Gotta make that dramatic entrance.
I tuned into C-SPAN for Hillary's speech so as to avoid the cable news noise. I'm trying to see all this noise from Hillary supporters as exceptional.
While we're waiting for Her Majesty's entrance let me answer the question that's been all over the news this morning: What Should Hillary Say?
Hillary should give a nice, basic concession speech. Nothing dramatic. See, no matter what this breech will not be healed by a single statement. So the first thing she must do is be sane. If she further inflames her cohort or Obama's, she is a problem.
Going forward, ESPECIALLY if she gets the VP nod (which is yet a possibility), she's going to have to talk to us. Black folk.
How ya like THAT?
Hillary is going to have to explain the racialism in her campaign in a way that satisfies us. And in my opinion it is possible to do that. Just not in this speech.
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"Hillary is going to have to
"Hillary is going to have to explain the racialism in her campaign in a way that satisfies us."
I agree with you but her explanation cannot be brokered or buffered by the usual gang of black sycophants, mountebanks and HNIC poseurs that coalesced around her campaign. I will not be satisfied with a speech given at Rev. Butts's church, for example, filled with references to Dr. King, Jesus Christ and the nostrums of forgiveness. I may be a minority of one in terms of my sentiments but I don't want to hear any okey-doke from the former candidate who was supported by "hard working Americans, white Americans."
We need to hold her accountable in the same way these liberal and conservative crackers kept jacking up Obama about Rev. Wright. I don't want to see Calvin Butts, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson or any other minister trying to interpose themselves and excuse her for releasing the dogs of racism on black folks again and again.
I agree with PT on his
I agree with PT on his analysis of what she'd have to do to heal the rift she and her husband have brought between themselves and African Americans. It'd be nice if she'd actually admit the things she said were racially insensitive if not out-right racism.
As for her speech, there were too many statements about her campaign and not enough talk about the historical nature of Obama's campaign. And sure, she proved that a woman can be tough enough to be C-in-C, but only be feminizing her male opponent(s). I'm not sure how "glass-ceiling shattering" that is.
Other than that, the 6 minutes she spent actually endorsing Obama were pretty good. Though, it was obvious everyone was supposed to start saying, "We must help elect Barack Obama our president," but they didn't. Insert snide comment here.
I'm with pt here
he said it all, but I'll be honest...I only wanna hear it because it would make HER uncomfortable. I'm never forgiving her. Or Bubba.
BTW, P6, did the Clinton
BTW, P6, did the Clinton campaign really put out that Soviet Union/Communist China style poster? I'm surprised that nobody caught it. Amazing!
Oh, the Drama!
Once trust is lost, it's difficult to regain it. It would be different if what Hillary and Bill did was an exception, something out of the orm. But doing anything, saying anything to win is a part of who they are. If so, who's to say they want attempt to throw African American under the bus again, when it's convenient for them to do so? A pimp's a pimp, a slimy politician a slimy politician; and spots on some animals don't change.