We here at Awesome Politics tend to practice either the politics of dancing, or the politics of mocking, but it appears that our center-right-masquerading-as-lefties-a-la-TNR friends over at TalkLeft have decided to take off the gloves and practice the politics of making shit up (sort of).
If funding an ELECTION, where no money goes to the voters themselves, can be questioned, what do we make of giving money DIRECTLY to the “voters” (the super delegates in this case)? I do not mind the donations - I mind the mendacious excuses to block the will of the voters of Michigan and Florida. The dirtiest trick of this campaign was Obama’s blocking of the revotes in Michigan and Florida. Yes, I am quite angry about that.
Big Tent Democrat is basically implying that because Senator Obama contributed to the campaigns progressive politicians who were, or became superdelegates that he is attempting to buy off the election. Then BTD tacks on the whole Michigan and Florida debacle as though it was Obama’s fault and not the fault of the jokers in those states who voted to break Democratic party rules in the first place.
Darn that Hillary Clinton! It’s clear that based on this cherry-picked photo of her on washingtonpost.com that she is a very smug person and that she is refusing to drop out of the Democratic primaries to make things difficult and frustrating for people that hate her.
I’ve got to say, I’m not exactly a Hillary fan, but if she wants to play the Mike Huckabee role, I say go for it (by Mike Huckabee, I mean a Republican of course). Do it for the honor, the glory, and the punditry.
“People should not lament what is going on,” Mr. Reid said. “This will be over long before the convention. Does it mean June 5 or two weeks from now? I don’t know, but this will all be just fine.”
Also, no one pay attention to the man behind the curtain. Move along now.
Not one to be relegated to irrelevancy, Ralph Nader has poked out his head and deigned to pen/blog a statement in support of Hillary (read: himself). Did anyone hear something that matters? It certainly isn’t this:
Senator Clinton:
Just read where Senator Patrick Leahy is calling on you to drop out of the Presidential race.
Believe me.
I know something about this.
Here’s my advice:
Don’t listen to people when they tell you not to run anymore.
That’s just political bigotry.
Listen to your own inner citizen First Amendment voice.
This is America.
Just like every other citizen, you have a right to run.
Note to Hillary: 2000 is on the phone with Ralph Nader, and 2008 is on the phone with Barack Obama so you’re going to have to wait in the lobby. Thanks.
Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vermont, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a high-profile supporter of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, has called for Obama’s opponent to drop out of the race.
Jake Tapper is a very serious reporter, so clearly he’s on top of this incredibly momentous turn of events. Here’s what Senator Leahy had to say:
There is no way that Senator Clinton is going to win enough delegates to get the nomination. She ought to withdraw and she ought to be backing Senator Obama. Now, obviously that’s a decision that only she can make frankly I feel that she would have a tremendous career in the Senate.
Tremendous. Let’s consult Merriam-Webster on this, shall we?
1: being such as may excite trembling or arouse dread, awe, or terror
2 a: notable by reason of extreme size, power, greatness, or excellence <tremendous problems> <a writer of tremendous talent> —often used as a generalized term of approval <had a tremendous time>
b: unusually large :huge <a tremendous number of people>
To be fair, I’m guessing that Leahy was referring to either the ‘greatness’ or ‘excellence’ parts. Unfortunately for Hillary, the other 90% of the definition are all terms with which I’m sure she’d rather not be linked. (Example: Hillary arouses feelings of dread.)
