Oh, please, girlfriend!
Aug. 25th, 2008 10:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsFrom the RNC this morning: "Barack Obama's decision to "pass over" Hillary Clinton for his vice-presidential selection without even a vetting or a phone call has served to only exacerbate tensions with the Democrat Party."
Let's make something very clear: Hillary Clinton had not withdrawn from the race; she had only stopped the financial bleeding of her campaign. She was still a candidate. That, by itself, is a clear indicator that she did not want to be considered for the vice presidency. For Obama to even ask would have been an insult to her candidacy: it would have said, once and for all, that he does not believe she was a viable candidate.
The PUMAs and their RNC masters really can't have it both ways: they can't say that it was an insult for Obama to pass over Hillary, and at the same time say it would have been a terrible insult if he had asked.
Let's make something very clear: Hillary Clinton had not withdrawn from the race; she had only stopped the financial bleeding of her campaign. She was still a candidate. That, by itself, is a clear indicator that she did not want to be considered for the vice presidency. For Obama to even ask would have been an insult to her candidacy: it would have said, once and for all, that he does not believe she was a viable candidate.
The PUMAs and their RNC masters really can't have it both ways: they can't say that it was an insult for Obama to pass over Hillary, and at the same time say it would have been a terrible insult if he had asked.
