Reply #5: I'm sorry, but that claim by Hillary is either delusional of disingenuous [View All]

[Douglas Carpenter]

This wildly nutty claim by Hillary's campaign is ONLY true if you count two states that don't count and exclude all the caucus states that do count.

And no one in their right mind could possibly argue that a primary in which the Michigan and Florida electorate and indeed the whole world was told repeatedly would not count and this was repeated constantly by the media on the eve of and the day of the primary - and this was done according to the rules Sen. Clinton and all other candidates agreed to. and ONLY the Clinton campaign wanted to change the rules after the fact - that such a primary and in the case of Michigan which only Sen. Clinton was on the ballot, that this was an accurate representation of the will of registered Michigan Democrats and Florida Democrats. To believe this, one would have to believe that Sen. Obama had not even one single supporter in the state of Michigan.

Absurd would be the polite word that comes to mind.

Furthermore, given that all independent sources agree that Sen. Obama will be the nominee of the Democratic Party and it is a near mathematical impossibility - baring some absolutely catastrophic event - for Sen. Clinton to gain the nomination at this point. To support Sen. Clinton staying in the race and attacking the legitimacy of Sen. Obama as the nominee with wild and hyperbolic claims - at least after he secures the number of required delegates - is expo facto to actively campaign for the defeat of the Democratic candidate and the victory of the right-wing Republican candidate.