Comments on: Clinton Concession Speech

By: Bruce

Bruce — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:40:25 +0000

I think it was a good idea for her to use the “Democratic president” line because so many of her persuadable supporters are still raw. I never “liked” Hillary Clinton but did not “love” Obama either (respected him, support him strongly.) But while I don’t “emote” a lot on these flawed but best-for-the-job candidates, there are a LOT of people who actually love Hillary, not just resent Obama.

This is hard for me to get intuitively, as I don’t respond emotionally to her candidacy at all, but some people really saw and see her as a wonderful person, choice, candidate and hope. So they are raw.

For a week after a Republican friend ran for State’s Attorney in a local county against a flawed, jurassic incumbent two years ago and I helped my friend, I was bitter against the incumbent and his supporters. And this was a pissant race. So give these folks time. It’s June, June, for God’s sake, and the opponent is in fact a worse orator than Kathleen Kennedy Townsend was on the 2002 stump, if that can be believed.

By: anotherbozo

anotherbozo — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:50:17 +0000

Hillary’s been sending out the transcript of her concession speech to all her supporters (I got on the list because I wrote in urging her TO QUIT). This is quite fine, except at the bottom she urges, in appealing candy-apple red, to CONTRIBUTE. Support Obama, pay my debt? Would it have been too much if she’d asked her followers to contribute to HIM? Perhaps I quibble.

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:52:42 +0000

Limbaugh does not have 22 million listeners, and of the audience he does have, most of them are not inclined to vote Democratic in the first place.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:59:50 +0000

When Hillary said “Yes We Can” I started to cry. Then my husband made fun of me.

By: Laura Roslin

Laura Roslin — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:12:56 +0000

Will Hillary Clinton do anything about the blog attached to her campaign’s website?

The commenters ( I hear they are modurated, so its not like some “adult” isn’t watching) are agitating the others to vote for McCain.

The other day ugly Rush Limpballs urged his listeners to go to Hillary’s website and comment on the web form urging her to stay in the race (take it to Denver).

He has 22 million listeners, so please don’t brush me off.

By: Robster

Robster — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:57:10 +0000

NG — We had nearly three times that number vote for Bush four years ago. Don’t underestimate the stupidity of our fellow Americans.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:42:18 +0000

I hope you’re right, NG. And it is only June. Barack’s got a while to win them over. And he’s just the guy to do it, once he mops the floor with McCain in the debates.

By: Nimrod Gently

Nimrod Gently — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:10:03 +0000

Well, most of them would. Because he’s a Democrat. And so are all of the voters in the Democratic party, by definition. Some twats might go and vote for the melted Anything Muppet out of pure spite, but I find it hard to believe that as many as 18 million people are that stupid.

By: Robster

Robster — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:16:48 +0000

I’m sorry, guys. I just don’t trust that her followers will support Barack Obama. I’ll have to see it to believe it.

By: Robster

Robster — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:15:59 +0000

Altus — then why is she the only “Democrat” sitting in on a John McCain blogger’s conference? Why did she become the only “Democrat” to post on Pajamas Media?

Sean & Duros — the Hillary supporters I know who are voting for McCain, including my family members, will not vote for a black man. Incredibly stupid, huh?

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:00:35 +0000

Call me a skeptic, but my entire family, who voted for Hillary, are voting for McCain. And they’re Latino.

Yeah, but why?

By: Sean D. Martin

Sean D. Martin — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:47:18 +0000

Robster: Too little, too late. … Unity? I’ll believe it when I see it.

I don’t follow. Too little, too late on which side? As I saw it, only one side was working against unity and was late to become an advocate.

By: Sen D. Martin

Sen D. Martin — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:46:49 +0000

Robster: Too little, too late. … Unity? I’ll believe it when I see it.

I don’t follow. Too little, too late on which side? As I saw it, only one side was working against unity and was late to become an advocate.

By: altus

altus — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:27:00 +0000

Robster

to be fair to taylor marsh. the top story on her sught says she will flat out to defeat mccain.

By: Robster

Robster — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:55:06 +0000

Too little, too late. Call me a skeptic, but my entire family, who voted for Hillary, are voting for McCain. And they’re Latino.

In the past couple of days, Taylor Marsh sat in on a John McCain bloggers’s conference and penned her first post for Pajamas Media.

Unity? I’ll believe it when I see it.

By: christy kennedy

christy kennedy — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:17:07 +0000

I know, I know. But this has been inevitable for a while now. And hey, I cried all morning when Edwards left the race, but it didn’t inspire me to go over-the-edge crazy with hate toward the rest of the candidates—even though I too had complaints, like that the press ignored Edwards and that Clinton and Obama appropriated much of his platform (which is a good thing). But the NQ folks seem to be ramping up into a complete frenzy over there. Larry scrubbed the “black bastard” comment and the one following which suggested it wasn’t quite appropriate . . . but he’s left a whole lot of stupid and hateful comments in his hand-picked discussion thread. Seems Larry will have a new set of devoted friends but he’s lost some of the saner readers of his blog. Maybe he/some of them will come around. I don’t know.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:07:43 +0000

It’s too soon, christy. Let them grieve for a while. Once they figure out how un-votable McNovocain is, they’ll settle down.

By: christy kennedy

christy kennedy — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:58:37 +0000

I think she did a great job, speaking directly to some of her more ardent supporters, and looking ahead. I only wish she would have made the parallel a little better regarding him being of color like her being female.

So, congratulate me. I’ve apparently been banned from the comments at No Quarter. Why? Not a harsh word*, no name calling. I’ve merely been trying to engage the folks there, asking them to explain some of their comments (like those who say they will vote for McCain) and pointing out that if they really are Hillary supporters they should listen to her. *I did ask one who compared Obama to Pol Pot, Hitler and Stalin to explain with a “What the HELL are you talking about?” And I’ve been asking Larry Johnson to think about the fringe group of name callers with substance-lacking, “I’m not a racist but” arguments, if you can call them arguments, who he has aligned himself with. And now I’m banned.

Classy place, No Quarter. I’m a big fan of Hillary Clinton—I have big problems with some of her votes, her stance on some issues, and how she ran parts of her campaign, but I’m a big fan nonetheless. I would have loved to see her in the White House. I guess if I’d stuck to a narrow-minded, name calling support of her I could still chat with the folks at NQ. I haven’t said a harsh word yet, but I will now. Larry Johnson is a coward for not allowing thoughtful comments that don’t match his hate for Barack Obama. I don’t know what’s wrong with those people.

By: Lee Coles

Lee Coles — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:55:53 +0000

Girlfriend hung in there longer than the Japanese soldier lost in the jungle fighting WW II.

By: durablend

durablend — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:50:00 +0000

Some of the people in the crowd were definitely less than enthusiastic, and it looks like the usual “supposedly Democratic” miscreant sites are still spreading bile.

We’ll see if the unity message gets through in the days and weeks to come…