OMG ! - The once "inevitable" nominee -- CONCEDED -- !!!

[DeadElephant_ORG]

YES! it finally HAPPENED!

"Now, if I fight on all the way to the convention... I'd forestall the launch of a national campaign and, frankly, I'd make it easier for our opponents to win.

This isn't an easy decision. I hate to lose. If this were only about me, I'd go on. But it's never been only about me. I entered this race because I love America. And because I love America I feel I have to now stand aside for our party and for our country." Mitt Romney

Now... if an ego-maniacal, right-wing, nut-ball, billionaire can put his party and his country first, then why can't Hillary?



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[UndertheOcean]

1. You made my heart stop for a second

jesus

[berni_mccoy]

2. lol!

[Jackpine Radical]

13. Shit. I'm still beating on my chest with my fist trying to get it started again.

Don't do that kinda stuff.

[DeadElephant_ORG]

14. ... because it fits your unconscious expectation - which is part of the point - HRC is on deathwatch

[DeadElephant_ORG]

16. This hoax makes at least 6 significant real points:

1. Even well-funded, and highly popular candidates are often forced to concede. They are as expendable as sperm.

2. Republicans understand the value of party unity, and rigorously protect theirs.

3. Hillary’s continuing candidacy is “making it easier for our opponents to win”.

4. This extended intra-party fight is robbing us of crucial time to campaign against McCain.

5. Hillary’s determination to fight “all the way to the convention” is selfish, disloyal, and unpatriotic.

6. We all know - whether we admit it to ourselves or not - that Hillary’s candidacy is on a death watch. That’s why you bought this hoax, and why it’s “heart stopping”.

[Orsino]

3. An overwhelming weight of numbers drove Romney's decision.

I don't see much relevance to the Democratic primary, since Clinton's delegate total is not that much less than Obama's (though apparently insurmountable). A concession is guaranteed to take much longer.

edit: I didn't realize that your real point was humorous. :D

[PATRICK]

12. And Romney

is trying to repair a bridge to the Veepship. And he was likely ordered to concede. And he ran a dirty campaign.

But what is true that Hillary should protect what she has and the party has, not tear both those things apart by trying to tear Obama's campaign apart. It shouldn't be about concession but about retreating to the high road. The cost? It seals her loss, but maybe positions her to a resilient chance to really positively rebound and at least attract Obama supporters to respect her cause. She loses a big chunk of the Clinton power exerted over a huge party faction. She loses the big money donors who will get nothing now from the support. The benefit: retains her considerable clout to influence the Convention and party rules and privileges. Swells the party and its coffers and its success and her continued real influence and legacy. It retains her bloc of voters as a proud influence and presence. It retains a lot of glowing illusions disappearing as easily as those false lying negatives persist.

By making it herself and all or nothing for her supporters, some of the inner circle elites who should go down with any available holed ship, she sacrifices almost every positive outcome for herself and them. Even gaining the nomination at this point is simply not worth it. Obama losing will be blamed as much on her type of opposition now instead of rebounding. Divisions will worsen. Even winning the presidency is not worth the cost to all of us. The compromise here is obvious. Cast off the Rove-lite advisers and go the high road to the future. Everything else ends very badly in June or November or shortly beyond- for her, for all of us.

[papau]

4. LOL- - You wish :-) Given the Wright swiftboating video perhaps Obama should withdraw?

[goldcanyonaz]

5. Perhaps he may. Could you imagine the uproar if Clinton had a website like this?

More hypocrisy from the other side.

[DeadElephant_ORG]

7. website like what?

[DeadElephant_ORG]

18. I do. I really do.

[Benhurst]

6. Since both of our leading and erstwhile innevitable candidates

have had more Democrats vote against them than for them, maybe its time for them to follow Mitt's example and throw the convention open to select a compromise candidate who can unify the party and win.

[papau]

9. I do like Edwards!

[keep_it_real]

8. Everybody is going to think it is Hillary

Nice joke but heart stopping indeed.

[busymom]

10. Romney had no chance.

If the race had been this close, I doubt very seriously that he would have dropped out.

[cbayer]

11. Romney "inevitable"?

I don't think so. Sad to say, his being Mormon alone was a mortal blow.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

15. Couldn't fool me. Hillary will NEVER give up, at least not until Obama is so politically wounded...

his own mother won't recognize him. LONG way to go.

[blm]

17. When have Clintons ever put the Dem PARTY first?

They weren't doing it in April 2004:
http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=13354

Bill didn't do it during his 3 week book tour in 2004:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/19/clinton.iraq/

Sabotaging Ohio Dem voters wasn't FOR the party:
http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/coffeehouse/2006/oct/07/did_carville_tip_bush_off_to_kerry_strategy_woodward


Validating Bush and McCain's smears against Kerry was FOR the Dem party?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk1k0nUWEQg

Deep-sixing so many outstanding matters for Poppy Bush and his powerful cronies throughout the 90s was the most costly action any Dem lawmaker has taken AGAINST our party and this nation....ever.
http://consortiumnews.com/2006/111106.html

[kevinmc]

19. The Dream Team