Que La Baise

Hillary was great, so great it has some Democrats worried. Worried that they picked the wrong nominee. Of course, in an alternative universe, they might have picked Hillary but in this one - the one on planet Earth, Obama is the nominee. There has been much criticism of the Illinois senator since he clinched the nomination back in June that he has been reticent to attack John McCain. They want him to go after the 70 year old gramps in hopes of driving home the point that Mac is too old to be President. 

Some of those prized Hillary democrats are still reluctant to vote Obama. They don't think he's experienced. One lady got on television repeating the same right wing slime that saturates our media. It proved once again that not much is involved in voting - just pulling a lever or in our case nowadays, touching a screen. 

Obama seemed to cave into the Clintons by giving them speaking roles at his convention. There are some high profile dems who feel that the Clintons would try and steal the show thus proving that Obama's nomination was indeed a "fairy tale" as the former President put it. Some close to the Clintons are still fuming at Obama's nomination and feel like he is too wet behind the ears to run this country. They believe he seems aloof like Dukakis and too passive like Stevenson. Pundits readily relish at the comparisons making Obama seem effete. Of course, if he did attack, they portray him as angry; the normal stereotype that befalls African American males in the spotlight.

As I watched Hillary's speech tonight, I thought to myself. Why didn't Obama pick her? She cut McCain with her no way no how comment and seemed to spark more energy than Obama has in the past few months. Then it hit me. Obama is a savvy and polished guy with ruthless ambition. He knows what he is doing. Better to get the Clintons out of the way now than to having them roaming the halls of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue once again along with him, Michelle, Sasha and Malia.