cross-posted at Huffington Post
BY TAYLOR MARSH
I was the first to warn this was coming. Clinton supporters are ticked. Yesterday, NARAL made it worse.
There is something else that I’ve been thinking about for quite a while, which came
into the forefront with the Edwards endorsement. Immediately upon this event
people started talking about Edwards as a vice presidential choice. Talking
heads on cable began their projectile analysis that we were now witnessing the
political Butch – Sundance team that would lead the working class voters to
Democrats and the Party to victory in November.
There’s only one problem.
It’s huge.
No, gigantic, in fact.
What would an Edwards vice presidency say to all of Hillary’s millions and
millions of women? I won’t print the answer on this blog, but it begins with
“f” and ends with you.
Oh, and for the record, Claire McCaskill, Kathleen Sebelius nor Janet Napolitano will do. Ask a Clinton supporter ready to cast a protest vote for McCain. She’ll tell you.
As I’ve said many times recently, I will work hard to defeat John McCain if Obama is the nominee. If Clinton pulls it out, I will work tirelessly for her. I hope everyone is clear about the distinction. The ideals and principles of the Democratic Party mean too much to me, even if the Party elite are acting like thugs.
However, make no mistake about it, the Democratic Party has sent a signal to women that Hillary’s candidacy isn’t
historic. They’re nonchalance over her fight about Michigan and Florida, as well as the undemocratic nature of caucuses, not to mention their breezy attitude about pushing her out before this race is through has wounded a lot of people. Ted Kennedy took his fight to the floor with far less of a case than Hillary Clinton has today, yet she’s being screamed at to get out. The Democratic elite seem to be saying that the little women got their play in the political pond, but let’s get serious, shall we? With the proclamation that Obama was the “presumptive nominee” ready to declare “victory” on
May 20th, the women of the Democratic Party were once again proclaimed invisible and
expected to fall in line for The One.
Try winning in November without them.
But taking this further, what does this Butch – Sundance storyline say about the traditional
media and the Obamabot world, which obviously doesn’t get that if Clinton and her female supporters are not respected, they have the
power and could stand up and walk out on the Democratic Party to send a message
that will reverberate for months and years to come. That message will result
in a McCain presidency.
For anyone who doubts this could happen please start reading the comment sections on the Hillary Clinton blogs. Some are over the top, but most people are coming from thoughtful political perspectives from activists who are very serious about what’s now unfolding in the Democratic
Party. These Clinton supporters who are threatening a protest vote for John
McCain are large in number, many of whom are regulars on this blog and in the
comment section, with hundreds of emails from lurkers to me every day saying
they will not vote for Obama if he’s the nominee. The disrespect for Hillary Clinton has been too wide and too deep in the Democratic Party, and they’re not going to support it anymore.
Regardless of the outcome of the nomination battle I will continue to honor
my reader’s choices and welcome them here, respecting the battle they’ve waged for
Clinton, what they’ve sacrificed, as well as the heart they’ve given to elect
the first female president in U.S. history. I will also make sure they have a voice on this blog, because they’ve earned respect from me, as we’ve fought together to get Hillary nominated, and by God I will honor that relationship and shared call. I will do so because no voting block
in my lifetime has been so utterly disrespected, vilified unjustly with accusations of racism,
and basically had to endure endless harangues, while the Democratic Party and so called “progressive” coalition has shown more disrespect to women supporting Clinton than the Republican Party, treating Clinton supporters as second class citizens, especially if you happen to be named Hillary
Clinton.
Memo to the Democratic leadership elite: Consider yourselves on notice. Hell
hath no fury. Believe it.
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