The story behind the nomination of Hubert Humphrey in 1968 is eerily similar to this election. Eugene McCarthy ran an anti-war campaign that called for the removal of all troops from Vietnam, while Hubert Humphrey did not even campaign. The people were disenfranchised in that election and the result was chaos.
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Sen. Hillary Clinton is poised to be the 2008 version of Hubert Humphrey. Her pledge: Despite what the people want, despite losing the majority of the states, despite losing 11 contests in a row by an average of 20+, despite the rules saying Michigan and Florida would not have delegates, despite what is good for the party and the country, I will take this election because...
It is owed to me?
The American people owe you nothing maam. You owe us. You are a career politician that has used and betrayed the trust the people of our country has given you time and time again. Now, in this most important election since Lincoln, you seek to place your own ambition above the good of the country.
That she is not the best candidate for out party is clear. That she would tear our convention and country in two is clear. We must not allow the MSM to make it seem normal that this fight should go to the convention. She has lost. Not she seeks to circumvent the will of the people for her own personal power.
Hubert Humphrey lost to Nixon in 1968. Clinton would lose to McCain in 2008. This election is far far too important to allow this ghastly repeat of history.
Let's not allow this to happen. Let's not passively accept the fact that we may have this nomination stolen from us. 1968 cannot be allowed to happen again. We need to stop treating Hillary Clinton as though she were anything other than a threat to democracy and the prosperity of our republic.
She is now no longer a candidate; she cannot win the majority of pledged delgates. She is an enemy to the Democratic Party and the goal of healing our nation. Let's treat her as such.