Welcome Pumas! Wow. We have gathered an army of united Democrats here at Puma PAC. A look through the threads shows how ready we are to speak with one voice to the DNC and the country. We are protesting the 2008 Presidential Election because we refuse to support a nominee who was selected by the leadership rather than elected by the voters. Today we start making our voices heard.
In the comments below please write the reasons you will be protesting the election in November. Be specific. Use your best reasons. Be passionate, but dignified; firm and sincere. Be to the point. 50 words or so is ideal. Be personal — tell the reasons you have decided to take such a drastic action against the party to which you have been so loyal and supportive for so many years. This is about us — not about John McCain, Barack Obama, or even Hillary Clinton.
When we have 1,000 responses to this thread, Puma PAC will print and deliver 1,000 separate post cards to Howard Dean, chair of the DNC. Please address your comment, “Dear Dr. Dean” and close it with your first name, your county and state, and Puma Democrat underneath.
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UPDATE June 8, 2008 at 7:30pm: Please only post letters to the DNC on this thread. There is an Open Thread above for discussion of all other topics. Feel free to repost your comments from here to the Open Thread if you’d like.
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Re-post letter to Super Delegates . Feel free to copy and post anywhere you wish . And will someone please put me on the list under Texas (East Texas)
Donna Brazile had stated early on in the election process that ,”If the Super delegates choose the nominee…” she would ‘leave the party’ . Apparently she meant if the super delegates don’t choose HER candidate , she will leave the Party because this is exactly what has happened. Ms. Brazile was a major player in the undemocratic decisions made by the r&b committee to literally steal votes from the candidate the people have chosen , Sen. Clinton . Donna Brazile has shown herself to be a hypocrite of the worst kind , and her actions , along with those of the other members of the r&b committee who supported this unfathomable action have imbued this party in a way that has created a deep wound that will not easily be healed . We will not fall in line and support Obama - he is NOT the choice of the people . Neither will we support ANY candidate in ANY state that has perpetuated this violation against the 18 million of us who voted for Sen. Clinton .
Not since the days of slavery and the ‘3/5 personhood ‘for slaves in the original Constitution has any American’s vote been counted as less than a full vote , but the leadership of the DNC seems to think that giving half votes is somehow appropriate in this election .
Sen. Clinton’s words on Saturday were moving , and inspirational . Her dedication to this Party , and to the causes she believes in were resounding , and the accolades that were given to her by her opponents made it abundantly clear why she is the nominee of the PEOPLE .
Her decision to support Obama going forward is exactly what you would expect a leader of her caliber to do . Unfortunately for the DNC there are millions of us who will NOT forgive the misogyny and sexism ,the unscrupulous tactics , the ridiculous dispersement of delegates via the caucus system , the theft of votes in Michigan , the awarding of half votes for Mi. and Fla. , and the attempt by the DNC to silence the voice of the PEOPLE by inserting their own candidate at the top of the ticket .
We will not forgive these infractions on our rights or affronts to our dignity . The actions of the DNC leadership have only served to make us stronger , and we WILL FIGHT for what we believe in . We are unified in our dissent , and WE ARE STRONG . There will be no falling in line behind a candidate we did not choose , and any elected official who chooses to ignore the will of the people of this broken Party may very well find themselves defeated in the fall .
Now , as Super Delegates , you have the opportunity to correct the mistakes , and amend the corrupt policies of the DNC that have divided us to the extreme .It is your responsibility to take the necessary measures to CHANGE the primary voting procedures to ‘one person = one vote ‘ to eliminate the caucus process , to adhere to the standards of counting every vote and to ensure that the popular vote determines the nominee .
You have the chance to heal this Party . The decision is your’s , but know this , we are NOT happy , we are NOT weak , and we are NOT going away . PUMA Democrat
I am protesting the 2008 Presidential Election because I have volunteered for the party since 1976. I thought it was the party of reform and change. I have come to find out in this primary that has become the party interesting in silencing the voices of many of its members. Too many of the party leaders stood silent themselves on the sidelines and condoned the sexist attacks on one of its most important figures during the primary. The Democratic Party is no longer my party.
repost no write ins plz
http://mfoster.com/misc/write_in_rules_2008.html
New here what is the list about I will pass it around
Oops, I forgot to mention — please address your comment to Dr. Dean and close it with your first name, your county and state, and type Puma Democrat underneath.
Lioness, your comment is perfect. would you repost it with the address and closure? thank you.
