Dear Democratic Party Hierarchy & American media:
I have been a life member of the Democratic Party, as have been all of my family and indeed my Irish ancestors all the way back to the early 1800’s, when they first came to America. You need to know how truly disgusted and angry I am over all the shenanigans that have been going on against Hillary Clinton, since day number one of the primary elections.
You have both painted and showed the ugliest pictures that you could possibly find of Hillary, while showing a young, vibrant Barack Obama.
When Hillary has spoken her truth, demonstrated her experience, and connection to everyday America; she has been ridiculed as inflammatory, divisive, racist and mean spirited. When Mr. Obama speaks essentially the same truth, but in more flowery words aimed at the young and more liberal sector of the Democratic Party and Independents, he has been lauded as the messiah, the healer, incapable of doing any wrong.
When Hillary has mis-stepped, she has been beaten down to the ground and spit upon by the American press, as well as by much of the Democratic hierarchy. When Obama has mis-stepped, he has been helped back up and offered assistance.
When Hillary has talked about her life experiences in politics, it has been so totally twisted out of reality as to represent an obscene monster-like essence. When Barack’s lack of experience, especially in foreign affairs has been brought up, it has quietly been hidden from the public, made to seem immaterial. Hillary talks of using experience to enact change effectively and rightfully; Barack talks of changing the American way of politics to enact a needed, future change. But the press has reported Clinton as tired, corrupt Hillary politics, while presenting a young, glowing vibrant all knowing Obama future. What utter irresponsibility and illusions the American press core and Democratic hierarchy have pandered to the American public.
The fact of the matter is that both of the candidates are outstanding in their own right. But, Hillary, who has devoted over 30 some years to her love of helping others via her political career, has a much richer life experience in all areas. Barrack Obama simply does not possess the same political knowledge and wisdom that Hillary has accrued throughout her life. By the way, Mr. Obama, there are only 50 states, not 57 as you recently reported. But, perhaps you were only joking…
Then, there has been the ridiculous mess with the Democratic Party’s refusal to seat the delegates from Florida and Michigan. Rules, rules, rules. What utter nonsense. There are, I understand, bylaws that would allow exceptions to be made. Obviously Obama has not wanted Florida and Michigan’s votes counted, because it could cost him the election. The Democratic Party hierarchy should know better and have acted neutrally, somehow getting Florida’s legally certified votes counted, and Michigan’s primary re-done. Yet, it has been clear from day one, that Dean (the Democratic National Committee boss) has been in the pocket of Obama (who in turn has been backed by Senator Edward Kennedy). Not surprisingly, the Democrat National Committee has not championed getting these two states votes counted.
In the case of Florida, it is one of the swing states. How extremely unwise that the Democratic powers to be have refused to seat Florida and Michigan’s votes, especially interesting since Florida’s ‘illegal’ voting date was pushed through by a Republican controlled legislature in Florida! Pushed through by a REPUBLICAN Florida legislature: So why in the world would the Democratic National Committee want to “punish” Florida’s Democrats? Come November, Florida’s Democrats may well decide to “punish” the Democratic Partiy back in retaliation and vote McCain. The Republicans will, I assure you, welcome the Floridian Democrats with two open arms. Why doesn’t the Democratic National Committee just shoot itself in the foot….
Finally, the Democratic hierarchy and the American press core have not been exactly honest about Hillary’s greater electibility power. No matter how you cut it, the mighty electoral swing states are Hillary states. Based on the winner takes all electoral votes policy in the Presidential elections, Hillary has already won the Presidential Elections. Interestingly enough, very little has been said about this by the Democratic hierarchy and by the the news. How inconvenient this will be, if an Obama ticket losses the November elections!
In closing, for the first time I seriously am thinking of not voting Democratic, but rather registering my extreme displeasure with the Democratic Party by writing in Hillary Clinton’s name as my choice for President. Many will say this is insane, ignorant, and stupid. Yet, in my conscience I must and will do what I think is right and that is to let the Democratic Party system know how absolutely disgusted with them I am.
P.S. Democratic Party: I know many, many others, who feel exactly the same way I do and who plan to register their great upset the same way— at the polls in November.
