Reply #8: Laughably overrated.

[dailykoff]

Yes, she promised to campaign her heart out for Barack Obama. But the other 29 and a half minutes were the usual Kabuki telling her supporters to do just the opposite, aided and abetted by the media (CNN particularly) who spent the day asking "Where will her supporters go?" as if voting for McCain were a perfectly reasonable option.

And of course, the interviews on every news show of angry Hill supporters pledging never to vote for Obama. Not unexpected, because that is frankly what I heard her telling them to think and do. From an earlier post:

If Obama had pulled what Hillary pulled, yesterday or during the preceding five months, he wouldn't be getting high fives and accolades. He'd be getting the Jeremiah Wright Al Sharpton treatment and run out on a rail.

Since it's been twenty-four hours, I hope I can safely say that I found Clinton's speech to be a disgrace. Nearly every sentence was a dog whistle to supporters to continue their efforts to "restore" the Clintons to their rightful place.

Did she praise Michelle? Did she rail against McCain? Did she mention Obama's legislative accomplishments? Did she even invite the Obama's to share the stage?

The answers tell me all I need to know about where the Clintons are headed and it isn't "unity" except by the most wishful of interpretations.