There is now a link to Contribute on the right sidebar under Pages. Please pass it on.
thanks.
repost Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile: Dont Count Out Hillary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMfiZk3etzo
I will not be taken for granted and taking us for granted is exactly what the DNC is doing. Claire McCaskill claims to ‘know these women.’ Really? She claims that we ‘would not vote for a man who would set women back in this country.’ But they expect us to vote for a party that has just set back women in this country by about forty years. This time, you have gone too far. (source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-mccain-women-jun06,0,5085404.story)
I am a 53 year old 35 year voting democrat WOMAN.
may 21, 2008 was my last time to vote democrat. i am now independent. In my life I have never seen such grotesque treatment of any democrat like I have seen against Senator Clinton. What on earth inspired your organization to treat this lady and her family so terribly. To me the Clintons were the democratic party. I am so ashamed…after these past 7.5 years of hell with the Bush cabal, you would act this way. I do not even believe Senator Obama is a legitimate or deserving candidate. By the way, Senator Clinton won more votes and all of the must win states.Mich and Fla. sigh… This was a planned scheme anyways and our votes have not counted for squat. My heart was broken but i am PUMA now! WE WILL COUNT FOR SOMETHING!
NotFallingInLine — great post — would you resend it with the address and closure? thank you.
Dr. Dean:
Since the Democratic Party has seen fit to select a candidate [rather than elect one], ram that candidate down the electorate’s throat, and then turn a deaf ear to all and any protest, I no longer feel divided.
I am no longer a Democrat. I am one of the 18 million!
I have been disgusted with the sexism and clear hostility I’ve seen displayed towards Sen. Clinton by the mainstream media. I’ve been terribly disappointed by the deafening silence of the DNC in the face of this sexism/hostility.
It became clear that my suspicions about favoritism were not completely unfounded when the DNC Rules committee arbitrarily ‘awarded’ Michigan delegates to Sen. Obama. Not only did they give him all the of delegates represented by the “Undecided” votes and also all of the votes cast for John Edwards; but they also gave him 4 of the delegates Sen. Clinton had earned.
I will protest the treatment of my candidate by voting for McCain in November.
oops, sorry, reposting - I will not be taken for granted and taking us for granted is exactly what the DNC is doing. Claire McCaskill claims to ‘know these women.’ Really? She claims that we ‘would not vote for a man who would set women back in this country.’ But they expect us to vote for a party that has just set back women in this country by about forty years. This time, you have gone too far. - Stefanie, Morris County, New Jersey, Puma Democrat (source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-mccain-women-jun06,0,5085404.story)
Hello my puma family…i was on Hillary site and nothing that i posted was put on blog..so here i am and ready to make sure BO the selected one and the bloggers from the pew dont run our country…have to go but will be back later… PLZ ad me to the Florida list and im in Citrus County TY…PS I already dont watch cnn fox and other stations
RedInDenver and PeggySue, excellent posts — would you re-send them the address– “Dear Dr. Dean” at the top and sign them with your name, your county and state, and the title “Puma Democrat” underneath?
Thank you!
I am protesting the 2008 presidential election because the will of the Democratic majority was subverted by the actions of a small group of party insiders. As a twenty-four year retired Army veteran, I am appalled and disillusioned by what has transpired. I chose to spend the greater part of my adult life serving this country because I believed in what it stood for. I believed that every vote should count and I thought the Democratic Party stood for that principle. Apparently, I was wrong.
Dr.Howard Dean, I am a 53 year old 35 year voting democrat WOMAN. Boy, do I remember supporting you!
May 21, 2008 was my last time to vote democrat. I am now independent. In my life I have never seen such grotesque treatment of any democrat like I have seen against Senator Clinton. What on earth inspired your organization to treat this lady and her family so terribly. To me the Clintons were the democratic party. As I recall it is a new party with new people anyway. I am so ashamed…after these past 7.5 years of hell with the Bush cabal, you would act this way. I do not even believe Senator Obama is a legitimate or a deserving candidate. By the way, Senator Clinton won more votes and all of the must win states. Mich and Fla. sigh… This was a planned scheme anyways and our votes have not counted for squat. My heart was broken but i am PUMA now! WE WILL COUNT FOR SOMETHING!
Cathy
I am protesting and working diligently to make necessary changes because:
1. Senator Obama was SLECTED not ELECTED
2. Failure of DNC/RBC to follow its own charter/constitution re: fair reflection, uncommitted votes, taking votes from one candidate and giving them to another candidate, and using EXIT POLLS to bolster their own agenda, while all the time repeatedly stating that “Rules are Rules.”
3. The “Bully pulpit tactics” used on anyone to do with Hillary’s campaign
4. Hipocracy of DNC failing to count all votes; when that was their mantra in 2000, I am now 1/2 a person, just call me Jane Crow.
