Why the different standard? [View All]

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Honestly, if it was John Edwards and Barack Obama with the same numbers ... would everyone be insisting JE should drop out? I doubt it.


I saw this wyldwolf post buried in another thread; and believe it deserving of it's own thread.

A reminder
Posted by wyldwolf on Wed May-14-08 02:36 PM


In 1980 Ted Kennedy never dropped out. He went to the convention with 1,225 delegates. Carter had 1,981. 122 delegates were uncommitted. Kennedy had even less of a chance to secure the nomination than Clinton has today. Kennedy went so far as to try and get delegates to change their allegiance while the convention was happening! Yet his supporters then, and even many "progressives" today, respect Kennedy for the principle of his futile fight.


And when Carter secured the nomination, and Kennedy refused to stand with him and raise his hand in victory as is traditional, where were the howls of outrage then? Well, from the left there was stone cold silence. No cries of party division from the left. No idiotic proclamations that the "Kennedys (Clintons) don't give a damn about our party" from the left. Kennedy was treated as a hero.


If it's such a horrid thing now, when will Ted Kennedy apologize for the side show he put on in 1980 at Madison Square Garden when he was down by over 700 delegates?


Now, I do happen to agree that Hillary should pack it in and get behind Obama for the good of the party. But these childish over-the-top temper tantrums coming from the left and directed at Clinton for doing something she is perfectly allowed to do based on party rules adds no credibility to the bloggers that do them. They should also cease... for the good of the party.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5966790&mesg_id=5967503


So ... with a delegate spread of somewhere around 165 ... why the different standard?




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