DISQUS

angelina · 1 year ago

The Clinton campaign is like the movie, Sunset Boulevard. I have nothing against Hillary Clinton but this is very uncomfortable to watch. I am not sure if she and her advisors are delusional or live in such a bubble that they think people really want her as the nominee. Maybe those with wealth and power are just used to getting their way. All I know is that I want to turn my eyes away. This is just an embarrassment.

Jim Olson · 1 year ago

Did you see the YouTube clip?

tlsintx · 1 year ago

Hillary, you could make a lot of things right with a really powerful, uplifting, unifying concession speech...any time now would be good.

Jim Olson · 1 year ago

I AM THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZILLRY! PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE CANDIDATE BEHIND THE CURTAIN!

Dave of the Jungle · 1 year ago

Last throes of the stupidity.

Bush_Bites · 1 year ago

I don't understand how they and Hillary herself can make that claim with a straight face.

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They're liars, Joe.

unrepentant_expat · 1 year ago

Is Hillary still flogging that fallen filly?

Dave of the Jungle · 1 year ago

Useful idiots vote. Do the Fox hypnosis thing.

Bush_Bites · 1 year ago

Oh well.

She's run out of racist states now.

Game over.

tbhull · 1 year ago

She must be allowed to exit with dignity and keeping the party's mo intact. Therefore, so long as she does not personally attack Obama she can continue to raise money by making specious arguments.

Steve_in_CNJ · 1 year ago

there's been so much analysis of demographics and political bases, but after the smoke clears, it will come down to hillary's decision to be the conservative. and you know, it almost worked -- it was that close. tough break for her because, as a woman candidate, she probably had no choice. also tough because the loss exposed the worst things about her personality and turned her into a laughing stock. this primary season was long but instructive.

tbhull · 1 year ago

Two words best describe Hillary's defeat. Iraq war.

SociologistTina · 1 year ago

Great analysis, Joe! Thanks! I agree with you-- again!

cowboyneok · 1 year ago

The Clinton camp stammering they've won more popular votes works when you consider their supporters are the most uninformed of our fellow Democrats. Think about it. They appeal to our more uneducated segment who really don't understand the whole primary process.

kattywacky · 1 year ago

Another huge reason that "popular vote" is an unsupportable metric is that caucus states are severely punished. No one can say that Minnesota (with its caucus) should have less than a quarter the representation of Wisconsin (with its primary), even though they have roughly the same number of delegates. Of course, it's no coincidence that Clinton wants to discount caucus states where she fared poorly.

LawMichigander · 1 year ago

This is so sexist, if Hillary were a man she would be called a sore looser.

She has won some rural racist votes due to acting like
Jadis though, Aslan always wins.

shell · 1 year ago

I realize that most of this blather (about Hillary being a VP candidate on Obama's ticket) is just the talking heads, taking up time. But if there ARE a lot of people who think this is a good idea, let me tell you -- it is not. I am a mother. I have had young children. And the way these Hillary supporters are acting is just like a very young child. I cannot believe these are adults!

Oh yes -- we must treat them gently! We must let them down easy! We mustn't make them feel bad! I swear! The talking heads are acting like these are extremely young children. And most of them are over 50! Are they senile?

Hillary doesn't DESERVE to be on the ticket. She LOST. So did many others. Butch up, Hillary. And as for your supporters -- GROW UP.

Steve_in_CNJ · 1 year ago

we have a registered reader (at least one) who like to run through anti-hillary threads and troll-rate all the comments without posting replies. when i see this, i just run through and recc the same comments to remove the troll ratings. takes me 10 seconds. so stop the childishness -- it ain't gonna work. if you disagree with a comment, be a grown-up and post a reply. thanks :)

Mikki --SE Pennsylvania · 1 year ago

We have already learned Hil is a racist and a liar. So it really come as no surprise that she is now mouthing more lies about delegate counts and popular vote totals in the wake of having provided the racist mouth-breathers of Kentucky with an acceptable (read "white") candidate for whom to vote. You might also notice, as part of her braying concern for the voters of Michigan and Florida, that she does not point out that the rules followed were agreed to BY HER, and only later when it began obvious that she needed more votes, did she suddenly develop a concern. She seems unaware of how this sort of tactic is almost daily raising her "despicability quotient."
Of course she should not be VP. Obama would be unwise to take or put her in any substantive position, because she would surely show up with a basket of poisoned apples.
We need to see first of all how much genuine support, how much real effort, she will put forward to convince the loutish racists, whose votes she was so pleased with, to vote for Obama in November. Surely they can not be so stupid as to really vote for Insane McCain rather than Obama, just because of race.

vegasmisty · 1 year ago

I never like to pass judgement on people living in certain areas but this primary season has shown more than the KY vote that people in what some would say backwoods areas flock to Hilliary.

I truly think is some areas like KY and W. VA that the vast majority of people living there are scared of the educated black man. Exit polls showed that alot of the people asked about whether race played a part in their vote many said yes. This was their reasoning on voting for the White woman. I know this may sound like I'm characterizing people in certain areas but if you take a long hard look you will see a pattern.

KY is a red state and no matter how well she did there it will in all likelyhood vote in the main election for a Republican.

kiki · 1 year ago

SHE DIDN'T WIN THE POPULAR VOTE! OBAMA WASN'T EVEN ON THE BALLOT IN MICHIGAN. IF SHE THINKS SHE IS GOING TO PULL THAT BS, THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY WILL SHOW HER SOMETHING THAT SHE NEVER EXPECTED. WE HAVE HAD IT WITH "FIXED ELECTIONS!"

donotmakemecomedownthere · 1 year ago

"I did not have electoral relations with those states."