Delusion

There's something to be said for people who don't give up. Then there's something else to be said for people who refuse to accept reality (synonym: psychotic). Barrack Obama wrapped up the Democratic nomination last night. When Clinton made her speech, which one would assume would be a concession speech of a congratulatory tone, she instead insisted that she's winning the race, and attacked Obama. It was shocking. She has lost. The final score is on the scoreboard. But she still claims that she is winning, and will pull it off in the end. It's like if a baseball team is batting at the top of the 9th, while losing. They don't score any runs and the game is effectively over. But they still insist that they pitch the bottom of the ninth "just in case." It's the same thing. All contests are over. He has won. She still wants to play.

The thing she has clung to is her claim to be winning the popular vote. That's like a team claiming to be winning a basketball game, if you count the shots they made in warm-ups, and don't count the other teams points made in the second quarter. The way she's coming up with that number is by counting the Florida and Michigan primaries, which don't count. The national party disqualified them long before they were held, which Clinton acknowledged then, even though she still campaigned there. In her arithmetic, she's counting these two states and leaving out the caucuses, all of which were won by Obama. It's unbelievable.