A Democratic Caucus Beatdown
I don’t know much about politics and our voting system, but I surely know a good ole beatdown when I see one. That was the result of Hawaii’s Democratic caucus yesterday with “local boy” Barack Obama giving Hillary Clinton a 76% to 24% vote punishment. 76 to 24? That is a beatdown. That’s like if the UH Men’s Basketball team were to play UCLA and get smoked 24 to 76. Painful.
Even though envoy, Chelsea Clinton, enraptured the state during her visit, it still wasn’t enough to rally the Clinton campaign. The local Dems still like the hip, cool brother from Punahou.
And Chelsea was a hit in the Islands with fans showing their support. Check out these eager (but non-caucus voting) fans meeting Chelsea.
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February 23, 2008 @ 5:43 pm
i suppose it is always nice to meet the daughter of a former president, but really, what ACTUAL political purpose did chelsea serve in coming here? all she can really say is, ‘vote for my mom cuz she’s cool.’ chelsea can’t speak on her mom’s behalf about important issues on the island, and she isn’t going to be part of billary’s cabinet, nor will she assist in creating policy (and if she did, i would certainly be worried about electing a president who takes her daughter’s advice over countless better informed advisors and experts). face it, billary rode on chelsea’s celebrity rather than choosing to come here personally to talk about the issues and stump for voters herself. an anchor on msnbc got himself in trouble for suggesting that the clintons were ‘pimping’ out chelsea- haha, maybe pimping isn’t the right word cuz chelsea didn’t even get paid.
-s
ps. bush didn’t send his daughters out on the campaign trail, but i definitely woulda gone out to see the twins!