5. The sexism and misogyny piled on and piled onto Hillary, and through her on us, by pundits, politicians, and Obama supporters - pure hatred that will not be forgotten.
6. Obama does not share my values, is not patriotic, and has used Chicago style politics to steal the nomination - with the entire Democratic Party and DNC aiding and abetting.The only thing Chicago style that I like is my pizza.
ShortTermer
Registered Independent Voter from Florida
Antifish, perfect. would you resend it with the address and closure I described in my last comment?
Thank you!
I am protesting the 2008 Presidential Election because it doesn’t reflect the will of the people. The media has become a propaganda machine and with the collusion of the Democrat party bosses, waged a character assassination campaign against the Clintons that is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. They have taken an unknown, inexperienced person with questionable background and associates- and through media manipulation, packaged and sold him ad nauseum. All in a direct manipulation of the electorate and the elections.
The superdelegates do NOT even the playing field, they corrupt the system, voiding the electoral process. I’m not just protesting the 2008 Presidential Election, but the system that allows party bosses to have so much power to manipulate the outcome, the system of caucuses to be forced upon us and the system that encourages the media to be a propaganda machine to create a star out of an unknown.
That’s why I’m a new Independent, and why I’ll work to get John McCain elected. To send an unmistakable message ‘hands off my rights!’
Dr.Howard Dean, I am a 53 year old 35 year voting democrat WOMAN. Boy, do I remember supporting you!
May 21, 2008 was my last time to vote democrat. I am now independent. In my life I have never seen such grotesque treatment of any democrat like I have seen against Senator Clinton. What on earth inspired your organization to treat this lady and her family so terribly. To me the Clintons were the democratic party. As I recall it is a new party with new people anyway. I am so ashamed…after these past 7.5 years of hell with the Bush cabal, you would act this way. I do not even believe Senator Obama is a legitimate or a deserving candidate. By the way, Senator Clinton won more votes and all of the must win states. Mich and Fla. sigh… This was a planned scheme anyways and our votes have not counted for squat. My heart was broken but i am PUMA now! WE WILL COUNT FOR SOMETHING!
Cathy
Jefferson County Kentucky
Dr Dean,
I am protesting the 2008 election for too many reasons to count, but fore-most is the blatant back stabbing of the Clintons. Bill and Hillary are the best thing for the party in my adult lifetime, he was the first 2 term D in decades and she is off the charts smart & ready day one but we all know (GWB) that smarts don’t count when it comes to selecting a Prez.
I support Hillary for my great grandmother, who 100 years ago had everything including the land her name, my grand mother, a woman way ahead of her time as well and my mother who raised 5 kids on a blue collar salary. All have left this earth and are not only whispering but screaming to me from the other side for Hillary!!!!
PUMA Democrat (only till I can become and PUMA I)
Pm, ShortTermer, and Cack — these are exactly great, but we need the address and for it to be signed with your first name, county and state, and Puma Democrat underneath.
Thanks!
Antifish. Perfect! thank you. all, please follow Antifish’s format in your comment. repost it if you need to correct. No need to use last name if you choose not to.
Dr. Dean,
I am protesting and working diligently to make necessary changes because:
1. Senator Obama was SLECTED not ELECTED
2. Failure of DNC/RBC to follow its own charter/constitution re: fair reflection, uncommitted votes, taking votes from one candidate and giving them to another candidate, and using EXIT POLLS to bolster their own agenda, while all the time repeatedly stating that “Rules are Rules.”
3. The “Bully pulpit tactics” used on anyone to do with Hillary’s campaign
4. Hipocracy of DNC failing to count all votes; when that was their mantra in 2000, I am now 1/2 a person, just call me Jane Crow.
5. The sexism and misogyny piled on and piled onto Hillary, and through her on us, by pundits, politicians, and Obama supporters - pure hatred that will not be forgotten.
6. Obama does not share my values, is not patriotic, and has used Chicago style politics to steal the nomination - with the entire Democratic Party and DNC aiding and abetting.The only thing Chicago style that I like is my pizza.
Carolyn
aka ShortTermer
Registered Independent Voter from Florida
Dear Dr. Dean
I am protesting the 2008 election for too many reasons to count, but fore-most is the blatant back stabbing of the Clintons. Bill and Hillary are the best thing for the party in my adult lifetime, he was the first 2 term D in decades and she is off the charts smart & ready day one but we all know (GWB) that smarts don’t count when it comes to selecting a Prez.
I support Hillary for my great grandmother, who 100 years ago had everything including the land her name, my grand mother, a woman way ahead of her time as well and my mother who raised 5 kids on a blue collar salary. All have left this earth and are not only whispering but screaming to me from the other side for Hillary!!!!
