{"id":15290,"date":"2012-08-30T06:35:25","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T10:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15290"},"modified":"2012-08-30T06:35:25","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T10:35:25","slug":"rats-deserting-a-sinking-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15290","title":{"rendered":"Rats Deserting A Sinking Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the Republicans hold their convention in Tampa, the Democrat convention<\/a> to be held next week is taking shape. Mostly it seems as if major Democrats<\/a> are choosing not to attend.<\/p>\n

The Daily Caller<\/a> reported yesterday that although Bill Clinton will be speaking at the Democrat convention, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton<\/a> will be out of the country. She will be visiting the Cook Islands, Vladivostok, Russia, and Manchuria, China.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

U.S. unemployment, debts and deficits are at record heights, while wages and investment are in decline.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clinton\u2019s departure prevents Obama<\/a> from using her popularity to boost his outreach to swing-voting unmarried and married women.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Instead, Obama has awarded a speaking slot to her husband, former President Bill Clinton<\/a>. That could be risky, because relations between the two presidents have been frosty, and the former president may subtly undercut the current president.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clinton\u2019s high-profile exit from the country and from party politics forcefully underlines her effort to distance herself from Obama\u2019s waning political fortunes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But it also protects her fortunes, just in case she decides to run in 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On July 18, Hot Air<\/a> quoted Representative Nancy Pelosi:<\/p>\n

House minority leader Nancy Pelosi<\/a> says that Democratic members should stay home and campaign in their districts rather than go to the party\u2019s national convention in North Carolina.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not encouraging anyone to go to the convention, having nothing to do with anything except I think they should stay home, campaign in their districts, use their financial and political resources to help them win their election,\u201d Pelosi said in an exclusive interview for POLITICO Live\u2019s On Congress, a new weekly show to be streamed live on POLITICO\u2019s website and broadcast on NewsChannel 8 on Wednesdays. \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe nominated a president last time. We have an incumbent President of the United States. We\u2019re very proud of him. There certainly will be enough people there to express that pride, but I\u2019m not encouraging members to go to the convention no matter what the situation was, because they can be home. It\u2019s campaign time. It\u2019s the first week in September,\u201d she said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That really doesn’t sound like a comment made by a winning team. At this rate, I wonder how many average Americans will be able to get into the Democrat convention just to fill the seats!<\/p>\n

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