A Response To Clinton's Call For Unity By A Clinton Supporter
Tonight Hillary gave one of the most brilliant speeches yet. Equal to any that her husband has given. Far better and more REAL than anything Obama has ever given. She rises to every occasion. Always has. Always will. She's my girl!
But Hillary can't win this election for Obama. He has to win it by himself for himself. If he is to become the leader of the free world, he must first lead.
It's like a guy who is courting a woman and has all his friends and his family and her family tell her what a wonderful husband he would make and how she should marry him. He sends one emissary after another while sitting and watching events transpire from a safe, comfortable distance, waiting for success to come to him, to be served on the "silver" platter. But he doesn't want to take the time to get up off his ass, go to her, look her in the eye and tell her "this is who I am, this is what I believe, this is what I want in life, and I want to share it with you and have you as a partner by my side. Will you marry me?" Until he is willing to do that, nothing anyone else says matters.
Obama can't close the deal because he doesn't want to look into our eyes and tell us who he is and what he believes in and what he wants for us. He can tell us what he wants for himself. But he can't say what he wants FOR us, that is not on his agenda, what he wants FROM us is -- our vote, because that is his stepping stone to power. But votes have to be earned. You only earn them by humbly asking for them and promising to deliver on an agreed agenda. There is no other way to get our vote.
What is his agenda? His agenda is to obtain power. Ours is to make a better country and a better life for ourselves and our children. There is a difference with a distinction here. And he knows it will show if he tries to fake it. That's why he still can't close the deal.
He is expecting Hillary and Bill and Biden and all his surrogates to win our votes for him, but he must win them for himself. Surrogates can reinforce what is already there or lay the groundwork for what is to come, but Obama must close the deal himself. He must lead.
Hillary gave one of the most brilliant speeches yet. She was presidential. She was committed. She was selfless. And she was leading us, as her followers and supporters, to commit ourselves to our common goals, or what she believes is Obama's common goals with her and us. The problem remains that I'm not convinced yet. I'm not convinced Obama really cares about me and my life. I'm not convinced that Obama wants the same thing for our country that I do. I just can't believe yet, not in him. I really, truly wish I could.
I believe in Hillary. I believe in her motives and her agenda. And I believe that Hillary believes. But I just don't believe in Obama. Not now. Maybe not ever.
The most touching part of the speech came after it was over, when Suzanne Malveaux of CNN interviewed a black woman, a Hillary supporter. She had tears in her eyes. She was fighting not to lose the battle with her emotions and break down. She said all the things all of us Hillary supporters have been feeling. She remarked how Hillary was so presidential. It was so obvious and real. Hillary had experience. Hillary could have made all of our dreams happen. Hillary could have made all of our dreams happen. But she said several times emphatically that she would not vote for McCain. She also added: "Would you given a Harvard graduate a position of CEO right after graduation? No" When Malveaux asked her several times during the interview if she would vote for Obama, she could not say yes....
And I was saying to myself, "That woman's right. She's absolutely right."
What else could I say? What else can I say?
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The woman was "absolutely right", was she? That's funny...I just checked and Senator Obama graduated Harvard Law 17 years ago, Magna Cum Laude, after serving as editor of the law review. So it would seem that the "right" question is: "Would you give the top graduate of Harvard's business school a position of CEO 17 years after graduation?"
ReplyDeleteAaron Levitt
If Ms. Schneider (or CNN's interviewee) thinks that McCain will be better for the country than Obama, then she should vote for McCain. If she doesn't think there will be any difference, then she can flip a coin, or simply not vote. If she thinks that Obama will be better for the country than McCain, then she should vote for Obama.
In any case, I hope she will give the self-pity and the ridiculously flawed analogy a much-needed rest.
Of course, someone such as Anonymous would point out that Barack Obama, or Barry Soetoro, Or Barry Dunham, or whatever his real name might be, graduated from HLS 17 years ago.
ReplyDeleteWhat A doesn't comprehend is that the woman perceived, and rightly so, that he has so little accomplishment in his life since then, that it's AS IF he just graduated from Harvard.
Passing grade goes to woman for discernment and wisdom.
Failing grade to Anonymous for intentional blindness and pedantic smarminess.
And for confusing HLS with HBS. They're on different sides of the Charles River, for starters.