Women Tell Dems to Slow Down While McCain Ponders Vice Presidential Step
"Not so fast." That's the message the political action committee WomenCount is sending to the Democratic Party. The PAC ran full-page ads in major U.S. newspapers this week urging Sen. Hillary Clinton to stay in the race until "every vote is counted."
Many of these and other Democratic women blame misogyny in the media and by Democratic Party leaders for tanking Clinton's campaign and say they'll vote Republican in November in retaliation if they do not believe Clinton's supporters are treated fairly. The PAC is also organizing a Washington, D.C., rally for May 31—the date the Democratic National Committee convenes its Rules and Bylaws Committee to make a final decision on how or whether to count the 2.4 million votes cast by Florida and Michigan voters. Meanwhile, this weekend, Sen. John McCain meets with three potential vice presidential nominees, including 36-year-old Indian-American Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who could inoculate the McCain campaign against questions of age and lack of diversity and appeal to Christian conservatives. Jindal is playing coy and saying he won't be offered the VP position and that he "has the job" he wants, anyway. Republicans, according to politico.com, do not have a single candidate of color who has a chance of winning the office of governor, U.S. representative, or senator this fall.
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Diagnose correctly, please
Older women who are otherwise liberal in their politics yet say they'll vote for McCain to express rage that Hillary is losing the number one spot are PROBLEM PEOPLE. We'd be well served if their daughters would sit them down for a good old-fashioned "Mom, have you lost your mind?" CONNIPTION FIT.
The reason Mrs. Clinton is losing the top spot is because she has said and done too many goofy judgment-lapsed things in error and desperation (Bosnia snipers, gas tax holiday and windfall profits tax (that can't be enacted), count Michigan and Florida after agreeing not to, etc.)
If she will cease with this self-foot-shooting, Barack will pick her as VP and the two of them will win. If not, she will lose altogether and Democrats everywhere will suffer, but not because of anyone's misogeny. It will be because of her own statements, too loud, and too goofy.
Oops. Her mouth is worse, again.
Gotta update the last post. Just heard that Hillary today justified staying in the race into June, because June, after all was the month in 1968 when Robert F. Kennedy was assasinated--changing that year's presidential race.
Implying Obama might somehow get shot (or something) is both mean to all Democrats and incredibly stupid to boot. THIS KIND OF STUFF is why she is not winning, and this particular outrage may have just nixed her VP chances as well.
Oops. Her mouth is worse, again.
Gotta update the last post. Just heard that Hillary today justified staying in the race into June, because June, after all was the month in 1968 when Robert F. Kennedy was assasinated--changing that year's presidential race.
Implying Obama might somehow get shot (or something) is both mean to all Democrats and incredibly stupid to boot. THIS KIND OF STUFF is why she is not winning, and this particular outrage may have just nixed her VP chances as well.
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