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jon

Good post.

I’m just waiting for the process to work itself out.
If Obama is screwed out of the nomination by the DNC, there will be hell to pay!

it’s quite normal to feel tired and frustrated under these circums. you’ve earned your r&r.

i’m sure you’ll be there for the next and final phase. you won’t give up.

respect, and best wishes.

it occurs to me that something important may be happening in this torturous primary process. the process is too long. one candidate is now intent on destroying the front runner. the so-called leadership of the Democratic party remains silent as the process threatens to disembowel the party and alienate voters.

maybe the “something important” is a realization that America needs a new party. two years ago the dems were given a chance in Congress to change the direction of the country, and to challenge Bush and his fellow bandits. they refrained from leadership. during this primary season the dems had the opportunity to offer America some hope and confidence. they are determined instead to form a circular firing squad. and the so-called leaders and elders of the party remain silent.

the Obama campaign has given voice to a long dormant vision of a renewed America, and this vision is not going to be dormant any longer. such a hopeful vision, once associated with the Democratic party is scorned by the current party machinery, because the current machine has lost its way and no longer believes in democracy, equality, or social progress.

if Obama is shut down, or more likely, if the party machinery continues to allow him to fend for himself (in their silence) while Hillary plays on racist stereotypes, invokes terrorism fears, and continues to do everything she can not just to win, but to destroy him (and he can not really strike back…that would play out in the media, the Clinton campaign and the GOP in a blatantly racist way) ….
if Hillary and the machine prevail, it may be time for progressive Americans to consider other options. maybe that is what is happening.

I also have a sore throat and am frustrated by the cockroach-like nature of Hillary’s campaign.

Raymond
http://tri_blog.livejournal.com

It is absolutely amazing how the media is spinning the Clinton victory in Pennsylvania…..regardless of the facts. First of all, although she was leading in the polls by over 22%, she won by 9.4%….not ‘double digits’ which sounds so much more like a blowout. Secondly, unless Hillary wins every remaining primary by 76% or more, it is absolutley mathematically impossible for her to catch Obama in the pledged delegate count. That’s just a fact. Obama is leading in delegate count, number of states won and popular vote, even though now she has convinced some in the media to count the votes in Michigan and Florida to claim a lead in popular vote, although the fact is…..those states don’t count.

While the media is dissecting the demographics, for some reason they keep leaving one verrrrry important statistic out of their breakdown. The Major Fact Is…..BILLARY HAS ALIENATED AND LOST THE ENTIRE BLACK VOTE ! Where’s THAT fact ? And they have the gall to think that they can claim her to be more electable to superdelegates…….with close to zero black support……ARE THEY NUTS ???????? Hillary Clinton is the first democratic presidential nominee in modern day history to lose the entire black vote ! That, too, is a fact !

THE STRATEGY IS SIMPLE:

It is time for EVERYONE to contact the DNC and every superdelegate that we can trace and remind them that due to her own actions HILLARY HAS LOST THE ENTIRE BLACK VOTE ! How in the world could she and Bill have the nerve to claim more electabilty when they have lost an entire race of people….the very group that the Democratic Party has always been able to count on.

SPEAK OUT !!!!

TIME TO MAKE CALLS….SEND EMAILS….CALL RADIO TALK SHOWS….EVERY WAY YOU CAN THINK OF !!!!!! THEY MUST HEAR FROM US !!!!

Call The DNC TODAY at 202-863-8000 or contact them at Democrats.org.

This is in no way meant to be racial. We are all in this together….blacks, whites, young, old, rich and poor……working together for a better America. But the fact that Hillary Clinton (wife of ‘The First Black President’, who started this campaign with 82% of the black support)has lost the support of an entire race of people….is not only pitiful…..but should be made….a very well known FACT !

Visit: Blacks4Barack.org
(A Multi-Racial Organization…Dedicated To Truth !)

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I empathize with how you’re feeling – both physically and politically. I am feeling much the same – fighting off a cold and battling a serious bought of Clintonitis – with distinct symptoms of apathy and despair.

I hope you feel better soon – body mind and spirit.

this will happen. i know it will. don’t give up.

These guys know what they are doing. I wouldn’t be surprised at the demographic / voting analysis going on with them.

The GE should be interesting. Using my poor math skills for the GE: I took out Billary’s angry 20%. Obama was left with a hefty margin over total Republican votes. (I know all of them didn’t come out.)

Independents are a wild card. Yet, split their tally 50%-50% per candidate in the GE, and Obama carries the PA state.

This has been the pattern over a number of states he won early on. Dem. turnout has been incredible.

When the election coverage gets to you: watch something entertaining, read a good book, get a good night’s sleep. Stress kills. Don’t worry about things you cannot control. The media works on negative hype. They love this race, it’s making them big bucks….

She may have a point about him not winning those states in a primary race. Also, she says this after not just engaging in the normal criticism of one’s opponent that goes on in campaigns, she says it after “othering” him to the point where many of the people who voted for her in the primaries almost feel that voting for him in the general would be an act of treason against America. The kind of racial dynamics mentioned in the other post is clearly recognizable here. This particular one is the one where they push you into the mud, then denounce you for being dirty.

Take care of yourself, but please don’t give up! What you write and what you do is making a difference. Example: all the people who comment here (including myself).

I know it’s dispiriting to see what’s transpiring in this primary election but as someone said…did we really think it would be easy??

Clinton may get her way but we right now Senator Obama is in the lead and that’s what matters!