Democrats shun Hellery; Walt predicts old white man will win Iowa

I know Agent 2 and others who dislike the A-word will be miffed at seeing this meme, but the good folks over at Blazing Cat Fur thought it went well with the following story, and I liked it enough to copy it.

Naomi Lim, writing in the Washington Examiner yesterday, says "Hillary Clinton is finding out what it's like to be on the long list of Democratic also-rans. The party has, for years, discarded losing presidential candidates such as George McGovern, Walter Mondale, and Michael Dukakis, among others — to the point that they're often treated as contagious diseases, seen at best as cautionary tales about how not to campaign for the White House. Fair or not, Clinton has, in many ways, had that dishonor bestowed on her."

Ms Lim refers to Friday night's Iowa campaign rally for Senator (((Bernie Sanders))), at which the well-known Muslim human rights activist [an oxymoron, shurely! Ed.] Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) booed Hellery from the stage. Referring to Mrs Bill Clinton's recent comments bashing the 78-year-old socialist candidate, Ms Tlaib said, "You all know I can't be quiet. No, we're gonna boo. That's all right. The haters will shut up on Monday when we win."

Mrs Clinton angered Dems when she said in an interview that she would be reluctant to support her 2016 nemesis should he secure the Democratic nomination for the presidensity this year. Many prominent Dumbocrats, Ms Lim writes, are wary about hearing from her anymore. She quotes Tommy Vietor — a former Obama administration official who worked on the 2008 Obama campaign that dashed Hellery's White House hopes back then — as calling her remarks about Mr Sanders "inexcusable".

"If Bernie wins the nomination, we all need to work our asses off to help him win," Mr Vietor tweeted. "If someone else is the nominee, we all do the same for them. Don't kick up this bullshit right before Iowa, especially after complaining about Bernie's lack of support in 2016." Ms Lim also quotes Democratic strategist Brad Bannon, who blasted Mrs Clinton's "popping off" at Sanders as "uncalled for" given "the main goal of Democrats is to beat Donald Trump." Mr Bannon also slammed her for "prioritizing herself over party unity."

Iowans are heading into their complex and arcane caucus meetings as I write. All of America -- or at least those who care -- will have to wait another 12 hours or so to learn which of the dozen or so Democratic presidential wannabes will be favoured by the states Democratic voters (George and Nancy Schmidt) to take on Still-President Trump. For what it's worth, Walt predicts the winner, by an RCH [an engineering term, I believe? Ed.], will be (((Bernie Sanders))). Or maybe Old Joe Biden. Who cares... Lifetime pct .991.

Further reading: "Can Bernie and Tulsi Survive Hillary's 'Urge' to Save the DNC?", by Thomas Luongo on LewRockwell, 3/2/20. "...never underestimate this woman’s narcissistic solipsism."