Why the PUMA movement will fail…

In Exodus, Chapter 23:22, it is said, “I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you.“^[2]

The simple reason is that they have a remarkable inability to remain consistent in their support of things they like and don’t like.

Since we are on a Clinton wave of posting and re-editing the past, I thought that it was remarkably funny reading this one poster.

Fran, on May 29th, 2009 at 3:47 pm Said:

I was busy just now, finding the link for this…..

Jonthan Turley, who is a Professor of Law at George Washington University, said, recently, that the Obama administration was becoming the greatest bait and switch in history. And, this was on MSNBC!

(Youtube video not posted by me)

They say that the enemy of your enemy is your friend.  But, is that really true?  Lets look a little deeper at Jonathan Turley.  Here is the link to his blog on a subject that most PUMAS pretend didn’t happen.

CONCLUSION

Summary: Any impeachment decision is obviously political in the sense that it is being made by political figures based on their view of the public interest. This does not mean, however, that the methodology and standards are political. Each member will have to reach a principled decision as to the conduct of this President. I hope that the members consider the value of the constitutional process in place for such a divisive national issue. The allegations against President Clinton go to the very heart of the legitimacy of his office and the integrity of the political system. As an individual, a president may seek spiritual redemption in the company of friends and family. Constitutional redemption, however, is found only in the company of representatives of all three branches in the well o f the Senate. It is there that legitimacy, once recklessly lost, can be regained by a president…(emphasis added)

PREPARED STATEMENT

Jonathan Turley

Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law

See, the difference is that Barack Obama has time to continue to fulfill campaign promises.  For President Clinton, history has written your entry.  For once, wait until the play/show is over before you attempt to critique what happened.  For me, the enemy of my enemy is someone random person who hasn’t done anything to me yet.

And they make fun of Rachel Maddow as well, but they can’t help to run to her when it suits their need to try to dent Obama’s armor.  Here is a classic post from Riverdaughter herself speaking about Rachel Maddow AND Obama

• On the other hand, Obama will never be able to relax as long as the Big Dawg is out there. But getting back to stupidity. The Clinton campaign has NOT been playing the race card for one simple reason- Hillary can’t win black voters by doing it. Accusing them of doing it has been very successful but it doesn’t parse logically. As for the Jesse Jackson statement, just because something is true doesn’t mean it was meant to be racist. Obama was always going to be favored in South Carolina. He pulled out all of the stops and spent a lot of money there which meant that Hillary had to campaign there as well in a state she was guaranteed to lose the minute Obama announced his candidacy. But that’s because it was South Carolina. And anyone can see that Obama is an intelligent, charismatic candidate. The state that started to put things in perspective is Florida because there was little campaigning done there, the population is quite diverse and it appears that experience *does* matter. But, whatever. I just hope that when this is all over that Obama makes amends for driving a wedge into the heart of the party.
  There is plenty of visual evidence that the Obama campaign is making its stand in black neighborhoods. The borough of Somerville which has a diverse population in the midst of the mostly white and asian central NJ suburbs is festooned with Obama signs. Oh, Hell, I actually like Obama, OK? I said it. I will work like a fanatic for him if he’s the nominee. But I want the best qualified person to be in the WH in Jan, 2009 because it’s going to be so bad that even the best will be over her head.
• I have to agree with Digby on MSNBC’s coverage of the Florida primary last night. I had to turn Countdown’s coverage off, last night. That’s how bad it’s become. The anti-Clinton theme fairly jumps off the screen. And not just from Tweety. Plus, they’ve relegated Norah “Betty Crocker” O’Donnell to standing in front of a scoreboard distracting us with weird catalog model hand positions. (Do models and women broadcasters take lessons in that subject?) And I don’t even like Noron but I don’t like to see women subjected to silly Vanna White status. Can’t you make her wear a nice pantsuit so she can stick her hand in one pocket while she gesticulates with the other to make her point? Better to just replace her altogether with another Rachel Maddow and let Tweety stand at the scoreboard with nothing much to say. C’mon, guys, do you have to be so obvious? If you’re going to turn into another outpost of DailyKos Obama delirium, I’m going to start hanging out at CNN more. Think about that, KO, Anderson Cooper will be stealing your mojo. Anderson COOPER. (again, emphasis added by me)

We knew that wasn’t going to be true, but that’s the power of the internet.  What you write can come back to haunt you…Or at least your “new” friend can come back and stab you in the back…