Refuse to lose
The Jed Report makes an entertaining analogy.
Meanwhile, Hillary herself pens an op-ed explaining her RFK remarks, and outlining her case for why she's still in the race. It's basically a repetition of the same bogus arguments that she's been using all along (popular vote, swing states, etc.), plus a newly explicit playing of the gender card ("as the first female candidate in this position, I believe I have a responsibility to finish this race") and a veritably Nixonian line about how "my parents did not raise me to be a quitter." Notably, the op-ed barely mentions Michigan and Florida, and doesn't specifically use them as an independent rationale for continuing her campaign. Is she backing away from the precipice?
In any event, I think it's telling that she feels the need to defend herself in this fashion. It's never a good sign, methinks, when you're reduced to penning newspaper columns explaining why you haven't dropped out of the race yet. It's even worse when you're saying things like: "I am not unaware of the challenges or the odds of my securing the nomination - but this race remains extraordinarily close." Yeah, it's close, but so is a basketball game where one team is up by 4 and has the ball with 1.2 seconds left. It's close, but it's over. And it sounds like Hillary might be starting to realize that.
What are you going to write about when Hilldog finally does drop out of the race, you one-trick pony?
Posted by: Wobbly H | May 25, 2008 1:23:30 PM
Wobbly,
does your douche bagness come in different fragrances?
Posted by: CORNHUSKERS 94 95 & 97 | May 25, 2008 3:42:44 PM
I would guess: The general election. Hurricanes. College football. College basketball. Things involving USC and ND. Legal rulings. Monkeys. Anything which allows him to work in a Jean-Luc Picard quote. Blockbuster movies in the fantasy/superhero realm. Astronomy. His pets. The goings-on of Newington, CT.
Essentially, Brendan gets obsessed about certain subjects, focuses on them to extreme levels for a while, then bounces to a new subject as his attention drifts. That's just who he is. But if you're annoyed by his latest focus on Clinton, well...you could always try not reading his blog...
Posted by: Mike | May 25, 2008 4:06:13 PM
Wobbly is a dumbass. F-off.
Posted by: Mad Max, Esquire | May 25, 2008 10:34:18 PM
Hit a nerve there, Max?
Posted by: Wobbly H | May 26, 2008 12:26:10 AM
No. I just think you are a clueless fuck if you think all Brendan posts about is Hillary.
You must be a Hillary supporter. Frankly, I'm tired of the Hillary supporters getting all upset that their
"Victim in Chief" isn't getting the nomination. I'm glad to see some prominent women authors, such as Doris Kearns Goodwin, and feminists are coming out and saying Hillary's campaign of crying gender bias is doing more harm than good to women. It seems to me the failures of her campaign can be blamed on everyone but HER. I think Americans are tired of the blame game. Hillary needs to get out.
Posted by: Mad Max, Esquire | May 26, 2008 10:27:59 AM
In other words, Wobbly hit a nerve.
Posted by: | May 26, 2008 11:31:37 AM
It's not my blog, why would it hit a nerve?
Posted by: Mad Max, Esquire | May 26, 2008 2:00:45 PM
Why did you tell Wobbly H to F-off?
Posted by: | May 26, 2008 2:32:56 PM
Because his criticism of Brendan was off base. Whatever your critcism of Brendan Loy's blog might be, being a "one trick pony" focused solely on Hillary Clinton's campaign shouldn't be one of them since Brendan covers a lot of ground (some of it boring, I will admit. But still, he isn't a "one trick pony.") That would be Paul Simon.
Posted by: Mad Max, Esquire | May 26, 2008 6:53:22 PM
Heh. But don't you mean Art Garfunkel?
*clap* *clap*
Posted by: Brendan Loy | May 26, 2008 6:54:50 PM
WTF? Paul Simon?
Posted by: copndor | May 26, 2008 8:49:26 PM
Anon, Max was just taking his turn as one of Brenners' sycophants. Davie K. must have had the day off.
Posted by: Wobbly H | May 26, 2008 8:51:28 PM
Or, you know, he disagrees with you on the merits, for reasons he just explained in detail, and you haven't bothered to rebut.
Ah, but I guess that's inconceivable. Independent thought cannot be ascribed to my defenders; only my critics actually have their own individual opinions. I forgot. All commenters who don't tow the Wobbly/Leahy line -- i.e., all those who don't find this blog community, in which they choose to participate, utterly contemptible -- are my "sycophants." This remains true even if I've never met them in my life, and we disagree about stuff all the time, and indeed have gotten angry at one another, called each other names, etc., on numerous occasions. It also remains true no matter how logical and well-defended their stated opinions are, on their merits. Right. Your logic is inescapable, Wobbly. I surrender to your superior wisdom. Carry on.
Posted by: Brendan Loy | May 26, 2008 8:59:35 PM
P.S. I just fed the troll, didn't I?
*sigh*
Posted by: Brendan Loy | May 26, 2008 9:04:17 PM
Don't feel bad Brendan, there's always the small chance that the wisdom of what you said will some how find a way to squirm through the cracks in his thick thick skull and ACTUALLY reach his brain, where it will maybe, JUST maybe kick start the critical thinking areas of his brain. Hey, it COULD happen.
Posted by: David K. | May 26, 2008 10:08:11 PM
I think the Paul Simon/One Trick Pony thing was a reference to the Paul Simon song/movie.
Posted by: Angrier and Angrier | May 27, 2008 9:53:14 AM