MI/FL voters treated as half-citizens

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Mom For Hill
on June 2, 2008 2:41 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
The DNC decided to treat the voters of FL/MI as half-citizens AND to give Obama an extra 4 delegates in MI and all of the uncommitted in MI despite some of those really belonging to Edwards.

Taylormarsh and a comment on her blog says it best


There is a plus side to the Michigan disaster, however. Now that we know that the RBC can override voter preferences and award delegates to the candidate of their choice, it opens up some intriguing options. For instance, I would encourage the Clinton campaign to go back to the committee and argue that they should be awarded some of Obama's delegates from Nebraska, Washington and Idaho because the caucuses in those states were not as inclusive as the non-binding primaries that occurred afterward. No exit poll information would be required for this reallocation, either...just certified votes.
But really, the possibilities are endless. And going by the crazy new "roolz", it's only fair.

The statement from Harold Ickes and Tina Flournoy

The Committee awarded to Senator Obama not only the delegates won by Uncommitted, but four of the delegates won by Senator Clinton. This decision violates the bedrock principles of our democracy and our Party.

From independentjack in the comments: 

In Illinois, he eliminated the competition.

In FL, he eliminated the voters.

In MI, he stole the voters.

Thank God, he is the hope and change candidate. Otherwise, how low would he go?


So, let's start a protest for Nebraska, Washington and Idaho. and any caucus state for that matter because caucuses disenfranchise: working families and the elderly

More racism from Obama camp

By
Mom For Hill
on May 31, 2008 4:33 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Fool me once, shame on you. 
Fool me twice, shame on me.

Hopefully American will wake up and see with what kind of people Obama chooses to hang out. This is his church and his friend (Rev. Pfleger).
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Mocking of Clinton at Obama's Church Reverberates

YouTube:

Father Pfleger @ Obama's Church: Why Hillary Clinton Cried
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H11x6bMu4Y

By SUSAN SAULNY The New York Times
May 31, 2008

CHICAGO -- Reverberations from the Sunday sermon of a Roman Catholic priest who mocked Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton at Senator Barack Obama's home church....

In a guest appearance at Trinity United Church of Christ, the priest, Rev. Michael Pfleger, who resigned about 2 weeks ago from  the Obama campaign's Catholic advisory council, delivered a tirade against Mrs. Clinton that included fake tears, a high-pitched voice and top-of-the-lungs screaming. He also gave a racially tinged critique of so-called "white entitlement," of which he says Mrs. Clinton is guilty.

"When Hillary was crying, and people said that was put on -- I really don't believe it was put on," said Father Pfleger, 59, the white pastor of a predominantly black South Side church. "I really believe that she just always thought: 'This is mine. I'm Bill's wife, I'm white and this is mine. I just got to get up and step into the plate.' And then, out of nowhere, came, 'Hey, I'm Barack Obama.' And she said, 'Oh, damn. Where did you come from? I'm white. I'm entitled. There's a black man stealing my show."

Father Pfleger, a well-known longtime activist and friend of Mr. Obama, issued an apology late Thursday. "I regret the words I chose on Sunday. These words are inconsistent with Senator Obama's life and message, and I am deeply sorry if they offended Senator Clinton or anyone else who saw them."

The Clinton campaign repeated on Friday, for a second day, its displeasure with how Mr. Obama has handled the situation, calling for him to reject Father Pfleger more forcefully.

In a statement issued Thursday, Mr. Obama, who was not at the church during the sermon, said he was "deeply disappointed" with Father Pfleger's "backward-looking" remarks.

The Clinton camp said it had hoped for more.

"Divisive and hateful language like that is totally counterproductive in our efforts to bring our party together and have no place at the pulpit or in our politics," said Howard Wolfson, a spokesman for Mrs. Clinton. "We are disappointed that Senator Obama didn't specifically reject Father Pfleger's despicable comments about Senator Clinton, and assume he will do so."