Karen
Denton County, TX
PUMA Democrat
what is the list for would like to sign it and pass message on
overat
camille424
hillaryis
I cannot and will not ever vote for BHO, even if he got Hillary, our lady, as his VP. I cannot vote for a man who is supported by a bunch of self-serving DNC leaders and superdelegates and the sickeningly biased media. Moreover, I cannot vote for a man who not only is inexperienced but also is tightly associated with anti-Americans. BHO resigned from his Church for political purposes. I find it hard to believe that it was only now that that Church’s pastors started spewing hateful comments against Hillary, America, and the white people. They have been doing that for a very long time and BHO stayed in that Church for 20 long years.
Hillary was robbed of the Presidency and the DNC represents pseudo-democracy and not true democracy. How can they sleep well at night, knowing that their nominee for President was chosen by them and not by the people?
No to Obama! McCain for 2008! Hillary for 2012!!!
Dr.Howard Dean,
I am a 53 year, 35 year voting democrat WOMAN. Boy, do I remember supporting you!
May 21, 2008 was my last time to vote democrat. I am now independent. In my life I have never seen such grotesque treatment of any democrat like I have seen against Senator Clinton. What on earth inspired your organization to treat this lady and her family so terribly. To me the Clintons were the democratic party. As I recall it is a new party with new people anyway. I am so ashamed…after these past 7.5 years of hell with the Bush cabal, you would act this way. I do not even believe Senator Obama is a legitimate or a deserving candidate. By the way, Senator Clinton won more votes and all of the must win states. Mich and Fla. sigh… This was a planned scheme anyways and our votes have not counted for squat. My heart was broken but I am PUMA now! WE WILL COUNT FOR SOMETHING!
Cathy
Jefferson County Kentucky
PUMA DEMOCRAT
HEY WHERE DO I SEND THIS????
DEAR DNC(DR.DEAN)
THIS IS THE YEAR THAT “DNC”WENT TO FAR….ON YOUR LIBERAL followings…do to tolerant of different views & standards of behavior in others….namely the “ELITIST”….of the party…and REFUSED to LISTEN to the MAJORITY of the VOTERS….which by the pop.vote…SAID “HILLARY”……your own DNC rules the PARTY LEADER HAVE LEFT US the voters……GOD only KNOW how many of us will SIT HOME or vote for the other party……this ELECTION blood of the VOTERS you have DISFRANCHISED…..IS ON YOUR HANDS “SWEETIES”…..STAR OF NEW MEXICO(DEM)
Dear Dr. Dean,
I am protesting the 2008 presidential election because the will of the Democratic majority was subverted by the actions of a small group of party insiders. As a twenty-four year retired Army veteran, I am appalled and disillusioned by what has transpired. I chose to spend the greater part of my adult life serving this country because I believed in what it stood for. I believed that every vote should count and I thought the Democratic Party stood for that principle. Apparently, I was wrong.
Brigitte
Cobb County, Georgia
Puma Democrat
Dr. Dean,
I am protesting and working diligently to make things right that the DNC got wrong for these reasons:
1. Senator Obama was SLECTED not ELECTED
2. Failure of DNC/RBC to follow its own charter/constitution re: fair reflection, uncommitted votes, taking votes from one candidate and giving them to another candidate, and using EXIT POLLS to bolster their own agenda, while all the time repeatedly stating that “Rules are Rules.” The RBC 30 substituting their judgment for 2.3 million voters is - unacceptable!
3. The “Bully pulpit tactics” used on anyone to do with Hillary’s campaign.
4. Hipocracy of DNC failing to count all votes; when that was their mantra in 2000, I am now 1/2 a person, just call me Jane Crow.
5. The sexism and misogyny piled on and piled on Hillary, and through her on us, by pundits, politicians, and Obama supporters - pure hatred that will not be forgotten.
6. Obama does not share my values, is not patriotic, and has used Chicago style politics to steal the nomination - with the entire Democratic Party and DNC aiding and abetting.The only thing Chicago style that I like is my pizza.
7. And make no mistake about it, HILLARY STILL SPEAKS FOR ME. But, Hillary needs to step aside now and let us, the P.U.M.A. Democrats, take it from here. We are many, we are dedicated, we are determined, we are strong.
8. To give just a little liberty to Hillary and in the memory of Susan B. Anthony after working for the Suffragette movement for 60 years, and on her deathbed stated that all she wanted was a little liberty and a say in her goverment and that she will not live to obtain it. Well, 165 years later we are still asking for a little liberty and a say in running our government.
