Hillary's FL crusader
Miami activist and Hillarynow founder Bob Kunst, who has criss-crossed the country touting Hillary Clinton for president, will be speaking Thursday night to the Greater Pinellas Democratic Club at Banquet Masters in Pinellas Park. A former Democratic candidate, Kunst has put hundreds of thousands of miles on his odometer trying to drum up a grass roots movement for Sen. Clinton, and he's also characteristically blunt about his disenchantment with what he sees as a cautious, middle-of-the-road campaign so far.
"I'm trying to get her to win and I don't think that the DC approach is helpful...I don't think she's the problem. I think the problem is the people behind her. The public wants not middle of the road, they want substance,'' said Kunst, who has never received a word of thanks from the Clinton team. "I really believe that she is the stongest Democrat and the only Democrat that's electable, but if she keeps moving in this losing direction and it looks fatal I really could be interested in Giuiliani."
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Mr. Kunst's grassroots efforts are admirable; but diehard Beltway insiders like Hill & Bill and the rest of the DLC crowd will unluckily pay no attention to him. His efforts would be better served (and much more appreciated) on the Wes Clark or John Edwards campaign.
Hillary is a sell-out "dial-for-dollars" type candidate. Edwards and Clark are the "real deal" Democrats, and I'll happily give my dollars AND my volunteer time to either of them in both the primaries and (should either of them win) the general election.
Of course, if Hill wins the nom (ulgh!!!) I'll hold my nose and vote for her; but I can't get excited about a DLC triangulator who voted for the Iraq occupation and panders to the Religious Reich. Go Edwards/Clark 08!
Posted by: | February 06, 2007 at 11:02 AM
Please stay away from Giuliani!
Posted by: | February 06, 2007 at 11:39 AM
Make sure you spell his name correctly on the program.
Posted by: politicalspectator | February 06, 2007 at 11:48 AM
I recollect that Mr. Kunst is a rather colorful and outspoken Gay Rights activist of long standing. Perhaps the Clintons don't feel that "diversity" this flaming is a good messenger for someone who already has a problem with Mainsream America. In act, he may be a plant for the Obama or Edwards folks...
Posted by: Bakunin | February 06, 2007 at 12:06 PM
Sounds like a great time! Some form of chicken, cake, and no-doze for everyone!
Posted by: | February 06, 2007 at 01:17 PM
I'm thinking a Clinton/Helm ticket. Harvey, Ken, and a dude named Carrie will dig that!
Posted by: | February 06, 2007 at 02:07 PM
For the Demoncrats it's Clinton-Kunst thing...
Posted by: politicalspectator | February 06, 2007 at 03:30 PM
Leave Hillary's thing out of this!
Posted by: | February 06, 2007 at 04:03 PM
i am more concerned about that monkey in the white house and his catastrophically poor judgment than i am about hillary becoming president.
who could do any worse than g.w. bush?
what a pathetic incompetent!!! what a shame for our poor soldiers stuck in iraq for all his masculinity issues.
Posted by: | February 06, 2007 at 04:28 PM
4:28,
You don’t happen to be an Astronaut, do you?
Posted by: | February 06, 2007 at 04:37 PM
This gig is at the Greater Pinellas Democratic Club ?... Who's up for creamed corn and soft butter?
Posted by: | February 06, 2007 at 05:02 PM
Kunst was leader of a group called the "Oral Majority."
I doubt he will be invited to any of Clinton's events.
Posted by: | February 06, 2007 at 08:47 PM