Hillary’s Indiana Jones moment
Posted on June 5th, 2008 at 12:54 pm by Contributor Archive“No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shape the soul and let the glory out.”
Then-Vice President Al Gore uttered those bitter words when he addressed the nation Dec. 13, 2000, and conceded the 2000 presidential election to then-Texas Gov. George Bush. That election would foreshadow the electoral clusterfreak that is the state of Florida – which is apparently Spanish for “Can’t vote right” – and its all things “chad,” including the hanging, pregnant and dimpled variety.
Nevertheless, Gore’s concession was his valedictory into statesmanship. Gore’s acceptance of defeat due to the undemocratic constructs of the Electoral College and (to most Democrats, anyway) the Supreme Court ruling against the Florida recount effors, was sweeping, sincere, remarkable and reconciliatory. By swallowing that bitter pill of defeat, Gore was able to fashion himself a legacy as a brand-name player on the world’s political stage.
In other words, Al Gore took his loss like a man. Contrary to some crude, sexist pop cultural humor, Hillary Clinton isn’t a man, but she is a smart woman. She knows what terms like “grace” and “civility” mean. And surely in politics, she should know what “play ball” means as well. Nevertheless, Clinton took the low road Tuesday night after rival Barack Obama clinched the Democratic nomination and defeated the self-proclaimed inevitable nominee fair and square, Clinton tackily dissed him. That’s not a reactionary observation. That’s not anti-Clintonism. And no, it’s not the case of a man being sexist to push the girl out of the boy’s game.
Instead, it’s the plain truth. It’s Hillary’s fault that knowing it was all over, knowing there were no more goalposts to move; knowing that Obama secured the nomination in bright, historic fashion yet she had the nerve to not concede, and then had bigger nerve to say, aloud, mind you, that she “didn’t know” if she would take the vice presidential nomination (as if someone asked her if she’d take it); that she ranted something about “respect” and a bunch of other masturbatory bunk and was defiant as if there were more contests after June 3. As if there were some primaries the Democrats counted in Ottawa and British Columbia that the rest of the country didn’t know about (which could be possible because for some strange reason, the Democrats include, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam and American Samoa in their nominating process).
Wednesday, the Clintonistas on Capital Hill declared Hillary a sore loser. And now, with even more egg on her face due to her power and ego-tripping, Clinton may have lost her opportunity to join Obama on an historic presidential ticket. All because she was sore.
Somewhere during all of this, Al Gore was devilishly enjoying a bowl of gazpacho, which, like revenge, is a dish best served cold. After all, Gore still blames Hillary’s New York Senate campaign 2000 for diverting attention and deep-pocket donors from his bid for the White House.
But isn’t it ironic that Hillary Clinton must channel her inner-Gore – her main rival for the ear and attention of hubby Bill during his presidency – and tap the same reservoir of humility Gore had to draw from, with hopes of being in good standing with the Democrat’s party bigwigs to salvage her political career, despite being thisclose and one swing vote on the Supreme Court away from the political Holy Grail known as the White House?
But even Al Gore understood that he had to “let it go,” as Henry Jones had to tell his son, Indiana in “Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade,” and accept defeat. Gore, like Indiana , realized that, yes, the Holy Grail was at his fingertips, but no, he could not secure it.
Something tells me that Hillary didn’t see that movie.
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“It ain’t over ’til it’s over”, said Rocky before both winning and losing his last fight.
What did Obama win? Delegate and Superdelegate pledges…pledges! BFD.
LOL…if you had to gamble, would you bet that there is little to no way Hillary can get the nomination? No. There are plenty of ways. Instead of an October surprise, look for a summer surprise. Already, all right-wing talk shows are talking about a rumor a video of Michelle Obama saying something bad about white people. Please note that these so-called right-wing shows have been working their arses off to promote Hillary for years (at first via negative press to make her a household name, now to straight up cross the lines and vote for her).
Anyway, either some damning info about Obama will emerge before the DNC…or another faux-terrorist (read false flag) attack on US soil will happen before the DNC.
Then the Dems will have an excuse to say “Hey, we need a non-scandalous/pro-war candidate…sorry Obama, you are out…Hillary is in.”
And then McCain has a ’senior’ moment or something on camera and Hillay wins.
This election was scripted for Hillary from the beginning.
What is sad is that no one comments about how the masses’ votes don’t mean hardly anything…and delegate votes don’t mean all that much either.
Who left Lazlo’s kennel unlocked?
I tried to inject discussions about actual records and facts numerous times, but that clearly isn’t wanted here. It’s all about debate tactics. LOL…all you have are slogans and insults…bouncing between shallow logic, faux maturity, and ostricizing immaturity. Whatever gets you through a conversation. Pitiful.
Well, I will have to say that at this stage of the show, there is no more room for those not part of the Republican base or Democratic base…and by base, I mean people successfully indoctrinated by the show (oh but, of course, not you reader…pfft).
I can’t believe how much is debated yet how little is discussed.
‘Rule through deception’ is thriving.
Wow, you should write for TV shows. That sounds like a made-for-TV Sunday night movie.
Hillary is too much of a ball and chain for Obama. He’s going to go with someone else. Hopefully, someone really liberal so we can all see how obvious of a choice it will be come November.
lazlo keeps saying that because he’s been saying on this site for over a year that it’s “hillary or ron paul, you choose”
it’s in his best interest to keep repeating it, no matter how loony it sounds (no offense)
“Who left Lazlo’s kennel unlocked?” CLASSIC FUNNY!!
Just be happy he didnt go another rant about the “Gold Standard”. YAAAAAAWWWWWNNNNN…….
Lazlo. If the “election was scripted for Hillary”, why the need to make the script so complicated?
I cant wait to hear the answer.
“all you have are slogans and insults…bouncing between shallow logic, faux maturity, and ostricizing immaturity.”
Sorry we dont make your cut of acceptable political analysis. I am sure you can always tune back in to Alex Jones and Loose Change to get the “truth”.
Gold standard? Alex Jones?
I’ve never talked about those things.
But remember me saying “And then McCain has a ’senior’ moment or something…”
It just happened. Fox and the other propagandist stations just put out a major hit piece on McCain focusing on some of his ridiculousness. McCain is dead on arrival.
You should feel really stupid for backing McCain…a known liberal, flip-flopping, stuffed suit. He was obviously part of the show. A son of an admiral who was so inept he crashed several planes. And Hillary and Obama are parts of ths show too.
People say that Obama isn’t qualified to be president, but he is qualified to be a puppet president…just like Bush, McCain, Bill, and Hillary.
Hillary = McCain = Obama…because they are all puppets of the same show.
It takes people awhile to accept this harsh truth…mainly because it challenges one’s false sense of security…and most people think a false sense of security is better than no security.
But you actually gain more security when you step up and become a real citizen when you start demanding answers and accountability from ‘authorities’.
We should still be asking questions about 9/11, the real motivations about invading Iraq, the Federal Reserve, the influx of illegals, our decaying utility infrastructures, who do we owe money to, why do we give more to some countries than others, and so on.
The fictional Col. Jessup says we can’t handle the truth…well, he’s dead wrong. Not only can we handle the truth, we *must* know the truth.
brian h, always a class act — not
clusterfreak!?
Wow, I have a new volcabulary word.
Lazlo, not to worry… some of these folks are already listed in Main Core.