Re: For HRC supporters who prefer McCain to Obama: two words
by
Smarmalade
03/27/2008, 10:37 AM #
For Hillary Haters, who dislike BLOND AMBITION!
Hillary Clinton can not win the Democratic nomination for president. The numbers tell the story. Even with robust victories in Pennsylvania, Indiana, West Virginia and Kentucky, Hillary will trail Obama in popular votes and pledged delegates as they enter the convention hall in Denver.
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and...lest if be not noted that so many others are intimating a fact of nature...here is this little snippet:
Has the time come when a black man or woman can be elected President? Yes, of course. If former Secretary of State Colin Powell, or current Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, were to seek the Republican presidential nomination they would stand an excellent chance of winning the nomination, and, if nominated, they would likely be elected. The difference is, they would be elected on the basis of their qualifications and on their right-of-center political philosophy, not on the color of their skin.
It leaves Democrats with two major dilemmas. First, after spending the better part of 50 years convincing African Americans that they are victims of modern day racism and that, without the aid and sponsorship of Democrats they have no chance to participate in the American Dream, they are now confronted with a black candidate who tends to prove all of that to be a lie.
And finally, their unique system of “super delegates,” made up of party bigwigs and elected officials, now turns out to be the party’s own private minefield.
The “super delegate” system was designed to mirror the U.S. Electoral College. Its purpose was to prevent the party’s unruly mobs from making what might otherwise be a fatal mistake. But now, as the party drifts irretrievably toward an Obama candidacy, an almost certain loser in November, the super Delegates are prevented from playing the role they were intended to play. Why? Because Barack Obama is black and the “super delegates” dare not fulfill their purpose by short-circuiting the fortunes of a black candidate.
Any reasonable analysis of the past three General Elections will show the importance of the black vote to Democratic success at the polls. With blacks representing roughly 17% of our population, if they voted in roughly the same percentages as the rest of America...52-48 percent, or 53-47 percent for Democrats over Republicans, or vice versa...the balance of power in the United States Senate would now be, roughly speaking, 75 Republicans, 24 Democrats, and 1 Independent.
That, in a nutshell, is how important the black vote is to the Democrat Party. The continued viability of the party depends on their ability to let Barack Obama have the 2008 presidential nomination...no matter what.
On those rare occasions when a liberal Democrat speaks the truth it should be cause for celebration. Instead Geraldine Ferraro has been driven out of the Clinton campaign and probably into the footnotes of American political history. She spoke the truth, it cannot be denied.
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Now, never be it said that political warriors will not play war like anyone else, even like Genghis Khan, Ivan the Terrible, Stalin or so many other gullibles and gutless wonders of this american nation.
Frankly, they are so good, they have flummoxed just about everyone who is anyone.
Perhaps...but...the Supreme Court?
I wonder what the challenge would be?
Florida?
Michigan?
Yegads!
