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Opinion: Kindly Nancy Pelosi tells California Clintonites to ‘get over it’

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A lot of California’s Democrats who thought it was their time with an overwhelming candidate like Sen. Hillary Clinton this year are in Denver now, and they’re still disappointed.

But, hey, at least they were going to hear their favorite former first lady speak to them this morning.

Alas, their candidate didn’t bother to show up for some unexplained reason. They felt kind of snubbed. Bad enough. But then they got another less sympathetic speaker, a Californian, in fact.

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The delegation was treated to a speech by another prominent female Democrat, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Important person and all. But admittedly not The Favored One they had in mind. Pelosi told the Californians how enthusiastically she personally was supporting the actual one chosen, the party’s real nominee, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois.

And then, in the interests of promoting the party’s fragile political unity at the moment, she told the California Clinton supporters to “get over it.”

Los Angeles Councilwoman Janice K. Hahn said she realizes that Obama will work hard for the causes she believes in and she is ready to work for the freshman senator’s election to the White House.

But, she added, getting over Clinton’s loss would not be easy.

“It’s a heartbreaker for a lot of us,” she said. “We thought it was our time.”

(UPDATE: This just in: Some kindly Republicans have just announced they are throwing a ‘Happy Hour for Hillary’ tonight in Denver at the Paramount Cafe at 519 16th Street from 8:30 until 10:30 p.m. All Clinton supporters are welcome.)

--John Mitchell

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