Posted on 03/27/2008 9:52:42 PM PDT by kingattax
The battle over the Democratic presidential nomination turned nasty on Thursday, one day after Hillary Clinton donors subtly threatened to stop the spigots for House Democrats if Speaker Nancy Pelosi insists superdelegates vote the same way as pledged delegates.
Liberal group MoveOn.org — which has endorsed Barack Obama — issued a letter to its members, asking them to sign on to a statement that says millionaire donors shouldn’t dictate how the race is won. It also asked for members to match the money the donors would otherwise supply.
“The Democratic nomination should be decided by the voters — not by superdelegates or party high-rollers. We’ve given money — and time — to progressive candidates and causes, and we’ll support Speaker Pelosi and others who stand up for democracy in the Democratic Party,” reads the statement.
In sending the request to join, MoveOn’s political action team called the donors’ letter to Pelosi “the worst kind of insider politics — billionaires bullying our elected leaders into ignoring the will of the voters.”
In the letter sent to Pelosi on Wednesday, the Clinton supporters asked that the House speaker retract statements she made a week prior calling for superdelegates to follow the will of primary and caucus voters.
Superdelegates “must look to not one criterion but to the full panoply of factors that will help them assess who will be the party’s strongest nominee in the general election,” the donors wrote.
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This is so great! However Nancy, does that mean that Ted Kennedy and governor Richardson have to change their votes to Hillary. The Democrats make no sense at all!!! Thank God they are in this position!
Operation Chaos!!!
All we are saying, is give war a chance!
Brings new meaning to the expression ‘war is hell’
LOL..thats a great line !
Take the gloves off and fight harder!
DNC rules say Super Delegates can vote for anyone they want. Hillary supporters definitely have a point here.
I say Hillary should stay in and force a brokered convention. :-p
Konservatives for Klinton say “Keep Fighting!”
Clinton donors warn Pelosi over superdelegates
"..Among the signees of the letter were prominent Democrats and Clinton supporters like Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television; Bernard Schwartz, former chairman of Loral Space and Communications; and venture capitalist Steven Rattner..."
loral "Bernard Schwartz " site:freerepublic.com
The Clinton people are unbelievable!! Bernard Schwartz should have gone to Prison. It is amazing they would use him in a letter likely to be public.
Loral fined $14m over China missiles claim{Treason is cheap these days…}
A hex on all democrats.
we should all make sure any recording devices we have are in optimum working condition. that convention will be a seismic event.
Hillary thinks ANY delegate can vote any way they want. Makes me wonder, why have primaries at all?
What Democrat voters want more than anything is a fight to the death; a cage match that ends with blood and internal organs splayed about the convention hall. Let the strongest candidate - - the survivor - - emerge from the Democrat convention after violent bloodletting of historic proportions and EARN the nomination. Democrat voters deserve no less.
Don’t worry, the Train Wreck 2008 will be on YouTube in 57 different views, with various soundtracks. Exasperated hippies will be bludgeoned, arrogant billionaires will be humbled, coveted superdelegates will be bought, voters will be disenfranchised. In Technicolor. Then the ugliness will begin. I’m thinking Movie Butter popcorn.
Is there an address to where we can send matches and gasoline?
LOL..doug is always helpful
The rat convention might end up being as good as the Super Bowl.
Hmmm...this is working out better than my Magnificent Bastard self had even imagined!
BWAHAHAHAHA!
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I call for Democrat Party sunshine summit meeting of party leaders. Put all the leaders of the party and all that think they are leaders of the party in a room and cover it on C-Span. Can you imagine, putting Screaming Dean, Pelosi, Dingy Harry , AlGore, John Kerry, Jimmah Carter, George McGovern, Fast Eddie Rendell, Bobby Shrum, Teddy Kennedy, Barney Frank, and whoever in a room to solve this problem in front of cameras?
“Hillary thinks ANY delegate can vote any way they want. Makes me wonder, why have primaries at all?”
The great thing about a brokered convention is when it goes to a second ballot count of delegates. When that happens ALL of the delegates including the pledged delegates can vote however they want!!!!!!
That is when the riots will start!
That is what she is counting on.
The role that the super delegates will play will be the deciding factor.
The super delegates have too much power.
That's the way the Democrats wanted it. They didn't want to be saddled with a McGovern or Carter ever again.
"What Democrat voters want more than anything is a fight to the death; a cage match that ends with blood and internal organs splayed about the convention hall."
Call for clean up Hazmat....severe cankle splatter...
It's a quagmire!
The war is lost!
Pull out BOTH candidates now!
You might enjoy this. THE PARAGUAY OPTION - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992951/posts
What they didn't count on was a "McGovern" and a "Carter" as their leading candidates.
We have a winner!
I suspect that is what WILL happen.
Right now I wish WE had something like that. Maybe we could do something about McCain.
From one side of her mouth comes, “Let the people of FL and MI have a voice - let all the voters have a say” and from the other side comes, “This race isn’t over until the superdelegates decide it’s over”.
You neglected to mention Obama's kneecaps. ;>)
So true.
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