What Are They Afraid Of?
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on June 28, 2008 at 10:30 PM in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, MSNBC, Media Bias, Nancy Pelosi, Obamedia, Race Card
Now that Governor Sebelius has joined the parade of Democratic party powerful carrying the water for the new Obama/DNC talking point that ‘the Republicans are going to try to make you afraid of voting for Obama because of his race,’ it makes one wonder to whom she is actually appealing with these comments.
Is it a caution to voters on the fence, or a veiled threat to Hillary supporters? Watch out: you disaffected Democrats risk being branded racist if you don’t come back into the fold and vote for the chosen ‘messiah.’
It is odd that they would pull this rabbit out of the hat so early if it were aimed at anyone but the portion of Clinton’s 18 million voters who have made it clear they will, under no circumstances, vote for Senator Obama in November. They are talking to us, the PUMA people; the Just Say No Deal people.
I am not afraid of Senator Obama because of his race. I am afraid of him because I haven’t a clue what he stands for. He is presented as the candidate of change. He truly is – the candidate of changing his mind. These past weeks, he has capitulated, reneged, reversed and waffled on just about every idea or policy he campaigned on.
Anyone paying attention to this nominating contest is painfully aware of the disgusting misogyny and ridicule leveled at Hillary Clinton during this race. Back in February, I asked the heads of MSNBC/NBC why they were pushing so hard to have me vote for Senator Obama.
I get very suspicious when someone is making such a strong case for the weaker candidate. What are they afraid of? We know that NBC is owned by General Electric. I understand GE does business with Iran and certainly Senator Obama is friendlier to Iran than Hillary is. Network news divisions, part of the big business wheel, are therefore going to be much friendlier to Senator Obama, who spent a large part of his campaign trashing the accomplishments of the Clinton/Gore administration, instead constantly praising the disastrous Reaganomics. So when we ask, what is big business afraid of? Obviously, they are not afraid of Senator Obama.
Speaker Pelosi feigns ignorance to the sexism in this campaign while exhibiting blatant favoritism to Senator Obama. Howard Dean gets on TV in March to protect Obama from what he calls “race-baiting” but lets Hillary Clinton be excoriated daily in the media without comment – then finally mentions sexism, as an afterthought to appease Senator Clinton’s voters after she’s out of the race. Dean further forbids there to be any more debates after Senator Obama performs horribly on ABC in April before a viewing audience of 11 million. Senator Kennedy discourages the thought of Hillary as a running mate, because Obama needs someone with nobler aspirations for the American people. Is he joking? Senator John Kerry states that her universal health care plan is a non-starter, dead on arrival. Donna Brazile feigning neutrality as a news commentator, privately sends demoralizing emails to Hillary’s supporters, asking them to ‘stop the hate,’ all the while fawning over Senator Obama with nary a good word for Clinton.
This begs the question, what is the DNC leadership so afraid of? Or whom?
Hillary Clinton has publicly stated she is not running for President for fame, wealth or vanity. She already has more celebrity than she knows what to do with. Now 60, she and her husband have achieved the American dream and are millionaires many times over. Is it then remotely possibly that this woman, who has shown herself to be nothing less than Joan of Arc in a pantsuit, actually wants to clean house?
The fact that Obama is characterized as the candidate of ‘change,’ yet is protected at every turn by the old guard of the party, makes me think they simply don’t want their party to be over. As House Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi was a bulldog, taking President Bush to task at every opportunity. Naturally, when all she could do was bluster because the Democratic minority was basically powerless to affect any change, she landed her punches.
When Democrats regained control of Congress in 2006, and she became the first Woman Speaker, her tune completely changed: “Impeachment is off the table.” Why?
With the exception of some truly honorable public servants in our legislature, lately I have come to believe that the enmity between Democrats and Republicans is so much posturing. Party insiders, including Senator Obama, scream loudly on the Senate floor, yet kick the can down the road, without passing effective legislation that will really be of assistance to those most in need of it.
Scary smart, Senator Clinton knows – just by virtue of the crap sandwich she has had to eat every day on the campaign trail – that the bar would be set ridiculously high for the first woman President. She is walking into one of the biggest messes left behind by any administration. Who in their right mind would make the attempt unless she really intended to roll up her sleeves and get ‘er done?
According to Marc Armbinder, at a meeting of Hillary’s fundraisers last night, Obama was asked if he would accept a roll call vote at the Convention. His response, according to a participant: “Hillary and I are going to negotiate this thing and talk about it, and obviously we’re going to do what is right for the party. We’re all going to make sure we agree.” Obama is going to do what’s best for Obama. Does he fear a roll call?
Obama and the DNC have also taken to threatening us with the overturning of Roe vs. Wade, reactionary SCOTUS appointments, and a “100 year war in Iraq” in order to force our hands and get us to vote for the chosen one. Talk about employing the nuclear option. As a fellow traveler so eloquently put it, “the beatings will continue until morale improves.”
So when Senator Obama and the DNC try to make you afraid, ask yourselves why are they afraid?
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