As another week comes to a close, I feel the need to vent a little over the routine media and political treatment Senator Clinton continues to face on a daily basis.

The week started off with the horrendous Bosnia misstep, but we can take the heat for legitimate things we should be taking the heat for. The bottom line is that it was a blunder for the campaign. With the media pounding, on a scale of 1-10, my blood pressure started out the week at maybe a 2.

Then Hillary announced she was going to give a major speech on the economy. CNN aired maybe five minutes of the speech before cutting away, but at least that was five minutes more than MSNBC of FOX showed, which was nil. After weeks of pundits saying that voters wanted to hear about the issues and not all of the excess stuff, surprise, surprise, they chose not to show the speech. Blood pressure rises a notch to 3.

Next we have Chris Matthews continually beating the drum about how undemocratic it is for the superdelegates or the “party elite” as he calls them, to go against the will of the people in choosing a nominee. Just hearing that man’s voice and seeing his face with spittle running down his chin makes the blood pressure rise at least two more points. Now it’s at 5!

But wait, the week isn’t over yet. Word comes that Speaker Pelosi(I cringe at writing those words) was sent a letter from bigwig Democratic donors who are backing Hillary, asking Pelosi to retract what she has said about superdelegates going against pledged delegates. What angered me about this were the posts on DailyKos and MoveOn.org. MoveOn.org issued a statement saying, “The Democratic nomination should be decided by the voters- not by superdelegates or party highrollers. We’ve given money and time to progressive candidates and causes.” Is this the same money given to the organization from Hillary Clinton supporters who were summarily duped and dumped when they decided to endorse Obama? What hypocricy. Blood pressure: 7.

Finally today, Senator Patrick Leahy suggested that Clinton should withdraw and back Obama saying there is no way that Clinton is going to win enough pledged delegates to get the nomination- What the fuck! Hello, Senator Leahy, Barack Obama is not going to get enough pledged delegates to win the nomination either. Leahy said there is not a very good reason for drawing this out. Let’s see, is the fact that the race is virtually tied now good enough reason, or that Clinton has the support of actual registered democrats reason enough? They all complain how Clinton always tries to change the rules, so if they want to play by the rules then they have to let the superdelegates have their say. Who knows, maybe they will swing Obama’s way but let it play out for pity’s sake. And who the hell is Patrick Leahy to say anything about the Democratic primary, he’s not even a democrat! Blood pressure: 10! Why did you hear nothing but stories of Obama’s momentum when he strung together a bunch of primary and caucus wins, but Clinton takes crucial states like Ohio and Texas and is leading by nearly 20 points in Pennsylvania polls and there’s no talk of Clinton momentum, only calls for her to drop out of the race.

My blood pressure is off the charts this week. Thanks guys for letting me vent.

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