Posted on 08/16/2008 5:19:31 PM PDT by Libloather
Hillary Clinton Supporters: Are You Happy Now?
August 15, 2008 05:45 PM ET
Morgan E. Felchner
So she's in. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama announced that Clinton's name will indeed be on the nomination ballot at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Obama supports this for the sake of unity, saying he hopes it will help bring the party together. This is historic, but will it do anything to satisfy Clinton's supporters?
Clinton joins Margaret Chase Smith, whose name was considered for the Republican nomination in 1964, and Shirley Chisholm, who won 151.5 votes at the Democratic convention in 1972. The National Organization for Women and other groups across the country are touting her accomplishment. "Hillary Clinton's campaign made history this year, with 18 million women and men across the country voting for her in the primaries," NOW President Kim Gandy said in a statement. "And she will make history yet again when delegates from nearly every state in the nation will be able to take the floor and proudly say Clinton's name in the roll call vote."
These groups are right: Clinton is making history. But she is still supporting Obama. Her latest statements show no indication that she expects to win the nomination or join the fight against the "flawed" primary process that groups like PUMA (Party Unity My A—) and The Denver Group are making noise about. When delegates take to the floor and get to vote for Clinton, the woman who got closer to winning the presidency than any woman in history, it will be historic. But for advocates of women in politics, like me, the true example of success is when delegates can vote for a woman who has a chance of winning the nomination. That will be the point in history when we can truly say we've come far enough. Right now, there is still a lot of work to do for women in politics. Allowing delegates to vote for Clinton at the convention isn't the end of the fight for women or, likely, for PUMA supporters.
So my question to all of you Hillraisers is: Are you happy now?
Some people might be laughing out the other sides of their faces if she wins.
Okay, I've been out of the wrestling loop for about 20 years. What - or who - the heck is Coleslaw?
I still enjoy it on the side...
Oh.
[hangs head in shame]
A thousand apologies, sir!
No blood, no foul. :-)
It’s what you thought. Wimmin wrasslin redneck style.
May I offer you some floss to get that image out of your brain?
I'm actually jazzed about that. The question still remains - what - or who - the heck is Coleslaw?
If I don't respond immediately, I was hungry - in advance.
Hillary reminds me of the old Twilight Zone episode wherein a 2,000 year old woman stays young by sucking the life out of young people around her.
LOL, check your FReepmail.
Do these look like 18+ million democrats that are going to vote for Senator Barack Obama?
Hillary Clinton Supporters For John McCain:
http://www.hcsfjm.com
Party Unity My A$$ PAC/People United Means Action PAC:
http://blog.pumapac.org
Democrats Against Obama/Nobama ever!
http://democrats-against-obama.org
Just Say No Deal:
http://justsaynodeal.com
Take a look around these sites for a half hour or 45 minutes and then you decide....(there are hundreds more linked to these, just look for links)
“I read that Clinton doesn’t want it.”
I don’t believe that. Hillary will have the presidency one way or another.
She would if she could, but Obama outsmarted her. He’s an idiot with a will to power. Because he’s an idiot, there is no reality check to impede him. Power is all. And he’ll get it.
Good description.
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