The other night Governor Ed Rendell’s handwrote the credo to the counter movement HOUND (Hillary-Obama-United-Not-Divided) on a legal pad and handed it off to his press secretary (Chuck) for typing and distribution. Lucky Ed… to have perks like limos, press secretaries, probably a PJ— that’s private jet— not pajamas and a mansion. I have no such perks, I’m just a hard-working chic trying to make a buck to keep a roof over my head at my day job, whilst I volunteer my time all night long trying to set this country straight!
While we thank the Governor for recognizing us as a fluid, viral, viable and ever growing movement— we hireheels chics and all PUMA members of the Just Say No Deal Coalition want to respectfully point out that Governor Rendell and his crew, when asking us to fall in line and back Senator Obama are really missing the point.

The philosophy on which the Just Say No Deal Coalition was founded is plainly stated as this:
We, as millions of disaffected voters or PUMAs have banded together to form a Coalition of the unwilling. We fervently believe in Country Before Party. If political parties won’t uphold core democratic principles, who will? If the voters don’t hold the parties accountable, who will?
The answer, “We (PUMAs) will at all costs!”

Governor Rendell does get kudos for recognizing the following:
“We agree with many of your grievances. For example, we, too, believe that the Democratic Party’s nominating process is unfair and undemocratic. We must change the policy where some votes are more important than others and some areas receive more delegates than their number of voters would justify – it violates the spirit of “one person, one vote.” We must eliminate caucuses that are inherently undemocratic and disenfranchise seniors (no absentee voting for those who can’t go to the polls), shift workers and our military. Forcing people to declare their preference in public also violates another cherished principle that undermines our democracy.”

Ed, we PUMAs appreciate the heartfelt recognition of Just Say No Deal, but dude— you are way too late to ask us out on a date this year— even if you do offer to pick us up in your shiny PJ and whisk us off to some exotic locale. The damage has already been done. We will not fall in line. We will not support your bad boy Democratic Party nominee that was selected with a flawed voting process. Reform the process, then try to win our hearts back in 2012.

Finally Governor Rendell be advised— we are savvier and sassier than you think, so don’t pull an “Ass-elrod” and try and diss us with condescending quips like this:
“So, we are asking all PUMA members to curb your disappointment, mute your anger and frustration and join HOUND to help change America. While the PUMA may be more swift and athletic, the HOUND is smarter and more perceptive.”

Again Governor Rendell and crew— you have missed the point— perhaps a little Scooby Snack will beef up your electrolytes get your brains back on track. Insulting or undermining us by saying that we have less perception or smarts than you do is counterproductive. We are a diverse group of voters representing ALL ages. We come from all ethnic, socio-economic, religious, political and academic backgrounds; we unite to say (once again), “COUNTRY before PARTY!”

We will not support Senator Obama now or on November 4, 2008. Senator Clinton’s vote is her own; our votes are our own and they will not be cast for Senator Obama. Just Say No Deal’s voices are over 2 million strong and growing. Perhaps our bud over at NoQuarterUSA penned it best with this little ditty: “H.O.U.N.D. = Heck, Obama’s Unqualified, No Deal!”
So Sista says, “Why don’t you old-timer HOUND dogs just roll over, play dead and GET OVER IT; we’re here to stay!”

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Wind-blown Princess just completed a rather
uncomfortable and unsafe shoot for Good Morning
America at ABC’s studio in Coral Gables, Florida.
My first hint that the producers Pro-Bama was their
awkward staging of this particular live shot. I was
asked to stand on an unstable 2X2 foot metal box
with exposed hardware (buckles) on top. Did I
mention I was in heels? After nearly tipping over
during my first climb, the assistant attempted to
stabilize my faux platform, insisting this was the
only way we could proceed. The next ten minutes
were spent scrambling for bobby pins to hold back
my hair which was whipping around in 20-mile-an-
hour gusts. My earpiece whistled like a wind tunnel
as I attempted to listen to the questions, balance my
body and not blow away.

At the end of my shoot, was which cut rather
abruptly, I was verbally engaged over my
“ridiculous” choice of voting for McCain. (Gosh, I
don’t remember ever saying that.) But the most offensive
comments by one of these supposed unbiased
production hands was the implication that anyone
who doesn’t vote for Senator Obama is obviously
someone who would never for a black person.

