Baron Hill to Supporters of Hillary Clinton: Get Over It and Get Out of the Way

From the lefty site Bilerico:

Congressman Baron Hill (IN-09) was the keynote speaker for breakfast. Hill is a good speaker, but I think he misread his audience a tad…

Hill got fired up quickly and gave a mostly inspiring address. But when speaking to a room in which the majority of folks backed Clinton in the primary, it’s probably not good form to say, “we must make sure Hillary Clinton releases her delegates.” That bit of the address came off as heavy-handed and preachy. I heard from a few folks afterward, and even Obama supporters thought Hill’s comments were a bit much.

But wait! It gets better:

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For example, about a dozen sources from Indiana mentioned Rep Baron Hill’s loud and grating speech from the Indiana delegate breakfast. While I didn’t attend (I’m not a delegate) all sources said he literally shouted at them, “We must get Hillary Clinton to release her delegates.” While folks went into the breakfast briefing in high spirits, Clinton won Indiana and most of the people in the room were Clintonistas who left the meeting very angry. As one highly placed Democrat told me yesterday, “Baron Hill stepped on his dick in there. It was just embarrassing and didn’t help Barack at all.”

The account in the Indy Star isn’t quite as colorful:

Today, Hill told the Indiana delegation on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention here in Denver that it’s time for the two sides to unite.

“We’re going to come together. We need to come together,” Hill said.

He acknowledged that he “got a lot of flak” for his endorsement of Obama.

But, he said, “I believe in the man. I think he’s the future of the Democratic Party… I think he’s the future of our country.”

Now, he said, Democrats have to unite to get him elected.

Using a phrase often heard in Democratic politics in southern Indiana, Hill told the delegates: “Early to bed, early to rise. Work like hell and organize.”

Parting question:

Which Hillary Clinton supporters in southern Indiana are going to “work like hell and organize” for a guy that just told them to screw off and get over their support for a candidate that overwhelmingly won the Democratic primary in the 9th District?

Will they really do it for a guy that lied to the faces of his county chairs and then turned around and broke that promise?

A guy who now tells these people to get over it and get out of Obama’s way?

EDIT: Thought better of a snarky comment.