Hillary's Final Gambit

Today, at a meeting of the Democratic National Committee, Hillary Clinton's campaign will present the following twisted arguments:

(1) Michigan — despite having broken the rules, and despite the Clinton campaign having agreed with the premise of punishing the state before she lost the primary race and those delegates became necessary — should have all sins forgiven, all punishments lifted, and have all of its delegates seated at the convention.

(2) Barack Obama shouldn't receive any of Michigan's delegates because he "followed the spirit" of the rules, and took his name off the ballot. Hillary Clinton "followed the letter" of the rules and left her name on the ballot. Therefore, the Clinton campaign believes Barack Obama should receive no delegates because of "his mistake".

(3) Even though only 50% of the voters in Michigan voted for Hillary in this one-person race (with 40% voting "uncommitted"), Hillary doesn't want the DNC to consider the possibility that the other 50% of voters might have actually been voting against Hillary, and want Hillary to get all the delegates from Michigan... not just the 50% she actually won, but the 50% who did not vote for her.

It truly amazes me that there are still people in America who think that a person like this would make a good president... but there are. They have to use logic as equally twisted and double standards as equally brazen to support Hillary. (Click on that link: I've been having a blast laughing at those people for the better part of a week with their histrionics and polemics and double standards.)

I'm so glad that there is nothing Hillary Clinton can do at this point to take the nomination away from Barack Obama. Never before has a political campaign proven its candidate more unworthy of the office being seeked. I had no antipathy for Hillary Clinton when things started. In fact, I liked her just fine, and would have thought it perfectly reasonable for her to be selected as the Democratic candidate... but the past 3 months have changed my opinion drastically.

Barack Obama may be no more substantive than a shiny new paint job with which America will hopefully warm some hearts and open some minds around the world (and that is all I personally need him to be), and Hillary Clinton could very well have accomplished that as well. But: I do not think that the Hillary Clinton who campaigned against Barack Obama deserves to be President. This primary was tactically over on February 12th. The only reason this campaign has continued since then has been so that Hillary Clinton could teach us why she should never be President of the United States.

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UPDATE:

Florida and Michigan will both be seated with their delegate votes only counting half as much as everyone else's. Next time, folks: Don't break the rules.

And, as for those half-wit harridans screeching around outside the rules meeting about how they are going to make John McCain the next president, Matthew Yglesias sumes it up perfectly:

Meanwhile, people who are seriously drawn to Hillary Clinton's plans on health care, climate change but also think they might vote for John McCain in the fall rather than the candidate with plans that are very similar to Clinton's are being a bit confused. People who are seriously drawn to Clinton on feminist grounds but are considering staying home in the fall so McCain can replace John Paul Stevens with another justice in the mold of Alito or Roberts really need to think harder.

"A bit confused" and "really need to think harder" are terms far too compassionate. The phrasing of my advice for those ladies would have been much more peppery. I don't mind John McCain that much, but these women are obtuse enough to cut off their nose to spite their face, and I just cannot abide retards.

(Ha. That's terribly funny... The folks at Dictionary.com must be thinking the same thing I am about those women. I didn't realize at the time I wrote this, but their word of the day is harridan.)