I am still mortified by my experience this morning. I
thought troll infestation was limited to the
blogosphere. Yesterday I received a direct phonecall
from an Obamabot who infiltrated Hireheels. You
may know “PAPA” by his obvious command of the
English language:

“You racist PUMA (pu$$ie$)CeeRackers aren’t fooling
anybody… You racist, man-hating pigettes are nothing but
right wing trash, who are soon going to be extinct in the
NEW America. There is a new generation rising to destroy
you right wing conservative, racist female dogs, and male
pigs. You’re all squealing demons who are going to Hell,
and the world will be a much better place without you all!”

That oughtta land Papa in our greatest hits. I
actually attempted a rational chat with my ill-
mannered hireheels visitor. I tried to disarm him
with a warm, cordial greeting and said I will willing
to discuss his concerns, but he would have none of
that. Papa flat asked me: “Why you hate black men
so much?” Offended but amused, I gave him one
final chance for a civilized exchange until it was clear
that this Obamabot had yet to master civility.
This is the untold story of Obama supporters. The
vile attacks and outright harrassment previously
directed at Hillary now trickles down, in earnest,
to us.

We will continue to “out” these degenerates, as we
document the most heinous language found in the
Just Say No Deal blogosphere. This is political
discourse? This is unity? This is bullshit!

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Several cold, calculating and contradictory thoughts on this farce of an election have been assaulting my poor brain. It took two completely unconnected, random events—a recollection of Sean Connery and the sad news about George Carlin’s passing—to get those thoughts to stop bouncing and snap into sense.

George Carlin was not just a counterculture phenom, but a lover of language and truth. He loathed weighty jargon that obscured the truth of a thing. George was furious that the condition known as “shell shock” in WWI had its name watered down and down until it was known as post-traumatic stress disorder. “The pain is completely buried under jargon. Post-traumatic stress disorder. I’ll bet you if we’d of still been calling it shell shock, some of those Viet Nam veterans might have gotten the attention they needed at the time,” he said.As for bigotry, George was equally bold. “You can’t be afraid of words that speak the truth, even if it’s an unpleasant truth, like the fact that there’s a bigot and a racist in every living room on every street corner in this country.” It was his way of demanding that we face the fact that racists exist.

So, in honor of George Carlin and his raw truths, I thought I’d face and share a few of my own:

Truth #1 Barack Obama is not my friend
He’s bad news, from his façade as a ‘transformational’ leader while engaging in old-style political shenanigans to his deft use of sexism against Hillary…from his own sexist behavior to his not-so-stealth takeover of the DNC to his shameful, shameful support of a FISA compromise that flips the bird to the Fourth Amendment (he gets bonus double shame points for someone who claims to be a constitutional scholar). That’s hardly news to us hireheels gals and sugardaddies. And his followers, who blithely ignore any evidence that their dear leader is less than admirable, frighten me even more. People in that kind of enraptured state do bad, bad things because they’re convinced it’s for a special/holy/moral reason. Please, angels, save us from the Obots!

Truth # John McCain is not my friend, either
I say this as someone who really wants to show the DNC that they’ve taken us for granted for the last time. But the maverick stuff is a myth. I can’t ignore hiscaving to the right wing on my bodily autonomy and birth control. Or his record on FISA. Or his painful lack of knowledge of the Constitution. Or his contempt for the Supreme Court when it upholds said Constitution. And especially his caving on torture. I love someone who will be deployed again if McCain wins the White House, so I care a lot about this one. That the nation’s most famous POW would make such a show of protecting the Geneva Conventions and then let the guy whose campaign started the “McCain fathered a colored daughter” rumors in the 2000 campaign define what constitutes torture…well, let’s just say Halliburton has the contract to build a special circle in Hell just for that. (He’s also known on Capitol Hill for his explosive, irrational temper. Imagine the crazy old bastard from your childhood neighborhood with nuclear launch codes. Now hand me another mojito to calm my nerves.)

Of course, the devil I know may be better than the devil I don’t, given that we actually have VOTES from McCain to study instead of cryptic cyphers and “present” votes from Obama. However, it still stinks like expired drugstore perfume that these are our choices. This is where Sean Connery comes in. Remember Sean as the sage beat cop Jimmy Malone in The Untouchables? His advice to Eliot Ness was very relevant to us PUMAs:

What are you prepared to do?

What are we prepared to do to improve the Sophie’s Choice we face in November? What are we prepared to do to stop the enraptured Obots from becoming our new stormtroopers if their leader gets the White House? What are we prepared to do to keep Obama from being George W. Bush with a D after his name? What are we prepared to do if McCain becomes president and doesn’t give a crap about us, either?

