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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Battle Without Honor or Humanity

Commence drum beat.


As of today, for sure, Hillary Clinton's continued presence in the race cannot be justified. It's one thing to be a fighter and another to stay in the ring, round after round, mathematically eliminated on every judge's card, launching low blows and hoping your opponent is felled by a meteorite.

Today is rightly the first day of the long-expected period when pressure grows everywhere (except in Republican circles) for her to get out. It's appealing to be "a fighter", but not to be "delusional".

I remain bewildered by the attraction anyone I know feels toward Hillary, but passions run deeper than I realize. Last night I took the opportunity to send a short Evite note to those I'd invited to my forthcoming "Hillary Drops Out!" party (which has been in the "hold the concept" stage for more than a month). All it said was "It's 10:05 on the West Coast and she could very well still lose Indiana! I hope to see you very soon." At the time, there were indications that she very well could lose Indiana as results from the last big county to be tallied were coming in 3 to 1 for Obama. This harmless note brought me not one but two responses from old friends, both charming and friendly women lawyers older than me.
  • "Are you trying to offend me or just being incredibly stupid?"
  • "[MWR], call me old and cranky, but please take me off this list as you know how I feel and I don't find it amusing."
Of course, I was being incredibly stupid.

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posted at 8:17 AM

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I like the line about the meteorite--can I borrow it?

And hey--never thought I'd be in this position, but my vote MATTERS!

May 07, 2008 3:40 PM  

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