Sunday, March 23, 2008


“It’s Over.”



Why don’t the fair minded Hillary supporters tell her the truth, It’s Over!

I don’t get it. The word is out. There will be no replay of Michigan or Florida.

Therefore, by everyone’s considered judgment, there is virtually only three ways that Hillary can win the primary at this point.

She can win over the Super Delegates and convince them to vote for her.

Or she can hope for an outstanding win in Pennsylvania, and win big in the remaining primaries. That still wouldn’t do it but it might get the Super Delegates to come together for her.

Or three she can cause enough emotional questions about Barack, that the delegates and the voters flee from him.

In all three of these scenarios, it almost goes without saying that she cannot accomplish the above without attacking Obama’s character and his fitness for president, risking the destruction of the party.

In other words, while she is talking about keeping to the issues, there is not enough difference between them that she could accentuate that could propagate any major change in voter impressions or behavior.

We’ve already seen that. Therefore, keeping to the issues will not do it.

What will?

The Black issue? Casting doubt on Obama by casting doubt on his wife and pastor’s patriotism, their loyalty to the US?

Hillary’s supporters, like Geraldine Ferraro have already started us on this dissent into this nether world after Bill Clinton attempted in the worst way to make it look as if Obama “was not ready” casting doubt after innuendo about the man who was inspiring the nation with hope—clearly, a much better message than Hillary’s self-professed “competency”—itself very much in question..

Many of us, including myself, a former supporter of Bill Clinton who would go to the wall for him now feel used and abused. We don’t like this kind of baiting and insinuation. We don’t like the position of saying one thing and doing another.
They claim that they want to stick to the issues while they proceed underhandedly to do their darndest to raise the specter of incompetency through Obama’s preacher, his wife, his associations and innuendos that attempt to detract from the man’s character.

It is to his credit that Obama has not seen fit to swim in this cesspool of accusation, insinuation, meanness and inaccuracy. To defame one’s character earns a special place in Dante’s interpretations of the rings of Hell..

But far more dangerous is the fact that Hillary’s has willingly traded her good will and jeopardized the health of the party but driving forth these attempts to disparage and disqualify Obama.

If it works, it will be despite the will of the majority.

If it works, it will most assuredly destroy the party as we know it.

And Hillary proceeds along such a path in full knowledge of the fact that it is virtually impossible for her to win.

Her ambition is worthy of an Shakespearean drama and may reward her with the destruction of her own party; yet she’d rather chance that, than be responsible.

Egregious hardly describes it.

Les Aaron.


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