Will HC and her supporters challenge this all the way to the convention floor? Paglia, as noted earlier, thinks so, it's a natural extension of the Clintons' combative personalities. Most commentators believe this would be a disaster for the Democrats in the election -- and, of course, the superdelegates can get off their butts and put O over the top at any time -- unless the definition of delegate majority also can be challenged by HC. Everyone has seen this huge mess coming for weeks if not months -- the question is, will it be avoided and, if so, how?
HBO has its new movie on the Florida ballot count in the last Prez election.
There's obviously a movie brewing here as well. I'm more interested in a more serious dramatic look at HC's character, however, the way Stone looked at Nixon. The more I observe her, the more HC reminds me of a Nixon. Nixon was a master of the innuendo. So is HC.
Consider the phrase "not as far as I know." If someone asked me, did HC murder a competing classmate in law school and then successfully cover it up to look like an accidental drowning? There's a spectrum of answers available to me: That's preposterous! Or, No. Or, Not as far as I know.
Nixon used the latter all the time because it's double-edged and admits the possibility of truth. It says, well, I could see that happening but I have no evidence that it did.
Hence HC, when asked if Obama was a Muslim, said "Not as far as I know," feeding all the racist doubts that he is (indeed, in WVa, exit polls revealed that a shocking number of voters believed he is). (Of course, that this should even matter at all is another issue and example of prejudice.) HC, like Nixon, uses innuendo to political gain with great skill.
HBO has its new movie on the Florida ballot count in the last Prez election.
There's obviously a movie brewing here as well. I'm more interested in a more serious dramatic look at HC's character, however, the way Stone looked at Nixon. The more I observe her, the more HC reminds me of a Nixon. Nixon was a master of the innuendo. So is HC.
Consider the phrase "not as far as I know." If someone asked me, did HC murder a competing classmate in law school and then successfully cover it up to look like an accidental drowning? There's a spectrum of answers available to me: That's preposterous! Or, No. Or, Not as far as I know.
Nixon used the latter all the time because it's double-edged and admits the possibility of truth. It says, well, I could see that happening but I have no evidence that it did.
Hence HC, when asked if Obama was a Muslim, said "Not as far as I know," feeding all the racist doubts that he is (indeed, in WVa, exit polls revealed that a shocking number of voters believed he is). (Of course, that this should even matter at all is another issue and example of prejudice.) HC, like Nixon, uses innuendo to political gain with great skill.
Democratic National Committee rules require that the two states lose at least half of their convention delegates for holding elections too early, the party's legal experts wrote in a 38-page memo.
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