I’ll tell you what we do. We fight. Every single day. We remember what brought us together and we apply it, 365 days a year. We pester our congressmen and congresswomen with calls and emails till their staffers know our addresses better than their own. We convince them to honor their duty to uphold, protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic, lest they lose their seats when we run against them. We haunt our senators to make sure they’ll block any misogynist or corporate-whore judges because they’re more afraid of our wrath than whatever the Washington elites say. We become a force of nature.

Of course, that means we have to arrange our lives so that we can read the news regularly. Post to blogs. Keep ourselves informed about what’s really happening and not just what the blow-dried bobbleheads want us to know. (Never trust a man who uses more hairspray than you do.) Devote time and energy and effort to fighting tooth and nail for our country. That’s a tall order for most of us, who have enough trouble finding time to clean the kitchen, never mind hunt for real news. But if you’re serious, really serious, about making this big a stand, it’s necessary. George Carlin spoke uncomfortable truths. Sean Connery’s Jimmy Malone understood the cost of a blood oath in a deadly battle. And both of them inspire me to ask you: What are you prepared to do?

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My name is Paulie Abeles and until a few days ago, most people knew me as a typical busy wife and mom. I am a life-long Democrat. My father, a triple eagle at Boston College, campaigned for JFK’s first Senate campaign; my mother actively supported Democratic candidates. My parents instilled in me a strong sense of fairness and equality, a thirst for knowledge, and an expectation that intelligent discussion should be based on well-researched facts. I graduated from Smith College and have worked for Salomon Brothers, The Stars & Stripes, and The Freight Forwarders Council.

I have spent the past 6 months actively supporting Hillary Clinton by setting up a network of bloggers to ensure that Senator Clinton’s positions were understood by the electorate. My family and I campaigned on her behalf in the primaries. I supported Hillary Clinton because of her experience, knowledge of the issues, and her practical approach and commitment to the bread-and-butter issues facing this country.

During the campaign, I have become increasingly alarmed by the refusal of the media to properly scrutinize Senator Obama’s actions and associations. I have also been appalled by the political maneuverings of the DNC to ensure that their chosen candidate was selected—including, just as one example, breaking their own rules to ensure that the two states that supported Hillary were stripped of their delegates even though five states broke the rules.

Lastly, I have been aghast at the vitriol and name-calling being spewed by Obama supporters against anyone who has an honest disagreement with them. As documented throughout by the “attack timeline” formerly found on the HRC website—the Obama campaign employed a concerted strategy of constantly questioning the likeability, honesty, experience, and integrity of Clinton. While the candidate portrayed himself as ‘above it all’—his campaign relentlessly faxed pages and pages of material designed to stoke the fires of false controversies.

I do not believe that Barack Obama would make a good president of the United States. Frankly, I think there is a minimum standard of accomplishment and experience we should expect from a candidate for the toughest job in the world. By any metric Obama falls short. Kirk Watson couldn’t name Senator Obama’s legislative accomplishments. I can– two bills: to promote democracy in the African Congo and to name a post office. Certainly, Senator Obama’s 130 “present” votes in the Illinois legislature when asked to take a stand on controversial issues do not inspire confidence. Many of the people that supported Hillary Clinton have similar reservations about Senator Obama’s fitness to lead. Thus, on Saturday, I helped organize an informational meeting and teleconference with John McCain for supporters of Hillary Clinton who were trying to decide whether to support Barack Obama or John McCain.

Less than 48 hours later, I was attacked, called “deeply racist”, a “lunatic”, “rabid” and with “a history of jobs, statements, actions and practice that leave her very vulnerable to accusations that she is a ‘racist’”. One site even claimed: “keeping black people out of the party has been a lifelong ambition of hers.” The basis of the attack was a controversy involving my husband’s ancestor, Thomas Jefferson.

