Harold And The Purple Protest
May 28, 2008 at 12:05 pm
A young whipper-snapper send this note:
Who could forget the weeks of protests outside the Vice President’s residence after the 2000 presidential elections?
Or the months of protests in 1985 outside the South African Embassy on Massachusetts Avenue, which prompted the US government to pressure the South African government to end apartheid.
Both are examples of how civil disobedience changed the course of history, or at least how it was seen and remembered by millions on TV.
So imagine what it will be like for Clinton senior advisor Harold Ickes if he succeeds in overturning the Democratic nomination results, beginning with this weekend’s DNC Rules & Bylaws meeting.
The scene: outside Ickes’ residence in Georgetown.
The time: every evening around 5 p.m., beginning, say, next week or so.
The players: hundreds of young sign-carrying Washington interns, organized by MoveOn.org perhaps, diligently and emphatically protesting Harold Ickes’ attempt to steal the Democratic nomination on behalf of Hillary Clinton.
Stay tuned to your favorite cable television station.
Sarah-Jane said,
May 28, 2008 @ 9:27 pm
There’s only one reason I would’ve want to see this - Harold Ickes won’t have his way.
Otherwise, it would also be nice to burn effigies of him.
Hillary claimes to be the strongest candidate against McCain. The experts she’s quoting are the same experts who predicted she would inevitably win the nominaton. The polls she’s referencing are the same pollsters who gave her 20+ points in all state and national polls.
If Clinton is the strongest candidate, why is she where she is today? She had the upperhand on EVRYTHING - money, name recognition, familiarity, establishment support, etc and SHE COULDN”T WIN. How the hell is she going to beat McCain in a contest where her name will no longer be an asset?
Truth is: OBAMA KNOWS HOW TO WIN; Hillary knows how to lose! And Harold Ickes should stay out of this nomination.
richard said,
May 29, 2008 @ 11:13 am
Far more likely, it would be a typical Jesse Jackson -style DC Rent-A-Crowd.