Carolyn Greer
aka ShortTermer
Registered Independent Voter from Florida
P.U.M.A. DEMOCRAT
Murphy,
Is there a way you can delete my previous post with my last name? If not, it’s OK.
would someone please write me in my state is Indiana
marie my state is Illinois
live in Illinois
born in Count My vote Michigan
Dear Dr. Dean,
I am protesting the 2008 election because the Democrat Party has thrown the best candidate they’ve had since Bill Clinton under the bus. The disrespectful treatment of Senator Clinton is unforgivable and unforgettable. We are 18 million strong and we are the foundation of the Democrat Party. We won’t be silenced.
Jean
St.Louis, MO
PUMA Democrat
Murphy, please use my note #31 if you use mine. Also, not sure I spelled hypcracy right????
ShortTermer.
“The only thing Chicago style that I like is my pizza.”
ROTFL!
write my county in it’s OTERO COUNTY N.M.
Dear Dr. Dean,
Neither the DNC, nor the candidate you selected, represents my values and ethics. I cannot support a party or candidate that expresses, and condones, sexism, misogyny, and race-baiting; voter disenfranchisement; vote stealing; and personal and professional associations with racists, terrorists, and thugs. I have walked away from you and your candidate. I will not return in November.
Sincerely,
Gina
San Francisco, CA
PUMA Democrat
Dear Dr. Dean,
I am protesting the 2008 Presidential election after voting as a Democrat for the last twenty years (since eligibility) for the following reasons:
1. The DNC and RBC failed to follow rules and procedures regarding fair reflection, uncommitted votes, taking votes from one candidate and giving them to another candidate, and using EXIT POLLS to bolster their own agenda, while all the time deceitfully and hypocritically repeatedly stating that “Rules are Rules”;
2. The “Bully pulpit tactics” used on anyone to do with Senator Clinton’s campaign;
3. Because of this hypocrisy and expediency of the Democratic Party’s “leaders,” such as yourself, Florida voters are now “half persons.” After what we went through in the year 2000 and its aftermath, I am stunned;
4. The sexism and misogyny piled on Senator Clinton, and through our support of her onto us, by pundits, politicians, and Senator Obama’s supporters;
5. And last but not least, Senator Obama lacks the integrity, experience, and strength of character required to be our President.
Heather
Santa Rosa County, FL
PUMA Democrat
Sadly I, a lift-time Democrat, protest the 2008 Presidential Election because I refuse to support a nominee who was chosen by the leadership rather than elected by voters. The votes of a majority of Democrats were disregarded; the votes of Florida and Michigan were tampered with in a manner that is un-American. I consider the actions of the DNC leadership, including the rules committee, to be a usurpation of the rights of the people. This action, un-American and un-democratic, is akin to a coup. I cannot support this action by the DNC leadership. Because of this, regretfully I am unable to support the democratic nominee. Additionally, I am appalled, saddened, and mortified by the treatment of Hillary Clinton by the DNC leadership.
MCR of Puma PAC
In 1966 my husband ran for City Council in our city and I could not vote for him because I was too young. But I campaigned for him, and marched with him in parades, and wrote his speeches, and stomped up and down the streets, ringing doorbells and stuffing mailboxes. I have been an active Democrat in every election since then. But no more!
I am a Democrat because I believe that my party has a social conscience and I know that oppression is a real evil. But I also know that without fiscal responsibility, children are running the country using Mommy’s checkbook. It is that particular combination of social conscience and fiscal responsibility that attracts me to Hillary Clinton, along with her genuine experience, fearlessness and prudence on the world’s stage. She is the only candidate running for president that brings those issues together.
The Democratic Party has ignored the voice of the democratic voters in the last four years. I do not know how they could support a candidate with less than two years experience on the national scene and no experience whatsoever on the international scene. How could they support a candidate who has significant ties to the Nation of Islam, a group that is no different from Hitler’s Nazis or David Duke’s KKK. How could they support a candidate who sat for 20 years in a church that preaches hate and racism, and brought his young children to learn those lessons. How could they support a candidate whose wife has never been proud of America until she, who is a pampered product of affirmative action, saw her own star rising, a star that provided her with an Ivy League education and a $350,000/year corporate welfare job.
The Democratic Party abused the people of America when they refused to distinguish between the Democratic Party’s leaders in Florida and Michigan and the people of Florida and Michigan. The DNC did not take steps to punish the decision makers who ran afoul of party rules and stole the voice of the people. It is the epitome of arrogance that the DNC did not arrange for new primaries in Florida and Michigan. Billions of dollars have been spent on this campaign. The cost to the party to insure that every voter’s voice was heard while the party leaders were punished was the small cost of liberty, justice and freedom for all.
