Anyone
seeing what's happening here yet? It's
subtle, but you may want to open your eyes
and take this in - because it's clearer by
the day... and the Dems are just gullible
enough to let it happen.
As we
all know, the Democrats punished 2 states
for moving their primaries up by taking
their delegates away. Every candidate
agreed, with signatures, that these
contests would not count. In fact in
Michigan every major candidate took their
name off the ballot ... except her. When
she won (imagine that) we heard murmors of
surrogates "celebrating". Then after
super-tuesday when Obama maintained his
lead? It started. Week after week, month
after month of brainwashing. She has been
able to get people in those states to
actually protest that their votes
count. LOL. Think about that for a second.
Anyone in those states the previous fall
felt like this: "Man, our local
governments are idiots, I can't believe
they didn't listen to the DNC, now my
primary vote doesn't count." Were they mad
at the national democratic party? Nope.
Were they mad at the candidates for not
campaigning there? Of course not. There
was absolutely no question what happened,
why it happened - and also no question
that it wouldn't effect the votes in
November. I mean, really, think about it.
Why wouldn't you vote in November if your
local government fucked up the primary? It
would never even occur to you unless you
were told it should piss you off.
People don't give two shits about the
primaries and never have. And it's because
it's really a giant focus group. They're a
way that particular party feels
helps them select their candidate. Kind of
like if you ever go to a movie screening
and have to fill out a questionnaire. You
may say it sucks all sorts of ass, but the
movie studio still has the right to
release the movie. Then, you have the
final choice whether to give them your $10
when it comes out. This is the same
thing...
...except
Hillary for the past 3 months has made
certain it isn't seen like that. And guess
what, no one is caling her on it. In fact
- they're listening to her. There's a
committee meeting (in which half of the
committee are Clinton supporters) a week
from Saturday to determine what to do with
those two states. And guess what the
outcome will be? Indecision. A Stalemate.
Hillary wants every single vote from
Michigan (where she ran unopposed) and
every single delegate from Michigan. 100%
Even though no one else was on the ballot.
Is she delusional? Of course she isn't.
What this does is give her time. The
committee will say that's not happening
and she'll appeal it. Then it'll go to
another group, it'll be the same outcome
because "the will of the people must be
heard!" and she'll appeal that.
Meanwhile she will have gotten the popular
vote advantage of Obama (even just
counting Florida because of her lead in
Puerto Rico) and she will be able to keep
the supers from putting him over... 2210.
Oh he'll be over 2026 (the majority
without Florida and Michigan) but it won't
count according to her and she'll stay in.
And those supers that could end it all?
Silent. They're not gonna be the ones to
put him over, or they would've done it
already. Again, they'll put him over 2026
(he only needs a split of the pledged left
and 20 supers for that) but she will move
the goalposts beyond his reach - and take
it to the convention. Most likely you'll
see a group of undeclareds that could do
it, but want the dream ticket so they
almost broker their own power privately to
Obama so it's a stalemate.
Now,
how is that avoidable? He takes her as VP
right now. He won't do that. Here's the
rub though. Ready for this? The way the
delegates vote at the convention is one by
one the first time around they vote
president, 2nd time they vote
vice-president. So imagine this plea to a
bunch of whimpy Democratic delegates:
"Give me your vote for president, please -
I will be better at the top please,
please, etc. Alright, if you must vote for
Obama - on the 2nd go-round, make me VP."
There's easily half the delegates that
think that is a "dream team" and there you
have it. She has strong-armed her way in
and Obama has absolutely no choice in the
matter. The delegates will have spoken and
he will have two options: Step down, or
join forces and give it a go.
This
is what is happening. The woman is not
delusional. She is taking advantage of a
completely fucked up party. Seriously -
think about how ridiculous it is that you
strip the delegates from those two
states... but let them vote anyway. Why
the hell as the head of the DNC wouldn't
you force all of the names off the
ballots? Why wouldn't that be part
of the agreement you have every candidate
sign a few months before? Inane.
Absolutely inane. No other word for
it.
Now, I
actually don't blame Hillary at all. I
said after Ohio she should stay in
it. She should keep fighting.
Why? SHE KEEPS WINNING. And
using the Michigan and Florida voters
(those poor disenfranchised, starving,
abused cancer victims) as cover for
fighting it to the convention - is
brilliant politically. And, she actually
still has a chance to gain the popular
vote WITHOUT Michigan and Florida! If she
wins Puerto Rico by 15 points and the
turnout is as big as expected? She'll pass
Obama. LOL. That's unbelieveable. And then
she has every right to go to the
convention and make her case! How CLOSE is
this? That's exactly why they made
super-delegates in the first place!!! This
is exaclty the way the democrats
WANT IT. And all she has to do? All
she has to do is make about 50 supers,
stay silent until August. That's it. Those
50 supers that would put Obama over the
2210 threshold. A completely meaningless
magical number that she has skillfully
made relevant. It's politics at it's
worst/finest depending on how you look at
it.
And
you know what, the Democrats want it this
way. If they really wanted to? The supers
would be flooding to Obama right now - and
then allowing his wins in South Dakota and
Montana put him over the top and it would
all be over... but guess what. They're
silent. They believe in a dream ticket.
Clinton's brainwashing has worked and
she's used fear to keep them quiet.
Yell "disenfranchise" to Democrats
and they act like beaten puppies. Their
heads are so far up their ass that they
are absolutely gonna fuck it
up...
...except
that is where I have to admit
that I may no longer believe
that. I used to think an
Obama/Clinton ticket was instant
Mondale/Ferraro land. But every
sinlge time I think that, I
listen to John McCain. I am
dumbfounded at just how bad of a
candidate this man is. I'm only
half joking when I say at this
point? Rocky and bullwinkle could
beat him. Bert/Ernie '08 without
a doubt. And he may be so bad
that a ticket of a black man
named Iraq Hussein Osama and
Hillary fucking Clinton could
beat him. And all I really want
is to see an Obama/McCain debate.
I'll even enjoy Clinton/Romney
for the VP debates if it has to
come down to it. I mean,
just watch this video. This guys
is gonna get
slaughtered.
And as you
know I want badly for Obama to be able to
choose his running mate as he's run the most
incredible campaign in the history of
American politics and he deserves to put his
cabinet together any way he pleases - but the
writing is on the wall here. She is close
enough to push this and become VP. Without a
doubt. She's already further along than other
candidates that did the same thing
successfully. And if somehow she does get all
the delegates in Michigan (128) and
afavorable split in Florida? She could very
well swing this to make it Clinton/Obama. I
don't believe that will happen - but you can
count on her absolutely, positively
not dropping out in June. She will appeal the
decision at the end of May until a few weeks
before the convention and make the remaining
unpledged supers just fall in love
with the idea of a dream ticket.
Mark my
words and pray I'm wrong. I think we're
all naive that come June 4th she stops
fighting, but I certainly hope this is just a
creative writing exercise.
Adam
PS - More
"real" Journey news next time... I've avoided
it long enough. ;-)
