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Wed Aug 06, 2008 at 21:14:52 PM EDT
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| I know I've already covered this a bit today, but I've got a few more things to say to our party chairman by way of clarification - just so there isn't any confusion about who's behind the nominating petition...
Hey Howard, I hear you're telling people that the effort to gather delegate signatures on a petition to put Hillary's name into nomination at our convention is one driven by PUMAs. We're flattered Howie - seriously, thanks for the compliment, but we really can't take credit for the hard work and effort of others.
This nominating petition is driven by her - you know - DELEGATES - people who were credentialed to attend our convention and represent millions of Hillary's voters. Seriously, man - take a look at the press release I posted the other day and you tell me if you see ANY mention of PUMA there, or if you see any of our names listed as contacts. It's a press release - news outlets report on or publish info off things like this all the time. That's doesn't mean MSNBC is behind everything they post about BHO's crooked campaign.
To quote campskunk from our earlier thread...
The petition is organized by delegates, and is being signed by delegates. These delegates are legally elected or appointed representatives of the democratic voters in the party's primaries. How is it a PUMA petition? Is howie going to start stripping delegates of their voting and petitioning rights by trying to smear them as PUMAs? This is looking more and more like a witch hunt.
Howard, let's get one thing straight here and now - this is about duly elected and credentialed delegates petitioning their party for an equal voice at our convention. They represent millions of Democrats, and for you to dismiss them with these lies is beyond insulting. |
| Alegre :: We're Flattered Howie - Really We Are (Updated) |
| We (as bloggers) may be encouraging delegates to get in touch with the people behind this effort (delegates, Howard - delegates) but we are not the ones collecting the signatures. We are not the ones who'll be presenting those signatures to Hillary for her approval. We are not the ones looking for the right to vote in Denver.
This was an effort started by delegates, on behalf of other delegates and the people they represent, and on behalf of our candidate. Thousands of people will be coming to our convention having expressed their support for Hillary in the primaries. They've earned the right to cast a vote for Hillary. They may not win, but it's wrong for you or anyone else to deny them this historic opportunity.
The delegates behind this effort represent us as voters. Period. But they're doing this on their own and they got started on this effort long before anyone coined the term PUMA. Don't you dare take their hard work and effort away from them.
UPDATE
See, Howie? Even ABC says that delegates are behind this petition drive...
Susan Castner, a Clinton delegate from Portland, Ore., is gathering the 300 signatures from delegates that Clinton would need in case she decides she wants to be part of convention balloting.
"We will have this in hand for Sen. Clinton, should this be needed," said Castner, who said that she's already gathered about half the necessary signatures.
Castner said she and many other Clinton supporters will only feel as if their voices are being heard if they are allowed to vote for Clinton on a first ballot.
"It's been a tradition since the late 1800s -- it's a nominating convention, you vote, you nominate someone, and you come out unified. I don't see how alienating 1,800 delegates gives you party unity when we walk out of the stadium," she said. "Hillary delegates feel like we're not welcome, needed, or valued."
"I cannot believe that Sen. Clinton, after putting in that much time, energy and effort, would just say, ' Nah, take my name out,' " Castner said. |
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Hillary Clinton - June 7, 2008
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