A group of dedicated Hillary Clinton supporters who blog on many sites. This is our home base for the publishing of diaries that we cross post on the public blogs.
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It has come to my attention that John McCain is actively meeting (in private one-on-one meetings and conference calls) with Clinton supporters, including women's and GBLT groups. Senator Obama isn't lifting a finger, and his high-level campaign folks are simply assuming that everyone is going to fall in line.
My mom's in town for a visit so I took the day off work to spend some time with her and the kids. Little did I know I'd be spending a good chunk of the day sorting our car stuff at the DMV.
Well... at least she's getting in some quality time with the munchkins :)
Talk to gang. I'm gonna be here a while! This is an open thread.
A friend sent me news of Obama's latest power grab and I thought he was joking. This just had to be snark but no... it's true folks. He's not even our party's nominee (and hopefully won't be) but he's wasting no time consolidating power in the lead-up to our convention this summer.
Hollywood couldn't write stranger scripts than this folks...
In a major shakeup at the Democratic National Committee -- and a departure from tradition -- large parts of the committee's operations are relocating to Chicago to be fully integrated with the Obama campaign.
The DNC's political department, housed in Washington, D.C., will be dramatically rebuilt, with staffers offered a choice of moving to Chicago, joining state operations, or staying in Washington, DNC spokeswoman Karen Finney said.
But the power will clearly be shifting to a centralized Chicago hub.
The DNC's key role in coordinating political operations with state parties is expected to largely be taken over and overseen by Obama's senior staff in Chicago, state party officials said.
All I can say is, won't they look like jerks when Hillary comes to the rescue of our sorry-@ss party in August?
Adding to her comments last night in Washington -- "that Sen. Clinton received some of the most unfair, hostile coverage I've ever seen" -- Katie Couric has filmed a Keith Olbermann-style special commentary (called ner "Notebook") slamming the media for its sexist coverage of Hillary Clinton and claiming that the sexist coverage hurt her chances at becoming the Democratic party nominee. The Notebook will air tonight on CBS affiliates and on CBS radio, and will live on CBSNews.com.
"One of the great lessons of [Hillary Clinton's] campaign is the continued and accepted role of sexism in American life, particularly in the media....It isn't just Hillary Clinton who needs to learn a lesson from this primary season -- it's all the people who crossed the line, and all the women and men who let them get away with it." Couric's reference in the video to "mainstream pundits saying they instinctively cross their legs at the mention of her name" is specifically about Tucker Carlson, who often made such a claim while still on MSNBC during the campaign.
Last night, without naming names, Couric seemed to excoriate both MSNBC's Chris Matthews -- who has come under fire for sexist remarks against Hillary Clinton -- and NBC's Lee Cowan -- who reportedly said he found it "hard to stay objective" covering Obama -- saying, "That's your job...find another line of work." Matthews notoriously announced that he "felt [a] thrill going up [his] leg" while listening to Obama speak, and was forced to apologize for sexist remarks against Clinton in January.
So, why now? I don't know. Maybe Katie doesn't have to toe the line anymore. Maybe she was legitimately disgusted. The "that's your job" quote would indicate that she got it.
Either way, it needed to be said. And, more importantly, something needs to be done.
There has been a rumor going around that Hillary released her delegates in a conference call. This is untrue. Following is the statement of one of her delegates. I would just like to say before I past it here that I am so disgusted. This morning I got an email from someone, some PAC (I thought Obama was against PACS) which my name was obviously sold to by the DNC or Obama campaign. They insulted my intelligence by sending me information about McCain's record on choice. I wanted to email back saying no shit Sherlock. Why do people think women who may vote for McCain are automatically ignorant rather than that they may be making a fully informed and strategic choice born from disgust at being thrown under the bus?
Dean Howard Dean, you for YEARS have been my 2nd favorite democrat right after Al Gore. You have lost me. Your ham handed approach to this primary is an insult to the majority of democrats who voted for Hillary. You have said you hope there will not be a role call vote. Why the hell wouldn't there be a roll call vote? There is ALWAYS and effing role call vote and delegates vote for their candidate on the first call and then change their votes after a call for unity. This is in the ROOLZ. And this is an historic event for Hillary, just as much as it is for Obama. WTF are you thinking?
