Why Liberals Lose

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Huffington Post has been nothing but gracious to me when I post on Clinton over at their blog, minus a couple of posts which they buried, including a critique I did on Obama whining about the ABC debate. But Arianna needs to reign in her editorial department, starting with Tom Edsall, who is failing her on a multitude of levels. The above picture of two white guys is the latest example. This is not helpful to Barack Obama or the Democratic party. The disrespect shown in this screen capture is an example of why Clinton took Pennsylvania, but also why Obama cannot close the deal. Is this picture supposed to be representative of Clinton supporters? Of white male voters who prefer Hillary? Disdain for Democrats and looking down your nose at people isn't going to get us into the White House. Certainly Arianna has to be aware of this fact. Obama's team should certainly understand it after losing big state after big state to Hillary Clinton who is cleaning his clock on average lunch bucket Democrats. These same voters who will cross over and vote for McCain in a heart beat if we're not careful. The New York Times is infected with the same type of elitism; missing the call in Pennsylvania by a mile. Try listening to the voters. They'll tell the story if you wait for it to unfold. Obviously, Barack Obama is listening to people who have no respect for the Democrats who have helped elect Democrats in presidential elections, which hasn't happened all that often in modern history. It's these same people who actually need a Democratic president, average Americans, who are simply trying to make ends meet. It's disheartening to see this type of stereotypical insult blasted across one of the biggest progressive blogs on the web. The editorial department should be ashamed. So consider this free advice. It's nothing personal to me because my guy is a hunk, but my husband is a white male, one of those blue collar workers with cracked, stained hands who works himself to a frazzle to keep a roof over our heads so I can help change the world (with a lot of help from you). When our family sees this on a Democratic blog we wonder what we're fighting for and why we should ever consider voting for Barack Obama if he ends up being the nominee (which is now in real jeopardy), because neither of us have any intention of voting for a man who has no respect for us. I assure you we are not alone. We speak for tens of thousands of Clinton supporters who feel the same way. Mind you, I have advocated non-stop that we must join together and support the Democratic nominee no matter who it is, but this type of stuff really makes me wonder. The symbolisim that showed up on Hufftonton Post is representative of why Clinton keeps winning, while Obama's candidacy continues to lose altitude. It's representative of why elite progressives, especially Democratic bloggers who specialize in spreading sexism, sneer at Bill Clinton, never forgiving his faults while ignoring his victories in the face of the right-wing smear machine, and who is still the only two-term winning Democratic president since F.D.R., and beloved by so many. WJC is someone who still irks the Democratic elite who are trying to shut down this primary contest before it's over in order to stop Hillary at all costs. These same anti-Clinton people are also leading the charge to stiff Florida and Michigan voters as well, which is coming under increasing attacks, because Democrats do so at our general election peril. From the moment bitter-gate erupted, many elite progressives and people in the Obama contingent just didn't understand the uproar. The further out of touch Democrats get from understanding this human outrage the more likely it is we will lose in November. I can't say it any plainer. It's remarkable that this simple to understand storyline is held in such contempt. It's equally alarming that the online Obama elite think representative stereotypes of white Democrats for Hillary should be presented in a way that drips with condescension and out right contempt. But it does explain why Obama keeps losing the big bellweather states and why his team's argument that he's the best candidate for the general election is failing, numbers be damned.