Video by Natasha Chen and David Chong
Obama and Clinton supporters in for the Texas Democratic Convention even informally organized a 'unity pub crawl' Thursday night, where Clintonites met at Bull McCabe's Irish Bar while Obama fans partied up the street at Club de Ville. At midnight the two sides would meet and "start the unity process." But video of the peace talks between the two tribes meeting at the neutral location of the Austin bar scene shows the unity process ironically involves a lot of yelling, finger-pointing, and immature insults. All that these Jets and Sharks were missing was a Leonard Bernstein score.
Unity Party from Natasha Chen on Vimeo.
Find out more about what happened by reading Chen and Chong's "TX Dem Leaders Insist On Unity At State Convention."
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These fools need more alcohol.
It seems that this mostly boils down to a lot of the female Clinton supporters falling for the bull that :
1. Hillary won the popular vote - and somehow that should be enough for her to get her way
2. Clinton was the better candidate
3. Clinton lost because she is a woman
4. Clinton lost because the DNC cheated her b ywhat they did to FL and MI
(yo ucan probably add more)
Any fact digging will show that all of the above are fallacies, yet, the Clinton campaign - with the aid of the MSM - told this lie so much and so often that it's taken on a "truth" thru perception.
I think Clinton's sole duty now is to go around and let it be known that they told these "untruths" in the heat of moment and apologize for it.
Anything less, and a lot of people will hold her responsible if Obama loses in November, and her career is over.
"he's a brutha, he's down for the people, Obama-Rama". Funny but what do you expect on tipsy 6th street in Austin. Let's hope we have sober people in November who vote for change and not the cult of personalities.
I think that anyone that doesn't feel strong enough about what they are doing that they will not put up their own money doesn't deserve to achieve their goal. Don't come back to me and say that she put up 11Million of her own money because It was a *lone* to be paid back with *interest*. I did not like Romney, but you have to give him credit for spending 40 Million of his own money.
What could possibly make anybody think that the voting in a general election between Obama and McCain be even close? Obama holds an event and 80,000 people show up and all fired up chanting 'Yes we can!' Then McCain has a function and 300 senior citizens show up who just like McCain himself, can't recall a thing that was said there.
So just what is it that would cause anybody to think that McCain has any chance at all?
Oh yeah . . . there are three pesky little items . . . Carl Rove . . . Diebold . . . and the US MSM . . . :-0
A happy ending indeed. I am an independent and an ardent (a.k.a RABID) Obama supporter. Now that the primaries are over, I am now starting a new campaign the URGE Barack Obama to consider Hillary Clinton as the Vice president. We all must have had a couple of fumes coming out of our ears during the stiff competition for the nomination process but as in any family affair, we must move closer to one another for a common cause. I was thrilled by Hillary Clinton's endorsement speech on Saturday and, like other millions of Obama supporters, I sent her a THANK YOU note through the Obama campaign website.
I urge all Obama supporters (please don't think you can be more rabid than me in supporting Barack) to stop "yarking" at Clinton supporters (it is not easy to lose a dream) and then to go further and ask Barack Obama to put Hillary at the TOP of the list in the search for VP candidates.
This is my humble opinion. What is yours?
There are better positions for Hillary than VP. As VP she would have obligations that would hinder things that she still wants to get done.
I was at the Club de Ville party. So mostly drunk Obama & Clinton supporters had trouble finding unity. But we did find it on Saturday when Clinton's speech was broadcast across the convention floor.
I was at the convention and was quite impressed with the emerging unity. I wasn't on 6th Street, but the consideration I personally witnessed between Obama and Clinton delegates was remarkable.
That guy was right WE MUST come together For some people to say that because she is out of the race there not going to vote or there going to vote mcain is next to crazy. I know they fill strongly about what side there on but at the end of the day what are WE doing this for? to say that some will vote for mcain is like saying i dont belive in what i was standing for in the first place. If i was to have a gripe it would be giveing some of Obama's campaign monny to help pay back Clinton's dept. Fisrt i didn't give monny to Obama so he could give it away to someone other than him self ...you cant by unity she should suck it up and take the lose with grace.
All this is fodder for mcain and fox news to spread deceit thou out the dem party so evry one knows what they need to do.
O know they can't
Yes we can
and i cant wait to say
yes WE did
I think that anyone that doesn't feel strong enough about what they are doing that they will not put up their own money doesn't deserve to achieve their goal. Don't come back to me and say that she put up 11Million of her own money because It was a *lone* to be paid back with *interest*. I did not like Romney, but you have to give him credit for spending 40 Million of his own money.
TEXAS ?
Like I care . Yeah, they really represent the whole Democratic Party there.
NOT
As a Texan, I don't support this. We need some maturity from these delegates. And I agree, there's too much at stake for this type of selfish emotional exposition. The GOP must be defeated for the sake of our young people in Iraq on their third and fourth tour of duty, and to prevent a war in Iran. It's time to grow up!
Ok, these people were at a bar and tanked up, I understand that. BUT, I continue to believe there will always be a small percentage of diehards that simply can't admit that Obama won. I say forget them. Obama WILL draw more groups of people and in time the diehard HRC supporters (the ones that either don't vote, vote McCain and betray their party, or vote other) will be such a small amount that it won't amount to much more that a small percentage of wackos. Let them go. Can't talk to a brick wall.
In the meantime, for those "reasonable" HRC supporters, who, in spite of your disappointment, know that Obama is better than MCCain, I say welcome and let's get a Dem in the WH (Hillary IS right on that one). For us Obama supporters, let's be a little understanding for the HRC people when they reach out to join us.
They looked like they were having fun.
Look, Hillary lost.
Get over it.
I have no patience for this nonsense. There's a real difference between the democrats and republicans and it's not exaggeration to say it's between life and death.
Love those beautiful Texas women. They'll come around.
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Posted June 7, 2008 | 11:28 AM (EST)