I just heard three interviews of PUMA reps in a row. Granted, I've been watching FOX because I'm not really into the Olympics, but I heard at least one on POTUS radio which I usually find refreshingly balanced. For some reason, this Clintonian bullshit unhinges me. It's SO OBVIOUS what they're doing, it's for the most cynical and selfish reasons imaginable, but NOBODY WILL MENTION THAT THE EMPEROR WEARS NO CLOTHES. Why is that? Why have we allowed the Hillary-supporters to cow everyone down to the point where right-minded folks will allow the Clintons to act out their narcissistic psychodrama on the national stage (yet again)--all the while doing unquestionable damage to the party (and therefore, the country itself)--and not say BOO about it!
If you can take a Clinton rant, jump down in the mud with me.
The PUMA guy admitted that the PUMAs will not be happy unless Hillary is given the nomination at the convention. They think she is entitled to it, and if she doesn't get it, they're either not voting or voting McCain. WTF? And then--instead of stepping up and stepping out UNEQUIVOCALLY to squash this story and those who would do the country harm by carrying out this vendetta--Hillary sends her surrogates out to say "these people SURELY do not speak for Hillary." Surely, my ass. In case anyone is digging the emperor's fine threads, I'll let you in on something: this is their game. Everything we feared about her sabotaging as much as possible if she didn't win--which, by the way, she didn't--is true. She only stops short of getting caught red-handed. The reluctance of anyone to NOTICE THIS makes me crazy. The Clintons absolutely insist on lying to our faces, and us sitting idly by, chanting, "You're so smart, Hillary," while she all but dares us to so much as insinuate that she's not being supportive of Obama.
OK, in case you've not seen what I've seen lately, here's my case. First, I heard Bill Clinton refuse to say that Obama was ready to lead. Well--let me back up. Before that, I heard this ridiculous thing that Bill's "still mad" because Obama supposedly played the "race card" on him. I thought that was silly then and think it's silly now. I don't think that Bill Clinton is racist, and I don't know who ever did. My personal opinion is that the Clintons lost their black support precisely when they demonstrated they were 100% willing to do a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g to win the primary nomination. Right or wrong. Party be damned. Country be damned. For Bill to be "still mad about it" only makes me for the first time truly believe that the Clintons are as selfish and delusional as my delusional right-wing friends and family always said they were. The irony is that I never believed any of that until the day I heard Hillary say she and McCain had passed the commander-in-chief test but Barack has nothing but a speech.
Next, I hear sound-bites of Hillary saying putting her name on the convention ballot will be "cathartic" for her supporters. Skeptical, I listened further. Next, I hear Howard Wolfson say that if John Edwards had forewent his presidential aspirations in light of the affair, Hillary would be the nominee. Then--at the same time I see Hillary surrogates everyone denying any nefarious motives of her or anyone truly "near" or "representative" of her--the PUMA come out.
I'm just sick of it.
Hillary could control her people. If she really wanted to, she could. And Bill could, too. His whole reverse-reality campaign about how he was done so wrong by the Obama campaign makes me want to hurl.
Am I wrong to note that Obama won this deal fair and square, Hillary carried on in what looked in the end to everyone like a bad-faith cynical temper tantrum designed to turn over the board if she's losing the game, Obama pretty much just trusted her and let it ride--banking on the fact she would really "unite the party" like she so snidely promised anytime it came up--yet, STILL, it's not over? She's still doing the same thing?
I'm sorry, I know this doesn't particularly help anything, but can I not just speak the f-ing truth? Does this not bother anyone else? Is there something I'm missing? Is everyone but me ok with this?
It's just that it's so wrong. The Clintons are gaming our country, and we're not going to say anything about it because they're supposedly Democrats? Who cares? The country is in deep trouble. A huge part of the reason we're in so deep is that politics has become a game to be played this way. Politicians don't do anything besides get re-elected. I don't doubt that Hillary wants to do the "right thing" for the country. But if she doesn't care about doing the right thing for the country if it's not going to be her doing it, then what? Is she still up for a Nobel Peace Prize? Come on! It's just not right. This is precisely what we need to WAKE UP from.
OK, rant over. Let the beatings commence, I suppose.