On Friday, an Obama spokesman said the campaign had nothing new to add.

...Mr. Obama's strategist, David Axelrod,...adding that the priest had had only a small role in the campaign.

Whatever that role was, the archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Francis George, has demanded that it be over, the cardinal said in a statement released Friday.

... Father Pfleger has promised me that he will not enter into campaigning, will not publicly mention any candidate by name and will abide by the discipline common to all Catholic priests," Cardinal George said.

Father Pfleger's remarks were "both partisan and amount to a personal attack," he continued, adding, "I regret that deeply."

The flare-up was not well timed for Mr. Obama, who seemed to have finally put to rest similarly controversial remarks by his former Trinity pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.


Super delegates, there are no caucuses in the general election

By
Mom For Hill
on May 20, 2008 12:50 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
check out this short but to the point article

Caucuses disenfranchise:

the elderly, people with children, people who work

Count Every Vote Rally in DC 5/31 to count MI/FL, rallies in FL 5/21 and 5/22

By
Mom For Hill
on May 18, 2008 11:12 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
COUNT EVERY VOTE RALLY in DC on MAY 31 at 9am
On Saturday May 31st, the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) will determine the status of MI and FL voters at an "open" meeting.  As Democrats, the Party of the People, we stand forthe principle that every vote must count.  Consistent with this, we believe the DNC must seat the delegates as selected bythe Michigan and Florida voters.  We believe that anything short of counting the votes and seating the delegates, as voted, is a violation of the fundamental civil rights and civil liberties of MI and FL voters, and an affront to us all.

please go to www.floridademandsrepresentation.org and register for the rally.  You will be contacted by someone from your state.

FLORIDIANS are protesting against Obama "who has the nerve to come down here taking $1,000 a plate from a state which he does not even recognize as having the right to vote!  JOIN US!!!
Westin Diplomat Resort 
3555 South Ocean Drive  
Hollywood, Florida 33019
Thursday May 22, 2008
7:00 PM

For more information please email jhannagan@floridademandsrepresentation.org

RALLIES ALSO IN 
Tampa - 11AM - May 21st
St Pete Times Forum

Orlando - 6PM - May 21st 
Orlando Sheraton North - Maitland

Hillary will work for the Middle Class, Obama gets his $$ from Silicon Valley

By
Mom For Hill
on May 18, 2008 2:07 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Hillary will end loopholes for special interests and cut taxes for working families to pay for college, health care, retirement.
"It is wrong that a wallstreet guy making 50 million dollar a year should pays a lower % of his income in taxes than a nurse, a teacher, a truck driver or autoworker making 50,000 dollars

Obama's Cash Machine, Built in Silicon Valley "There is a tremendous amount of wealth in Silicon Valley," John Roos, Obama's Northern California finance chair and the CEO of the Palo Alto law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, told me. "Not just massive individual wealth, but wealth spread collectively among the engineers, lawyers, and executives who made gains in the good years and now have the ability to contribute a $2,300 check without it being a significant hit to them."...the wealthiest region of the wealthiest state in the nation was left to Barack Obama....in Silicon Valley's unique reckoning, what everyone else considered to be Obama's major shortcomings--his youth, his inexperience--here counted as prime assets...."Obama was the new, new thing, and that's what we're all about here."

Hillary leads in popular vote and beats McCain in FL/OH/PA

By
Mom For Hill
on May 16, 2008 1:01 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
If you count MI/FL, Hillary is leading in the popular vote

Hillary  16,691,639
Obama 16,648,060

Clinton holds strong leads over McCain - and runs much better than Obama - in 3 critical swing states, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, according to 3 simultaneous Quinnipiac University Swing State polls released 5.1.08. 
If Obama is the Democratic nominee, he's in a tight race with McCain in Florida and Ohio, but takes Pennsylvania. 
  • Florida: Clinton tops McCain 49 - 41 percent; McCain gets 44 percent to Obama's 43 percent;
  • Ohio: Clinton beats McCain 48 - 38 percent; McCain gets 43 percent to Obama's 42 percent;
  • Pennsylvania: Clinton tops McCain 51 - 37 percent; Obama leads McCain 47 - 38 percent.
Among white working-class voters, Clinton: 
ties McCain 45 - 45 % in Florida, 
leads 46 - 40 % in Ohio and 48 - 40 percent in Pennsylvania. 
These same voters back McCain over Obama 51 - 34 percent in Florida, 49 - 34 percent in Ohio and 45 - 38 percent in Pennsylvania. 

