Fire-Keepers

 One Mad Hatter:

so…regardless of her wishes that you stop….regardless of the fact that both people are so close on the issues, you want to slap her silly and INSIST she run. Perfect.

You do understand the difference between suspend and concede right?

Also, you do understand the concept of free will? The right to choose who we support and not be led, forced, coerced or blackmailed by anyone, friend or foe, into a choice we are not in favor of on SO many levels? You do get this right?

Then, follow me here, Hillary is doing what she needs to do. She may even being doing what she wants to do; we have NO way of knowing what is in her heart. Chelsea and Bill may have a better idea but to my knowledge they are not in the habit of divulging personal family conversations. Sen. Clinton is a loyal Democrat… she is also a survivor, politically and personally and, in all likelihood, knows she is going to take the bigger portion of the blame if Obama loses. If she was naive enough to go against DNC leadership and the Obama Machine her political life would be over and she might as well hand off her Senate seat to Caroline Kennedy now.

So, understanding her loyalty to the party and her desires to continue a political life she chose, it is easy to see that she is doing what she must needs do. No more and no less.

Now, turn the page. We, as supporters of Sen. Clinton, understand her positions and respect her choices without having to agree with them. We are, regardless of lies and spin, informed voters. We are past anger, past disappointment, have moved beyond the deceptions worked against all Democrats and we are clear and vocal about OUR positions. Real PUMAs, as opposed to faux pumas posting hate and drivel, are very clear in their opposition to Obama and the DNC leadership. Not being driven by race or rage we make our own choices, whether to vote McCain or not, and come together in our desire for competent leadership in the DNC.

There is no logical or acceptable reason for the DNC to change the manner in which our party chooses a nominee; a fair, equitable and open convention is not a gift we are asking for. In any race and especially in a race this close all viable candidates have the right, and some would say the responsibility, to have their name in nomination and their supporters and delegates allowed their free will to support, rally, speak and vote for that nominee. Strong-arm tactics, blatant dismissal with labels like ‘low-class’, removing delegates and replacing them with more cooperative ones… these are not actions taken by a truly (small d) democratic party and signal a (big D) Democratic Party that has willfully tossed out it’s historic values.

Hillary will do what Hillary must do. We can respect that. We also retain our free will to follow our conscience and our hearts.

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