Anyway here is Mary Boerger's email as posted at No-Quarter:
There's a rumor circulating that team Obama and Howard Dean are negotiating the cancellation of the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver.
The logic makes sense. Since the nominee has already been selected, the party can cancel the expensive 4 day event and put the budgeted monies towards the fall campaign. As part of the deal, all delegates and State funded delegations must deposit their budgeted cost of plane fare and hotel rooms into the Obama for America account. Deposits must be made before September 1, 2008. The party will lose a deposit placed with the Denver convention authority.
Senator Obama is well aware that the people need to see and hear him formally accept the nomination therefore a prime time event is to be scheduled on the evening of what would have been the final day of the convention. This event, with a series of speeches leading up to the big moment, will be held at Chicago's very own Soldiers Field. It is expected that close to 100,000 adoring fans will be present to hear him accept the nomination of the Democratic Party and to say those awe inspiring words, "I love you back".
Republican Party officials are quite upset that the Democrats have found a way to save millions of dollars and still hold a unifying event.
I just can’t do it – not yet. I respect Hillary more than words can say and I know she did what she had to do today. I was there to hear her speak and found myself cheering wildly every time she paused to catch her breath, until she got to the part where she asked us to join her in her fight to help elect Obama as our next president.
Then I stood there silent, with my hands folded politely in front of me.
I’m not saying I won’t ever get there as far as voting for the guy goes. At this point BO might (might) get my vote in November if he ends up being our nominee. But he’s going to have to work damn hard to win my vote after the way he lied about Hillary, and remained silent as the media and even his own supporters and staff attacked her with some of the most bizarre and misogynistic load of garbage I’ve ever heard.
As for Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi et al, I don’t think the DNC realize just what a serious problem they’ve created after the way they’ve treated Hillary. We don’t support a party that throws our candidate under the bus in favor of another. And unless they work their ass off to undo the damage they’ve done, they’re going to be hard-pressed to get our votes.
The thing is (and I know more than a few folks out there need this reminder), Obama’s not our nominee yet. Ya see, there’s this little thing called a convention and they haven’t yet made it official and won’t until late August. Denver’s a long way off and a lot can happen between now and then, and the super delegates might just wise the hell up and back the one candidate who can beat John McCain come November.
So I’ll continue to write in support of Hillary, and hope the supers wake up before it’s too late.
Hillary’s going to be in DC speaking to her supporters on Saturday, and we’ll know more about what she plans to do going forward then. I thought a quick letter to her was in order, on the off chance she’s up late and reading the blogs tonight…
I’ve written about my son a few times before and – well today was a big day in our family. My little boy graduated from his pre-school this afternoon, complete with caps and gowns. It’s a day I never thought I’d see – when he started working with the therapists from our local Infants and Toddlers program 4 years ago at the age of 18 months, he was just learning how to furniture walk, how to chew his food, how to talk and pronounce certain sounds properly… the whole nine yards. Since then we’ve worked with some amazing speech pathologists, fine and gross motor skills therapists, and the most dedicated special ed teachers you’d ever want to meet.
Now the reason I mention all this is because when you first started knocking on doors for the Children’s Defense Fund back in 1973 to try to explain why kids weren’t going to our public schools, this is what a graduation ceremony would have looked like for a special ed pre-school class…
That’s because back then those classes didn’t exist. There were no laws on the books that required our public schools to teach kids like my son – or any special needs child for that matter. But thanks to your dedication and hard work, and the laws you fought for and helped get funded, our kids get an education that would have been beyond their reach 35 years ago.
This is what those graduation ceremonies look like today…
Some of you may think I’m nuts in sharing this link, but like many of you, I was beyond stunned by the news today. Even though we don’t have the full picture yet, there are new sites and efforts springing up all over the net. One involves a petition drive regarding a joint ticket. I wasn’t sure about how I felt re all this - after all… I’ve been fighting hard for over a year now to get Hillary into the general election so she could kick McSame’s butt, but my thoughts all came together when someone challenged the notion of supporting ANYthing invloving the DNC or staying with our party.
