Letters to the Editor
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Lewis Flips
This is not at all surprising and I expecy many more to abandon Clinton. Why risk the ire of your constituents for a candidate who is losing?
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This is the green light to other superdelegates
Expect more flips soon. People know for whom the bell tolls.
Can we wrap this up now, please?
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I used to respect John Lewis but...
I looked up to John Lewis. He was in the treches in the fight for Black American rights, however, this is just a shame. He didn't want to support Sen. Obama in the begining, now Obama is hot and will probably be the nominee now he wants to leave camp Clinton? I know he's only worried about his personal election but damn John I though you were more loyal?
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@ATVixen
Loyalty?
Like Scooter Libby loyalty? Alberto Gonzales loyalty?
I'll take judgement over loyalty any day.
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Anyone who says this nomination isn't almost entirely about race
And good old liberal guilt is either lying or delusional. I'm sorry but John Lewis said "I have to support what my constituents support....by supporting Obama."
Really? Is that why they didn't vote for him?
We don't need elections anymore, just toss it over the wall to the media and Oprah and let them anoint who they like.
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@ATvixen
You wrote:
"I used to respect John Lewis but...
I looked up to John Lewis. He was in the treches in the fight for Black American rights, however, this is just a shame. He didn't want to support Sen. Obama in the begining, now Obama is hot and will probably be the nominee now he wants to leave camp Clinton? I know he's only worried about his personal election but damn John I though you were more loyal?"
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2 Points. First, Lewis isn't flipping because Obama is "hot". it's because he is catching heat from his constituents who voted for Obama. Secondly, I believe that elected representatives owe more "loyalty" to their constituents than to other pols in their party. I'm sure Clinton's campaign would not agree but it's a pretty dicey argument to make that one should ally oneself with one candidate against the wishes of the majority in your voting district.
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@Anon 11:53 AM
Perhaps I am confusing what you wrote but Lewis is voting the way of his district. This from an AP report:
"Lewis' constituents supported Obama roughly 3-to-1 in Georgia's Feb. 5 primary. His endorsement had been a coveted prize among the Democratic candidates thanks to his standing as one of the last major civil rights leaders of the 1960s."
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RE Anyone who says this nomination isn't almost entirely about race
Yeah, we know: it's all about misogyny. Except when a Republican says it's about race...
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Any poster who writes this is all about race is a liar or delusional
It's funny to me that Clintonistas have to constantly deride Obama supporters with slurs like (just some of the ones I've read today): stupid, delusional, naive, liar, dreaming, etc. well we get the picture. While Clinton supporters are grounded, smart, unbiased and mature. So why do they resort to name-calling and descriptions that don't really apply: Obama is winning the college voters (smart), older college educated voters (mature), endorsements from numerous (grounded) prominent historians and diplomatic types (James McPherson and Susan Eisenhower to name two) and now Lewis - who when he endorsed Clinton would be considered unbiased by these same Clinton posters but now is racist because he wants to follow the wishes of his voters (who by the way were in favor of Clinton early on - knowing full well Obama was black - until they became acquainted with Obama). The reason they resort to these tactics is because they, like their candidate and her "35 years of experience", don't really have a let to stand on when comparing the virtues of the two candidates.
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Race....no Gender
As a Georgian, I can safely say if John Lewis gave his superdelegate vote to Hillary, he would be out of office next election....that drumbeat has already started. Don't worry, in exactly 6 days all the hillarybots will be crawling back to their left wing fringe to complain about sexism and the patriarchy with all the folks that look and talk just like them.
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Who's buying whom?
Now, if Barack Obama moseyed up to me with an offer of some "walking around money" and asked for my vote, he would surely be called out on his tactics. But, if Obama (or Clinton or McCain) cozies up to another politician with an offer of some serious cheese fof their superdelegate vote, it's A-OK!
Obama has doled out a LOT of money to superdelegates!
http://www.capitaleye.org/superdelegates.asp
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@ Any poster
Yeah, for all of those voters, in N. Dakota, Wis. Washington State, Maine, etc. it was all about race. Wasn't it?
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Correction...Repubs don't have superdelegates.
Sorry 'bout including McCain in my post above about buying superdelegate votes.
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Why is it?
Why is it that it's all about race when black people decide that something is in their best interest but it's not when white people make similiar decisions? If I follow that logic, then all the white people voting for Hillary are just voting that way cause she's white, right?
Let it go. Pols are going to do what keeps them in office. In this case, it's vote who their constituents direct them to.
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In other words...
...he's saying that he thought that Clinton was more qualified, but now that Obama is popular he's jumping on the bandwagon.
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@jebldmm
You wrote:
"In other words...
...he's saying that he thought that Clinton was more qualified, but now that Obama is popular he's jumping on the bandwagon.
-- jebldmm "
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No, that's not what Lewis is saying. He's saying that he won't go against his distict which overwhelmingly voted Obama and WANTS Lewis to cast his superdelegate vote for Obama at the convention.
BTW, Lewis also says that he regrets speaking out earlier in support for Clinton because his change of support is garnering too much attention. He wished he had remained neutral throughout.
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It's not about race
John Lewis is a respected civil rights leader. He has fought for equality. Equality is not about race; it's about the common humanity of all races. It's about getting beyond racial divisions and seeing one people, as Barack Obama said at the 2004 convention, the American people.
I understand his dilemma. He, like many civil rights leaders and prominent politicians, is a friend of the Clintons. He values their contributions, as he should. And yet he's faced with the will of his constituents and what he aptly described as a feeling that people want a new day in politics and Barack Obama represents something important happening, a profound change in direction.
I feel that he has made this decision and this announcement with dignity and with respect for both the Clintons and Obama, and his responsibility to his constituency.