Letters to the Editor
designated_knitter
Published Letters: 88 Editor's Choice: 3
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Those new voters will not matter if the DNC overturns the primary results
[Read the article: How the long primary battle helps Democrats]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Here is a copy of a letter I just sent the DNC begging them to resolve this clusterf*ck of a primary season.
I doubt that I would ever vote for McCain (he a'skeers me even more than Bush at this point because he is more of a powder keg -- imagine the Staples "EASY" button sitting in the oval office and someone sets McCain off and he slams his hand down on the button in a fit of rage starting WW III -- all the while the Staples button chirping merrily "That was Easy!" with mushroom clouds in the background and a maniacal grin on McCain's face!). However, I would not vote for Clinton. I would write in Obama's name instead.
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Dear Governer Dean and members of the DNC leadership team,
Please please please stop the madness and make Senator Clinton stop her suicidal campaign. She has virtually NO hope of winning the nomination unless she were somehow able to bully the delegates into supporting her. Her campaign has been so vile and repugnant and devoid of reality that should she somehow manage to steal the nomination, I would not vote for her in November. I would most likely write in Senator Obama's name.
I'm a white 44-year old female and I have never had the priveledge of being able to support a candidate as profound as Senator Obama in my life.
If the DNC gives in to the Clinton bullying, the result would be as wrong as the way "W" backed into the presidency. Bush has never had any real legitimacy and neither would Clinton as the democratic nominee. Her argument that it is "so close" that the nomination should go to her is downright ridiculous. She is losing the delegate count. She is losing the popular vote. She has lost more states. She is losing in the area of contributions. Frankly, I think she is also losing her mind. To grant her "nominee status" would be akin to overturning the results of the Superbowl just because the score only differed by a touchdown. In NO OTHER election, would the result be changed if a candidate lost by a very slim margin. Normally a candidate only needs to win by 1 vote to be considered the winner. It doesn't matter whether that is out of 10 votes, 100 votes or a billion votes. Winning the vote still should mean winning the election.
By allowing Senator Clinton to continue her kamakaze mission, you are jeapordizing losing the White House in November. If you lose the White House, more than likely, you will lose seats in Congress and the Senate as well since many of those who would have voted "straight democratic ticket" probably would just stay home all together.
Democrats had the election stolen from them in 2000 when the presidency was decided by a bunch of cronies of "W's" daddy. If you continue to allow Clinton to destroy Obama, you will in effect be stealing the election from us once again. We expect that type of behavior from Rove and company. We shouldn't have to expect it from our own party leadership.
I voted for Bill Clinton for both of his terms and have generally maintained a favorable opinion of him. However, after this election, any positive sentiment that I may have had for either Clinton is GONE!
It is your responsibility to end this melodrama now. If you do not, you have lost my support and my vote for many years to come. I will have lost all faith in our democratic process and will honestly be able to tell my children that your votes don't count -- because between the republicans and now, potentially the DNC -- none of it will have mattered. All of the donations I have made to Obama and Kerry and Brad Miller and the various failed democratic senate campaigns in NC might as will have been set on fire for all the good it does. Don't let that happen. I beg of you. Do NOT LET Clinton DESTROY the democratic process and the Democratic Party.
Respectfully,
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@odog -- it probably shouldn't but...
[Read the article: How the long primary battle helps Democrats]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]just letting them and everyone else know that not all middle aged white women are automatically Hillary supporters.
I believe there are many people that think that middle-aged white women who have grown up in the 70s would not miss an opportunity to vote for a woman to become president. I guess I just like to take the opportunity to let folks know that isn't the case.
But you are right -- probably don't need to keep pointing that out. Or at least I wish I didn't.
FWIW -- I was laughing my butt off at your Chris Matthews imitation earlier. It was so spot on. Thanks for the laugh.