I have tremendous respect for Emily's List. What they do in state and local races (inserting trained campaign staffers) is amazing. It's a great group.

But Ellen Malcolm has really sold her soul to the devil for the last few months. First, after she claimed that Obama was anti-choice, and now this.

The first time I saw Barack Obama speak was at an Emily's List event in 2006. Ellen Malcolm praised him as if he were the next coming of Christ. He gave a great speech about his wife - it's often noted as one of his better speeches.

Hillary thinks that the super-delegates and endorsers should "do what they think is best for the party," which means endorse Hilary.  Anything else, be definition, cannot be what is best for the party and hence requires an attack -- Judas, disprespectful, whatever.

Hillary's supporters have a strange way of taking on her aggressive persona.  Or perhaps Malcom is peeved that her article the other day saying that "we are in the fourth quarter and it is close" is not being taken seriously. Or maybe, as she is a hardcore Hillarista, Malcolm thinks that Hillary is the Messiah.

Is this what is meant by "drinking the Hillary Kool-ade"? Do these people realize how ridiculous they are?  Emily's List is permanently off my list.

Everyone who has even a scintilla of political sense knows that Hillary is finished. This is just about decorum, that's all.

I have long been a fan of Emily's list and Ms. Malcolm, but she reinforces our worst view of Hillary as a queen or princess, due special consideration. I don't recall Biden or Edwards getting any kind of special "respect" when they lost and dropped out. I certainly don't remember our last two presidential nominees, Gore and Kerry, getting any special "respect."

This is a part--the playing the race card being the biggest part--of why this former Hillary supporter and donor has come to loath her: She and her supporters think she is due some kind of special consideration. She's not.

Another big part of what has turned me off about Hillary is the steady mantra of revenge. Don't we need a president who comes into office without a whole dance card of people who need to be humiliated if and whenever possible?

Crowley, you are cretin. Not everyone licks boos as you do.

Yeah, fucking speeches. Thats' all this Obama demagogue knows how to do. He compares his grandma with Black KKK Jeremiah Wright. Good guy this Obama.

sleepy, your intelligent, reasoned theories and logical arguments have really got me thinking twice about the candidates. And your elegant charm has me purring like a kitten!

What the hell is up with you, sleepy? Whenever the topic comes around to Obama, you get unhinged. Relax, dude.

He never compared his grandmother to the "Black KKK Jeremiah Wright", so, You need to get the reasons why you hate him straight.

When on earth was the last time Hillary ever made a move that showed "courtesy" or "respect" to someone?  I am so tired of her supporters demanding better treatment of her than she ever shows anyone else, and then, the next day, praising her for her ruthlessness, as in "she's one tough woman" or has "testicular fortitude."  C'mon.  Stop with the schizophrenia, Hillary supporters.  Either politics is the blood sport that Hillary plays it as, and it's fair for others to play the same sport, or politics should be more civil, but so should she.  I opt for the latter, but Hillary's supporters always want it both ways.  Exit stage right please.  

LDuncan,

Hillary Clinton and hypocrisy go together like a horse and carriage.  And, her warped personality seems to corrupt everyone who follows her.  They come to think that Hillary's self-serving, double, triple and quadruple standards are the norm.

Hillary is fighting till the end because she thinks she is the best candidate and there are quite a number of people who agree.

I hope all of you who are so cock sure and aggressive in your support of Obama keep copies of all the crap you are posting now. If Obama lasts long enough as a high level politician his day will come when the tables are turned and he is reviled and ripped to shred just like your doing now. You probably won't have long to wait since the Republicans will be ripping into him soon enough. I'm sure you won't mind at all since turn about is fair play, or do you really think we will be in an era of "new politics" and this couldn't possibly happen to Obama since he is so immaculate?

You can dish this stuff out now but we will see how well you can take it when the political jackals have their day with Obama.

@ r-brown207

I think that the Obama supporters here have shown that they're more than willing to scrap when he's being piled on - read the responses to the many articles about Wright.

Second, what does this have to do with the tasteless attack by Emily's List  on NARAL?

Lastly, if the situations were reversed, Obama would long have been out of the race.  HRC has been given extraordinary latitude in terms of the national party and media pressure - but she's become Huckabee-like in her refusal to accept the reality of the situation.  She should suspend her campaign after Kentucky, and remain as the excellent understudy in the case of an Obama implosion this summer.

r-brown,

Your prediction of future Obama regret is not entirely without merit. Even the most ardent Reagan enthusiasts on the Right were beside themselves at anything they perceived as a betrayal of their expectations/projections they imposed on him and his presidency. Certainly, the same was true for Bill Clinton; a grave disappointment to his supporters for abandoning or waffling on Health care, Gay (military) issues etc. All politicians get called to the mat once in office. They are required to put up or shut up.

The issue here is that Hillary lost. She ran and was Beat. She was not the best candidate. She did her best. But Obama did better. She squandered not only her structural advantages but her enormous early lead. She repeatedly squandered money...and ultimately whatever good will might remain.

So "man-up" Hillary. You lost to a candidate that out thought you, out maneuvered you, developed the most modern and dynamic fund raising machine seen to date and vanquished you.

So step aside, congratulate the "better man" and move off stage. That is how this and every game is played. Man or Woman. No exceptions.

As for Obama, we will see. But one thing we have seen is that he has thus far defeated all expections, the most formidable political family of our

time (he beat Bill, Hillary and Chelsea on the same field) and he did so by the rules set forth before the game began.

Kudos BO. Now on to November.

r-brown: "Hillary is fighting till the end because she thinks she is the best candidate and there are quite a number of people who agree."

Of course.  The same is obviously true of Barack Obama, so this distinguishes the two not at all.  What does distinguish them, most importantly, is that his "quite a number of people" is self evidently going to turn out larger, in the counts that matter, than hers.  Regardless of what she thinks about herself, or what Ellen Malcom thinks about her, that makes her the loser.

The question here is whether she will leave gracefully, or kicking and screaming like a spoiled child.

Several commenters above have more eloquently than I hit the nail on the head: If Hillary Clinton and her supporters want to be treated with respect, they should have treated Obama with respect. Demanding respect, as Clinton and her supporters are, does not earn or gain one respect--quite the contrary.

In debate after debate and interview after interview, we saw Obama defer when offered the opportunity to attack or besmirch Sen. Clinton. When Hillary was offered similar opportunities, we saw what she did. When she wasn't offered any opportunities, she nonetheless sought out ways, contrived as they might be, to belittle her opponent.

Sorry. The longer she stays in, the less respect she deserves.

If the voters wanted Hillary to quit, they would not continue to vote for her in the large numbers that they are.  The truth is that, either way, about half of the party will not happy with the candidate. To make matters worse, large percentages of either candidate would defect or not vote.  

Obama is in the drivers seat and it's his choice who is running mate wiil be, but if I were a super delegate or party leader, I would caution him not to  totally humiliate Hillary. She is still preferred by just about 50% of the voters and resentment will be great if she is summarily dismissed, as is wished by many who post here.  

WoodyBombay: It is kind of scary that I am on the same bus with sleepyavl. I think I want off at the next stop and will join the tour later, after he has disembarked.

Well, the title of this post *is* "Dept of Friends Like These."