As many of you have probably heard, some descendents of Sally Hemings, a slave in the household of Thomas Jefferson, have claimed that they are descendents of Thomas Jefferson. Sally Hemings had 3 sons: Thomas Woodson, Madison Hemings, and Eston Hemings. Descendents of Thomas Woodson had their DNA tested 7 times—each time there was no match. Descendents of Madison Hemings declined to be tested. The white descendents of Eston Hemings had their DNA tested and were a match to a Jefferson, but the DNA tests could not determine if the Jefferson genes were from Thomas Jefferson or one of the 27 other Jefferson males that lived in the area at the time and visited frequently. Additionally, since Thomas Jefferson was 64 at the time of Eston’s birth and was suffering from prostate cancer, which often caused impotency, it is less likely that Eston was a son of Thomas Jefferson. A 2001 Scholars Commission of 13 prominent Jefferson historians (including the former chair of Harvard’s Department of Government), examined all the evidence for a year, and issued a 500-page report that concluded that the allegations of a relationship between Hemings and Thomas Jefferson were not true, and that was not enough evidence to determine Eston Hemings’ paternity.

During 2003, a member of the Jefferson family set up a Yahoo chat room for family members and Hemings descendents to discuss the issues. Unfortunately, discussions became strained and many individuals who disagreed that Thomas Jefferson fathered Eston Hemings were barred from the site. Bloggers from both sides used assumed names to try to get information from the other side. When the moderator discovered me, a Washington Post reporter asked me if I was on the chat room under a pseudonym—and I—foolishly perhaps—answered honestly. However, it was never a racial issue. Eston Hemings’ descendents (the only Hemings that applied) are, by any calculus, white. No doubt passions at the time were overheated, and honorable people can disagree. Part of the consideration was that as DNA typing becomes more sophisticated, a definitive analysis could prove the issue in the future.

This is the sum and total of the activities for which I have been vilified. I am a private citizen who has never held a position with either the Clinton or McCain campaign. But, there is a curious double standard at work here. Barack Obama, the presumptive nominee of our party and possible President of the United States participated in a racist church for twenty years. A church whose “Black Liberation Theology” is the apotheosis of hate. In one year alone, Senator Obama contributed $22,000 to support the church. He has allied himself with other racists: namely Rev. James Meeks and Father Phlegal. The National Review reported that in a single year, Senator Obama appeared on the cover of the church magazine four times. Three of those times, Senator Obama shared the cover with Louis Farrakhan. How is this double standard rational?

I am a mother of two small children living in a diverse community who has seen my life turned upside down by half-truths and vicious attacks. Some have printed my address and phone number. I have been harassed and threatened. But, as far as I can tell, that has been the Obama campaign’s strategy all along—to isolate, to discredit, to destroy. But, Clinton supporters have seen this game before. You will not frighten us anymore. Even when four of our member networks were disrupted by mysterious viruses—with barely 24-hour notice—we managed to turn out thousands of HRC supporters on a conference call with John McCain. Supporters that will not, under any circumstances vote for a “democratic” party that disenfranchised us—not because we are racists, or ‘closet republicans,’ but because we are Americans.

And that must have you very worried.

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It looks like Hillary received that 3 a.m. booty call
from the big “O” begging her for a hookup…From
the AP’s resident Obot Nedra Pickler:

“Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s
campaign announced Friday that he will campaign with
former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton next week, a step
toward unifying a fractured Democratic Party after a
bruising primary fight…

Obama’s campaign disclosed the joint appearance -
but offered few details (Piper’s note: Details? That’s just
so “old politics!”) - one day after announcing that he’d
reverse an earlier position and reject some $85 million
in public financing for the general election. The
announcement drew sharp criticism and dominated
the news cycle.”

Thus, Axelrod sought to redirect attention by (forgive
me) pimpin’ out hillary! So one day after reneging on
his public financing vow, the big “O” is relying on
Hillary’s cred and ovaries-of-steel to overcome a bad
news cycle.

What’s the matter, Sweetie? The MSM isn’t being
your fluffer anymore? So you need to channel
Hillary’s testicular fortitude to change the narrative
because, ah, well you have none?

Precisely why we Just Say No Deal to a joint ticket.
As veep, if Hillary wasn’t being relegated to picking
up O’s stinky socks or organizing his desk, she’d be
busy doin’ all the work while he lay back and enjoy.
That doesn’t work in the bedroom, and it sure ain’t
gonna work in the Oval.

Shorter me sans sexist stereotype: her talents will
either be squandered or used without credit.

Yes President Truman, I know, “it is amazing what you
can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit”. Well,
I care, and I’m convinced there won’t be many
accomplishments if Hillary were forced to endure the
missionary position. We still say: “Hillary On Top!”

So how about it, superdelis? You can still put the
better qualified, more electable candidate at the top of
the ticket, or you can continue to support a smooth
operator and lose in November. Better make the
right call, or we’ll continue to roar No Deal!

