According to Jake Tapper:
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>
synonyms see monstrous. (THERE IT IS!)
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.)
So let’s all agree that not only should Hillary back out of this race because she can’t win, but that Samantha Power didn’t have to apologize.
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