Morgan: Why Should Hillary Clinton Supporters Be Happy, Now?
My colleague Morgan Felchner got a torrent of response to her blog posting of last Friday asking, "Hillary Clinton supporters: Are you happy now?"
I also posted on Sen. Barack Obama's decision (yes, the DNC was part of the negotiating team, but the Obama campaign in essence runs the DNC these days) to allow Clinton's delegates to vote for her when her name is placed in nomination at the Democratic convention next week.
But I would like to respectfully report on the perspective of former Hillary supporters who disagree with the tone of the question: "Are you happy now?"
No one can report on how all 18 million Clinton voters reacted to the decision. Clearly, overall they must have been at least somewhat pleased with the decision. But to ask, "Are you happy now?" carries with it an implication that Clinton supporters are a complaining bunch who won't be happy no matter what the DNC or the Obama campaign does to try to please them. I am in close touch with the PUMA folks and other Democratic anti-Obama bloggers as I will be covering their activities in Denver next week. To ask the question, "Are you happy now?" is to dismiss the seriousness of their concerns.
From where many of them sit, the Democratic Party blew a perfectly good opportunity to nominate a moderate (instead of liberal), seasoned (instead of inexperienced) party leader (instead of Senate newcomer) with a long track record in international relations. Clinton's "3 a.m. call" commercial is still resounding in blogs and media reports because when Russia invaded Georgia, Obama at first issued an appeasement statement, then the next day did a 180-degree turn, pressuring Russia to withdraw quickly. Such flip-flops on war policy are unacceptable but typical of what the party should have expected from a newbie. They also help explain why Obama is now tied with McCain in daily presidential tracking polls, rather than winning by double digits.
So instead of asking, "Are you happy now?" I'd ask y'all to respond to the question: "Why should we be?"
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Hillary voters not happy with Obama
IT's pretty plain to see if you are any good at math that H. Clinton won the most popular votes especially in the large primary states. It was unfair that she was pressured not to keep running until all the primaries were over. This was very
"undemocratic" to the voters in the last states in my opinions.
Obama should not have been awarded any votes in Michigan as it is not clear whether he won the majority of these votes. It is not fair that Clinton was cheated out of the votes in Florida.
These types of racial and unfair tactics are going to come back and bite the Democratic Party's reputation. I refus to campaign or be associated with the party any longer. I'm tired of listening to complaints of racial issues 24/7 as I work in an inner city school and the most prejudice are black vs. latinos. I believe that Obama runs around with too many unsavory characters. Howard Dean did a very poor job of running the party. Nancy Pelosi is an embasrassment to women.
Women's groups are loosing members and fighting over the Obama vs. Hillary thing. The Democrats are dividing the country by their tactics. So let's not blame the Repulicans anymore. The news commentators were clearly in Obama's camp, so I have made arrangements to cancell my calbe TV, do not sucribe to time or Newsweek, or any other newspaper. P.S. not every Clinton supporter was white or uneducated, maybe underpaid, but not
as stupid and stubborn as we have been made out to be. Thank you. Karen
We think for ourselves
Yes, but what I am saying is that when we women don't agree with you men, we are bitches and wrong. If you want to look at Hilary's blunders okay, fair enough, but then you must look at Obama's also. He served only 143 days and now he wants to be president and bring change. He has no clue about how the Washington establishment works, he can't; he has not been there long enough. He may may want to make changes, but the establishment will slap him back to reality. He hangs out with people who hate this government, such as Ayers and Rev Wright. He always has an excuse for his choices, the Ayers thing happened when he was just a lad, but he was an adult when he made the choicr. He never heard Rev Wright speak such horrible things about this country during the 20 years he attended that church, ya, sure bet. I believe that when I believe that you are not a sexist. I won't even go into his wife's gaff about just becoming proud of this country because he is running for president. I don't know, but I think that if I were a minority had gone as far as she has with her education and position in life, earning $300k a year, I would have been proud for that. The choice is clear, we need someone with experience. That's why he picked Byden for his VP, Byden can be to Obama what Cheny was to Bush. So why are we stuck with Obama, if not Hilary someone else maybe, but it's too late now.
We think for ourselves
Yes, but what I am saying is that when we women don't agree with you men, we are bitches and wrong. If you want to look at Hilary's blunders okay, fair enough, but then you must look at Obama's also. He served only 143 days and now he wants to be president and bring change. He has no clue about how the Washington establishment works, he can't; he has not been there long enough. He may may want to make changes, but the establishment will slap him back to reality. He hangs out with people who hate this government, such as Ayers and Rev Wright. He always has an excuse for his choices, the Ayers thing happened when he was just a lad, but he was an adult when he made the choicr. He never heard Rev Wright speak such horrible things about this country during the 20 years he attended that church, ya, sure bet. I believe that when I believe that you are not a sexist. I won't even go into his wife's gaff about just becoming proud of this country because he is running for president. I don't know, but I think that if I were a minority had gone as far as she has with her education and position in life, earning $300k a year, I would have been proud for that. The choice is clear, we need someone with experience. That's why he picked Byden for his VP, Byden can be to Obama what Cheny was to Bush. So why are we stuck with Obama, if not Hilary someone else maybe, but it's too late now.
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