I am offended to hear that I should vote for Obama. I want to hear, why this candidate will be good for my country. I am offended that Obama went golfing, while Hillary Clinton gave her speech in support of him. I am offended to hear that I should get in line, that I am angry, that I am wrong. Barack Obama has not heard my voice and does not want to hear my voice. He wants me to be silent and listen to him, and vote for him, and pay his way. Until he learns that my vote is sacred, and can only be earned by someone I respect, not demanded, I will never vote for him.
Dr.Dean ,
I will be protesting the November Election due to the unprecidented unethical actions brought forth by yourself and the DNC leadership in Selecting the Democratic Nominee .
This primary season has seen record numbers of voters turn out to vote for their candidate , and the ever - present lenses of the media have exposed , not only their misogynistic biases , but a Democratic Leadership steeped in hypocricy , sexism , and a blatant disregard for the will of the People .
I refuse to support any Democratic Candidate who perpetuated the selection of Barak Obama as the nominee as well as any elected official who has remained complacent throught out this process .
I am only one of many who know that there is a time when it becomes a moral imperrative to stand up for what we believe in , to make certain that our voices are heard , and to protest the injustices that have been placed upon us . That time is now . OUR time is now , and in November , you WILL hear our voices .
K.D. Cooper
Panola County ,Tx.
P.U.M.A. Democrat
Howard Dean
Democratic Party
In 1966 my husband ran for City Council in our city and I could not vote for him because I was too young. But I campaigned for him, and marched with him in parades, and wrote his speeches, and stomped up and down the streets, ringing doorbells and stuffing mailboxes. I have been an active Democrat in every election since then. But no more!
I am a Democrat because I believe that my party has a social conscience and I know that oppression is a real evil. But I also know that without fiscal responsibility, children are running the country using Mommy’s checkbook. It is that particular combination of social conscience and fiscal responsibility that attracts me to Hillary Clinton, along with her genuine experience, fearlessness and prudence on the world’s stage. She is the only candidate running for president that brings those issues together.
The Democratic Party has ignored the voice of the democratic voters in the last four years. I do not know how they could support a candidate with less than two years experience on the national scene and no experience whatsoever on the international scene. How could they support a candidate who has significant ties to the Nation of Islam, a group that is no different from Hitler’s Nazis or David Duke’s KKK. How could they support a candidate who sat for 20 years in a church that preaches hate and racism, and brought his young children to learn those lessons. How could they support a candidate whose wife has never been proud of America until she, who is a pampered product of affirmative action, saw her own star rising, a star that provided her with an Ivy League education and a $350,000/year corporate welfare job.
The Democratic Party abused the people of America when they refused to distinguish between the Democratic Party’s leaders in Florida and Michigan and the people of Florida and Michigan. The DNC did not take steps to punish the decision makers who ran afoul of party rules and stole the voice of the people. It is the epitome of arrogance that the DNC did not arrange for new primaries in Florida and Michigan. Billions of dollars have been spent on this campaign. The cost to the party to insure that every voter’s voice was heard while the party leaders were punished was the small cost of liberty, justice and freedom for all.
I am offended to hear that I should vote for Obama. I want to hear, why this candidate will be good for my country. I am offended that Obama went golfing, while Hillary Clinton gave her speech in support of him. I am offended to hear that I should get in line, that I am angry, that I am wrong. Barack Obama has not heard my voice and does not want to hear my voice. He wants me to be silent and listen to him, and vote for him, and pay his way. Until he learns that my vote is sacred, and can only be earned by someone I respect, not demanded, I will never vote for him.
Ann
Suffolk County
Massachusetts
Puma Democrat
Dear Dr. Howard Dean:
Sadly I, a lift-time Democrat, protest the 2008 Presidential Election because I refuse to support a nominee who was chosen by the leadership rather than elected by voters. The votes of a majority of Democrats were disregarded; the votes of Florida and Michigan were tampered with in a manner that is un-American. I consider the actions of the DNC leadership, including the rules committee, to be a usurpation of the rights of the people. This action, un-American and un-democratic, is akin to a coup. I cannot support this action by the DNC leadership. Because of this, regretfully I am unable to support the democratic nominee. Additionally, I am appalled, saddened, and mortified by the treatment of Hillary Clinton by the DNC leadership.
Marie, USA, Mississippi
Puma Democrat
Dr. Dean:
“You shouldn’t have woken us up……because we’re not going away now…”
The anger is real and it will have repercussions. Just know that the whole: “There, there…it’ll be okay…Just come back and vote for our selected nominee” will not work. Donna Brazile said she did not need the base come November…she just got her wish!
