Citizen MarkH and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:

Don’t lose perspective here…there is no way that Obama doesn’t get a first ballot nomination. What Mrs. M*Clinton is doin’ is the same thing she and Mr. Bill did ta Al Gore and John Kerry, she’s tryin’ ta desperately ta bring Obama’s numbers down so that the general election is close enough for the fascists to steal. She knows ,however, that this is a tsunami year and McCrazy is unelectable, hence the increased desperation and threats to take this all the way to the convention.

My daughter is a member of U of MN Students for Obama and she’s workin the Tuesday night rally in the St. Paul Civic Center…they expect 20,000+ and the state DFL is lookin for Obama’s coat tails ta get another Dem Senator and increased margins in the state legislature. As for their expectations with a M*Clinton candidacy…well, not so much!

KEEP THE FAITH, PASS THE AMMUNITION AND REMEMBER IT’S ALL ABOUT US NOT HER!!!

I know I clung to the word “suspended” when Edwards bowed out. And thought he had momentum building steadily though slowly. There was a sense of unity still with the “competition” then. Principle above personality.

I said the other day Hillary reminds me of Alec Guinness in Bridge on the River Kwai, so caught up in her focus and will, she has lost the BIG PICTURE.

But if you think the MSM would call any nominee a legitimate nominee — who wasn’t those two remaining — you are whistling indeed.

I’d love to see the convention bolt and vote for Edwards. But it would be a disaster, called illegitimate by the media and their owners, the GOP. So we get what we get.

And work damn hard to get him elected in November.

one of my fav quotes is “Events do not define you, they reveal you” …

It seems clear to me that this applies most to Hillary in this campaign. She was quiet early-on and willing to let her inevitability do the job. But, after that she had to start scrapping and she has done that with great dedication and vigor, but also with deception, triangulation, lies, nonsense and garbage.

I haven’t been fond of Obama and the race issue either.

It isn’t so clear how anyone will work out as president, but we can certainly look at their behavior under the pressure of the campaign.

We had to “suck it up” when Edwards walked away. But we didn’t turn rabid against the other candidates. And Edwards was a statesman.

I’ve suggested to people that both of these candidates can sling mud and do so willingly. And, that the best way to avoid that was to nominate Edwards.

Well, Edwards is supporting Obama, so that ought to tip the balance quite solidly.

But, in the event it doesn’t and there is no resolution on the first ballot at the convention, doesn’t that free every delegate? Which candidate’s delegates haven’t drunk so much cool-aid?

What if there was no clarification? Could those delegates see clear to drop the fighting and skip on to Edwards?

(whistling past the convention)

Hillary Clinton delivered the following remarks at a victory celebration in San Juan, Puerto Rico tonight:

Thank you so much. I have four words for you: Te quiero Puerto Rico!