End of the Clintonite Empire

For many years, I had been a bamboozled supporter of the Clintons, owing to their superb Machiavellian gifts. They constructed an empire of sycophants, adherents, apologists, and loyalists from rural, urban, suburban, and exurban America to their Palace on the Potomac in Washington, DC. The crown jewel of their far-reaching empire was an economic windfall that shepherded in one of the most prosperous periods in recent history.

But somehow, my instincts stopped me from fully embracing them, and during the course of the 2008 Presidential Campaign, I saw my reluctance vindicated by their behavior as modern political versions of "Bonnie and Clyde".

Like that infamous team of lore, Billary (as Bill and Hillary are infamously known) has pathetically shown itself lacking grace in defeat, and quite unprofessionalism in its runner-up status to a more civil pair in Barack and Michelle Obama. At the root of the Clinton's acrimony is that same Bonnie and Clyde zero sum game "do or die" mentality that allows no room for compromise. Only we can win; therefore, everyone else must lose.

It seems obvious that the Clintons are gasping for life in these precarious moments of the Democratic National Convention. The political pundits and media, many missing this point, seem perplexed about the strategy and agenda of the convention. What they fail to realize is that the Clinton's preoccupation is with their negotiated deal to save face without acknowledging defeat. All a part of the Clintonite modus operandi.

After losing the delegate race, the Clinton's behavior in defeat has been despicable. The Clintons have been demonstrably sore losers, refusing for days to acknowledge Hillary's defeat and Obama's victory. It is obvious that the Clintons have become rouge players, refusing to acknowledge Obama as the erstwhile leader of the Democrat party and failing to quickly get behind him and his program. And most scurrilous of all, the Clintons were unabashed in publicly extorting Obama to cough up millions to vanquish the Clinton campaign debt in exchange for Hillary's "pledge" to release her delegates to Obama. Promise, promises, promises.

The Clinton's Faustian Drama has assured the end of the Clintonite Empire, and has revealed their contempt for an orderly succession and transfer of power. It has weakened the Democratic Party and Obama's chances, and most importantly has made America's progress more difficult. It turns out that the Clintonite Empire has become as equally harmful as the failed policies of the incumbent Republican administration. The Clintons have colluded with the sentiments of John McCain in their last acts, granting the Republicans free rein to attack presumed - Democratic nominee Barack Obama at will. The Clinton-Obama power gap may have also given rise to the numerous threats on Obama's life during the campaign and convention. After all, Hillary told us that: "Anything can happen between now [end of the primaries] and then [Denver Convention]".

Now that Michelle Obama has finally convinced America that she is patriotic and compassionate for the umpteenth time, it's Hillary's turn to convince America that she fully believes in the Obama candidacy and that she will do whatever he asks her to help him become the next President of the United States of America. That's a lot asking a white woman like Hillary to help a black man like Barack.


And so Hillary's most important speech comes this evening in Denver, when she has the opportunity to authentically throw her full support and that of her delegates behind Barack Obama. What she will say and do will be the subject of scrutiny not heretofore given to the loser of a nomination. Ironically, her lack of class and professionalism makes her the center of attention at a time when the spotlight should be on the Obamas. Hopefully she won't use the dais as an opportunity to launch a political coup to save her empire.