Clintonian Blackmail

Hillary's strategy seems to be to threaten to cause a train wreck for the party if she is not nominated. I despise it when people blackmail their supposed friends. She's definitely off my Xmas card list now.

Her donors in Florida are joining in the effort:

Pushing to seat the Florida delegates, at least one top Clinton fund-raiser, Paul Cejas, a Miami businessman who has given the Democratic National Committee $63,500 since 2003, has demanded Democratic officials return his 2007 contribution of $28,500, which they have agreed to do.

“If you’re not going to count my vote, I’m not going to give you my money,” said Mr. Cejas, who was the United States ambassador to Belgium from 1998 to 2001.

Christopher Korge, a Florida real estate developer who is another top fund-raiser for Mrs. Clinton, held an event last year in his home that brought in about $140,000 for the national party, which was set aside in a special account for the general election battle in Florida. But he told committee officials this week that if Florida’s delegate conundrum was not settled satisfactorily he would be asking for the money back.

“If we do not resolve this issue,” Mr. Korge said, “I think it’s safe to say there will be a request for a return of $140,000.”

Good. And don't fucking come back.

I realized today that the people bitching up a storm about being "disenfranchised" are the superdelegates - the party officials who caused the mess in the first place by breaking the rules as an attempt to grab themselves more influence and power. They're basically thieves who got caught and want to keep what they stole.

But for Hillary's blackmail attempt to work, she needs to have a credible threat. I was out on the street for a couple hours today in Philadelphia, registering voters for Obama. It was very productive. No one here is for Hillary.

I will work again tomorrow to put her out of our misery.