Obama Is The Democratic Nominee
Posted 3 June, 2008 at 11:06 pm by Kevin
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Obama has clinched the nomination. History has been made, but regardless of the outcome history would have been made. Before everyone starts gloating and talking shit, however, I think it’s important for people to listen to what Melissa has to say with regards to the treatment Sen. Clinton received this primary season. Actually, you should have been listening to her all along. I don’t say this to diminish or take back my own criticisms of Sen. Clinton’s racist tactics. I stand by those criticisms. But you see, for every piece of racist nonsense I’ve seen leveled at Sen. Obama, I’ve seen a piece of sexist nonsense leveled at Sen. Clinton. And none of it is right. This shit hurts. You understand?
I would like to see an Obama/Cllinton ticket. There, I said it. I know that’s not a popular idea amongst Obama and Clinton partisans, but that’s what I would like to see. I would like to see the two come together and get past all the bullshit that this primary season has spawned. It would be a good example because while there are plenty of examples of Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama being blind to their respective white and male priviledge, there are a headache-inducing number of sexist and racist shit being said by their respective supporters. Maybe, just maybe we can learn and grow from all of this.
And as for Sen. Clinton being a ruthless politician that will undermine Sen. Obama? Well, Sen. Obama seems just as ruthless to me when it comes to politics. You’re gonna throw your pastor and church of 20 years under the bus and I’m supposed to believe that you aren’t a ruthless politician? Sorry, not buying it. They are both playing the political game. I don’t like it, but it is what it is.
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Excellent post and analysis throughout the primaries - thank you!
Of course he’s a politician, he couldn’t have won in the system we have unless he was. We aren’t going to elect anyone who is not a politician when the system we have for electing these people is based on politics.
I believe you sometimes have to throw people under the bus for the greater good. Maybe not you, maybe not me, but people who have a greatness about them, an opportunity to be what Obama has the opportunity to be have to do this. I bet there is a long list of people very necessarily thrown under buses throughout history.
I think he weighed his options carefully, and the greater good( to the country and the world) was becoming the first African American President of the United States of America, because he will be that.
I don’t like Clinton, or legacy politicians, but yes the media - those suck ups who were talking her up tonight - treated her unfairly at times, because she was a women. Didn’t mean she should have been the nominee.
I’d don’t want her but it’s not my choice.
His speech made it sound not unlikely.
i feel your honesty bro. they are both ruthless. maybe he’s smoother, i don’t know. but i just can’t get behind a VP ticket for hillary. she’s offended me far more than he has. i’d like to wave goodbye to the clinton machine for now. until the day chelsea runs, of course.
I get where you’re coming from, Cooper and Nez. In a perfect world, I’d be right there with you. I think there’s a political reality that we have to face, though. This primary deeply fractured the Democratic party. If things had played out differently, and Clinton had managed to become the presumptive nominee, you’d be seeing every other Obama supporter saying that they were going to either sit out or vote for McCain. No matter who won, the other side was going to react that way. Will people follow through on these threats. Don’t know, but this has been a very emotional contest for a lot of people and a lot of people are feeling deeply scared.
Just my thoughts.
Once again, all I can say is that I look forward to the day when we can meet for a drink, Kevin.