May

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bataan death march

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Yesterday, Jon Stewart referred to the ongoing Democratic primaries as “the long, flat bataan death march to the Whitehouse.” Amen, brother. Check out these two emails:

First, from Hillary’s campaign:

Dear Abi,

Tonight’s victory in Indiana was close, and a margin that narrow means just one thing: every single thing you did to help us win in Indiana helped make the difference.

Every call you made, every friend you spoke to about our campaign, every dollar you contributed made tonight’s victory possible. And I couldn’t be more thankful for your hard work.

Every time we’ve celebrated a victory, we’ve celebrated it together. And tonight is no exception. This victory is your victory, this campaign is your campaign, and your support has been the difference between winning and losing.

Thank you so much for making this campaign possible. Let’s keep making history together.

Sincerely,

Hillary
Hillary Rodham Clinton

Next, from Barack:

 

Abigail –

We just won a decisive victory in North Carolina thanks to people like you.

Indiana remains too close to call. But what is clear is that we did much better than all the pundits predicted, despite Republicans changing parties to support Senator Clinton, believing she would be easier for Senator McCain to defeat.

Here’s where we stand.

As of Tuesday morning, we needed just 273 delegates to clinch the nomination. When the votes are fully counted Wednesday morning, we will have gained more than a third of them in a single day.

We have a clear path to victory. But now is the time for each one of us to step up and do what we can to close out this primary.

Please make a donation of $25 right now:

https://donate.barackobama.com/results

Thank you for everything you’re doing,

Barack

 

Can they really not see the damage this is doing to the party? I was gratified to hear Barack say on Meet the Press that no matter what, he wants to see a Democrat win in November. I haven’t heard such a comment from Hillary. In fact, she’s already lumping Barack in with the losers and aligning herself with McCain as the best candidates, which is troubling. But what can we do?  One more month, and the death march is over. Let’s hope someone is still standing!

(I am in no way belitting the harrowing experience of the actual Bataan Death March. Please don’t take it that way.)