348 Barack H. Obama: The Unauthorized Biographycampaign has been very clever in carving out a strategy to amass Democratic delegate votes, but its
momentum is in some ways a Potemkin construction—built largely on victories in states that no
Democrat will win in November—that will fall apart under Republican pressure. And then where
will we be?’ (Adolph Reed Jr., “Obama No,” The Progressive, May 17, 2008)^180 That was the view
of many honest Democrats.
HYSTERIA OF THE FINANCE OLIGARCHS FOR OBAMA
But the house organ of the New York financier elite saw things differently. The New York Times
now editorialized against Clinton in an outburst of wild hysteria which reflected all the desperation
of a bankrupt and discredited ruling elite who were now peering into the abyss of defeat and default
everywhere they turned: ‘It is getting to be time for the superdelegates to do what the Democrats
had in mind when they created superdelegates: settle a bloody race that cannot be won at the ballot
box. Mrs. Clinton once had a big lead among the party elders, but has been steadily losing it, in
large part because of her negative campaign. If she is ever to have a hope of persuading these most
loyal of Democrats to come back to her side, let alone win over the larger body of voters, she has to
call off the dogs.’ (“The Low Road to Victory,” New York Times, April 23, 2008) Over at the
Washington Post, supposedly serious columnists were raving in favor of Obama like adolescent
girls once did for Elvis or for the Beatles. One sample of this psychotic prose: ‘The presumptive
Democratic presidential nominee is far from perfect. But he has demonstrated the most mysterious
and precious gift in politics, which is grace under pressure. [...] What’s compelling about Obama is
that fusion of grace and ambition. He’s playing for the highest stakes, but he makes it look easy.
That cool, graceful quality evokes John F. Kennedy and the Rat Pack — all these sleek, handsome
men in silk suits and skinny ties who never break character, never miss a beat.’ (David Ignatius,
“Mr. Cool’s Intensity,” Washington Post, May 11, 2008)
OLBERMANN DEMANDS VIOLENCE AGAINST SEN. CLINTON
Over at MSNBC, the Brzezinski Network, Obamakin media whores Keith Olbermann and
Howard Fineman of Newsweek showed their contempt for democracy and representative
government by demanding that the superdelegates immediately abort and override any remaining
primaries and proceed to the coronation of the divine Barry. Fineman demanded that “grownups”
come forward “like a referee in a fight” to separate the contenders. These, Fineman opined, would
be “the super-super-super delegates” – exalted oligarchs indeed. Olbermann emphatically nodded
assent, saying that the need was for heavies powerful enough to take Mrs. Clinton into a room “and
only he comes out.” Here was another blatant document of elitism parading itself in a psychotic
public tantrum. A threat of violence to a presidential candidate was also implied. Maybe it was time
for the Secret Service to visit Olbermann. In any case, it was time for the old sports junkie to get the
sack. James Poniewozik, the media critic of Time Magazine, registered the degeneracy of this Keith
Olbermann, who had now advanced to the position of chief resident yelping media hound of
MSNBC, otherwise known as Obamavision. Olbermann had re-invented himself based on the usual
two points, opposition to Bush and opposition to the Iraq war. Olbermann launched a tirade at
Clinton after she made a garbled remark about the Robert Kennedy assassination in relation to the
unusual length of the 2008 primary and the media hysteria calling on her to drop out. Poniewozik
commented acutely: “Even if we concede his argument--that Clinton was at best callously and at
worst intentionally suggesting she should stay in the race because Obama might be killed--every
time he turns up the volume to 11 like this lately, he sounds like just another of the cable gasbags he