[lbo-talk] Remarkably small delegate gain for Clinton

[John Thornton]

Bill Bartlett wrote:
> I'm still trying to work out exactly what it is about Obama that 
> people so object to. (Or, alternatively, so excites people). Doesn't 
> seem that much different to any that have come before. I've read how 
> people justify their loathing, or their support. Yet the reasoning of 
> neither side convince me.
>
> I'm missing something, a piece or two of the puzzle eludes me.
>
> Bill Bartlett
> Bracknell Tas

As I've said before the objection on this list has never been about 
Obama himself or Clinton herself vis-a-vi each other.
The objection is to the hyperbole employed by Obama fans along with the 
suspension of critical thinking where Obama is concerned.
Only Charles, to the best of my knowledge, has stated he thinks Whites 
voting for a Black is a progressive sign and nothing more.
The Obama supporters write about him like he is somehow very different 
than Clinton.
Morally superior, in one list members words.
That is to be objected to.
When one complains that Clinton is seeking to add Florida and Michigan 
they suggestion is that Obama would do no such thing.
If this is not implied why object? Why should Michigan and Florida 
voters voices be equal with Iowa?
It's the silly Obamamania that is objected to, not Obama himself 
relative to Clinton. They're both awful.

John Thornton