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Do the bad pick-up lines ever stop flowin’? Here’s another example of “party unity” from Reuter’s (see one thing and hat tip to reader Akron):

“Author and anti-racist activist Tim Wise suspects race could be behind some of the anti-Obama sentiment among Clinton supporters. Obama would be the first black U.S. president. “Voting against Senator Obama is not about gender solidarity. It is an act of white racial bonding,” Wise wrote in an open letter to progressive female Clinton supporters.”

This man can’t be getting laid. Doesn’t he know that insults and guilt trips aren’t the way to get into a girl’s ballot box?”

Seriously O supporters, you’ve got to be nicer to us if you want to get in bed with Hillary supporters. You know what gets us hot? Universal Health Care with mandates and respect for us and our candidate. You know what doesn’t? Being called a racist.

And a word to the mr.Wise, we are not rejecting Obama because he’s black. We’re just saying No Deal because he’s inexperienced, arrogant, cowardly, and a product of a complicit media and a corrupt Chicago political machine. Just because the DeanNC fell in love with him, doesn’t mean we did. And labeling us racists only insults us and alienates us further. If this is your best material, better grab some porn. Oh, and pollsters, don’t be surprised if the women answering the phone are faking it!!

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Well, it seems that the organic PUMA movement has created quite an uproar in the last week with multiple appearances on FOX, MSNBC, TALK RADIO along with numerous print and online articles. And they started 168 hours ago….yikes?!?

The party and the fauxgressive blogosphere is shocked-shocked!-that we aren’t being good little Democrats by falling in line behind the DeaNC’s chosen one. Sorry Howard, Nancy, and Kos. Obama and his cash may make you swoon, but we’re just not that into him. We Just Say No Deal. If you want our votes, then you’ll have to work for them.

In the spirit of Princess’ FABULOUS interview on Cavuto, we say let the courting begin!

You can spare us the flowers and chocolates, here’s what we at Hire Heels.com really want:

#1 Hillary on Top (of the ticket).
(get out of the gutter gals!). Yes, superdelis, you can still make this happen in Denver.who voted for Hillary. You can listen to your conscience, which knows that she is the only bit-,er, one, who can get stuff done. Shorter me: you can do your job and vote for the most qualified candidate at the convention. Failing that…

#2 Allow Hillary to make her case in Denver.
We know that this one might be tough for you Howama, so we’ll give you some pointers. Don’t push Hillary off of the ballot. Don’t try to poach or punish her pledged delegates. Let Hillary put forth her platform, the one that we voted for, at the convention. Let the Democratic process continue as it was intended. Besides, staged conventions are just so tired and boring. It just smacks of old politics.

#3 Treat Hillary and her supporters with respect.
Do not dismiss us as a bunch of bitter, Archie Bunker-type deadenders who are clinging to our candidate out of spite. We’re not. We’re a broad cross-section of men and women who have real concerns about Obama’s ability (or lack thereof) to lead this nation. Address those concerns in a substantive way (you know, without using the words ‘unity’, ‘hope’, or ‘change’) and stop blackmailing us with Roe v.Wade. It’s such a turn off.

#4 Understand that we feel wronged for legitimate reasons. This nomination was not won on the basis of ‘one person, one vote’. It was decided through media manipulation, voter suppression, intimidation, primary/caucus disparities, backroom dealings and an arbitrary application of ‘the rulez’. Don’t order us to ‘get over it’. Acknowledge that there is a problem with the system and fix it.

#5 Adopt Hillary’s Universal Health Care platform, because we think that mandates are hot.So Howama, if you make a concerted effort to reach out to us and do some of these things, who knows, you might get lucky!

But if you continue to stick your heads in the sand and pretend that we’ll succumb to your wiles in the fall, you’ll lose us forever. Remember: you need us more than we need you.

You can call us pumas, you can call us cougars — but hireheels will continue to roar!

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The PUCCI, er I mean PUMA movement has begun. Bloggers and organizations from across the country have joined together to Just Say No Deal —  we will not accept the presumptive nominee that is being shoved down our throats by the DNC and the Mean-Streak Media.Our reasons for dissent are as diverse as America itself, but we all have this in common:

We support Hillary … We reject Obama …We will not fall in line.

