Speaking of Mrs. C...
Had a wild, random thought last night (it happens).
This whole thing about John Edwards, and his affair, and it being "common knowledge" in the media, but it wasn't broken until the National Enquirer chased it to ground...
Who does this whole thing serve the most?
In my opinion, Mrs. C is best-served by this event, and the timing of it being "outed".
Walk with me on this for a minute, if you will.
Mrs. C has been quietly (or not-so-quietly) urging that individual delegates be permitted to cast their votes for whomever they chose at the upcoming convention. Sure, sure, she admits that Mr. O has more delegates than she does, but she wants to give her delegates some vindication or whatever.
Now, Mr. Edwards, when he bowed out of the race, "released" his delegates. They are free to vote for whomever. Then, after a period of time (and it looked like Mr. O would lock up the nomination), Mr. E throws his verbal support to Mr. O. But nowhere in that equation are Mr. E's delegates required to vote for Mr. O at the convention.
Now, Mr. O enthusiastically embraces Mr. E's endorsement. So much so that there is buzz that Mr. E might become the Veep nominee.
Mrs. C sees her chances at the limelight drifting further and further.
But wait! There is that little indiscretion on the part of Mr. E...and it hasn't broken to the public yet....
So, Mr. E's affair is outed, his star is tarnished, and he cannot become the Veep nominee, opening up the possibility, once again, that Mrs. C might be the Veep nominee.
Except, Mr. E's former delegates are disillusioned, now that their golden boy admits to lying in their faces consistently. And Mr. O's reputation for being able to pick people of substance and integrity is tarnished as well. Where will Mr. E's delegates, and any that are disaffected with this whole thing look?
To the long-suffering, martyr-in-a-box, Mrs. C, who will, at the last moment, broker and engineer a back-door, "gotcha" at the convention, thereby pushing Mr. O either into the Veep slot, or completely out of the picture.
You think I'm crazy? Remember, we are talking about the Clintons here. Am I giving Mrs. C too much credit for being smarter than everyone thinks she is? No, I think not.
You see, I'm not assuming that she came up with this. I'm assuming that her equally-rebuffed spousal unit, Slick Willy, came up with this stunt. He isn't quite the backwoods bumpkin we'd like to think he is. He's slick, he's twisted, and he wants what he wants when he wants it, and heaven help whomever gets in his way.
Plus, he's more than a bit peeved at people for not nominating his wife.
Bill doesn't want to be out of the limelight yet. He wants to be the first "first boy", because there's history in that, and he badly needs any historical reference that doesn't include the words "liar","slimeball", or "Monica" in the same sentence.
Just my two cents worth on a random thought from last night.
--Larry Voorhees
This whole thing about John Edwards, and his affair, and it being "common knowledge" in the media, but it wasn't broken until the National Enquirer chased it to ground...
Who does this whole thing serve the most?
In my opinion, Mrs. C is best-served by this event, and the timing of it being "outed".
Walk with me on this for a minute, if you will.
Mrs. C has been quietly (or not-so-quietly) urging that individual delegates be permitted to cast their votes for whomever they chose at the upcoming convention. Sure, sure, she admits that Mr. O has more delegates than she does, but she wants to give her delegates some vindication or whatever.
Now, Mr. Edwards, when he bowed out of the race, "released" his delegates. They are free to vote for whomever. Then, after a period of time (and it looked like Mr. O would lock up the nomination), Mr. E throws his verbal support to Mr. O. But nowhere in that equation are Mr. E's delegates required to vote for Mr. O at the convention.
Now, Mr. O enthusiastically embraces Mr. E's endorsement. So much so that there is buzz that Mr. E might become the Veep nominee.
Mrs. C sees her chances at the limelight drifting further and further.
But wait! There is that little indiscretion on the part of Mr. E...and it hasn't broken to the public yet....
So, Mr. E's affair is outed, his star is tarnished, and he cannot become the Veep nominee, opening up the possibility, once again, that Mrs. C might be the Veep nominee.
Except, Mr. E's former delegates are disillusioned, now that their golden boy admits to lying in their faces consistently. And Mr. O's reputation for being able to pick people of substance and integrity is tarnished as well. Where will Mr. E's delegates, and any that are disaffected with this whole thing look?
To the long-suffering, martyr-in-a-box, Mrs. C, who will, at the last moment, broker and engineer a back-door, "gotcha" at the convention, thereby pushing Mr. O either into the Veep slot, or completely out of the picture.
You think I'm crazy? Remember, we are talking about the Clintons here. Am I giving Mrs. C too much credit for being smarter than everyone thinks she is? No, I think not.
You see, I'm not assuming that she came up with this. I'm assuming that her equally-rebuffed spousal unit, Slick Willy, came up with this stunt. He isn't quite the backwoods bumpkin we'd like to think he is. He's slick, he's twisted, and he wants what he wants when he wants it, and heaven help whomever gets in his way.
Plus, he's more than a bit peeved at people for not nominating his wife.
Bill doesn't want to be out of the limelight yet. He wants to be the first "first boy", because there's history in that, and he badly needs any historical reference that doesn't include the words "liar","slimeball", or "Monica" in the same sentence.
Just my two cents worth on a random thought from last night.
--Larry Voorhees
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