Hillary's Penultimate Chance

A mini-drama -- or maybe not so "mini" -- will take place tomorrow in D.C. with a meeting of the Democratic Party's rules committee. This will be Hillary's chance to claim the bulk of the delegates from Michigan and Florida, and to convince the committee to validate them. If she plays her cards right -- and if the Democrats grovel, drool, and lose control of their bodily functions just from being in her presence -- she could nearly catch up to Obama, and then deliver the final stunning blow at the convention. She recognizes, of course, what even most Democrats fail to recognize, which is that their party is no more a democracy than the U.S. in general is. It's all about hook and crook, persuasion, logrolling, and "fixes", and no one has a better skill set in those areas than Hillary does -- especially in the persuasion area, where she has perfected the art of instilling raw fear in people unmatched since the days of Uncle Joe Stalin. Custom, precedent, and propriety will not prevail -- this is a fight to the death.

According to news accounts of this pending event, it will include "protesters planning to descend en masse." Not mentioned is which side they are on -- possibly both. In any case, the event will be a preview of the convention, which promises to be almost as much fun as the Democratic meltdown of 1968. My favorite quote is from Obama's campaign manager. He said that the Clinton position is "not terribly reasonable... I don't think you can at the eleventh hour argue to change the rules you pledged to live by in a way that unfairly advantages you." Can it be possible that the manager of the Obama campaign still knows so little about whom he is dealing with? Where was he from 1993 to 2001 -- hiding under a rock? Hillary Clinton and her platoon of flying monkeys are _perfectly_ capable of arguing to change the rules, and as to any "pledge" she might or might not have made -- ha! Plus, to see things from her perspective, there can be no such thing as an "unfair advantage". She is entitled to rule the world with an iron rod... she knows it... her followers agree... and it's only a few reactionaries standing in her way who are keeping her from fulfilling her mission. But she'll get them yet, my pretty... just you wait.