Once in awhile I give you, dear reader, the dubious benefit of a brief random quotation from my recent reading. That will be the case today.
I take this from THE TRAGEDY OF WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, by Gerard N. Magliocca.
The leading obstacle to Bryan's nomination came from 'Gold Democrats,' who backed President Cleveland's policies, but they soon realized that they were outnumbered. The president opposed Bryan's candidacy and told his supporters that 'a cause worth fighting for is worth fighting for to the end.' Neverthelss, by 1896, Cleveland did not have much influence with the party faithful. A Gold Democrat describing the scene in Chicago said that for 'the first time, I can undersand the scenes of the French Revolution.' The conservative senator David Hill of New York, in a desperate plea to the delegates, said: 'I am a Democrat, but not a revolutionist. My mission here today is to unite, not to divide -- to build up, not to destroy.'
Showing posts with label Democratic Party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Democratic Party. Show all posts
25 November 2011
10 May 2008
Obama's victory
Obama seems finally to have sealed the deal.
Congratulations are due to him, not just on securing the nomination as it appears he has, but on dealing a blow to Clinton family influence in the nation and in its largest political party.
I have to say that I agree entirely with hawkish blogger Andrew Sullivan on one point: there's been far too much talk about how Hillary's persistence in this campaign constitutes admirable grit or determination or whatever. It constitutes nothing admirable.
"One request at least," Sullivan says, "can we retire from the dicourse the notion that there is anything even faintly admirable about the Clintons' refusal to accept that they have lost the nomination. This isn't tenacity or pluck or spunk. It's vindictive, sore-loser narcissism. And someone senior in the party needs to call it like it is."
She has been saying, in effect, that if she can't have the nomination she will at least render it valueless.
I suggest dropping out of the electoral system. That's the anarcho-capitalist way. Still, I admit that the Clinton crowd turns my stomach in a uniquely knotted manner.
Congratulations are due to him, not just on securing the nomination as it appears he has, but on dealing a blow to Clinton family influence in the nation and in its largest political party.
I have to say that I agree entirely with hawkish blogger Andrew Sullivan on one point: there's been far too much talk about how Hillary's persistence in this campaign constitutes admirable grit or determination or whatever. It constitutes nothing admirable.
"One request at least," Sullivan says, "can we retire from the dicourse the notion that there is anything even faintly admirable about the Clintons' refusal to accept that they have lost the nomination. This isn't tenacity or pluck or spunk. It's vindictive, sore-loser narcissism. And someone senior in the party needs to call it like it is."
She has been saying, in effect, that if she can't have the nomination she will at least render it valueless.
I suggest dropping out of the electoral system. That's the anarcho-capitalist way. Still, I admit that the Clinton crowd turns my stomach in a uniquely knotted manner.
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