One sunny day in 2009 an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue , where he’d been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and said, ‘I would like to go in and meet with President Bush. The Marine looked at the man and said, ‘Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here.’ The old man said, ‘Okay’ and walked away.
The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, ‘I would like to go in and meet with President Bush. ‘The Marine again told the man, ‘Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here.’ The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.
The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same U. S. Marine, saying ‘I would like to go in and meet with President Bush. ‘The Marine, somewhat agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, ‘Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Bush. I’ve told you already that Mr. Bush is no longer the president and no longer resides here. Don’t you understand? ‘The old man looked at the Marine and said, ‘Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it.’
The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, ’See you tomorrow.’
Loyal Clinton Backers Would Rather Kill The Party… When did Barack Obama become responsible for Hillary Clinton’s loss? Was it Obama who did not have a strategy in place beyond Super Tuesday? As much as many would like to point to misogyny, it was more so miscalculation and a divisive primary campaign team that created this scenario. For some reason Clinton Loyalist do not want to point to that, they would rather carry that very divisiveness over into the general election. Obama was a long shot that took on a favorite and his reward for running one of the most successful and well conceived primary campaigns in modern history is the wrath of half his party. It was not Obama who declared he was going to “throw the kitchen sink” at his opponent. Nor did he claim that politics was a contact sport and suggest his opponent put on the pads. Admittedly, the primary season was tough on Democrats, however, dragging the winner out to the woodshed for a flogging because unlike other presumptive nominees he hasn’t risen to a level contrition by selecting his opponent as his running mate, or because he has not had dinner with her husband to sooth his bruised ego. This is no reason to roll the party under the bus. Democrats this is your time. Be Democrats. Be one party. Be a breath of fresh air after eight years. Be Democrats.
