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More Obama Backlash in the Clinton Camp
Mar 14th
To absolutely no one’s surprise Barack Obama won the Wyoming primary last Saturday.
And while Obama was winning in Wyoming, Bill Clinton was re-emphasizing his wife’s willingness to let front-runner Obama be HER vice presidential running mate. Obama, in Mississippi a couple of days later, stated the obvious in response to the Clinton’s continuing campaign to convince him to concede:
“With all due respect, I have won twice as many states as Senator Clinton. I have won more of the popular vote than Senator Clinton. I have more delegates than Senator Clinton. So I do not know how somebody who is in second place is offering the vice presidency to the person who is in first place.”
He also questioned why Clinton says she thinks he would make such a good vice president when she’s been running around talking about how he doesn’t have the experience to be president.
And then went on to win, predictably, Mississippi.
We also found out, officially, that Obama won the Texas caucuses. The result? Even though Clinton won the Texas primary, Obama ended up with more delegates.
So Clinton’s victories in the Ohio and Texas primaries have gained her no ground against Obama’s rising lead in the delegate count. Not that the Clinton campaign cares about all that. . . I suppose when the time comes, they’ll just expect that enough superdelegates will completely ignore the will of the people and anoint her Empress of Washington.
Even so, as of this date, the Clinton campaign is still trying valiantly to convince the press and the public that, despite his widening lead, the Obama campaign is losing ground. With some hilarious results.
And I’d be a real blogging slacker if I didn’t mention the true Clinton campaign Obama backlash gem of the week. . .
Geraldine Ferraro was compelled to call our attention to the fact that Barack Obama is Black
Ms. Ferraro shared with the LA Times her analysis of Obama’s success this primary season:
“If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.”
Clinton took her time (two days) in apologizing for Ferraro’s denigrating and belittling statements about her opponent. And when she did, the floodgates opened.
Ferraro, on the other hand, did not apologize. Although, needless to say, she did resign. Not very gracefully, though. She’s pissed off. She thinks the Obama campaign had no business accusing her of racism. “If anybody is going to apologize, they should apologize to me for calling me a racist.”
Not that they called her a racist. I believe the words were “ridiculous” and “wrongheaded.” Freudian slip much, Gerry?
Need I say? I’ve lost ALL respect for Geraldine Ferraro.
And, in closing, I call your attention to the latest Clinton campaign un-reality check. . .
Mark Penn continues to provide comic relief in the midst of stressful primary campaigning, and I can’t portray it any better than Wonkette.
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Obama’s Speech on Race was Brave, Honest, Groundbreaking
Mar 20th
Posted by carolyn in Mama's Politics
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Obama’s got a brilliant mind and a beautiful speaking voice, and he used both to full effect yesterday as he engaged with his fellow citizens on a subject few others in public life are willing, or able, to speak forthrightly about under any circumstances, much less when their own political fortunes are at stake. In a speech he wrote by himself, he was fearless in coming forward and pointing straight at the racial divide, challenging all of us to recognize how very separate Black and White America all still are, while offering the hope that we can all yet embrace our common humanity and our allegiance to our nation, throw our judgements aside, and work together for true change.
And the pure beauty is that he did it with straightforward, real talk. No one had to red between the lines. It was a speech unlike any other I’ve heard in my lifetime, and one that has the power to truly evolve us.
Here’s to hope. Here’s to change.