The election just became about Country Before Party, about not letting the media and/or the DNC elite decide a nominee, about counting every vote, and people’s right to vote. There you go, that’s the theme for disenfranchised Dems and Inds (i.e., the swing voters): the survival of democracy in America. Guess who’ll earn those votes? Clue: It will not be Obama.
We will not forget.
Thanks,
Mary in Miami, FL
Mr. Dean,
I am totally ashamed of the Democratic Party and I am protesting the 2008 presidential election because the will of the Democratic process has been totally skewed by the DNC!!
Obama was pushed down our throats by the DNC and the Media.
My protest will be a vote for John McCain in November and to change my party affiliation (after 40 years) from Democrat to Independent!!
Diane
Natrona County Wyoming
PUMA DEMOCRAT
Dear Dr. Dean:
I never though I would see the day that the Democratic Party would deny any candidate the right to run for office. I must say with a heavy heart that during the past months I have witnessed how Hillary Clinton was betrayed by her own party. I have never seen anything like this in my entire life.
The Michigan and Florida votes could not be counted in Hillary’s favor because you had to punish those states. But the DNC somehow found a way to be award Obama 55 Michigan delegates even though his name was not in the ballot.
This might have been legal but it was unfair and disgraceful. I cannot support what I believe is an illegitimate nominee nor can I approve the actions of the DNC.
Eileen, Puerto Rico
PUMA Democrat
Yes letters need to be dignified as we have been labeled morons and uneducated. If you ask me the DNC needs a dictionary.
The purpose of this site for me is unite, unite, unite ! I have seen it over and over again, it is all about numbers. One person can’t change the world but 18 million can sure be a great start. Our system is ruled and not by popular vote as we have seen.
So are we holding the cards until Hillary gets back from R & R ??? I have 6 that are going out from my house and the house next door. I just want to make sure Hillary gets them.
Murphy I feel so much better with this site. It is great to see it grow and grow. Hey if any of you want to go to DC or Denver we will be there. As I told you yesterday I protested and help organize in Conn. when a toxic waste dump was going to be built next to a school and homes……………we stopped it from being built ! It is so easy to organize and numbers count.
Hi puma’s,
I was just talking with another Hillary/Puma supporter and I believe that the one thing that many men know and most women don’t……
They see that women in the past have not banded together and supported one another. If we could manage somehow to all get on the same page and band together (with our men supporters,too) we can take back our Democratic party. We can stop what the DNC is doing, we can stop the biases of the media and we can put Hillary in the white house where she belongs. But first, we must truly get on the same page and organize. I believe Puma and like web sites can work together. We can’t continue going in separate directions. Lets put together a plan and stick to it and be heard. We need foot soldiers, we need secretaries and we need some leaders. We need a concrete plan.
Lisa in Greensboro, NC.
ATTENTION! This is a call to action. The last time I checked there are around 80 days until the Democratic National Convention. You want to make a statement? Then start working today to end the candidacy of Barack Obama, and secure the nomination for the legitimate nominee. The facts are these: Had the RBC sat the Michigan and Florida delegations at full strength, and with fair reflection, HRC would have ended the primaries as the pledged delegate leader, as well as the popular vote leader. Contest the nomination of Barack Obama NOW!
Dear Howard Dean,
The DNC must feel very smug right now as you and the Super Delegates managed to get Obama as the Democratic nominee. As we all know he was selected not elected. I have been a Democrat for 30+ years, but I will not waste my vote on “your” candidate.
You and your delegates along with the media did everything you could to discredit the Clinton’s. Your candidate lacks the necessary leadership and experience to lead this country. This was the good ole boys, backroom politics and there are 18 million voters that will not sit back and accept this as their party’s decision. We will make our voices heard throughout the 50 states, we will concentrate our efforts on all Democrats that will be running for re-election. The peoples voice was not heard, but we guarantee you will hear our voices loud and clear. We are now the Democrats for John McCain.
Michele
Jackson County, MS
Puma Democrat
Dear Dr. Dean,
I am one of 18 million strong who are protesting the 2008 election. My protest is based upon two major factors. The first central fact is that the party elders and insiders, not the people, decided this election and disregarded the tenets upon which democracy and the Democratic Party were founded by disenfranchising states , critical voter constituencies, and the popular vote. Secondly,the blatant, biased support for an unvetted, morally questionable, and unqualified candidate and the unabashed vitriolic assault on the most qualified candidate by the DNC, the media, and the superdelegates suggests shady backroom politics, undemocratic tactics, and a rationale that defies logic. When our country’s future is at stake, particularly in these treacherous times, we cannot afford to have an inexperienced candidate with questionable patriotism, morals, and policies at the head of the ticket. Consequently, the apparent manipulation of this election by the powers that be have robbed this country of its most qualified and effective leader, Senator Clinton. I therefore resolve to protest these tactics and the outcome.
