Unity Through The Years
Posted on Tue Aug 26, 2008 at 04:01:54 PM EST
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At the Democratic National Convention in 1992, Jerry Brown, who finished a very distant second to the party's nominee, had his name placed into nomination and addressed the assembled convention. . . .Brown "did not specifically endorse presidential nominee Bill Clinton."
[J]ust hours before the 1988 convention began, Jackson's supporters threatened to place the candidate's name into nomination for the vice presidency, which would have created a massive floor fight between Jackson and Dukakis' pick, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas. . . . Jackson did not specifically endorse Dukakis.
Eric leaves out the deservedly lionized (pun intended) Ted Kennedy's actions at the 1980 Convention. Eric points to CNN's Keating Holland's piece, and writes:
Clinton represents the only runner-up to speak at the convention who formally endorsed the party's nominee months before the convention; i.e., all the others grudgingly held out on endorsing their rivals. But not Clinton. Yet she's the one slimed by media venom.
And the Left blogs cheer. The funny thing is that Obama bloggers and Obama supporters cheering this sliming of Clinton are his worst enemies. Boehlert writes:
Meanwhile, let's be clear: Clinton isn't the only injured party here. After the press constructed the phony premise abut Clinton's convention speech, critics then used it, unfairly, to tag Obama as a softie who can't even stand up to a woman. (Gasp.)
That's the obvious damage to Obama. The less obvious is the continued alienation of Clinton supporters from his campaign. But let's face it, most of these people are more interested in attacking the Clintons than in helping Obama win. there is a certain honesty to it that I can respect.
But I 'll be honest too, these Obama supporters, in the blogs, in the Democratic Party (I'm looking at Jim Clyburn and others) and in the Media (I'm looking at NBC) are Obama's worst enemies.
By Big Tent Democrat, speaking for me only
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