Video: Hillary’s Message to PUMA’s other disaffected Dems: Unity
Watch the video, kids. Hillary Clinton is over it. The stakes are too high to vote McCain. This country has legalized torture after 8 years of Bush/Cheney — for God sakes, snap out of it PUMAs. Join your brothers and sisters! Unite!
Final Word from HRC Conference Call Today
Hillary Clinton Conference Call with Supporters Today – Courtesy of My PUMA Fans
I had a couple of blog posts two weeks ago or so which brought quite a few comments from ‘Democrats’ which didn’t seem so big D.
Known as PUMAs, they claimed numbers of 18,000,000, then 2,000,000 and had 250 show up for a national meeting at a Days Inn in Virginia. They are quite ferocious, hence the name PUMA. I’ve made it my mission to seek them out and try to engage them in civil discourse. Thus far, to no avail.
My favorit PUMA site is Bitterpolitcz. You can find Camille424, imnotastepfordwife, texasdem, anniet, and my personal favorite, shtuey. I believe these are all screen names and not their true identities.
Tonight’s news was of the HRC conference call today with donors and supporters. Here’s one of Texasdem’s posts:
Yes, they are still holding out. They’re going to Denver — or at the very least they’ll watch it on MSNBC.
If you’re interested at taking a peek behind the PUMA curtain, visit Bitterpolitcz. Tonight I learned from ‘anniet’ where these folks are getting their info: Rush Limbaugh.
ROTFLMAO while wanting to quietly weep for camille424 and her gang over at Bitterpoliticz. Good Lord, awmighty. Brothers and Sisters of the Democratic faith, I think we need to head on over to ‘Bitter’ and see if we can calm the hysterics. Perhaps we can bring them back.
Alas, I tried. My comments are “waiting to be moderated” while the gang wears out the comments feature on their blog like it’s a chat room.
In such a short time these self-professed Democrats have taken on all the characteristics of the nuttiest of right wingers. They are referring to BO as “the One” helping to feed the Rapture crowd; they’re receiving their daily instructions from Rush; they’re deploying the inexperience argument; worst of all they say they’re going to vote for McSame.
What this is all about in the end is selfishness on their part. They and their candidate participated in a process and lost fair and square. The party has a purpose and that is to run one candidate in the Fall, win, and hopefully start turning this fucker around.
Did you see Drillbit McBush on the oil rig today? Is that what you want, PUMAs?
Grrrrrr.
PUMAs: One Picture Says So Much
Your Brothers and Sisters Want You Back, Join Hillary
PUMAs: Conversation Day Three
Normally, I’d like to be a little more timely in responding to comments, but I’m on vacation and need to get back in my kayak soon …
- Michigan and Florida delegates – this is no more an argument today than it was at the DNC meeting where the bargain on these delegates was struck. All the candidates, including Sen. Clinton agreed before the primary season that these delegates wouldn’t count. Fla and MI are a non-issue, they knew what they were doing.
- With all of the “the One” language and other Republican BS in many of the comments, I’m figuring there are some Republicans fronting as PUMAs just to take our eyes off the ball.
- One of the commenters referred to John McCain as a “real gem of a candidate.” LMAO This person also described themselves as a Democrat of 41 years. This is the post that convinced me my chain is being yanked by Republicans.
- I understand that the Clintons have contributed greatly to the nation and to our party. My whole point has been that our internecine contest is over. It’s time to get behind the presumptive nominee. What the hell is a pary for? Also see this post.
Maybe ‘What’s Going on with the Clintons’ was the wrong title
This little ole blog has been up for one month. I put it up because I got pissed off about something some yahoo charter school warrior said in the Wall Street Journal about my great state, Ohio. I’m a Democrat and believe that the Republican Party is bereft of ideas, leadership, and good sense. I also know that under the last Democratic president, Bill Clinton, Ds proved that they are now not only the party of social justice and responsibility, but the party of fiscal sense.
The seeming skullduggery at work behind the scenes by some supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton, and the tepid – bordering on disrespectful treatment by Bill Clinton of our party’s presumptive nominee – does nothing but help John McCain. To the folks who commented on my previous post, I continue to ask, does your “historic” near accomplishment trump Barack Obama’s historic accomplishment? Does your bitterness in loss need to go on without end and possibly enable four more years of Iraq, four more years of doing jack shit about the long-term energy policy in this country, four more years of pseudo-intellectuals pissing on the Constitution from the Truman Balcony?
Something else happened on the ole blog today through the comments. One particular email address posted the same message three times and variations on that message two or three more times. It’s either Republican spam or somebody who doesn’t rewrite the talking points very well. At any rate, it was an interesting display of bile today … hope it was all Repuplicans fanning the flames and things aren’t worse than I thought.
So, to my detractors on last night’s post, I will concede it’s not all the Clintons fault. Perhaps the tite should have been, “Some Clinton Supporters’ Emotional Instability Will Lead to America Taking Two Steps Back.”
Senator Obama won fair and square. Sen. Clinton was not served well by her top staff in the campaign. That contest is over. Time for unity.
What’s Going on With the Clintons?
Filed under: Barack Obama, Gov Strickland, John McCain, Presidential Campaign 2008
Will Democratic Convention Put the Divisions to Rest?
- Sen. Hillary Clinton Seeks Convention Vote – ABC News
- Defusin talk of contested floor fight – Washington Post
It seems like just yesterday Campaign 2008 was to be the Democratic year. Today, it feels like we’re poised to shoot ourselves in the foot.
The problem is a small but powerful group of spilled milkers among the party faithful. Known as Hillraisers and PUMAs they are led by an ex-President and other party activists who believe Sen. Hillary Clinton’s historic run is somehow more historic than Sen. Barack Obama’s historic run. Geesh.
The Real Clear Politics national poll average had Obama over Sen. John McCain by six points on July 6. Today, one month later, Obama’s lead by RCP’s measure is 3.5%. The latest Gallup Tracking Poll shows Obama’s lead with only 2%. Less than two weeks ago, Obama’s lead was 9.
With President George W. Bush’s job approval rating struggling to find 30 and nearly 80% of Americans saying the country is on the “wrong track,” it’s frustrating to see McCain’s campaign, offering four more years of the status quo, gaining. It’s baffling to see how he’s gaining. It’s not with smart policy initiatives or by appealing to our better angels. He’s making up ground by labeling Obama an empty-headed celebrity to some groups, a Harvard elitist to others, and the anti-Christ to the Bob Jones University set.
While Obama starts to add flesh to the hope and change theme through energy policy and economic talk this week, there seems to be some traction missing.
Bill, Hillary, uh, would you mind throwing some sand under the tires? Read more
