And I'm not proud of it. I wanted to be proven wrong.
I was tempted to come out with this straight away but thought to relish BO's amazing triumphant night before confronting the H resiliency issue was the order of the day.
Regardless of my elation, which does not yet feel complete and I know won't until H has conceded and endorsed BO, I will be posting updates throughout the day.
I'm not the least bit surprised by her speech or behavior although stupidly I did expect more from her, because I've known all along she wouldn't exit gracefully.
But that still didn't stop my heart from being lodged in my throat while I mouthed expletives...and read the following...
Hillary not conceding.
I was right about H. I wanted to be proven wrong by her, that she would concede the race to Obama and help unify the party and do what was right for the nation. I didn't hold my breath or tell the universe I'd give up some vice if only what I wanted stopped would be stopped. (It has worked!)
"Well whatever that was, it wasn't a concession speech." -- FNC's Hume
"Clearly, she's trying to position herself, keep her options open." -- NBC's Russert, on HRC's speech (MSNBC).
"If I were Barack Obama, if I heard that speech, I would not be very happy. ... They are living in parallel universes right now." -- CNN's Borger.
"This was a defiant speech, against all the kind of advice that [heavyweights] within the Democratic Party gave her" -- Ex-WH adviser David Gergen, on whether he was surprised by Clinton's speech (CNN).
"She did everything but offer Obama the vice presidency" -- GOP strategist Alex Castellanos (CNN)
Obviously I am not an H fan, but I hoped she would bring us home and help unify us, even knowing not to get my hopes up but hoping that she would not ultimately continue tearing the party apart...I've been preparing myself as we watch women's rights go tumbling back 50 years while the divisiveness has driven the minorities in the party apart, and bigotry was realized to be no more advanced then if we were still in the 50's and our once in a lifetime chance at a government that would finally be there for all of us, dissipates with each derogatory word spread from the lips of democrats lynching another democrat that we will see and hear in never-ending loops and sound bites for the next five months sponsored by the republicans.
Read more of deranged narcissism here.
H not only doesn't concede, she insists she's calling the shots, as if it will be her decision how things move forward. It's over but that doesn't stop her from demanding more. She wants her debts paid off and her money back, she wants to be offered VP, but says she won't accept (wink-wink), and on top of that BO is not to pick another woman for his running mate. This, H has declared is only hers. No other woman is to excel. This is such an outrageous statement and in complete conflict as to why she stayed in the race...to break the glass ceiling for women, for all women. How horribly sad...seems she only did it for herself.
See the video here
I want a woman for president when the right one comes along...I'll be sad if I don't have the opportunity to vote for and hopefully see a woman in the whitehouse before I die, but it won't devastate me to the point of screwing my party and my country over to make a point.
Whatever it takes to get the present people as far away from any power over the people will be considered liberation day for all of us.
My preference would be that H whole heartedly campaigns for BO and realizes she will not be on his ticket for the obvious reasons...the RNC is already looping her words that McCain would make a better CIC. Having a Clinton on the ticket blows BO's whole change message and there the Clinton camp goes again with the entitlement notion that really turns me off. There are loads of talented people whom would be much more in tune with BO.
Bill should stay home along with Terry, Icky and Jr.
But, I am no where near convinced that she is even remotely considering conceding...I believe she is intent on taking it to Denver, yet I don't think many will back her and H will have effectively ended her career as she knew it...I had never wished that upon her.
As difficult as it would have been she should have conceded, congratulated, endorsed and committed to Barack Obama.