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Best Frenemies

October 27, 2008 – 2:46 pm

Originally published at our friends blog, http://mutnodjmetsmusings.blogspot.com

Just before August’s Democratic convention, my journalistic instincts
told me that the legacy media would be suppressing the level of dissent
of Hillary Clinton supporters. Reading the news blogs avidly, I was
vaguely aware of PUMA (“Party Unity My Ass”; Hillary-supporters unhappy
with Obama), and suspected that there might be a blog or forum on the
Internet that would help me gage the actual level of support for Obama
during the nominating process.

In my quest, I found the Hillary Clinton Forum.
The members there are mainly Democrats, but are generally fair-minded
people who do not want a socialist, race-baiting, Chicago thug as
President of the United States. I subsequently embedded myself in the
group, in order to ascertain how much support Obama was actually able
to count on from former Hillary voters.

During
the convention, I read a blow-by-blow account of how Clinton supports
were insulted by O-bots (the term the PUMAs used to describe rude,
aggressive, “in-your-face” supporters of Obama. Clinton-supporters were
isolated, and either forced to support Obama or have their long-held
party positions endangered. If you take a look at the clips, you can
see how quickly Nancy Pelosi shut-down the proceedings after the
“nomination by acclimation” process was complete. You will note, if you
review what happened during the convetion that the delegate count from
California was passed; likely, this was due to the very vocal support
of Senator Clinton by Gloria Allred, the prominent attorney and Clinton
delegate. Basically, she stated her voters selected Clinton, and so
would she. This was the stance taken by many Puma-delegates.

PUMAs
feel that the Democrat leadership perpetrated a huge fraud in the
nominating process. Many also feel uncomfortable at the extreme-left
direction that party has taken.

I must say, as a flaming
capitalist with a strong interest in national security, I was delighted
to find this interesting group of Americans. Granted, we do not see to
eye on a variety of subjects (e.g., the wisdom of Clinton’s healthcare
proposal, the merits of gay marriage); however, the moderators demand
civility and do not tolerate any abuse posts or nasty disagreement.
Therefore, this is one of the few places where political discusions
occur with an elevated, repsectful tone. I have to say is this is very
refreshing.

I have to say, the PUMAs are more avidly anti-Obama
than my right-leaning friends on my conservative forum, if such a thing
is possible. They rightly view themselves as the original victim of
election frauds Obama’s frauds.
Many admire the national-security stance of John McCain. Quite a few
are self-employed or small business owners, and mock Obama’s proposal
that few small businesses would be impacted by his tax raises that
start at @$250,000 annually.

Many of the PUMAs are thrilled with
the selection of Sarah Palin as the Republican Vice Presidential
candidate. This is because these people are true feminists — who want
all women candidates treated with respect regardless of political
ideology. The PUMAs found all the personal attacks on Sarah Palin and
her family by the legacy media and the O-bots distasteful (e.g., “Palin
is a C***” t-shirt).

These PUMAs are highly informed (the forum is constantly updated with the latest news items)
and very savvy politically. In fact, one of the PUMAs outed a sex-offending Obama supporter of “astroturfing”
a McCain rally to make it seem that Republicans were racist. Being
highly motivated, they jump at the chance to participate in polls, and
those that are willing to vote for McCain are actively supporting him
with money, phone calls, displays, and emails to the campaign with
ideas. These Americans have inspired me to be active, and do all that I
can to ensure Obama doesn’t win this November.

How many PUMAs
are there? I have read from the legacy media that 95% of the people
voting for Hillary are going to vote Obama. I disagree. There is a
5000-plus membership in the Hillary Clinton forum, and many of these
members have family that are also like minded. The number the PUMAs
give is close to 7 million. We will see; however, I would put my money
on the PUMA number. These people could be key in battleground states.
And here is a thought: If so many Clinton supporters were going for
Obama, then why make “Hillary Supporter for Obama” stickers?

The PUMA goal is to have McCain win in 2008, and Hillary Clinton win in 2012. But for now, these people are my best frenemies.

According
to Wikipedia, “in personal relationships, the use of the term ‘frenemy’
has become increasingly used to describe two (or more) people who are
apparently friends but are actually enemies.” The PUMAs, conservative
Democrats, and people who despise cheaters may be the voters that
prevent the compete ultra-leftist takeover of the White House and US
Congress (and ultimately, the Supreme Court).