Fire-Keepers

Do these people really believe that simply saying Sen. Clinton will be ‘on the ballot’ will make us say "Oh, okay!", then quietly fall in line?  Why is the difference between that and ‘name in nomination’ so hard for some to understand… or do they simply find it too easy to be dishonest and disingenious?

Open Left

When asked about the ads criticizing him and Speaker Pelosi for Clinton supposedly not being on the ballot at the convention, he scoffed. Clinton will be on the ballot at the convention, and will be speaking there.

Welcome to Crawford Howard Dean

Howard Dean might have gotten a bit more than he bargained for today when he jumped off his bus this morning in Crawford to launch a multi-state Democratic Party registration drive. The first person he met was Guila Jackson, who demanded that the party put Hillary Clinton’s name into nomination at this summer’s national party convention.

"We want a nominee who’s elected, not selected," she said, gripping Dean’s hand as he sought to get away.

Not being part of the Obama/Dean/Brazilla nation we’re not conned by empty words. ‘On the ballot’? That is rhetorical symbolism that means exactly nothing. ‘Name in nomination’ and a ‘genuine roll call’. Now those are *actions* with real meaning and ones that are historically and politically relevant. Anything less is a slap in the face to Democrats and an acknowledgment that they believe only DNC leaders matter, not Party integrity or us pesky little voters.
 
I simply do not understand why they think an open and fair convention, per party guidelines, is something they can just throw out the window… particularly on a race that was so close. We not talking about a candidate that garnered only 20-25% of the votes, we’re not talking about a landslide win/loss. We’re talking about a hard race that left a lot of bad feelings. If Obama is so sure of the nomination then let him win *without* changing the Party, the convention and the nomination process beyond recognition and against Party guidelines.
 
Anything less means he *takes* the nomination and will never have the honor of winning it fairly. If the tides turn and and he doesn’t win then so be it. At least Democrats will know that the Party held to integrity and fairness.

But then integrity and ‘these people’ have been strangers for a long time.

 

Tags: Electoral, Obama, Opinion

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