Al Giordano lays out in no uncertain terms what has long been a veiled threat against the Clintons and the Democratic party: going nuclear against the bastards if they consummate this perverse marriage and steal the nomination legitimately won by Obama - by the people:
For us rabble-rousers out here that don’t consider any American political party to be “ours,” that scenario would put Plan B into play. We have no illusions that it has yet been surrendered or that we have yet taken it: Oh, we’d still go to Denver, not to enter the convention hall, but to reduce it to symbolic rubble from the outside.
Call it Plan Jericho: Like Joshua of the Old Testament and his troops who circled the halls of the city, marched around it silently for six days, on the seventh day marched around it seven times more and then, on cue, sounded a horn to end the silence and shout all at once, toppled the walls, entered the city, and “killed” (the Bible says so literally, but this time it will be politically, not mortally) every man, woman and superdelegate – including any imposter they might “nominate” by imposition – that did not participate in the certain walk-out protest that will occur under their scenario and instead chooses to remain inside the hall.
Like Giordano, I see myself not as a Democrat or Republican, but simply as an American and a liberal. I agree with and vote for Democrats often, but have no special commitment to this party. Nor, I suspect, do many of the apathetic or cynical citizens Obama has been able to engage and bring to his side. The Democratic party is not a suicide pact
I also agree this scenario is terribly implausible, if for no reason beyond my faith in some small measure of sanity among the party leaders. Obama could still be found with "a live boy or a dead girl" - and for a time it almost looked like the Wright controversy could rise to that level - but at this late date it's unlikely in the extreme
But if against all odds this race plays out according to everyone's worst fears, there would be utter hell to pay. After standing by during eight years of Bush and Cheney, witnessing the slow-motion spectacle that would be Hillary's smash & grab of the prize she has not earned and does not deserve would be certainly be enough straw to break the backs of a great many Americans
Remember, the last major day of primaries is May 6th; the absolute last June 3rd, leaving two long months prior to the convention. Obama is all but guaranteed to be well ahead in states, votes, and delegates won as voting ends. If this race does not conclude at that time; if Hillary casts off any lingering pretense of fair-play and continues to press on; if the superdelegates and party elders abrogate their duty to the people who provide them their positions... it will by then be long past time to demonstrate the seldom seen power of might and right against those who consider themselves "more equal" than the millions of voters who have made their decision clear
For now it's enough to say: may the best candidate win
