Hil Speech Round-Up: "He is the one who destroyed our heroine!"
Hillary Clinton's non-concession speech last night was apparently an insane circus of self-delusion and argument. Also the reporters to supporters ratio had to be totally out of whack, considering how many first-hand accounts are on the web today. So let's pick some anecdotes, shall we? First, from the Washington Post's Dana Milbank, the mystery of the reporter who KILLED CLINTON
The Clinton campaign ordered 70 boxes of Domino's pizza for the press corps, and set up a cash bar for its fundraisers, or "honored guests." The honored guests were not in a partying mood, however. One older woman pointed at a reporter accusingly and said: "He is the one who destroyed our heroine!"
Oh man. We have to guess that the reporter accused of DESTROYING OUR HEROINE was probably Milbank himself.
Also on hand for some heroine-destruction was the Observer's Choire Sicha!
Outside, a crowd gathered to watch her motorcade leave, at the corner of Third Avenue and 23rd Street.
Two Obama supporters were there with signs. One read "Unite For A Change." The other read "Drop Out Now."
"What do you think man, you feeling it?" one of the white Obama supporters asked a black man who was considering their proposal.
The man didn't answer for a while. Then: "All of a sudden you're all right?" he asked. "You're pulling my nuts out all year."
"Politics are dirty," said the Obama supporter.
"You rob me and treat me to lunch—that make you all right?" said the black man. He was in a panama hat and salmon-colored summer pants and shirt. "Fuck that," he said. "Get the fuck out of here."
Indeed. Radar's Neel Shah noted the important details:
($4 got you a Coors Light; for $5 you had your choice of Heineken, Corona, Amstel Light, or a plastic cup full of Merlot, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, or Cabernet Sauvignon. Said the bartender: "The Cab has been our best-seller.")
Elitists! Don't they know that to be true to the Real American blue-collar roots of their candidate they should've all had $2 boilermakers? Or just chugged some Kentucky Gentleman straight from the bottle?