DNC ‘08: 3

Hard-Hearted Hillary Made Me Cry

It has continually struck me quite odd ever since the DNC started that the also-ran got so very much nervous attention. Why so many big-wigs worried about whether she’d actually help the party’s nominee in this very important election, or whether she’d stab him in the back in a fit of leftover pique over losing what she (and the entire Republican Establishment) believed was her “rightful due.” As if OUR country, OUR leadership somehow became during the 1990s a monarchy instead of the Democratic Republic the founding fathers established.

Sure, the Bush “dynasty” did make it seem just like that monarchy, and God knows George Junior certainly has treated the position as if he has some sort of divine right to rule in flagrant disregard for what the country wants or needs. Yet that’s precisely what Democrats are running AGAINST in this election, not something Dems need to affirm when their turn comes around again. Maybe it’s a creeping mental illness, a delusional state easy to fall prey to in an era of Bush family totalitarianism. But the Clintons were better than that.

Oh, she gave a strong, spirited speech. She repeated her support for Obama and Biden several times, and came down hard on why the country absolutely doesn’t need another Bush (disguised as John McCain). But I saw no warmth, no genuine enthusiasm, and too much playing with the power she supposedly wields over a bunch of Republican plants whose jobs were to get her the nomination because that’s who the Republicans were determined to run against - because that’s who they could beat.

So I did shed a few tears for what I didn’t see last night, what I didn’t hear in her speech. The torch truly has passed, and it got passed from the last of the old dynasty - Ted Kennedy - straight to the Obamas. Skipped the Clintons completely, and yes, I suppose they’re bitter about that too. I am so sick of bitter, spoiled, rich politicians of any variety. A pox on all their houses!

Yeah, I’ll watch Bill’s speech, but it’s going to have me cringing right from the start. He can make this right if he really wants to. I get the feeling that making things right isn’t the Clinton’s true goal. That’s a shame, but politics has never been an honest game. The American people don’t need a king (or a queen). We don’t need more repression and a lower standard of living. We don’t need a savior either, so I’m hoping Obama doesn’t give in to his own hype either. I’m jaded, but probably not as jaded as Bill and Hill.

In lighter news, and related to my brief note about Dallying Dems, one of the better, most realistic sustained attacks on John McCain at the convention has been coming from Planned Parenthood, which is distributing pink condoms to the attendees labeled “Protect Yourself from John McCain” and which come in a series of 10 “fun facts” about McCain’s positions on women’s health issues. I predict these will become one of the most valuable of 2008 political memorabilia in the future, so I’ve gotta order me a set!

Posts to the DNC Series:

Stoopid Network Tricks and Dallying Dems
Assassination Plot Busted, Teddy’s Speech
Hard-Hearted Hillary Made Me Cry
Bill Is Still The Godfather

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