Clinton Campaign Email: Crystal Clear
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, HillarySome have been saying Obama supporters are being paranoid about Clinton not dropping out.
Well, here’s the latest campaign email, sent out by Bill Clinton (emphasis added by the campaign):
Dear Justin,I want to tell you about the day I had on Monday. I stopped in nine towns throughout North Carolina, starting the day at 7:30 a.m. in Elizabeth City and ending with a rally in Raleigh. That’s the most stops I’ve ever done in a single day — for any campaign. And I couldn’t be happier to work that hard for Hillary.
I talked to a lot of people that day, and one thing was crystal clear — people want Hillary to stay in this race until every last voter has a say. That’s why Hillary and I are working so hard. That’s why we’ve made a deep commitment to keep campaigning, keep fighting, and keep winning.
We have had a lot of success in this campaign, and our come-from-behind victory in Indiana is the latest example of how Hillary wins when she has your support behind her. As long as you share her commitment to winning, this race is going to continue.
Our next test is just five days away in West Virginia. Hillary needs your help right now to keep winning.
Contribute now to help us show the strength of our campaign.
I know something about coming back to win after you’ve been counted out. So does Hillary. Over the course of this campaign, the pundits have tried to declare a premature end to the race dozens of times.
Well, last time I checked, it’s still up to the voters. And there are a lot of voters who haven’t had their say yet.
It’s up to us to make sure that the voters in West Virginia and the other states yet to come are given a choice. I urge you to act now to help Hillary keep fighting.
Show your support by making a contribution today.
I wish I could talk to every last person who has worked so hard for Hillary to thank you for everything you’ve done for her. You mean so much to both of us. She’s still in this thing because of your hard work and your indomitable spirit.
Sincerely,
Bill Clinton
Now, I don’t know what “Crystal Clear” means to those of you who are saying Obama supporters have some sort of “Clinton Derangement Syndrome,” but between emails like this and Clinton’s “Whites like me better” comments, what exactly are voters on either side supposed to think?
Folks, these are “clear” signals. I thought she’d do the right thing and begin to signal that she’d drop out after Kentucky, but now I think she’s going to keep it going. Not only that, she’ll continue to attack Obama’s electability, even though he’s 20 runs up in the bottom of the ninth with two outs.
And yes, it’s certainly her right to keep going, but come on people…she’s over $20 million in debt. Does it make ANY sense to keep going at this point?
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May 8th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Does it make ANY sense to keep going at this point?
One word=NO.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Like I said I think she’s positioning herself for one of two things, both horrifying to me, either she wants to divide the base far enough that Obama can’t win in November and then try again in 2012, or she wants to hurt him until the convention then defect over to McSame
May 8th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Bill Clinton is the one who has lost his marbles apparently. Hopefully, she will be more realistic and pragmatic–as she is supposed to be in comparison with Bill Clinton. Maybe this is just their idea of how they should continue UNTIL they drop out after KY. One can only hope.
May 8th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I think the first scenario in Avinash’s comment is the more likely one. And for that, Clinton’s already lost my vote in 2012. This is not to say that I don’t appreciate her tactics, or the fact that she’s not giving up easily. There is at least some merit in that, just not the kind that’ll get her into the Oval office.
Clinton strikes me as being the same kind of democrat as we’ve had for the last several decades, just as McCain is the same kind of republican we’ve had… I truly believe. And I think the country is sick of the same old same old government. It is precisely why I didn’t vote for Clinton in this election. Not because I think she would be a bad president, but because she’s not different enough.
Obama is a fresh face and promises to be at least a different brand of democrat. In fact, I strongly identify with his personal conservatism and political liberalism. That and he truly captures the high standard of eloquence I demand from someone who’s going to spend a lot of time speaking in front of a national and international public.
While I am not so naive to think that if Obama is elected, America’s problems will go away overnight, I do believe he can be a catalyst for setting a different and more introspective tone in which the way our government operates which will get this great country moving in the right direction again.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
It is crystal clear. Clinton as all too many elistists believes that working people in places such as WV are ignorant racists.
I’m a New Yorker, (a real one born & bred) but I’ve lived in other places in the US & the world. I know that NY elitists sense of superiority is erroneous. I know that working people in the South & Midwest are often in a real sense less racist & bigoted than the PC NY DC crowd.
I believe that the people of WV will show the Clintons & their elite supporters how wrong they are.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Miriam — that is a noble take, and perhaps a correct one. I think she was evoking a demographic fact based on race and class. She was using race and that is pathetic, but what is that they say about not throwing stones in glass houses. Both the Obamas and the Clintons are cross-racial political creatures. Both houses are familar with the politics of racial intersection. Obama used his racist-nut Rev. Wright for political ends. If the Democratic party is torn along racial lines it will not solely be the fault of Hillary Clinton overtly eliciting support based on racial identification. Obama’s entire religious creed involves racial self-indentification and race-based support.
BTW, who is the true candidate of Hope now? Yes, we can.