Posted by
John Finnigan on Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:29:27 PM
Is the Obama Campaign a coup de tat?
I remember the 1976 election for president. Jimmy Carter took the election on a song and a prayer; gave Panama away; ran up record inflation; helped the ruling junta of theocratic Islamists who we’re still fighting in the middle east into power; humiliated the country; let the soviets run wild; got President Sadat of Egypt killed; and pretty much devastated the country.
Should Obama win the actual final count of democrat nomination and win the general election I expect him to follow the steps of the former President Peanut Carter.
I keep reminding everybody that the election is not a game of horse shoes. Close doesn’t win the game. Getting the required delegate vote does. Despite what the press and pundits say, Obama does not have the official delegate count.
The race is a contest. If two runners are not to the finish line yet, the lead runner can’t stop, declare himself winner, tell the other runner to stop because he’s already won by getting close to the finish line.
For the good of the party lay down, let the lead runner declare victory even though he hasn’t really won yet; because getting close to the finish has earned him the right to win.
Obama has not won the required 2025 votes with the actual voters, will only get the nomination by manipulating party fat cats-super delegates, has not won in a straight up election and is trying to declare a coup de tat.