Hillary Clinton’s approval rating in Montana has dropped to 29%. Her unfavorable rating is now at 50%. Yet, her supporters are blaming Barack Obama for her horrible comment last Friday that she was staying in the race in case Barack should be assassinated.
I assume her point was that it would be a big hassle if he was the nominee, and then murdered, so it would be a lot less trouble for the superdelegates to just go ahead and name her the nominee.
Hillary Clinton's supporters are out in droves today on the blogs and forums making wild claims such as this:
The Obama campaign owes Sen. Clinton an apology for trying to sabotage her campaign. Obama spokesman Bill Burton said Sen. Clinton’s comment was "unfortunate" and "has no place in this campaign." This comment showed Burton’s ruthlessness and his lack of integrity.
It was scurrilous for Burton to pervert the comment into a meaning that clearly was never intended by Sen. Clinton. It was vile demagoguery for Burton to seek to inflame people’s passion against Sen. Clinton with a malicious attack and misrepresentation on her.
The pro-Obama biased media are now in a frenzy whipping up a tempest out of the ether to sabotage Sen. Clinton’s campaign. The complete lack of journalistic integrity continues unabated with a vengeance to hone in for a "kill" on Sen. Clinton, with distortion and malicious misrepresentation of an innocuous point mentioning a historical fact.
The pro-Obama biased media are now in a mode of commandeering the Democratic presidential nomination process to sink Sen. Clinton’s candidacy. Clearly, in her fight for the future of America and for all Americans, Sen. Clinton is engaged in a battle against media tyranny.
and this:
I would like to question Obama’s staff. Sure, Obama said he forgives Clinton for being "careless," but I suspect his staff was fast at work circulating the story to all the media outlets. No doubt, Olberman would be on such a mailing list as he has made known his undying love for Barack Obama. Question David Axelrod. I suspect Obama says one thing and his staff another. That makes him a hypocrite ... or a damn good politician. Or both.
You "suspect" that Obama says one thing and his staff another, and the mere act of you suspecting him makes him a hypocrite? And what has Barack Obama ever said that Hillary has said, "no problem", and has forgiven? Note how the commenter above that says that the Obama campaign is "vile" and "scurrilous" for saying that the Hillary’s assassination comment was "unfortunate".
She believes that she is not capable of doing wrong, and to accuse her of such is to be so unfair. Bill Clinton is out on the campaign trail talking about how badly his wife has been treated "just for running" for President.
Things look different when the shoe is on the other foot. Hillary created an entire campaign with television ads around Barack Obama’s "bitter" remarks. That is okay, because somehow he deserves to be treated that way.
But when Hillary makes an unfortunate remark, Obama’s camp is accused of trying to "sabotage Hillary’s campaign’ for using the word "unfortunate" and saying rightfully that that kind of talk did not belong in the campaign.
Have you ever wondered how the police feel during a shoot-out with criminals, and the criminals kill several officers before they run out of ammunition? The criminals expect that they can say, "Stop!" and put their hands up, and they will not be summarily executed, right there on the spot.
They expect to be led to safety awaiting trial. They rely on the integrity of the police to not behave towards them the same way they treated the fallen policeman.
Hillary can lie, cheat, steal, move goal-posts, try to change rules, make up voter totals, and even break her pledge regarding Michigan and Florida during her campaign, and then expect that the Obama camp will not even say something like "unfortunate".
But Hillary’s supporters, on the other hand, rely on Barack's integrity, and call Barack Obama’s campaign "vile" for the use of the mildest of language. Hillary's campaign and supporters depend upon him not treating her the way that she and her supporters treat him.
The constant defense of Hillary goes on and on, but the point is this. Can Hillary do or say anything that will cause her supporters to ever disavow her? I don’t think so. There is something child-like about the total self-centeredness of the Clinton camp. Only Hillary can be wronged, not Barack Obama.
First, they deny that she said something wrong. When they know with their own eyes and ears that Hillary said something negative on a video, then it was that her remarks were taken out of context, or misinterpreted. If that is not the case, then the real evil being done seems to be the circulation of the story.
It is very reminiscent of when Donald Rumsfeld had to confront reporters about the photos of torture at Abu Ghraib. His reply was that the problem was that there were all of these cameras out there, with anyone being capable of taking a picture.
So, the torture was not the issue, but the fact that pictures had been taken of the torture victims. I guess you don’t go to war with the Secretary of Defense you wish for, but the Secretary of Defense you have, no matter how poorly equipped.
Notice that Hillary has the same "base" of support that George Bush has regardless of her actions? Is this a coincidence?
Are there simply people (in either party) that believe in the saintliness of their favorite politician, and therefore that person can do no wrong? That, no matter how bad the politician behaves, it should just be ignored or easily explained away? Is this why politicians get re-elected even after the most damaging scandals about them are revealed?
Does it matter that neither George Bush, nor Hillary Clinton can ever admit that they have made a mistake, and ask for forgiveness? Is admitting that you have been wrong actually a weakness? It is in their eyes.
Apparently people in each party believe that Hillary Clinton or George Bush are inerrant, and that you must be somehow seeing the world incorrectly if you believe otherwise.
I think they are wrong.