I’m 100% behind Obama, but I want to make a point for backing off the Clinton camp. Are they fighting dirty? Yes. Is it hurting the party? Yes. Are they going to win? No. Especially now after Tuzla. It’s over.
My personal opinion is that we have more to gain by ignoring and marginalizing the Clintons than we do by howling in rage and attacking a solid Senator, a (formerly) popular ex-president, and deep pocketed donors to the Democratic Party. They absolutely deserve our criticism and I agree with the content of almost all the posts here criticizing them. But it doesn’t accomplish much other than widen fissures in the party.
Obama is the nominee. He’s a phenomenon. I’ve never seen anything like it. Let’s get behind him and focus on the only opponent he’s going to have a legitimately hard time beating- McCain. There are plenty of downticket races we can start gearing up for too.
Here are the options as I see them-
- If we just ignore them and train our guns on McCain and the repugs (not ignoring upcoming primaries, of course), we almost certainly won’t be screwed.
- If we continue to whip up resentments towards a dead campaign that is still walking, we and the party might be screwed.
- If by some miracle Hillary overturns Obama’s nomination, we AND the party are definitely screwed. There’s no changing that, it’s a fact.
I’ll leave this up to commenters- how much control do you think we have over 3, the worst of the bunch? Are we really going to gain by pounding on the Clinton gang’s tactics and backgrounds? Are we really going to dissuade her from pushing this further, or just harden the feelings and positions?
Do you think I'm being conciliatory or practical?