"If the super delegates are looking at electability, these results could be a shot in the arm for Sen. Clinton. No one has won the White House since 1960 without carrying two of these three swing states, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. And she clearly is running much better against Sen. McCain than is Sen. Obama, at least for now," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. 

"There is no indication that Obama's problems with white working class Democrats in the Ohio and Pennsylvania primaries have gone away," Brown added. 

"Many voters cite trustworthiness as the most important quality they want in a candidate. Clinton is found wanting in that department, but still does best in the matchups. She wins because she is seen as a strong leader who cares about people and can improve the economy." 






Hillary wins West Virginia by HUGE margins 65:27

By
Mom For Hill
on May 14, 2008 1:40 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
NYT reports:
Clinton drew strong support from white, working-class voters, whom Obama can't seem to win over in recent contests. A strong Clinton victory in another general election battleground state like her victories in Ohio and Pennsylvania could raise fresh questions about Mr. Obama's ability to carry swing states in a contest against Senator John McCain.

With 72 percent of the precincts reporting, Clinton had 65% and. Obama had 27%. 

Surveys showed a strong racial component in West Virginia's voting suggesting that Obama would face pockets of Democratic resistance if he becomes the first black nominee. Although he has argued that he could broaden the Democratic base in the fall... the Clinton camp has pointed to his modest support from white voters and blue-collar workers as weak links for him.

Obama supporters accused Clinton of playing the race card last week when she said she had more support among "white Americans" than he did. However blunt she was, white and financially struggling voters in West Virginia and in Kentucky, which votes next week and which Mr. Obama has all but conceded, have become a major force keeping her in the race.

"There are some who have wanted to cut this race short," Clinton said  "I am more than ever determined to carry on this campaign until everyone has had a chance to make their voices heard."

>50% of West Virginia voters said they would be dissatisfied if Mr. Obama won the nomination, according to the surveys by Edison/Mitofsky.

No Democrat has won the White House without winning West Virginia since 1916. Bill Clinton carried it in 1992 and 1996. Al Gore and John Kerry lost the state in 2000 and 2004, respectively.

Hillary is the candidate for those affected by the economic downturn of the US.
> 6 in 10 West Virginia voters said the economy was the most important issue facing the country, and two-thirds of them backed Clinton. Nine in 10 voters said the economic slowdown had affected them, including nearly half who said they were affected a great deal. Clinton was supported by about three-quarters of those most affected.

She also won the support of most voters younger than 30, a group that has typically voted heavily for Obama. Tand she edged out Obama among college graduates and higher-income voters, also groups Obama has relied on.

More than half said Mr. Obama was not honest and trustworthy, and most also said he did not share their values.

When asked to select from 4 qualities that mattered most in voting: 
~50% said bringing about change was paramount. 
~25% said having the right experience was most important. 

The Media has decided it's over - but We, the People, think otherwise

By
Mom For Hill
on May 13, 2008 2:26 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Rasmussen (a formerly well-respected polling group, announced that it would no longer poll on Hillary Clinton - meaning they won't poll on "Hillary )s. McCain" or include Hillary in any more presidential polls) because "Even if every single Superdelegate was convinced that the former First Lady is somewhat more electable than Obama, that is not enough of a reason to deny him the nomination."  Which shows yet another "objective" source being biased and trying to tell Hillary when to bow out. If Obama and the DNC have not told her to bow out, how dare anyone else?  It's not over until, it's over!

