Out of Respect for Hillary
I just saw yet another Hillary delegate being interviewed, and while she wasn't a PUMA, she hemmed and hawed about whether she would vote for McCain. She really wanted to be able to cast her vote for Hillary, and she just doesn't know what she'll do if the roll call is cut short.
She said she was doing this out of "respect for Hillary."
Bullshit.
If respect for Hillary were her primary motivation, then she would be listening to Hillary and doing what Hillary repeatedly asks her to do, which is to support Barack Obama wholeheartedly.
What she's doing has nothing to do with respect for Hillary. It has to do with her own feelings and her own reasons. They may be perfectly valid feelings and reasons, but they are NOT respect for Hillary.
I would have a lot more respect for these people if they would actually own their responses. But trying to push it off on Hillary, claiming they're only doing this out of respect for Hillary, is bullshit.
If they respected her, they would listen to her. This song and dance is disrespectful in the extreme.
She said she was doing this out of "respect for Hillary."
Bullshit.
If respect for Hillary were her primary motivation, then she would be listening to Hillary and doing what Hillary repeatedly asks her to do, which is to support Barack Obama wholeheartedly.
What she's doing has nothing to do with respect for Hillary. It has to do with her own feelings and her own reasons. They may be perfectly valid feelings and reasons, but they are NOT respect for Hillary.
I would have a lot more respect for these people if they would actually own their responses. But trying to push it off on Hillary, claiming they're only doing this out of respect for Hillary, is bullshit.
If they respected her, they would listen to her. This song and dance is disrespectful in the extreme.
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Hillary has played this beautifully. Stir the pot, whip up the mob mentality and then step in to control the very mob that you created.
Those core Hillary supporters are no more enthusiastic than other other core supporters for other candidates. But those other supporters never got this type of center stage after their candidate lost.
August 26, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
But somehow, it seems more like the press is seeking out a few pathetic souls than canvasing an actual bona fide mob.
I think if you combine your thinking: other supporters never got this type of center stage ... with Phobe's: this all about them. You will have hit the nail on the head.
These folks have made themselves the center of attention - if they relent the cameras go away. I don't think it has much to do with Hillary anymore.
August 26, 2008 10:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think that speech tonight will straighten most of 'em out now. Any of them who go on with the attitude at this point will be so obviously at odds with what she wants that they'll just have to either get in line or give a hell of a good reason.
August 26, 2008 11:19 PM | Reply | Permalink