We get to vote for Hillary

2008 Presidential Race, Local, National, Politics 1 Minute

One last time.

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  2. This convention is not about Hillary Clinton, and I don’t agree with his decision. I really don’t know what the Obama folks are drinking, but they really need to stop being so gracious to the Clintons. Instead of it being a focus on the future, we are going back to the the past.

  3. This has always intrigued me. If not for the purpose of choosing a candidate, what is the convention for, anyway? Will the elected delegates get to vote on the contents of the Party Platform? Will they get a voice in chosing the VP? What exactly are the delegates actually going to do?

  4. Hurrah!

    And now if just a few super delegates changed their votes we might still see Hllary win!

    I know, I know, I’m grasping at straws. But such wonderful dreams I dream while I am asleep.

  6. Oh, and I had no idea what spotter was referring to until I ran across this. Since I wasn’t planning to be a part of any demonstration, anyway, not sure why you made such a reference.

  7. Well, that’s a relief. Some of the continuing discussion on what it will take to assuage the pervasive sense of grievance of Clinton supporters has gone from downright silly to downright crazy.

    My favorite, other than LD’s Republican fantasy that the superdelegates will bolt for Clinton, is the questioning of why Jesse Jackson hasn’t been given a speaking spot. Geez, is he even allowed into the convention? I would think the Secret Service would have something to say about that, since he did after all threaten to cut the candidate’s balls off.

    And let’s correct your earlier inaccuracy: Hillary wasn’t on the ballot because Hillary didn’t want to be on the ballot.

    To measure real time support from Hillary’s supposed 18 million voters, you need only know that 60 or fewer people attended a PUMA convention recently, which had to be moved from downtown D.C. to Sterling due to lack of interest.

    As for me, I look forward to finally being rid of the Clintons in two weeks.

  8. I’m kind of stunned by this comment: “I really don’t know what the Obama folks are drinking, but they really need to stop being so gracious to the Clintons. Instead of it being a focus on the future, we are going back to the the past.” And by this one: “As for me, I look forward to finally being rid of the Clintons in two weeks.”

    Kind of an unmindful comments, I’d say.

    As an aside, I wish some of the commenters here had lived through or could remember previous conventions such as where Shirley Chisholm was on the ballot for President! This from wikipedia on Shirley Chisholm: “In 1972, she made a bid for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. The nomination was won by Sen. George McGovern in a hotly contested set of primary elections, with Chisholm campaigning in 12 states and winning 28 delegates during the primary process.[8] At the 1972 Democratic National Convention, as a symbolic gesture, McGovern opponent Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey released his black delegates to Chisholm, giving her a total of 152 FIRST-BALLOT VOTES for the nomination. Chisholm’s base of support was ethnically diverse and included the National Organization for Women. Chisholm said she ran for the office “in spite of hopeless odds, . . . to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo.” Among the volunteers who were inspired by her campaign was Barbara Lee, who continued to be politically active and was elected as a congresswoman 25 years later.” I loved that year!!!

    I think the sooner that some folks view the Clintons as friends rather than enemies, the sooner a Democrat will be elected to the Presidency.

    From the National Archives:
    The Clinton Gore Administration — http://clinton3.nara.gov/WH/Accomplishments/ and Clinton’s Economic Accomplishments — http://clinton3.nara.gov/WH/Accomplishments/econrecord.html

    I’d bet that Senator Obama rightly and wisely realizes that those who ignore history, or fail to learn from it, will be bound to repeat it.

  9. Party Affairs? Is that a euphemism for drink heavily?

    Will you get to join the “debate and discussion of the Party’s proposed National Platform”?

  12. I for one am happy that you will get to cast a vote for Hillary. Vivian, you have been a model of how to behave when things don’t work out quite the way you’d like them to.

    Some on both sides have become embittered, and that is regrettable.

    As for the PUMAs, Spotter was correct in pointing out just how tiny that fringe is. I don’t think we need to worry about them anymore, even though the press seems to want to give them the spotlight to make mischief.

    Far more significant will be Bob Barr’s presence on 49 or 50 of the states’ ballots for president. The Democratic Party will be united in November, while Ron Paul’s supporters and other principled conservatives will bolt their party in large numbers to vote for Barr or Obama.

    Enjoy the convention, take lots of pictures, and be sure to post a lot for those of us who can’t make it.

  13. Yea, I love this party unity where the Obama folks continue to keep the divide between the Clintons and Obama, remember he is going to need the Clinton folks to win, and yea, WE ARE DEMOCRATS TOO! Careful, some of you are giving cause to the weak ones to run to the other side!

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