In Defeat, Clinton Graciously Pretends to Win

[JimGinPA]

NEW YORK "What does Hillary want?"

Hillary Clinton put the question to her supporters here Tuesday night, moments after her opponent, Barack Obama, clinched the Democratic presidential nomination.

What Hillary did not want to do was to concede defeat. "I want the nearly 18 million Americans who voted for me to be respected, to be heard," she told her fans, who answered with cheers of "Denver! Denver!" and "Yes she will!"

The campaign was over, and Obama had locked up the nomination after a flood of more than 40 superdelegates announced their support for him throughout the day. But in the Baruch College gymnasium here (the "Bearcat Den"), Clinton spoke as if she were the victor.

-snip-

A crew from "The Daily Show" joined the party, and, hoping to keep Clinton in the race, struck up a cheer of "Four more months!"

Such an outlandish thing seemed almost plausible among the Clinton backers in the hermetically sealed Baruch gym. Below ground level, there was no cellphone or BlackBerry reception, and there was no television playing in the room. That meant that they could not see the network projections showing that, while Clinton had won South Dakota, Obama had won enough delegates to clinch the nomination. Instead, they listened to Tom Petty's "Won't Back Down."


-snip-

Terry McAuliffe, the campaign chairman, took the stage and read the full list of Clinton's victories, from American Samoa to Massachusetts. Introducing Clinton, he asked: "Are you ready for the next president of the United States?"

This brought laughter from the reporters in the back of the room, but Clinton induced the crowd to boo the "pundits and naysayers" who would have run her from the race. "I am so proud we stayed the course together," she told her backers, who interjected cries of "We believe in you!" and "Yes, we will!"


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[WA98296]

1. "Are you ready for the next president of the United States?" Obviously SHE is not!

[Darth_Kitten]

2. Give it a rest.

Give it a rest.

[JimGinPA]

3. Not Likely

[Colobo]

6. The news piece is very informative.

[Window]

7. Tell that to Hillary.

[undeterred]

11. Keep speaking the truth about Hillary's personality disorder.

[Darth_Kitten]

19. I think ambition in a woman is GREAT!!!

no holds barred Hillary. :bounce: You go, girl!!! :D

[JMDEM]

22. At all costs? no. nt.

[CTLawGuy]

4. Terry...

Shameless much?

"Are you ready for the next President of the United States?" Apparently you are not, Tery.

[JimGinPA]

27. My Wife Really Flipped Out Over That

[nomorewhopper]

5. FOUR MORE MONTHS, FOUR MORE MONTHS!!!!!

lol that's really funny


A crew from "The Daily Show" joined the party, and, hoping to keep Clinton in the race, struck up a cheer of "Four more months!"

Such an outlandish thing seemed almost plausible among the Clinton backers in the hermetically sealed Baruch gym. Below ground level, there was no cellphone or BlackBerry reception, and there was no television playing in the room. That meant that they could not see the network projections showing that, while Clinton had won South Dakota, Obama had won enough delegates to clinch the nomination. Instead, they listened to Tom Petty's "Won't Back Down."

[stratomagi]

9. Reminds me of...

We need 6 more months in Iraq.

[EFerrari]

26. It reminds me of that part in "Meatballs" where Bill Murray gets his kids

who've lost their contest, "It just doesn't matter! It just doesn't matter!" :)

[underpants]

23. LOL too funny

:bounce:

[JVS]

8. LOL. That headline is a great summary of last night.

[high density]

10. It makes one sick to the stomach

Though some might think her remarks self-delusional, Clinton wasn't kidding herself; earlier in the day, Clinton had told lawmakers privately that the race was over and she would consider being Obama's vice president. Her public defiance reflected a shift in the balance of power that came with Obama's victory. Now that he had won the race, he would need to woo Clinton if he wanted to prevail in November.

"Obama has work to do," the outspoken Clinton adviser Lanny Davis told reporters in the hallway outside the gymnasium here. "Senator Clinton can't do it for him."

How can she and her supporters say and do such a thing to a party's nominee? I mean she is still a Demcorat, right? She's taking the Joe Lieberman walk right now.

[berni_mccoy]

12. Those Hillary supporters had a rude awakening when they left the rally. LOL!

[jsmirman]

13. "People have been asking... what does Hillary want?"

The most narcissistic fucked up part of her entire fucked up presentation. What a megalomaniacal creep.

God, was that disturbing.

[C_U_L8R]

14. The same Clintons who gave us non-denial denials

have graduated to non-concessionary non-concessions.
Is that progress?

[jody]

15. She certainly won the votes of millions of the electorate. n/t

[JimGinPA]

16. Yeah, How's That Working Out For Her?

Kind of missed the point of the OP didn't you?

[jody]

17. I offered a fact. Have a nice day. n/t

[Zodiak]

21. So did Nader

...and if she keeps it up, it will have the same effect as Nader did, as well.

[JimGinPA]

25. And Don't Forget Ross Perot

[meow mix]

18. K&R LOL

[wvbygod]

20. She won half the votes. She has a somewhat of a victory

Technically Obama won. There is no landslide here.

[billyoc]

24. "Katherine Harris crazy"

I keep thinking about Harris after her failed Senate bid.