You may call me a sore loser or say that I’m suffering from sour grapes, and you’d be partially right. I cannot reward voter suppression and delegate stealing. I cannot endorse the hypocrisy of using strong-armed tactics while promising a ‘new type of politics’. I cannot support the cowardice of refusing re-votes and debates. I cannot condone the sexist and misogynistic treatment of Hillary by his campaign and its followers. I cannot vote for someone who has shown nothing but contempt and disrespect for his opponent, her spouse, and her supporters, especially when, according to ABC News, he will not spend much time trying to bring us into the fold.

Apparently, we aren’t likable enough after all.

But there are other reasons that I’m leaning toward voting for John McCain in the fall, ones that are related to the issues that I care about.

Supreme Court appointments and the protection of Roe v. Wade is something that Obama supporters and the media like to hang over our collective heads. This gets a big yawn from me. Obama did not support the filibuster of Justice Samuel Alito, and he reportedly supported Chief Justice John Roberts before being told that his support may hurt his future presidential run. As I told Sam Stein, Obama was for John Roberts before he was against him. Besides, presidents only nominate Supreme Court Justices. The senate confirms them. If the Democratic-controlled congress will grow a pair and make abortion a litmus test during the confirmation hearings, then this becomes a non-issue. Next….I also think that Obama is weak on gay rights. He’ll talk to our enemies without preconditions, but he won’t talk to the Philadelphia Gay News? When he did finally grant an interview with The Advocate, he said that while he supports the elimination of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, he won’t make its repeal a requirement for his Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. WTF?He reportedly refused to be pictured with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom at a 2004 fundraiser because Newsom’s decision to allow same-sex marriage in his city had been the focus of recent controversy. Political courage, thy name is not Obama. Obama also has a lot of homophobic supporters that are active members of his campaign, such as Donnie McClurkin and Rev. James Meeks. Tell me again why he would be good to the GLBT community?Finally, I don’t think that Obama will be any better on Iraq than McCain. Obama (or Clinton) would not commit to a full pullout of troops by 2013. Hell, McCain says it will be won by then.

Samantha Power, a foreign policy advisor who resigned from the Obama campaign after calling Hillary a monster, had told the BBC in March that his plan to withdraw combat troops within the first 16 months of his administration was simply a “best case scenario” and that Obama “…will not rely upon some plan that he’s crafted as a presidential candidate or as a US senator.” And in April, the New York Sun reported that Colin Kahk, another key Obama advisor, wrote a paper suggesting that the U.S. keep 60,000-80,000 troops in Iraq through the end of 2010. It appears that Obama’s Iraq withdraw plan is nothing more than just words. So what can Obama do to convince rouge Hillary supporters like me to heed my candidate’s advice and support him? Well, for starters, an apology from Obama and the DNC would be appreciated, as would recognition from the media and the progressive blogosphere that their coverage of Hillary during this campaign season was disgraceful and abhorrent. Also, adding Hillary’s true universal healthcare program to the platform would go a long way with me. To date, neither of those things has occurred, and I’m doubtful that they will. Obama, the DNC, Kos and Josh don’t think that we’re a priority. They all think that they can win without us.I say let’s watch them try.

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Now that we’ve had a few days to recover from our devastation, I think it’s time for a little cold, calculating thinking among those of us who hang out at the HireHeels Boutique and our sisters across the nation. Consider this:

1.) Politics is about the aquisition and use of power: The candidates we admire use power for the good of us all–to protect us from enemies foreign and domestic, to build an economy that lets us all earn our way to fiscal health and dignity, to help those who can’t help themselves. But the game of politics is about getting and using power. Those who fail to recognize that lose both power and elections. No power in the game, no power to help the people you want to help.

2.) Democrats need us to win in November: That makes us powerful. Obama and his true believers may be dissing us right now, but like it or not, they won’t win in November without us - PERIOD!

Keeping in mind those two premises, my question to all of us is: What do we really want? And what does Hillary want? (Besides a month at canyon ranch.)

We can’t read Hillary’s mind, but we can try to figure out our own. It’s not easy, with so much good, justified (misogynistic) reason to be angry. But in my exprience, this is exactly the time for us to pause and decide exactly what we want to get in exchange for our power. Talk about every possible action, even the ones that make us retch like the times we had too many Cosmos on empty stomachs. Play devil’s advocate with ourselves, to make sure we have examined every dark little corner of our strategy. (Something that Mark Penn SHOULD have done for the gadzillions he was earning…but I digress.) Do we want to see Hillary nominated for POTUS? VPOTUS? The promise of a cabinet post, seat on the Supreme Court? Or do we play hard-hard-hardball on Hillary’s agenda to get it adopted?

