This spring, I ran out of time before the Washington State Presidential caucuses before I could compare and post on Barack Obama vs. Hillary Clinton. I don’t intend to let that happen with the general election. I have five months to compare and contrast John McCain and Barack Obama. It’s slightly different in this case, in that I already know which one of them I prefer. However, it’s still useful to go through the exercise. So starting soon watch for posts on the issues.
But one last comment on the primary campaign. I’ve seen a lot of hate for Hillary Clinton that just doesn’t make sense. I’ve seen one or two people who have legitimate, if not well-thought-out, beefs with her. But mostly it’s people looking for reasons to hate her. The hopefully last one was the brouhaha over whether she should have conceded on Tuesday night immediately after the last two primaries.
My commentary is the same as Bob Somerby’s at The Haily Howler:
Some people wanted a concession on Tuesday. That’s fine, but historically, people don’t do that. By the way: It would be weird to spend all day Tuesday asking people to vote for you—then to show up at 8:30 PM and say, “I’m out of here—please vote for the other guy.” Whatever you think of Clinton’s speech, it would be somewhat odd to endorse on the night you ran in two primaries, trying to win. Historically, people don’t do that.
So I repeat, a lot of the anti-Hillary Clinton invective is really just that much bullshit.
y’all are a fool. people concede the night the returns come in all the time. Unless they were raised without any manners or concern about anyone else but themselves.
But that leaves out the Clintons, who have never shown any interest in anyone else’s interests but their own.
It speaks volumes that both McSame and Bush congratulated Obama on clinching the nomination, and Hillary still hasn’t.