomers start retiring and the Middle Class no longer generates enough tax revenues to support the Welfare State.
The baby boomers have already started retiring. SS goes in the red in 2017 and Medicare will go belly-up around 2013. Congress will just raise taxes to keep these failed systems going, which will further depress the economy. We will have to start making decisions like the Europeans, i.e., between guns and butter. They chose butter and we will probably do the same. If nothing is done, by 2060, the combination of Social Security and Medicare will account for more than 71 percent of the federal budget.
By 2050, one in 5 residents of this country will be foreign born. Our immigration policies will bring down this country thru the ballot box. Immigrants account for one in eight U.S. residents, the highest level in 80 years. In 1970 it was one in 21; in 1980 it was one in 16; and in 1990 it was one in 13. In about a decade it will be one in 7, the highest in our history.
“Superdelegates are not Supermen. The party cant say it represents the concept of one-man, one-vote democracy and then make backroom deals that ignore the popular vote and the will of the electorate. They will march in the street to protest a Hillary nomination if she comes into Denver trailing Obama.”
Be my guest, Sharpton.
“I will not be voting for any of them for President, including “Amnesty King” McCain.”
If you don’t vote for McCain, you are voting for She Who Must Not Be Named or the phony smile on top of the empty suit. Remember, idle hands on Election Day do the Democratic Left’s work!
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