Rasmussen is forgetting that caucuses disenfranchise: the elderly and people with children, because those groups are less likely to be able to attend a several hour-long caucus. As a mother of a 21 month old, I can't imagine attending a caucus. Either my husband or I could attend but certainly not both.

Also, caucuses do not allow anonymity - for example, if your union or boss endorses someone, and you don't stand for that person at the caucus, you risk your job.

Also, who are they to say it is over just when the polls are showing that Hillary is leading Obama amongst democrats?!?

Among Democratic supporters across the country, 47% say that if the 2008 Democratic presidential primary or caucus was being held in their state today, they would choose Clinton, while 40% would vote for Barack Obama.
The problem for Obama is, the more the public finds out about him the less they like what they see. It appears that many have buyers remorse for every having voted for Obama.

Did the liberal main stream media do what they set out to do from the outset and hide what Obama is about to the voters and present only this happy, joy, joy facade of Change. 

The question for the Democrats is ... does anyone really think Barack Obama would be leading Hillary Clinton if all was known about Obama, his wife and Reverend Wright from the outset? The answer is a resounding, NO!


Buyer's remorse? ex-Obama supporters sign this petition...

By
Mom For Hill
on May 13, 2008 2:10 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
BUYERS REMORSE?  "I am appalled and disheartened to have many new things about Barack Obama. I do not feel that he was presented to the American people in an honest and true light. I feel there is more to be learned about him, and I would not have voted for him IF I had known then what I know now about him."   http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/takebackvoteforobama/signatures-1.html 

AFL-CIO's candidate questionnaire

By
Mom For Hill
on May 10, 2008 2:07 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Why should working people support you for president?  (Excerpts from 1st 2) Full text here
 I will continue my lifetime work to support and strengthen the middle class, provide opportunities for the poor, and move the country forward with an economic agenda based on shared prosperity....according to a recent study,"slow growth in labor compensation explains 64% of the increase in profit margins over the past year."...
For too long, the federal government has favored corporations, against unions and workers.

I have a long history of working on issues of concern to working families. As First Lady, I worked to enact the Family and Medical Leave Act...I am proud of fighting along your side for universal health care. I have been proud to stand with organized labor whenever I was called, and I fully support the right to organize and bargain collectively for a better way of life, rising wages, quality healthcare and a secure retirement.

As President, I will continue to fight for policies that help working families. I will sign the Employee Free Choice Act, eliminate tax breaks for companies that move jobs overseas, invest in a new clean energy industry that will create millions of good jobs, and reduce the special breaks for big corporations, and ensure that the minimum wage continues to keep up. I will work to reinvigorate our domestic manufacturing base and invest in the technologies of the future that will create new jobs. And during my time in office, we will finally achieve universal health care in America. I believe strong unions are vital to a strong, thriving American middle class, and I will strongly support them as president.

How will you work to create good jobs and lift living standards in the United States and around the world?
in the last 6 years... wages have been stagnant. In the past, about 75% of net corporate revenues have gone to employee compensation, and only 25% to profits. However, for the past 5 years, 64% of corporate revenue went to profits. America's workers are being squeezed as we face rising inequality.

I have repeatedly championed increasing in the minimum wage throughout my career....when I was First Lady.... strongly advocated for the successful increase in 2007; and I have championed a proposal to tie increases in the minimum wage to Congressional salary increases. 

I have proposed a $50 billion Strategic Energy Fund, funded by closing tax loopholes for oil companies and requiring them invest in alternative energy or pay into the fund. The Strategic Energy Fund will stimulate job growth in all alternative energy fields - biofuels, wind, solar, and more - in order to create jobs all across America. I have also proposed an innovation agenda that will lead to new technology and create high paying jobs. In addition, I will invest in our infrastructure ... We can improve our standard of living, help our economic performance, and create good jobs in the process by modernizing our roads, bridges, tunnels, waterways, public transit systems and more.
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