Immodest proposal

[mahnmut]

File under unpersuasive but provocative: Chris Wilson, an editorial assistant for Slate, says it’s time for Barack Obama to drop out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

If Hillary Clinton “had the good of the Democratic Party in mind, she would have given up her bid the day after the Mississippi primary, which Obama won by 25 points,” Wilson writes. But since Clinton won’t drop out, Obama should, Wilson suggests.

“And if he’s really serious about representing a new kind of politics, now is the time for him to prove it in the only meaningful way left,” Wilson writes. “Moreover, were he to play it right, dropping out now nearly guarantees that he’ll be elected president in 2012.” He later adds:

In one stroke, Obama will regain his messiah creds by making the ultimate sacrifice for the good of the party. His followers will be furious. The mere mention of Clinton’s name will provoke unspeakable acts. They will abandon Clinton in numbers sufficient to hand McCain the election in November.

Losing the presidency again after eight years of Bush will ruin the Democratic Party. It will become obvious that Clinton’s decision to stay in the race was the turning point in the election. The base will turn its wrath on party leaders like Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi, who failed to push Clinton out. Obama, as the de facto head of the party, will broker negotiations to install new leaders loyal to him.

McCain will be eminently more beatable in 2012. Demographics will continue to shift in Obama’s favor as his 14- to 17-year-old supporters come of voting age. Anyone foolish enough to challenge Obama for the nomination — and don’t rule out Clinton — will go nowhere.


Sounds crazy? But really?

Comments

White America Needs Barak Not Blacks

[inigero.livejournal.com]

White America Needs Barak Not Blacks.
Dye Cast: God Damn America Day is June 21; Race Relations: All Bets Off, http://underprivilegedjournalism.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/dye-cast-god-damn-america-day-is-june-21-race-relations-all-bets-off/

This, I say, will be the greatest day for black America in our new history. God Damn America ... regardless of where whites stand and or what they believe.

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

This is just your own belief/opinion.

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

I dont think anyone would care about him in 4 years if he quits now, while he's still atop of the wave.

[ramsesthesecond.livejournal.com]

this is one crazy suggestion, I don't get it!! he is calling Obama (who has the better chance in getting through to the white house) to drop out!!
I think that Americans will vote for any democratic candidate who win the nomination from his party, so saying that Obama can wait to 2012 is very stupid in my opinion as losing fo Mccain as in the article is enough to destroy the image of democratic party and make large crisis in America's economy

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

There already is a crisis in America's economy and no Democrat can save America from it. Moreover, if you had looked more closely on Obama's economic program, there is a disaster hidden in it. And lastly, if you look at the national polls which compare McCain to either Democratic candidate, they are almost even and it is not clear at all who will win. Do not under-estimate the power of the Republican electorate, especially from the US heartland and the Evangelical Belt, who would vote for any Republican candidate, regardless who he is. And McCain is not even truly "Republican" according to the standards of the hardcore Republican electorate! He is no Mike Huckabee or Mitt Romney. Many moderates favour McCain over the Democratic candidates.

But this wasn't my idea at all. The guy who wrote this proposal was implying that if Obama gives 4 more year to the Republicans, it would be enough for the people to hate them forever, and in the next election he would easily win. I personally doubt it. If not fo anything else, maybe just because there will not be anything of America left after 4 years of McCain, for Obama or anyone else to inherit ;-)