More Disingenuous Calls For Hillary to Quit
Well it looks like your're hearing it all over the place now. I just heard this garbage on ABC. To Hillary supporters, all I can tell you is that this is just a full-force blitz by Obama supporters to suppress the turnout in PA (thus preventing a blowout) and the rest of the remaining contests. Here's an incredible example of what some groups are trying to do. A group headed by Michael Fisher and calling itself the "afrosphere's" Committee to Unite the Democratic Party has started an online petition calling for Hillary to "concede defeat and support the democratic presidential ticket". Among some of the reasons they list on their web page:
(1) The Democratic Party base has spoken. The delegate count shows that Senator Hillary Clinton cannot win the nomination on the strength of earned delegates, based on the will of the voters.That's funny considering that Obama can't win on the strength of earned delegates either.
(3) This divisiveness is regrettable because, via the presidential candidacy of Senator Obama, the vast majority of African-Americans stand united with millions of white Americans and Americans of all colors, genders, ethnicities and religious backgrounds, erasing divisions to implement a program of Democratic change.This is also curious as Hillary also has support across the spectrum including a majority of the Latino population, the Gay community, millions of poor working-class and blue collar voters, as well as people of all religious backgrounds.
(6) Mrs. Clinton must wholeheartedly support the winner of the nomination, who has earned the most delegates, and devote herself honestly and enthusiastically to defeating Republican electoral hopes in 2008, not attacking Democratic politicians and Democratic constituencies.This is down right hypocritical considering the next reason.
(7) Should the Democratic Party leadership nullify the people's votes by giving Mrs. Clinton the nomination, despite the popular will as represented by earned delegates, we would then call upon African-American voters and all Democratic Party constituencies and supporters to withhold their support from a Hillary Clinton candidacy in November. We have survived eight years under President Bush and, if compelled to do so, we will survive four years under a President McCain. However, we cannot and will NOT survive the nullification of our most hard-won right - our votes.OK, first of all, tell that to the people of MI and FL. Another thing is...really?!? You would really support McCain by not voting for Hillay? Considering this group says it's part of the "afrosphere", I'm going to assume that MLK Day is important to them as it is to me as well. Why would you then go ahead and support a candidate who opposed the creation of this special day? The man who McCain idolized, Ronald Reagan, also opposed the creation of the holiday. In fact, the holiday was not recognized in McCain's state of Arizona until the year 2000. Would you really vote against a Democrat who has a record of helping African-American causes and vote for a candidate who admits to the mistake above and supported the display of the confederate flag atop the SC Statehouse in 2000 due to political pressure. All I can say is, be careful what you wish for.
The national polls still show the race just about even. For all those people yelling about "the rules", I want to see if they bring up the rules if the momentum shifts and the super-delegates decide to vote for Hillary, which the rules state they can do if they feel she would be a better candidate against McCain. The best way for us to be unified as Dems is to let the process continue and have every state be heard.
I hate sports analogies, since they remind me of Chris Matthews. However, (here it goes) can you imagine everybody calling for the Red Sox to quit in 2000, for the good of baseball, because they were down 3 games? What a series we would have missed.
You can e-mail the editor of the petition, Francis L. Holland, at francislholland@yahoo.com
Labels: African-American issues, Clueless Pundits, Comment, Election 2008, Hillary, Media, MLK
posted by Marc1A at 3/25/2008 07:33:00 PM
4 Comments:
No. I won't vote for McCain but I also won't vote for Clinton. I'm am AA female and my logic is I survived, Regan, Bush and Bush. I can survive McCain. If I'm going to deal with racists and conservatives I prefer to see them coming. In my opinion, based on how she has run her campaign Hillary is both.
March 26, 2008 2:04 PM
I think anon @ 2:04 is being totally ignorant as to what 4 more years of a conservative president could mean. Supporters of both sides need to stop being so reactionary. Think! Think about the possibility of the appointment of yet another conservative Supreme Court Justice. Think of the possible consequences...the reversal of Roe v. Wade, the end of affirmative action (if you are for it), our civil rights further trampled on and more pro Big Business decisions. Think about how long we will be in Iraq if a conservative is elected. Are you going to tell me that the war doesn't directly effect AA families? Think about how the cost of this war will effect our economy, our healthcare system and the state of our national security. For you to say Hillary is a racist is totally ignorant. Hillary has a documented record of helping the AA community. Go and ask Stephanie Tubbs Jones if Hillary is a racist. Or better yet, ask Maya Angelou if Hillary is a racist. Maybe what we have in your case, is a case of reverse racism. You should get off the Kool-Aid and do some research.
March 26, 2008 5:44 PM
marc1a:
Anonymous says that she's lived through three Republican administrations and will do so again before she votes for a candidate who denigrates her and people like her based on the color of their skin.
You call this "ignorant" and this shows that you have no respect for anonymous as a person, much less for her views.
March 28, 2008 5:18 AM
There's no evidence that suggests Hillary denigrates anybody on the basis of their skin color. If there was, maybe you would have included in your comment. Please read my whole post and my answer to reason (3) of your petition.
I think I can come at this subject from a unique perspective being that I am neither Black nor White. I thinks supporters on both sides have made remarks that can be considered racially charged and offensive. However, to suggest that Hillary herself, is a racist or that she denigrates people on the basis of skin color is "ignorant" as defined in the dictionary as lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact. She has a long history of working for people of all races, and to rather have another Republican president rather than someone who has proven she can work well with your community is a mistake.
March 28, 2008 12:07 PM
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