VoteBoth.com. I signed the petition, just in case this is something Hillary wants to pursue. I don’t claim to know what she wants - but if she thinks she can make a difference in our lives by trying to bring together our party as the VP then I’m all for it. I trust her and I’m guessing you all do to. Check it out and figure it out for yourselves, but I thought I’d throw this out there for anyone who might be interested in supporting this notion.
Before and in case we go our separate ways, I first and mostly want to say how grateful and proud I am that Alegre invited me to the group. I want to thank her and hug her with all my heart.
We owe you so much Alegre. You've kept us in line and kept us somehow within range of your standards of decency and respect for others. Thank you for that.
First at dKos all those months ago, then at MyDD and here on our own space, you of all people were a shining start for Hillary. You've never fallen into the pit of nastiness many of us found all to easy to use.
You've taught me that my little voice can be heard. You've shown me that words do matter. Most of all you've given this guy new insight into the feminine strength that Hillary herself calls upon every day.
You are one classy lady and I am truly honored to have been a part of your team.
I spent the day making calls at the phone bank - my voice is shot and I'm tired tonight.
I've been thinking of this video for the past few days, so I'll let Ms. Jewell Hodges say what I've been feeling today...
Hillary - we're still waiting at the foot of that mountain and you're the only one who can beat McCain and help our nation climb back up to the top.
So take a little while to catch your breath, and when you're rested and ready we'll be waiting to help you get to the top of that mountain again - polished like gold.
(UPDATE: FOX CALLS SOUTH DAKOTA FOR HILLARY! YIPPEE! :-) - promoted by atdleft)
OK, everyone. You know what time it is. It's time for us to see how South Dakota and Montana voted!
Tonight, we'll find out how strongly Hillary will finish the primary season. She'll likely finish winning the popular vote. Now, we'll know just how much her margin of victory will be!
And hey, no matter what anyone from the media elite or the Obama crowd says... Our girl's not a loser and she's not a quitter! Hillary has run a great campaign this year, and she's making quite a strong finish. It's now up to the Democratic Party leaders to ensure that they listen to the voice of the people and pick the best candidate accordingly.
But hey, enough of my lecturing of party leaders for now. Let's celebrate! Primary season is coming to a close, and our gal Hill is truly looking like a champion. :-)
As one of the only remaining highly respected neutral voices in the liberal netroots, EBW says,
"[...] I have the original [incident report summary], and the affidavits in my possession, and I personally know the person who provided these documents to me, and who's last name is redacted along with the rest.
I have a higher degree of confidence in the provenance of the material and veracity of the existence of the events journaled in the incident report than I have of anything in the media, other than perhaps the report of yesterday's weather where I was an actual observer, or the date."
That's quite an endorsement. A sponsor of the Koufax Awards, and blogging partner of one of the original Gate Crashers, says,
"I have a higher degree of confidence in the provenance of the material and veracity of the existence of the events journaled in the incident report than I have of anything in the media [...]"
We can assume the affidavits contain the worst of the incidents listed in the summary, but all of the irregularities are troubling.
That is the title of an email that my brother just sent me. I have not opened it yet. I have personal information and updates on my crazy life that I have to email to all my sibs and I am not sure I am in the mood to talk about what happened this weekend with them also.
In fact I am disgusted and thrilled. I am disgusted because the DNC and the Obama campaign stole 4 delegates from Hillary. Four lousy delegates , that is so petty. What the heck was the purpose of that?
I am more disgusted that once again they decided to punish MI and FL but not NH, IA and SC. How exactly is that following the rules? Of course it is not, it is following the Obama rOOlz. (disclaimer: I mean nothing racial with that spelling, honest to God, I am not a racist, despite what Obama thinks, even if I do live in a small town in PA. It is a reference to the youthiness of his "movement".)
What I am happy about? Well of course I am thrilled with our girl's huge win in PR. It occured to me that PR could become our 51st state under her administration, if that is what they chose. Wouldn't that be something? They are already citizens of course, but we haven't added a state in a long long time and to add a state of almost all Latino people in the beautiful land of Puerto Rico.... just imagine.
Sure I wish there had been a bigger turn out but come on. Look at how the media has been ignoring the race, pretending it's over and she is nothing but a spoiler now. What she, Bill and Chelsea accomplished along with their campaign staff in RP is not to be minimized.
