Posted by
Kukis on Sunday, June 08, 2008 11:05:53 PM
You think the war is over and Obama won, and now we are in general election mode. You’re wrong. Furthermore, you probably don’t even know what happened.
Quite obviously, in the Democratic party, there are two factions fighting for power: the Obama faction and the Clinton faction.
The Obama faction: Obama, his people, many former Clinton supporters, most of the Democratic party heads, most news papers, news services, and most of the network news organizations, and the glossy print media (like Vanity Fair, even). Now this is fascinating to me because, unlike Obama's populist support, many of these people know that Obama is an empty suit. They know he is a politician just like anyone else. They know that, once he gets away from a speech monitor, he stumbles, constantly pausing to think, and between every 3-6 words, he keeps saying "uh" and "you know." He contradicts himself, he says things which are not true, he makes incredible gaffes any one of which would end the career of a conservative (remember George Allen and mukakah, or whatever the hell it was he said?). He has no record to speak of and no one really knows what he is going to do.
The Clinton faction: the Clintons, the Clinton Political Machine, and some Democratic party heads. I have continued to say, despite the fact that every news organization, including FoxNews, has all but declared Obama the Democratic candidate, and have been doing so for the past several weeks, that Clinton will probably be the nominee.
Hillary Clinton appears to be smarter and she can speak extemporaneously much better than Obama, and she has a better chance winning the presidential nomination. Bill Clinton, among most of the Democratic hoi polloi, is considered to be a good and possibly a great president. I have heard many of my Democratic friends praise Bill Clinton, even now (even though, half of them support Obama instead). Furthermore, Hillary arguably has more of the popular vote (although that statement alone can bring on an hour of debate between Democrats).
Given these facts, why does everyone in the liberal power structure, including the press, seem to lean toward Obama? I am going to offer up three reasons, and one is going to seem very racist, so brace yourselves.
1. The internet and FoxNews is one reason. Bill Clinton does not yet fully appreciate that, he can no longer say whatever pops into his head, and the press which is there will cover for him. Before, he could say anything and he could do anything; and those in the media, in the past, would cover for him (although the Monica scandal was just too salacious to be swept under the rug, even for media...plus, this did not hurt his popularity). Now, if he lies or pinches someone's bottom, someone is going to catch it on their cell phone, and, 10 minutes later, it will be posted on youtube, to be viewed by tens of thousands of people and then discussed at length on every Fox program. He is not quite hip to this yet, although he is beginning to catch on (as is his wife, sniper-fire dodging Hillary). This is not the problem. The Clinton's are intelligent and they will catch on to this. However, their past is a problem. Despite Clinton being smooth and popular and doing a few good things for America, behind the scenes, there was a whole different thing going on. Bill Clinton was probably the closest thing that we have ever had to a crime boss ruling over America. Right now, this is not a problem. However, with the internet and alternate media, this is going to come out. The Democratic press cannot cover for all that Clinton did in his administration. Those in his administration recognize just how awful it was, and many of them have been leaving the Clinton ship like rats. Although this information is out there now, it is not really an issue, since, everyone has already designated Obama as the Democratic crown prince. So, who cares? But, if Hillary is the nominee, this stuff will come out and almost all Americans will become aware of just how corrupt the Clinton administration was (I have had 3 Democrats speak to me about the horrid Bush administration and about his cronies...wait till they find out what really happened from 1993-2001). This stain along with Carter's incompetent administration is going to hurt the Democrats for a decade or more.
2. This second reason is more important. If Hillary is not the nominee, there are going to be women's groups protesting, marching in the streets, carrying signs, grabbing up media attention. Best case scenario, on behalf of the party, Hillary will calm them down somewhat. Worse case scenario, this is news for a week or two, and a significant portion of them vote for McCain because they are so pissed off (5–25%).
Most of us have seen Harriet Christian, who represents the worst case scenario for Obama. She is quite entertaining, passionate and eloquent, if you have not seen her yet. By the way, extemporaneously, she can speak better than Obama.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KACQuZVAE3s
But, let's say the Obama is not the nominee. Who is going to protest and what will their methods be? Will they walk through the streets carrying signs, speaking harsh words to the media, and then, at the end of the Democratic convention, go quietly home? We know who Obama has associated with. We have seen the congregation of Jeremiah Wright. When Wright or Pleger attack the United States or rich white people, we see them jumping to their feet, great wonderful smiles on their faces, as they clap and cheer. How do you think these "Christians" are going to react if Obama, the media-declared winner, is not the Democratic candidate? Will this all be over in a week or two? Will they march and carry signs or will their protests be a little more dramatic? Let me just say it: if Obama is not the Democratic nominee, there will be riots in the streets, and they will spread from Denver across the United States, and most Democratic party leaders recognize this. At first, there will be marching in the streets and yelling, but it won't stop there. Remember, there is a strong radical element in this country which supports Obama and who hate America. They hate oil companies, Wal-mart, and anyone who makes too much money. There will be smashed store windows, blazing cars, and people will die...many on camera and posted on youtube minutes later. Democratic supporters have rallied the masses to a strong hatred of George Bush and all things Republican, as well as hatred for any sort of business success. Huge numbers of Democrats even believe Bush to be responsible for or knew in advance about 9/11. This is not going to be pretty.
Democratic insiders know this. They are realists. They know Obama does not stand a chance and that Hillary is their best bet to become president, but do they chance wholesale rioting throughout the United States, rioting which will be blamed on the Democratic party and its faulty nomination process? Let Obama have his day, let him lose to McCain, and the Democrats will come back in 2012 with a new candidate, possibly Hillary. The Democrats are going to be picking up seats in the House and the Senate and McCain is practically a Democrat anyway (okay, that wasn't fair).
The choice is simple: do they want riots in the streets or demonstrations by angry women? Not a difficult choice.
3. The Democratic insiders who support Obama don’t really care if he wins. Most of them are in local elections for local or national offices. If Obama brings new voters to the polls, that’s great, because they are just going to vote Democratic up and down the ticket. So, Obama generating excitement, is a good thing, even if his supporters are naive—in fact, especially because many of his supporters are naive.
Congress will probably end up becoming more Democratic. If Obama is in office, great; if McCain is in office, they can probably work with him. However, the more voters who show up because of Obama will strengthen their chances of winning.
Can Clinton still take the nomination? Of course she can. She is not going to go quietly into the night and she could care less about race riots. She wants the power. She has not released her delegates. She will sound like she is soundly behind the Democratic party, but she is going to hold back and hope that Obama will make a serious mistake. Then she will offer herself again for the good of the party. Don’t be surprised to see this in the courts this September. Expect to see more negative revelations about Obama, suppressed as much as possible by the mainstream press, but placed on the internet and on FoxNews.
It’s not over until the fat lady sings, “I release my delegates to Barack Obama” (sorry, bad camera angle). At any time, the super-delegates, without announcing a thing, can suddenly move to Hillary’s side and elect her on the first ballot.
No matter what happens, this is going to be a fascinating ride for us conservatives. Even though we have a Democrat running on the Republican ticket (okay, that still wasn't fair).