What The Media & Obama Campaign Will Never Understand About Clinton Supporters.

PDOP ^ | 08/09/2008 | Jarid Brown

[Jabrown]

Over the 3 months, but especially within the past week, the media has failed to fairly portray Hillary Clinton's supporters who have refused to fall in line behind Obama. The media, for their part, have painted these supporters as "bitter, middle-aged females" angered by Hillary not winning the nomination. The Obama campaign, his surrogates, supporters and media have this fantastic notion that by Hillary pledging her support to Obama that this group will unite and fall in line. Additionally, they have created a perception that the views of this group are reflected by Obama and their lack of support has little to do with politics and everything to do with spite.

In reality, what Clinton's former supporters are fighting for is a return to the pre-...

[henry_reardon]

this whole situation reminds me of the Seinfield line “What do you do when you have and endangered species animal, that eats only endangered species plants?”

[ken21]

unity.

the media doesn’t want real democracy.

[longtermmemmory]

Democrats have abandoned that whole “let every vote count” concept.

Now they only want coronations, not conventions.

Polling not elections.

Weighted Samples, not enumerations.

[Snurple]

More importantly however is that Clinton supporters realized that their party leadership that has consistently accused Republican of suppressing the vote, turned out to have manipulated their primary system so as to disenfranchise voters in nearly every state of the union. The have awoken to realize, what many of us have known for years, that today's Democratic leadership is interested in one thing and one thing only: Power!

That pretty much nails it.

[ballplayer]

Pretty much destroys the argument that they are open minded and for diversity and Multiculturalism ,only when they control all of it and you better not disagree with them

[ballplayer]

Pretty much destroys the argument that they are open minded and for diversity and Multiculturalism ,only when they control all of it and you better not disagree with them

[flowerplough]

In reality, what Clinton's former supporters are fighting for is a return to the pre-1968 Democratic Party. The party that produced Presidential candidates that placed the interests of their country above their own pursuit of power.

Right... There are people connected with the Clintons who want to support a leader who places the interests of their country above the naked pursuit of naked power. Got it. Sure.