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On February 1, Friday, Rep. Rashida Tlaib proves to have a problem with self-control and the need to be seen and heard when silence would be more appropriate for a public figure. Her response to the woman on the left, when she said “… we’re not gonna boo, we’re not gonna boo,” is a case in point. It was as if Rep. Tlaib couldn’t hold it in anymore. Rep. Tlaib shows herself as childish and a little arrogant; she does not represent the Democratic Party very well when she is too impulsive. She hurts Bernie’s message whose theme is unity. She hurts the Democratic Party in that she is emulating Trumpian tactics and tarnishing the character of the entire Party. The woman on the left, whoever she is, was a timely instigator and I think it was deliberate; further, they did not prove to have class after all - they all got a laugh after Rep. Tlaib's classless response to the word classy or class. Hilary’s name is Hilary Clinton, not ClinEN. If there were no boos before she said that, she, with common sense, should’ve left that phrase out and told us what she was about to tell us – that was totally forgotten when Rep. Tlaib broke in with a divisive statement, it was only a red herring that totally changed the subject; booing was irrelevant to the campaign topic. She never finished what she started. Rep. Tlaibn chimed in to keep it going with a happy boo. That was very unprofessional and it makes them all look unready for what they have to do. I don’t see where anyone would promote what they did on that stage unless they agree with it, such as Michael Moore, even though he walked it back in a later interview.
Rep. Tlaib should hold
herself to a higher standard and avoid antics like this and apologize for it. She
is a public figure and I lost a little respect for her. More than that, when
she used the word “haters,” she sounded like a Conservative because they have
made a senseless trope out of that word; people who disagree with each other,
or a group that disagrees with another group does not merit the name “haters”
because friends disagree with friends and still remain friends; parents disagree
with their children and visa versa, but they lose no love for each other. The
more someone uses that word the more reinforced the idea is that somebody hates
somebody else. I have heard Conservatives say that and had to decide to move on
and not constantly be affirming that I hate no one – Democrat or Republican. The
best thing is to avoid that conversation because people have to want to change
for the better; otherwise, they’d rather fight than switch. It really is an
unwholesome talking point for them when emotions override the reasonable mental
process; Democrats should avoid at all times sounding like Conservatives to
conserve energy for legitimate talking points. I said all that to say this:
Hilary Clinton is no excuse
for someone else disrespecting her. At least respect the work she has done, the
hard work of promoting women, and other accomplishments that Hilary should be
respected for at least. Rep. Tlaib had no right, nor does anyone else, to use
what Hilary said as an excuse to attack her on Sanders’ campaign trail. She
could admit all day that Hilary was wrong both personally and professionally
when she said “nobody likes him” because that is only her opinion – she decided
that nobody likes Bernie. Hilary, on the other hand, even though she is a
private citizen now, has the task of when to discuss something and when not to,
such as her podcast. The pushback against her remarks in a documentary is silly
because we cannot dictate to Hilary what to say at any time and place. The
responsibility is still on me to conduct myself as if I am not one of the
HATERS.
I was sorry to hear Hilary
say that about Bernie because that was a very hateful thing for her to say.
What did Bernie do and say? Rep. Tlaib should have followed Bernie’s playbook.
Bernie and Hilary really need to come to terms with what happened at the 2016 presidential campaign, that is true, but both should allow each other to forgive but not
forget. I followed very closely the 2016 campaign, and Hilary tells the truth
about Bernie’s group of young people who were not prepared to concede to Hilary
Clinton when she won the nomination – they played by Bernie’s playbook. He kept
false hope alive for too, too long, which only reinforced the young people’s insistence
of a Bernie win, when they could see that all the odds were against it.
However, they already knew that they would do everything they could to throw
the election as retaliation against the forces that did not allow Bernie to
win. Bernie knew this and smugly said he had no control or influence over the
voters, but Bernie did, he just did not use that influence. We are coming up to
2020’s campaign. I know that Bernie had an epiphany somewhere over the last
four years because I heard him say last week that even though he plans to be
elected president, he will back whoever wins the nomination to run against
Donald Trump if he is not the people’s choice after all.
