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Hillary and the Nuclear Option
It is apparent that Hillary is indeed about to exercise the "nuclear option," which is suprising given that her tone had moderated quite a bit recently. That she's implying that Obama's impending victory is "illegitimate" is highly disturbing. She really does seem wanting to blow up the Democrat's chance this fall if she's not the nominee.
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Indeed.
Recognizing votes is a crime against humanity. She should be tried at Nuremberg and then burned at the stake. What does she think this country is, democracy??
We don't resolve vote issues (see - Florida, 2000), in America we throw them under the bus.
May 22, 2008 8:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
The issue will get resolved. Clinton is blowing this way, WAY out of proportion.
May 22, 2008 8:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, it will. Like his predecessor, George Bush, Obama will have the votes taken care of.
May 22, 2008 8:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, lalo, there is soooo much in common between Bush & Obama.
Get real!
May 22, 2008 8:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Greg Sargent did a Veracifier vid on this. I don't share his rosy outloook though. The problem is, as Rachel Maddow stated today, that once the rules meeting sits down, the nuclear option has begun. Whatever they decide, Hillary can, by the rules, appeal the decision. This starts off a snarly road, with more meetings with more and more subsets of the DNC. That will effectively drag this all the way to the convention.
The only way for this to end is if all the superdelegates Obama has in his pocket come out NOW!!!! Before the rules committee meeting, to push him over the top without MI and FL.
Then when the committee gets started and Hillary gives her "I want the votes to be counted as is" Obama can say "Fine". Case closed. No appeals. Obama wins!
Anything other than that will indeed condemn us to Hillary's nuclear option. History speaks for itself. If a primary fight goes to convention, that party's candidate looses the election.
Period. Voters hate infighting.
May 22, 2008 11:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
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