Just think about Denver (and the potential of our Million Woman March). If we’re organized and all singing that same 70’s “I Am Woman” tune, how frightening would that be to the DNC elders who were so quick to diss us. A bunch of brightly-dressed, focused, pissed-off women who have learned how to use their power? My OPI-polished toes are tingling at the very thought!

The Minx agrees that Hillary should go ahead and “suspend” her campaign right now. Once she’s no longer the target of all that media misogyny and hostility, why, Mr. Wonderful can have the whole glaring spotlight to himself.

Perhaps the Precious Pied Piper of droonlin’ dems might not do so well without Hillary deflecting the fire. Perhaps she’ll be bathed in angelic light as the convention draws near, while she still has all her unreleased delegates in her purse. Perhaps Precious
will implode. Whatever happens, the Dems still need what Hillary and her supporters (especially the gals) bring to the game. We’d better know exactly what to ask for when they come a’crawlin’ like a cheating spouse trying to settle the divorce before the mistress dumps him. Whichever way YOU go - make sure you answer: What do you want for your power?

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Our Resident sensitive guy gets all gushy with his personal account of his night with the Clintons - gucci guy, you can call us sweetie anytime!

Hey Hireheels hotties!!!!!! It’s your sugardaddy - GUCCI GUY!

Wanted to share my Tuesday evening in NYC with the Clintons. All of her big supporters were there : the funders and the superdelegates, etc.

Hillary was testing the waters and trying to assess how much support she had moving forward, if and when she were to do so. Meaning, will her superdelegates still back her if she pushes toward the convention? Will her funders still donate toward her efforts to keep campaigning all the way to the credentials committee and possibly the convention? Finally, will WE, her foot soldiers continue to rage forward, onward and to Denver if need be. That’s why she asked us to tell her what we are thinking. She was taking stock and will need to decide soon her next steps.

What struck me more than anything was Bill Clinton. The way he was looking at Hillary spoke volumes. It was as if he’d fallen in love with her all over again. He seemed in awe of her brilliance too. I mean, as if he just couldn’t believe her strength and determination and intelligence. It was as if after 30 years together, he had learned something else, something new and something amazing, about this woman whom he had almost forgotten he loved this much. And boy did his eyes beam with so much affection and PRIDE! It was hard to imagine that there was any regret in that room.

I took Hillary’s hand and said “You are my hero. I’ve given so much of what I have to our dream of taking back the white house for our country. And Hillary, ONLY you can do it. You know this, you are the only one. Please don’t quit, please don’t give up, because it all falls on you. I know it is a lot of pressure, but we will always stand with you, as long as you want us and as far as you want to go. You know that”. We held hands the entire time and said, “Thank you, so very much, this means so much”. It was a powerful moment.

After giving several interviews: I spoke with Bill, Lanny Davis, Chelsea and Terry McAuliffe all of them seemed happy to be there, but there was a sense of sadness in the air, but NOT quite resignation. The opinions on what to do next were mixed. Bill was the only one who didn’t say it WASN’T over. He just smiled and nodded when people said don’t quit. Terry McAuliffe says Denver is certainly an option. Lanny wants her to be offered VP. He says that if she accepts or not, that she has earned it and that her opponent should have the decency to offer it. Chelsea was proud of her mother and seems to believe that the voters will push her own to do ‘what she is meant to do’ whatever that may be.

I heard on decent authority from one of Hillary’s family friends (to whose daughter she and Bill are godparents) that Hillary is seeking the VP slot and if she receives it she will bow out gracefully. If not , (provided she can keep her supporters in her pocket) will press forward. In other words, she has won more votes and would have to be campaigning all the way to November on his behalf in either event, so why SHOULDN’T she be on the ticket. If he doesn’t offer (and he hasn’t) then she may have no CHOICE than to press onward, guns shooting and us right behind her ready for a late –summer Denver brawl.

Hillary seemed serene and maybe a little reserved. But she didn’t seem out for the count. Let’s band together with courage and love for our great Lady and know that we will follow her wherever her next steps may be. We are the soldiers who made this campaign. This one is for us!

Thank you all for this primary season and I love you,

Gucci Guy

Note: Hireheels apologizes for posting this a day late - how incredibly touching… and indeed prescient …now that we know what we do!

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