Kudos To Sen.Clinton!!!!

August 20, 2008
Categories: Campaigns

Clinton creates 'whip team' to quell anti-Obama protests

In a highly unusual move, Hillary Clinton's staff is creating a "whip team" at the Denver convention to ensure that her supporters don't engage in embarassing anti-Obama demonstrations during the floor vote on her nomination, according to people familiar with the planning.

The team, which is being organized by longtime Clinton staffer Craig Smith is working in conjunction with Obama's whip team to help foster the image of a unified front during a roll-call process Clinton herself has described as an emotional catharsis for her disappointed supporters.

"If people get down there on the floor and want to strart blowing kazoos and making a scene we want to make sure we've got people who stand in front of them with Obama signs," said person involved in the planning. "Is it typical for a losing candidate to have their own whip team? No. But it's also not usual for a losing candidate t get 18 million votes," said the person.

By Glenn Thrush 05:49 PM


http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0808/Clinton_Creates_Whip_Team_to_Quell_AntiObama_Protests.html

Dozens of them are here today.

You might want to take a look at some of the posters. Many are LONG time DU members and also Obama supporters.

I guess not having a shit load of Hillary bashing threads (like most days) must really hurt your widdle feelings.

Cry me a fucking river.

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You'll get over it.

hopefully they will get over it soon.

so they could actually justify their frothing and foaming.

I think they want Obama to lose so they can then keep up a nice blame routine for years.

They certainly do little to support Obama with all the divisive ranting.

just ignore the person.

Some of them, I hope, will soon get their just reward.

Should shut the PUMAs up nicely, once they go down in flames and are banned.

No, the reward I have in mind is the invitation to leave that Skinner promised to those who cannot let go of the primaries.

Do you have a mouse in your pocket? :eyes:

are the adults.

children who find no better fun than to bash a Clinton. The adults would rather focus on winning the election in November.

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Best bet is to just ignore and alert when necessary.

17% of 18 million voter's going to McCain. That's more than a few...................

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/articles/2008/08/20/news/sc_times_trib.20080820.a.pg1.tt20brazil_s1.1888751_top5.txt

A brother of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and local Democrats who backed her unsuccessful presidential campaign socialized privately Monday with a top surrogate of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain.

The private gathering featured Carly Fiorina, Mr. McCain’s top economic adviser, and took place at the Dunmore home of political consultant Jamie Brazil, a longtime friend of Mrs. Clinton’s family who has signed on as paid national director of Mr. McCain’s Citizens for McCain Coalition.

The attendees included Tony Rodham, Mrs. Clinton’s youngest sibling, his wife, Megan, and their two children; attorney Kathleen Granahan Kane, who coordinated Mrs. Clinton’s presidential campaign in Northeast Pennsylvania during the primary election; and Virginia McGregor, sister of Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty.

With the Democratic National Convention less than a week away, the gathering raises questions about the support Illinois Sen. Barack Obama can expect from former local supporters of Mrs. Clinton, who dominated at the polls in the Northeast in the April primary election. Mrs. Clinton won 74 percent of Lackawanna County Democrats to Mr. Obama’s 26 percent.

Ms. Fiorina’s daylong local visit, part of a two-day bus tour of the state, was aimed at talking disenchanted former supporters of Mrs. Clinton into supporting Mr. McCain. The private gathering was not a fundraiser.

Bastards.

All she needs is $1.00 from each of them.

I still don't trust her. but I am holding Judgement til the convention
see what she has to say

But excuse me for getting into the middle of another Clinton bashing session.

"Gore", "Feingold"......Those names aren't spelled C-L-I-N-T-O-N! What fun would THAT be?

This is good stuff.

Really?

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Sorry to disappoint you.

What an idiotic comment.

NT!

:rofl:

and you'd still bitch..

for..something to quell those who can't imagine anything bigger than their own monsterous ego.

too bad...;)

Myself among them.

she got fewer votes but many were not sayings he would not make a great president only that Obama would make a better president.

There were a lot of people who liked both (why, I have no idea, but there you have it).

so maybe you shouldn't try to divide us? :shrug:

There's no real division here, just annoyance with dishonest PUMA deadenders who won't support the nominee.

this is a start.

Good for her. Of course, until she hangs on a cross and bleeds to death, some will never be happy.

But this just shows up all those who keep saying that she is out to destroy Obama at the convention and at some point, one would think that they might be ashamed of themselves.

K&R.

drama

and they won't bother to respond to this OP either. :banghead:

so far I've counted at least 8 posts, by some of the usual bashers, that refuse to give her any credit for this action. - make that 13 posts......

Just the fact that she has a whip team will send a message to the diehards that perhaps their efforts will not be rewarded the way they thought they might.

Good for her. I wish her well and hope we can use her talents in the upcoming administration.

:toast:

Are you fucking kidding ?

She created a monster that she has no control over ...and now she is worried that her monster is going to cause us the election.

Obama rocks. We had to pick somebody, and he's who the majority picked, so there's where we are at.

n/t

just yesterday. They did not get the message.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6678171&mesg_id=6678171

I have been hoping she would do something like this to control the shenanigans...I am seriously worried about her supporters disrupting the convention. Good for Hillary for doing her part to put a stop to it.