Arugula Fascism

If Hillary needs to pull out for the good of the party there is something wrong with the party.

Pennsylvania voters don't make 6 figures to bloviate on television. West Virginia voters don't spend much time hunched over the laptop at Starbucks screeching into the echo chamber at the Dailykos. Many Kentuckians and Indiani (what is the plural for people in Indiana?) actually think since the election is close they have the right to participate. In simpler times -say last year - that was called democracy. I don't say "arugula fascism" lightly but the Arugula Club in the media wants the election over before all the returns are in. Hijacking an election is certainly an element of fascism. The Arugula set has a script: Shining Knight defeats Evil Queen and, by God, they want it played out.

Who can say what will finally happen in this campaign? The infantile demands of the MSM to end the Democratic race now are telling. Not about the race - about the MSM. The Obama apologists in the media have gone from excited teens to strident college kids and just this weekend they approached being good old fashioned nut-jobs.

The two words that keep coming to mind as the the controlled demolition squads at the "news" outlets discuss (read: insist) Clinton exiting now. They are: weird and dishonest.

A look at the raw facts would lead the dispassionate observer to conclude that the race is close. If this was a championship football game the scoreboard would read Obamites: 52 Hillarians: 45 with about 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter. The Hillarians have the ball and are driving (see PA polls). I don't need to stretch this analogy out too much further but let's just say the Obamite side of the stadium is demanding that Hillary drop the ball now and forfeit the game.

No one can honestly assess Clinton's arguments for staying: it's very close in both delegates and popular votes, she's won the big states, there have been bad calls by the ref (Dean) and then say "Gee, we want to go home so you should quit." Wah. wah. wah. The Obamites want to beat the traffic.

It's weird.

Or is it? The media is on the field and playing the game, too. The calls for Clinton to leave are intellectually dishonest. The arguments for her to go now are vapid. So what is this about?

I have few ideas:

1. The "arugula" set has invested emotionally in the idea of Obama in the past few months. Most of the TV media talking heads calling for Clinton's departure are part of the arugula set. Olbermann and Matthews are the most obviously biased - but there are plenty of others. Huffington comes to mind. Wealthy people who think their money and position infers wisdom. Obama is their man. They have the right to their opinions. But they also have the megaphone. There are not any "Budweiser" Democrats hosting shows on MSNBC. Or feminists for that matter. Old boys network meet your new pals - the Arugula Club.

2. Unconscious sexism is clearly at play here. Imagine if John Edwards was less than 1% behind BHO and polling ahead - by large margins - in 3 of the 4 upcoming contests. Would the Arugula club be demanding he cave? Hell no. All they would be discussing is race and the race.

You see, the Evil Queen won't pack up and go like she is supposed too. The script they finished late the night of the Iowa caucuses is being rewritten without their consent. They are hopping mad.

Screw 'em.

Let the election of the next President of the United States proceed.

Ron Paul calls Obama a fraud here: