Standing up and standing by.
By V on May 5, 2008 at 8:52 AM in Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Clinton, Current Affairs, Hillary Clinton
FLINEO’s latest creation reminds us of Michael Barone’s latest article, “Wright Controversy Affects the Polls.” It’s impossible to instantly, and credibly, repudiate someone you’ve associated with, named your book after one of his sermons, been married by, had your children baptized by, and had your $1.6 million mansion “blessed” by — and the American people know it.
Hillary’s campaign has been declared dead several time. But, as she often says, “I may get knocked down, but I get right back up.”
While being interviewed at the April 11th NYC Protest, Murray (who runs hillaryclintonforum) was asked why he was supporting Hillary Clinton. He answered, “I like her style. She’s for everyday people and she’s willing to fight. Since when did perseverance, determination, and persistence become bad? And that’s what she demonstrates. She’s willing to fight to the end and that’s a positive quaility.”
So many of America’s archetypal stories are, at their core, stories of perseverance in the face of adversity. Stories from our youth, in the movies, etc. (think Beorge Washington at Valley Forge, Old Yeller, True Grit, etc.) Sticking by your friends through thick and thin. Courage and grit. Loyalty and honor. Hillary’s campaign and her supporters have come to exemplify those traditional American values and qualities — qualities that most of us find inspiring.
So maybe it’s not surprising that, as Michael Barone recently wrote, “Recent polling shows Obama’s share of the two-candidate vote in North Carolina at 54 percent, down from 59 percent in April, and Clinton with 53 percent of the two-candidate vote in Indiana, where she trailed not long ago. A few pundits still are saying that Obama’s choice of pastor is a distraction, an irrelevancy. But some voters, perhaps in the belief that a president’s judgment and values have important consequences, don’t agree.” (My emphasis.)
Flineo’s most recent video makes a similar point very nicely.
Of course the circle of betrayal and cowardice surrounding Barack’s campaign is hardly inspiring. Consider a few of the examples Flineo used in his flick:
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After trading for years on his relationship with the Clintons, Bill Richardson can’t screw up the courage to tell his long-time friend and political benefactor, Bill Clinton, face-to-face that he will not stand with him and his wife. Instead this stand-up guy endorses BO citing how good a job he did with the Rev. Wright issue during his “race” speech in Philadelphia. In the process Richardson earned an apt new nickname, “Judas.”
Joe Andrews, another brave hero, can’t find the integrity to even call Hillary and tell her he’s going to switch his support to Barack and thereby stick a knife in her back. Why? Because he’s inspired by someone he met once, briefly, at an airport. (As one blogger notes, Andre is seriously wobbly.
Barack Obama himself stands by his Pastor, spiritual mentor, and friend of twenty years precisely for as long as it doesn’t cost him anything politically. But as soon as it does, Barack denounces him. (More throwing people under the bus by Barack here.)
After his lame performance facing his first tough questioning at the debate in Philadelpha, Barack cancelled a North Carolina debate he had previously agreed to. Hillary.
Is any of that inspiring anyone?
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