Rise up, Hillary and keep fighting!
Carpe Diem.
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This is my first blog posting-it is in response to the posting by “angus”. I completely agree with everything in that post but would go even further. While I plan to hold my nose and vote for Obama, the DNC will never see another cent from me until they drop the caucus system and superdelegates. As Ron Reagan said “The caucus system belongs in a banana republic, not in a democracy”. It enormously favors the best funded candidate and, as the result in Texas proves, is easily subject to intimidation, manipulation and outright fraud. A friend in Hawaii wanted to attend his local caucus as a Clinton supporter - it took many phone calls and much persistence to even find out where the caucus was being held. When he arrived he was told all he needed to do was vote once and go home; too late, he discovered the real “negotiations” didn’t even begin until voters like himself had left the place. My friend is an architect/ project manager with many years experience in negotiating through bureaucracies –when he says he was stonewalled and deliberately misled, he should be.believed.
Speaking of “well funded,” does anyone else find it ironic that Hillary Clinton, the so called “establishment” candidate, has been perpetually cashed strapped from the beginning of her campaign, while we are supposed to believe Obama raised $234 million from “$20 donations by his legion of followers”- yes, and the Tooth Fairy left those dimes under my pillow! So Obama has outspent Clinton 4 to 1- and after all this time and money he only leads her by 2% in public opinion voting polls, and is in a dead heat with McCain, who hasn’t even started campaigning against him yet. But the superdelegates, whose only reason for existence is to help the party choose the candidate with the best chance to win in November, are using the party unity excuse to defect to him in ever greater numbers. Wouldn’t it make far more sense to wait until the convention to look at the current August polls, especially those all-important electoral college poll results in the swing states, and make their decision then? If they are unwilling to take the heat and make hard decisions, they have no reason for existence and their positions should be abolished. Their arrogance in trying to force their personal preferences on the voters could very well cost us this election.
I support Hillary because she has the most experience, the best thought out policy plans, and is by far the most prepared to assume the office and be the president we desperately need at this time. She is not perfect; personally I hate that she voted to authorize the war in Iraq (as did every other senator with presidential aspirations, including “liberals” like Kerry and Biden) – I understand it, but I hate it. One of the things I like best about my fellow Clinton supporters is that we are not a bunch of True Believers who insist our candidate is perfect- we are intelligent, well-informed voters, and we’re being dismissed as a bunch of ignorant, redneck racists! Recently even some of the most ardent Obama “kingmakers” in the party are admitting Obama is woefully unprepared for the presidency, but assuring voters that that’s OK because “he’ll be surrounded by good advisors”. HELLO! That’s what you do when a boy prince becomes king - it’s totally unnecessary when you have a prepared and ready candidate already available. These same people are saying Obama cannot select Hillary as his running mate because she’d be “too strong”. If Obama is that threatened by a strong VP, is he really the best choice for President?
If Obama loses the election in what should be a Democratic landslide year, the media and DNC will blame racism and Hillary’s “stubbornness”. Unfortunately, race will be a factor (especially when the Republicans start “swift boating” him). By the way, under the premise of “know your enemy” I receive several conservative newsletters and there is absolutely no question that from the beginning the Republicans have wanted to face Obama rather than Clinton. Race will be a subtext in the Republican campaign, but the overt attacks will be on Obama’s liberalism, including his support for the UN’s Resolution to end Global Poverty, which among other things calls for a “fair redistribution of the world’s wealth and resources”. You can imagine how well that’s going to play with the average American voter! The fact is that the US has not elected a liberal since Kennedy, and he only won because Mayor Daley voted the Chicago cemeteries to give Illinois’s electoral votes to the Democrats. Unless McCain totally self-destructs, the party could again lose the millions of voters (especially in the swing states) who have repeatedly demonstrated that they are comfortable voting for a moderate Democrat like Clinton, but not for an outright liberal like Obama. The Democratic delegates and superdelegates are all aware of this fact - even if they don’t know history, Hillary has told them often enough. Their willful blindness in ignoring it both infuriates me and brings me close to tears.