From today's Chicago Sun-Times:
Obama Need to Pacify Angry White Women
Since it's copyrighted, I can't do a C&P, but I'll summarize Charles Babington's column.
Barack Obama has some "urgent making up to do among angry white women."
Seems as though white women are very upset with my Junior Senator for derailing Senator Clinton's chance to become the next president. According to CB, it's older white women that are the most upset because of sex discrimination they've encountered in their lives.
Susie Buell, a Clinton fund raiser from San Francisco says that it's Obama who must heal the rift, or there will be a "new brand of stay at home moms come November."
"I know that women are very worked up right now" said Susie "and Obama has never apologized for the way Hillary has been treated."
Well. First of all, I'd like to apologize on behalf of Senator Obama for the way Hillary has been treated, but I can't.
If Susie thinks Obama owes Senator Clinton an apology, then I think Susie is out of her fucking mind. What exactly is Obama supposed to apologize for?
He's been called inexperienced, elitist, not fit to be Commander in Chief, friends with criminals, friends with extremists, friends with 1960s terrorist bombers, friends with freak pastors, husband to an America hater, an appeaser to Iranian terrorists, a secret Muslim,...
Apologize for the way Hillary has been treated? Yeah OK.
While I have repeatedly pointed out on this board that an Obama/Clinton ticket would make great sense, Barack owes Hillary nothing. NOTHING!
The campaign was tough on both candidates, and the last month or two have accomplished exactly nothing other than damage Obama's chances for the White House. This thing was over by Super Tuesday, and Hillary's campaign team damn well knew it.
Senator Clinton stayed in this race hoping that Obama would shoot himself in the foot. Well he didn't so fucking deal with it. If in defeat, Clinton's supporters feel entitled (that word again) to a strong voice in the next administration, I think they should do a bit of soul searching. Do they think that in defeat Obama would have been entitled to dictate terms to Clinton? I think not.
If Clinton had won, they'd have danced on Obama's face and told him to shut up and go back to the Senate. Not Hillary mind you. Being a smart politician, she'd have said and done whatever she felt was necessary to get Obama's supporters on board, as I expect Obama to do now.
For purposes of discussion, I'll merely use the posters on this board as my sampling of Hillary's supporters. It's already clear that your disappointment will cause many of you to not vote for Obama.
It started yesterday with stupid claims about Obama supporters wanting Hillary on her knees, salting wounds, and sore winner syndrome. Some posters have laid out litmus tests to determine if Barack has integrity, while others have already begun speaking of what a nice experienced guy McCain is.
I can think of nothing that Obama has said to or about Clinton that would merit this kind of reaction from Clinton's supporters, nor merit an "apology for the way Hillary was treated."
As far as I'm concerned Susie Buell can stay home.And Cynthia Ruccia and her pissed off group of angry white women can stay home too. Not only are they a bunch of sore losers, they're a bunch of sore losers who define their political position in terms of gender.
You want a strong voice in the Obama administration? Let me give you a hint: He has run his campaign on a theme of inclusion, which means everyone has a voice. Not just blacks. Not just whites. Not just men. Not just women.
Everyone.
So if you think that, in defeat, Hillary's supporters are in a position to force Barack to bow down, to get on his knees, and beg a bunch of sexists to vote for him in November, you may be disappointed yet again.
With some of you it won't much matter, frankly, because you live in
states that will never cast their electoral votes for Obama. I won't
name names, you know who you are.
If your disappointment at Hillary's defeat is deep enough for you to prefer John McCain, I can't help you, and neither can Barack. If you're a Hillary supporter who will now vote for McCain, you are quite simply, politically insane.
If you're a Hillary supporter who is deeply disappointed, and plans on staying home, you're not much more sane, but at least you can differentiate between McCain and Clinton.
If you're not sure if you'll vote or not, I urge you to back Obama as he's certain to be more of the voice you want in Washington than McCain. Not that McCain's a bad guy, it's just that he's 4 more years of what the US is already sick to death.
Are you an angry white woman? Are you angry at Barack Obama?
Why?
