The Denial Campaign

7:12 pm EST June 1st, 2008 | Uncategorized | 14 Comments

The Clinton campaign now resembles that old guy who hangs out at the club, far past his prime and a good 20 years older than the average age of the Leisure Suit Larryother men in attendance. They’re the guy in the Member’s Only jacket, hoping one of the women has a daddy complex and an alcohol infused lack of judgement.

Team Clinton also won’t necessarily consider the campaign over if rival Barack Obama soon reaches the 2,118-delegate threshold necessary to clinch the nomination.

“No, it’s not it,” McAuliffe responded when a reporter asked if securing 2,118 delegates would mark the end of the marathon race. “We’ll see. We’re going to get through Tuesday’s votes. We’re going to see where we are, and we’re going to look at all of our options. Every option is on the table.”

As the designated driver by the delegates, I wonder if the best tactic for the Obama camp is to offer Clinton a drive home, or let them wake up in alley somewhere in their own filth.

I’m leaning towards the latter.

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14 Responses to “The Denial Campaign”

  1. Sean D. Martin says:
    June 1, 2008 at 7:37 pm

    Wellll, technically Obama’s reaching the 2118 delegate threshold wouldn’t be it, because nothing is really, truly, finally decided until the convention and the actual vote is recorded.

    But, seriously, can anyone explain to me what would actually be gained by dragging this out to the last final moment? What benefit does that provide to the Democratic party and their ability to win the White House and a larger majority in Congress?

    That is the goal, isn’t it? A Democrat as president and a larger majority in both houses. Someone who supports Hillary staying in past Obama’s securing 2118 delegates explain to me how that is an easier thing to do with a fractured and pissed off base.

  2. moron says:
    June 1, 2008 at 7:47 pm

    or let them wake up in alley somewhere in their own filth.

    They are their own filth.

  3. anotherbozo says:
    June 1, 2008 at 8:13 pm

    My own guess is that Hillary wants to be self-righteously standing on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, having been wind-burned by the rush of superdelegates toward Obama, saying “I told them to wait till we could make our case but they didn’t listen. So don’t come crying to me if Obama can’t take the swing states.”

    The key word here is “self-righteously.” SHE was the reasonable one. But they just wouldn’t listen. This way, too, she could never be accused of “quitting.”

    This is an old political model, the one where the candidate says “Nothing will stop us now” the night before and “I called to congratulate our opponent” next morning. Turn-on-a-dime reversals without the least sign of whiplash.
    My guess may be spiked with hopefulness. We shall see. But THE DAMN THING WILL SOON BE OVER! PLEASE GOD!

  4. anotherbozo says:
    June 1, 2008 at 8:17 pm

    I like the MSNBC pundits’ consensus that the VP spot is just not, not, NOT in the cards. Forget the JFK/LBJ analogy. NOT.

  5. Nanjala says:
    June 1, 2008 at 8:26 pm

    Careful there, counting those guinea fowl:

    [link to Larry Johnson's nutjob central removed, but you can Google it]

  6. Sean D. Martin says:
    June 1, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    Careful there, counting those guinea fowl:

    Oh, please. “New and dramatic developments. This is a heads up. I’ll post the news Monday”.

    Why not just stand up and say “I have in my hand a list of names…”

    If she had something really significant it would be posted without the build up.

  7. z_adura says:
    June 1, 2008 at 8:55 pm

    The amazing thing about fightin’ Hillary is that it is so new. She has hardly been a Barbara Boxer or Barbara Lee in Congress. Rather she’s been a kind of Centrist / Accommodationist and notoriously absent of fight. Now that she is fighting for herself rather than principle, we have this raging warrior. Funny that…

  8. Gyuss Baaltar says:
    June 1, 2008 at 9:00 pm

    I just got back from NYC and I was amazed at the number of New Yorkers I spoke to who are just sick of the Clintons, and they all say their opinion changed to the negative during this primary season.

    She’s turned her own back yard against her.

  9. Sean D. Martin says:
    June 1, 2008 at 10:10 pm

    Now that she is fighting for herself rather than principle, we have this raging warrior.

    Excellent point. If her eight years in Congress are supposed to be so much more experience than Obama’s four (plus of course his many years in elected office before that, but let’s not count those) what exactly did she actually accomplish during those eight years?

    What happened to this fighter’s health care plan?

  10. bostondreams says:
    June 1, 2008 at 10:35 pm

    Please. That’s cruel. Even Larry Laffer knows when to give it up. Err..no pun intended.

  11. Kyle E. Moore says:
    June 2, 2008 at 1:56 am

    Great.

    Just Great.

    I was going to prove my geekiness by catching onto the Larry Laffer reference and BD had to come and beat me to it.

    *sigh*

    Well, never let a comment go to waste.

    After all at least Larry Laffer was cool. Sorta

  12. midderpidge says:
    June 2, 2008 at 7:14 am

    I call him Grizzled Bar Veteran… wielding his mighty bottle in the war against his liver.

  13. Duros62 says:
    June 2, 2008 at 9:07 am

    That Walk of Shame is never fun.

  14. fafaroo says:
    June 2, 2008 at 12:56 pm

    McAuliffe says: “Every option is on the table.”

    Jesus! Clinton isn’t going to nuke Obama is she?