You may have noticed in recent months that Alberto Gonzales is no longer our Attorney General. The person we have to thank for that is a blogger named Josh Marshall who, one day, decided to do some digging into an unusual pattern he saw regarding the firings of several U.S. attorneys on his blog, Talking Points Memo (TPM). Because of this, not only was Gonzales forced to retire for using the Department of Justice for political purposes, but TPM received the Polk Award; one of the most prestigious honors in the field of journalism.
Over the years, TPM has grown to include several spin-off sites including TPM Cafe. There, ‘Veronica Corningstone’, who’s been a regular commenter here on F2B, gives a scathing response to a recent NY Times op-ed from Geraldine Ferraro in which the former Congresswoman and Vice-Presidential candidate defends the role of superdelegates in deciding the Democratic nominee for President.
It’s harsh, to say the least. But sometimes the truth hurts:
In a shocking development this morning, Geraldine Ferraro, VP candidate from the Stone Age, published an editorial rationalizing the role of the superdelegates- essentially why us young whippersnappers should sit down, shut up, and let the grownups talk at the big table. Ms. Ferraro manages to simultaneously blame Ted Kennedy for the woes of the 1980s Democratic Party, justify the paternalistic nature of ossified Party leadership, advocate for the rule-breaking and totally rigged Florida and Michigan delegations to swing the nomination, alienate crossover Republican and Independent voters, and basically repudiate all that Dr. Dean and the modern Democratic Party stand for. As an attorney and distinguished Congressional alumni, I think it’s safe to say that she is completely aware that her fallacious arguments are bogus Clinton talking points.
‘Veronica’ makes the case that these narrow-minded insiders effectively delivered the ‘84 nomination to former Vice-President Mondale instead of the people’s choice, Sen. Gary Hart (D-CO).
Years later, former Sen. Hart would go on to publish a report stating that the threat of global terrorism was the single biggest danger that this country faced. The date he issued that report?
Sept. 10, 2001.
Heckuva job “super”delegates.
Filed under: National Politics
An election decided by “superdelegates” is a stolen election.