Why Rs are switching to D...the next spin job.
Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 01:10:36 PM PDT
A week or two ago, I countered a few arguments that claimed there is no difference between Rs and Is who voted for Obama and those that are starting to vote for Hillary.
I think it's readily apparent to clear minded folks that the R's and I's who voted for Obama generally did so because they were energized by his candidacy, whereas those that voted for Hillary, who generally only did so in recent primaries, did so in an attempt to party-raid and at the request of right wing talkies.
But it seems that those same right wing talkies are starting to roll out their latest line of BS, which is 'vote for Hillary, because we need to further vet Obama'. Sure right wing talkies. After all of your efforts to dig out the truth about draft dodging, daddy getting you out of SEC trouble, illegal land deals that went uninvestigated, coke snorting philandering, etc etc etc, we are well aware of your want of 'getting to know what a candidate is all about.'
What we have here is an attempt to disguise insidious actions with insidious motivations as benevolent actions with legitimate motivations. One thing that makes that blatantly obvious is this line coming from an Oregonian right wing talkie. One thing is perfectly clear. Obama IS going all the way to the convention. Thus, a vote for Hillary in the late May 20 Oregon primary will not make a damn bit of difference in the amount of time or the Republicans will have to vet Obama. Thus, there can be only one motivation for a R to vote Hillary on May 20, trying to swing the nomination in her favor.
But what will be very interesting is to see how quickly Hillary supporters pick up on this latest right wing talking point in order to state their case for Hillary hanging in there. You see, they have very little choice. Just about the only remaining argument they have remaining is 'Hillary is more electable' and acknowledging things like this as spin leads to only one conclusion: Republicans are telling us who is most electable, and that person is not Hillary Clinton.