Some political pundits have suggested that Hillary Clinton should be given time and respect to sidle up to the conclusion most of the electorate has demonstrated by voting--that she will not be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in 2008. Reportedly, regarding when and how she will exit, the Obama campaign has said "the ball is in her court." However, that laissez-faire approach may not be the healthiest or most respectable posture for the Deomcratic Party or for Hillary.
That is because Hillary Clinton may not know how to exit the primaries, nor, in this slow and painful period of decline, may she possess the sound judgment and willpower necessary to call the game over. It can be understandable that the campaign has made her an emotional wreck. Hillary blithely entered the campaign season last fall fully expecting to bear the mantle of Democratic nominee for president seemingly by SuperTuesday in February 2008, and she has desired to don the crown of president for an even longer time.
I don't think that Hillary believed that she would have to break a sweat in the race. She had this in the bag, given her "background," her time served as the unofficial co-president, her claim to Bill Clinton's presidential legacy (the successful aspects), her overreaching sense of entitlement (because she and Bill had a pact?; because she endured the humiliation of Bill's philandering in the White House?; because she believed the fervent adoration that some supporters had for Bill Clinton would transfer to her?)
Today, Hillary Clinton is probably in shock, like the proverbial deer caught in the headlights. The diffculty, however, is not in facing the light for, indeed, it seems that Mrs. Clinton has been preparing for a long time--at least 35 years--to be out of the shadows of her husband, to be in her own spotlight.
The psychological tragedy for Mrs. Clinton may not be that the spotlight is staring her down, but that the spotlight is about to become a glare in her rear view mirror. With each day that passes, the dizziying but egotistically gratifying spotlight of public attention, relevance and power attached to being a commanding presidential candidate will fade into the distance.
What will she be left with? The luster that has encircled her for eight years--her potential to one day be president--will have dimmed. No longer in Bill's shadow, she will walk in a shadow of her very own unfulfilled potential.
It cannot be easy to face the reality. That is why the superdelegates, the Democratic Party leadership, must step in now to end the campaign. In addition to the pressure they are bringing offstage, more Party powerbrokers have to do as Barbara Boxer of California did yesterday, strongly recommend publicly that Mrs. Clinton present a detailed outline of how she will proceed through the rest of the campaign, i.e., script an exit strategy and execute it.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
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One more thing: I could not find much of Reverend Wright’s comments with which to disagree. How can fact be hateful? How can truth be divisive? On the other hand, perhaps both are. It was Jesus who said that He did not come for peace but a sword, pitting father against son and mother against daughter. The so-called American people live in a purple haze of denial-afraid of the truth and opposed to anything that disagrees with the idealized America .
Any comment in opposition to this image is immediately labeled anti-American or unpatriotic. Sounds like jingoism to me. Wright was right. Minister Farrakhan is one of the great voices of our time. America has been terroristic in its foreign policy. Black people don’t trust the government because of things like the Tuskegee experiment. Racism remains a scourge in this society-though things have gotten somewhat better. Many black people CAN be convinced the AIDS could be a government plot that got out of hand. Reconciliation requires acknowledgement of wrong, repentance (an apology and a pledge to change), and atonement (reparations). Reconciliation is neither true nor lasting without these.
Do you see America doing the forgoing? Of course not!
Wright is just challenging the hypocrisy. And some how he is castigated as a hate monger. Go figure. It is a shame that Obama doesn’t have either the courage or the insight to see this. Reconciliation is a difficult process. It is not something that is just declared. Either Obama is a shame, is naïve, or is a fool.
The man on today's program 5/20/08 need some psychological help. He appears to be as bad as R Kelly (or worst). And then he had the audacity to call GOD a pedaphile??? He's definitely going to Hell if he doesn't repent!
Hillary cannot be trusted because if you lie you steal and everyone in her husband campaign came up dead. Obama do not choose her because she wants the presidency so bad she would have you killed to move up. OBAMA JUST SAY NO.
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