Nothing like reading the REC list to find all diaries bashing Clinton. That's great. But you Obama-mites might want to rethink your game. CLINTON IS FINISHED! There is no way she can win the superdelegates, popular vote, delegate count, etc. The only thing served by this continuous bashing is that you are alienating much-needed Clinton-supporters for the general election.
And you are also allowing John McCAin to get away with this...
From CNN:
McCain camp says Hamas wants Obama
(CNN) — John McCain’s campaign sent supporters a fundraising e-mail Friday that claims Hamas approves of Democrat Barack Obama’s foreign policy vision, and is hoping for his victory this fall.
"Barack Obama's foreign policy plans have even won him praise from Hamas leaders," writes McCain deputy campaign manager Christian Ferry. "Ahmed Yousef, chief political adviser to the Hamas Prime Minister said, ‘We like Mr. Obama and we hope he will win the election. He has a vision to change America.’"
That uncredited quote is drawn from an interview published Monday by conservative news site World Net Daily, whose current headlines include "District bans 'John 3:16,' promotes demonic leer" and "Lesbian demands custody of Christian mom's 6-year-old."
The McCain fundraising e-mail says Obama’s stands have earned him "kind words" from Hamas. "John McCain's foreign policy provides a stark contrast to the policies of Barack Obama," writes Ferry. "While Senator Obama would surrender in Iraq and hold talks with the Iranian regime, John McCain will never surrender in the struggle with Islamic extremists. Please join our campaign today by making a generous donation of $50, $100, $250, $500, $1,000 or $2,300."
The narrative against Obama is clear. Somehow a sitting US Senator who devoted his life to helping poor and middle-class Americans actually loves terrorists and hates America. All over the right-wing sites, including FAUXNEWS, they run into the ground statements made by a former paster, a lapel pin made in China, and the fact that Obama says people suffering under Bush might be "bitter".
The problem is, it isn't staying there. This narrative has sadly been picked up by the mainstream media (as evidence by the horrendous debate on ABC News) and will be run into the ground anytime Obama says anything is wrong anywhere in this country and maybe some people might not be crapping rainbows about the way things currently are.
BUT THE REAL PROBLEM is that MCCAIN GETS A FREE RIDE! Believe it or not, this site is reviewed by CNN and other media outlets to see where the left stands. (My first Rec'd diary was on VolvoDrivingLiberal's crusade featured on the Situation Room with Wolf). But after every disastrous thing McCain has said or promoted, there is nothing to report on in MSM about McCain because NO ONE seems to care.
When McCain makes a major gaffe, such as saying that Al-Qaeda is supplied by Iran, or that Al-Qaeda is an "obscure Shitte sect", it quickly falls off the frontpage while our DKOS members feature this poll and this problem with HRC's staff. The MSM figures if we don't care, why should they?
On the flipside, if Obama says anything wrong, including two words out of the hundreds of hours spoken last week--the right-wing noise machine runs it into the ground UNTIL THE MSM TAKES NOTICE.
So we have the entire right wing united in bashing Obama and Clinton, and the entire left wing united...in bashing Obama (MyDD) and Clinton (DKos).
And now we are allowing JOHN MCCAIN TO INSINUATE THAT OBAMA LOVES TERRORISTS. There is nothing on this mailer anywhere here at DKOS. Zip, nada!! So the media assumes THIS IS FAIR GAME! (PS-- try to smear McCain's patriotism--see how quickly retaliation comes! As much as conservatives hate McCain, they hate LOSING a lot more!)
So while frontpagers decry the media sucking up to McCain serving coffee and doughnuts while raking our two candidates over the coals, just remember who made it easy for them to do just that. If there is no outrage on a liberal site, then why would they assume that anyone else wants to hear about it?
Update: I love DKos, which is why I am angry and trying to get this message across.
If I didn't care, I would just leave and go elsewhere.
Perhaps I was a little harsh up front, I am, in fact, an Obama supporter myself. But he can't win if we are focused on bashing her supporters and not on McCain. I hope that is what you took from this diary. If I offended either HRC or Obama supporters, my apologies.