Willie's Silly Hilly Won't Drop Out
Published May 10, 2008
Adam Nagourney, of The New York Times, sees signs that the people are more interested in playing the game themselves, rather than being played by conservative ploys for four more years, "After 16 years, the Clinton era may be coming to an end ... Mr. Obama ... positioned his candidacy as a repudiation of the kind of politics the Clintons practiced ..." and "drew thousands of new voters and donors into his fold".
So, despite an Obama-acknowledged 'insurmountable' lead in West Virginia and Kentucky, Mike Lupica, of The New York Daily News, thinks that Hillary Clinton needs to know when to fold 'em, because no one is riding to her rescue. Derrick Z. Jackson, of The Boston Globe, notes that "[I]f Hillary Clinton was hoping for more disturbed white working class voters [living in North Carolina and Indiana] to flee to her side to change the momentum of the Democratic presidential primaries, it did not happen." Joan Vennochi, also of The Globe, attributes this lack of White Voting Power to "a desire to elect someone whose last name isn't Bush or Clinton."
Lynn Sweet, of The Chicago Sun-Times, not only gets the parting shot, but also brings us back to where we began in a sugary sort of way. Her advice to Hillary is, "it's time to call it quits."
Please do so, Mrs. Clinton. It's what a rational human who cares about her reputation would do when it's clear the end has arrived. It wouldn't do to make a scene, would it?
It could affect your chances of becoming Senate Majority Leader.
- Willie's Silly Hilly Won't Drop Out
- Published: May 10, 2008
- Type: Opinion
- Section: Politics
- Filed Under: Politics: Elections and Candidates, Politics: Government, Politics: Local and Regional, Politics: U.S.
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IMO the Clintons are confronted by the failure of their own strategy and can't accept it. They passed on the 2004 election figuring it was too hard to unseat a sitting president, especially in the middle of a war (ironically, they may now realize they were wrong after Bush's thin reelection) so they decided to wait for 2008 for a clear shot, never imagining a total newcomer could upset their plans as Obama has. After all their controlling and finagling their plans are going on the rocks just because of those darn voters! They put all their political chips on to this election and can't accept that they're losing.
Biffle,
I agree. Doesn't this just make you get all goose pimply with hope that it will be President Clinton who answers the White House phone at 3:00 am?
Dan
Sure, someone who cared about her reputation would have stopped by now. But Hillary doesn't.
We remember Bill as the guy who could wriggle his way out of anything, but that's not really true. He'd take the hit and keep going. His focus was on the win, not on the wreckage in his wake. So he sold out constituencies over things like NAFTA and welfare reform, manipulated others (remember that he was impeached because he's black), and when there was nothing left to do but loot the White House and pardon criminals for cash, he did that.
Hillary really is Bill without the charm. She has that same horrible uninterest in the consequences of her actions. You said that she doesn't know when to fold 'em, but that assumes that there's a cost to staying in the race. Six million dollars, she won't miss. Open wounds in the Democratic Party, she doesn't care about. She's got a 4% chance of stealing the nomination and there's no appreciable downside for her, so she's staying in.
Man, I am sick of this 'quit' attitude. Hey, the Yankees are down by 3 points in the 8th inning, shouldn't they just walk off the field and go home?
Go Hillary! You don't stop till the final tick of the clock.
Not quitting, that is a change we need in the loser attitude that some of this country seems to have. She may win, she may lose. But, if you quit, you lose.
DM
You know, even if Hillary does not win the Democratic nomination, as long as she sticks in there till the final tick of the clock-that is a good message to send to the citizens of the USA.
Her campaign may be about $20million in the hole, but she is punching out to the end.
Gotta admire that...
DM
Howard Dean (yeeeaaahhhhooooooo!!!!) was on Leno last night. It was kinda refreshing to get his point of view being in a prominant position with the Democratic party.
anyway, it weeded out the b.s. a bit.
DM
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It's quite amusing watching a good portion of the Democratic party that used to support and adore the Clintons turn on her. They've been saying"well look at the would ya, she's still in the race even though she can't win and can only hurt Obama an dhis chances....that not A-ok with me gosh darn it, she must not really care about anything but her self....gee I had no idea she could be like that."
Are you f-ing kidding me? Before Obama came along Hillary was a saint who could do no wrong and loved this nation more than anything, especially herself and her own ambitions and now suddenly overnight she's turned into this self serving conniving power hungry win at all costs devil?
Or is it just more likely that that's who she's been all along and until this point it was ignored by the people who agreed with her political views because she viewed as someone with the ower to advance those views.
You won't get any arguments from me about the intelligience, work ethic, or determination of Bill and Hillary because they both have these in spades. However when push comes to shove neither one of them has any honor or ability to put the need's of others or of this nation above their own political ambitions.
All the clintonscare about now and have ever cared about is their own quest for power and building a legacy.
It's obvious what Hillary's gameplan is now. She is going to stay in the race as long as politically possible so that she can bash Obama enough to cost him the victory in 2008 so that she can run against Mccain in 2012.