mrchamp (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mrchamp) wrote,@ 2008-05-07 18:21:00 |
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Clinton loses black vote: calls to drop out
I wasn't aware until recently that the democratic party now consists of black people.
I'm getting geared up to laugh at the people calling for her to drop out. These same people disregard the polls, battleground state results, Obama's failure to attract votes other than the black and well-educated, etc. I can't wait to see their surprise over how tough a road Obama will have thanks to what I have just described and the lack of backbone to provide a revote for Florida and Michigan.
Basically, what I'm getting here is that Obama will beat McCain by giving Florida and Michigan condolence prizes, ignoring the polls that Clinton supporters will vote for McCain, etc. Ok, fine. Keep saying it's premature to put Clinton on the ticket as the V.P., keep saying that "Florida and Michigan broke the rules," keep saying that it's ok to do this or that. Go ahead and screw em all. See if they weren't kidding when they said they'd vote for McCain. The risk is all on your end of the table. You're lucky that a few Clinton supporters such as myself have an overwhelming desire to get us out of Iraq and vote for the democrat regardless of who it is.
Alienating people who voted over something their state government did isn't a joke. And reaching a "compromise" is equally a joke. We compromised the blacks' votes to 3/5 in 1787, and I recall that being overturned. This isn't Clinton's "last ditch" effort; it's an effort she's been fighting for all along, and I think Obama and his campaign should be ashamed for not bringing it up every free moment.
But like I said, I don't expect that the votes will be counted as they should. There will be some retarded compromise that doesn't change anything. Clearly, these two are Clinton favored states, so we can't count them fully or dream of doing a revote. Hell, that might come close to changing the delegate math, and we wouldn't want to "cheat" someone out of the nomination. So let's just get this over with and nominate. Obama's campaign team reward: all of the baggage that goes with it, some of which they brought on themselves, some of which they didn't. Deal with it. Try uniting the country with two highly contested states sitting on the backburner of the election process. You'll need more charisma than two J.F.K'S.
I wasn't aware until recently that the democratic party now consists of black people.
I'm getting geared up to laugh at the people calling for her to drop out. These same people disregard the polls, battleground state results, Obama's failure to attract votes other than the black and well-educated, etc. I can't wait to see their surprise over how tough a road Obama will have thanks to what I have just described and the lack of backbone to provide a revote for Florida and Michigan.
Basically, what I'm getting here is that Obama will beat McCain by giving Florida and Michigan condolence prizes, ignoring the polls that Clinton supporters will vote for McCain, etc. Ok, fine. Keep saying it's premature to put Clinton on the ticket as the V.P., keep saying that "Florida and Michigan broke the rules," keep saying that it's ok to do this or that. Go ahead and screw em all. See if they weren't kidding when they said they'd vote for McCain. The risk is all on your end of the table. You're lucky that a few Clinton supporters such as myself have an overwhelming desire to get us out of Iraq and vote for the democrat regardless of who it is.
Alienating people who voted over something their state government did isn't a joke. And reaching a "compromise" is equally a joke. We compromised the blacks' votes to 3/5 in 1787, and I recall that being overturned. This isn't Clinton's "last ditch" effort; it's an effort she's been fighting for all along, and I think Obama and his campaign should be ashamed for not bringing it up every free moment.
But like I said, I don't expect that the votes will be counted as they should. There will be some retarded compromise that doesn't change anything. Clearly, these two are Clinton favored states, so we can't count them fully or dream of doing a revote. Hell, that might come close to changing the delegate math, and we wouldn't want to "cheat" someone out of the nomination. So let's just get this over with and nominate. Obama's campaign team reward: all of the baggage that goes with it, some of which they brought on themselves, some of which they didn't. Deal with it. Try uniting the country with two highly contested states sitting on the backburner of the election process. You'll need more charisma than two J.F.K'S.
