As I’ve wrestled with the question ‘is America ready for an African American President?’ I am reminded why I have such disdain for the mainstream press, it’s analysts, and pundits. For the past month I have watched the press turn on the candidacy of Barack Obama with such vehemence that it’s sickening. The pass that the press gives Hillary even after her blatant lies, the phony bittergate controversy, and the big one, the Rev. Wright controversy. So much has been made about the importance of the white blue collar vote as if these are the only votes that matter. It occurs to me these are the idiots that often vote against their own economic interest and are responsible for putting politicians in office that give tax breaks to companies that move jobs overseas that leave these same white blue collar workers chronically unemployed. I recall watching one of these racist fools after Bush was reelected being interviewed in an exit poll. He was asked how could he justify his vote considering how bad things were in his town? His response: We don’t mind if it hurt us a little as long as it don’t help them! What an idiot. These are the fools that the mainstream press has decided matter most in elections.

Here’s the problem with Minister Pfleger. What he said is the absolute truth. Hillary Clinton considered herself the presumptive nominee since the summer of 2007, that’s why she had no strategic back up plan for beyond February of this year, because Hillary planned for a Super Tuesday coronation. Then along comes this upstart Barack Obama who raises more money, wins more votes, wins more states (Obama won 33 states, Hillary won 19) and runs a ruthlessly efficient campaign and destroys the Hillary Clinton myth of inevitability. In desperation, Hillary has thrown everything at Obama imaginable, played the dirtiest tricks that could be stolen from the Rove playbook. Hillary has cried, lied, and damn near died. Hillary played the race card, the gender card, the Muslim outfit card, the bitter card, the guilt by association card, the Christian as far as I know card, the change the rules that I previously agreed to play by card, the victim card, the anything could happen (like Obama could be assassinated) card, the he can’t win white votes card, all with the assistance of the racist white male dominated press and she still can’t stop Obama.

If the democrats are stupid enough to give Hillary the nomination they are sure to lose the general election. First of all they will be turning their backs on their most loyal constiuency – African Americans, not to mention the millions of new voters Obama has attracted, futhermore the republicans will have a field day with Hillary’s baggage, she is deeply hated.

Hillary has lost the nomination by the rules she agreed to play by, now she wants to change the rules. She reminds me of the kid you had to beat up for cheating at marbles. Not only does she not deserve to be the winner and is unfit to sit in the Oval Office, but after the slimy campaign she’s run, especially the anything could happen (maybe Obama might get assisinated) card, she should lose her senate seat. The woman is the epitomy of shameless slime.

By the way, the only time in history that we ignored the popular vote to select to give the less popular candidate the nomination, was the 1968 McGovern vs Hubert Humphrey race….how did that work out for Democrats?

Not exactly. Humphrey was unpopular w/ anti-war Democrats in 68. McGovern and McCarthy split the Kennedy vote which gave Humphrey the nod. A more apt example is 1972 when the party leaders bowed to popular sentiment and let McGovern take the nomination only to lose in a landslide. It was that election disaster which led the Democrats to create the Superdelagates. They were designed as a break on populist passions. Their job is to pick the most electable candidate irrespective of popularity.

BTW, is your support for Hillary based mainly on her ability to win or her platform?