There is outrage- OUTRAGE, I tell you!- that Hillary Clinton will not be a featured speaker at this month’s Democratic convention. At least according to Judith Hope, the deposed former head of New York’s Democratic party and a “major” fundraiser for the party.
In a dramatic feat of Courtney Love-like proportions, Hope has referred to the lack of Mrs. Clinton at the podium as “a slap in the face, not personally for Hillary Clinton, but for every woman in the Democratic Party and every woman in America.” (Emphasis mine). Even Phyllis Schlafly and Ann Coulter, apparently.
I’m not as anti-Hillary as some people, but I do feel she’s been inflated in importance by the left, and even moreso by the right, which seems to think the world revolves around her. Again, I ask the question I always ask in regards to her: does she deserve to speak at the convention any more or less than any other first-time Senator?
But at any rate, the lack of a Hillary appearance sort of ruins Dick Morris’ whole theory about Hillary being omnipotent and omnipresent, doesn’t it?
Speaking of which, Bill O’Reilly has “a Washington source” saying that Hillary is miffed about not being chosen. Consider how wrong Morris was about Mrs. Clinton being named veep, I don’t think we should believe the Fox News Contributor this time either.
The primetime speakers, in addition to Kerry, Edwards, and their wives, will be Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Jimmy Carter, former Senator Max Cleland, Ted Kennedy, and Ron Reagan, Jr.; delivering the keynote address will be Illinois Senate candidate Barack Obama, who has a clear path to the Senate seat now that Ditka is not running.
I was very surprised not to see Howard Dean’s name on the list, although he will be speaking at some point during the week, though but at least the DNC didn’t do something foolish like invite Al Sharpton to speak in primetime.
Posted by Stephen Silver at July 14, 2004 11:32 PM