Yesterday, Hillary Clinton lied with a straight face to the American people by falsely claiming she was ahead in the popular vote.
This lie has been amplified by the Hillary insider elitists, led by Terry McAuliffe, and the fringe 1% of naive, Kool Aid, Cultists, led by the no integrity mydd crowd, who have unveiled Hillary's plan to steal the nomination from Barack Obama even if Obama wins in North Carolina, Indiana, Oregon, Montana and South Dakota. This is unacceptable and Hillary should be shamed for her lack of moral character and her dishonesty.
All us "naive" folks are somehow well aware that Obama and Clinton agreed to adhere to a set of rules back in 2007. In fact Hillary pledged to abide by them. As far as I am concerned, the only way I would be willing to change those rules is by mutual consent of both parties. Keep in mind that I would be amenable to many scenarios which would be advantageous to Hillary.
Hillary's surrogates, and Hillary herself, still seek to change those rules despite the fact that she agreed to them. This is why I went from admiring her to pitying her in so short a time span. Unlike conservatives, my moral compass doesn't permit lying by one but condemn lying by another merely because I like or dislike a person's politics. Hillary Clinton may vote like I want her too 80-90% of the time and if given the choice between a liar like Hillary and a right wing liar like John McCain I'll hold my nose and vote for the lesser evil but a liar is still a liar.
The outrageous Hilllary argument goes as follows:
- Continue to falsely claim that Hillary has won all the "important swing states." This argument is both inaccurate and flawed.
The argument is inaccurate because Obama has won just as many "important swing states" including Missouri, Wisconsin, Colorado, Iowa, Virginia, and Minnesota. I would also argue that North Carolina, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Indiana may very well be swing states in November.
The argument is flawed because just because you win a primary does not mean you would win that state in the general election. Thus, I think it is safe to say that Obama would win New York in the general against McCain even though he lost the primary. I also think it is safe to say that Clinton would win Illinois over McCain in the general even though she lost the primary. This argument is without merit since it fails to take into account independents, moderate Republicans, and Democratic voters who choose not to participate in the primaries but will participate in the general election.
- The flawed "important states" + "electability" + "swing state" arguments will be combined with a blatant lie now being perpetuated by the Kool Aid cultists and Hillary's elitist insiders. The big lie is that Hillary is ahead of Obama in the popular vote. To promote this lie, the Kool Aid cultists have done the following:
a) Refused to count caucus voters accurately in the popular vote and in the case of four states, totally exclude their vote altogether;
b) Added totals from Florida even though both parties agreed not to campaign there under the rules they agreed to; and
c) Now decided to add several hundred thousand votes from Michigan to Hillary's total even though Obama's name was not on the ballot and Hillary barely defeated that underfunded candidate known as "Uncommitted."
The bottom line is that the rules call for delegates and notwithstanding that Obama is way ahead in the popular vote and way ahead in pledged delegates, the Clinton camp still wants to change the rules. This is despicable, loathsome, and deplorable.
If Hillary wants to win fair and square, she should go out and win every state remaining by the 70% margin she needs to take the delegate lead. Otherwise, when the last primary is finished, she needs to graciously concede defeat and work her rear end off ensuring that her supporters go to the polls for Obama. (And should she do this, she will have earned the right to be the first Female Senate Majority Leader in American history.)
I respect Hillary's right to stay in the race since this is her call. but I do not respect her tactics.