Sincerely,
Nancy
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
PUMA Democrat
Thanks for the site, I have been looking as I have been so disappointed since last Wed. It was almost like a death in the family. Haven’t watched any of the biased media either. The media is also a big failure in this country. Women fought so hard for the vote, finally in 1920. Black men could vote in 1868. This week has been a huge step backwards. Marleta in Dallas, Texas
Dear Dr. Dean,
On Independence Day I will celebrate my 60th birthday. The next morning, I’ll register as an Independent. I have been a life long, loyal Democrat. I am also a Floridian. I remember the debacle in 2000. I remember the DNC up in arms and rightly so, at having the election stolen from us.
Now, I see the DNC paid close attention and has adopted those same principles fought so hard against in 2000.
I have watched in disbelief as party leaders turned their heads and some even participated in the most hate filled attacks ever purported on a candidate for the Presidency of the United States of America. Please understand there are so many of us who will never be able to look the other way and support a candidate that was selected in such a blatant travesty of justice and total disregard of the voices of the people.
You need to understand that this is about much more than losing a nomination. It is about the complete break down of a party dedicated to the grass roots of this great nation.
We will be heard.
Susan
Florida voter
P.U.M.A. DEMOCRAT
Dear Dr. Dean,
I am protesting the 2008 Presidential Election because the DNC did not support the best candidate to win in November. In fact, it subverted its own Charter and Bylaws in order to aid and abet an illegitimate nominee.
David,
Los Angeles County, CA
PUMA Democrat
#’s 8 16 20 delete!
thanks murphy i finally got it right!
thanks for the site too
donated to puma pac this am
Dear Mr Dean,
I have renounced the democratic party as of 5/31/08. I will be actively protesting the November 2008 election. I have never seen anyone put up with the hateful sexist treatment that fellow democrat’s heaped on Senator Clinton. The Democratic party was not even transparent in their effort to rig this primary. I will vote for Senator Clinton should she end up on the ticket otherwise John Mc Cain will have my protest vote. Senator Obama does not deserve the White House nor do the Democrats. You and Donna Brazile should resign out of SHAME!
LisaNC
I have been trying to get this point across all morning. I am going out now. I am too frustrated to be here.
Dear Dr. Dean,
I am a PUMA Democrat and will be voting for Hillary Clinton in November. I do so because I believe that the Democratic nominee for the presidency of the United States should be basing their platform on the principles embraced in FDR’s Economic Bill of Rights from his 44th inaugural address and Hillary Clinton is the only candidate to do so. I’m an FDR Democrat, a Clinton Democrat and a PUMA Democrat. There are a lot of us and the Democratic party would do well to court our vote.
Sincerely,
Lorenda Starfelt
PS - And I’ll sign my name in big enough letters that you don’t need your bifocals to read it.
Dear Dr. Dean,
I will not support the Barack Obama candidacy.
I have been an active Democrat since I was eleven years old, campaigning with my father, who was a union president in Western New York. I canvassed with him and made phone calls supporting Bobby Kennedy. I have continued to volunteer and support Democratic candidates in every election making phone calls, doing canvassing, serving as a caucus delegate and a poll watcher.
I am heartbroken at what has happened to my party. I’ve watched voters’ rights being subverted by my own party. Senator Obama’s people stormed my caucus and I watched as people I knew were not in my precinct were allowed to vote as if they were.
I’m not telling you anything you do not already know. That’s what sickens me the most. I remember seeing you on television saying that your job was to make sure that the supporters of whichever candidate that loses feel that the winner is legitimate. I’m sorry to say that you have failed.
Hillary Clinton won the votes of the majority of Democrats, and she should be our nominee. Period. I cannot and will not support the illegitimate nominee of the party.
The Obama campaign ran a successful “Democrat for a Day” program that encouraged Republicans to crossover and help defeat Hillary Clinton in the primaries. You knew about it and did nothing to stop it.
On November 4, I will be a Republican for a day. Nothing will change my mind about this unless Hillary Clinton is the nominee for President. Nothing.
Sincerely,
Janice
King County, WA
PUMA Democrat
Dear Dr. Dean:
One would think that after the 2000 s/election, Democrats would want to retain and build on the high moral ground of being the party that counts the votes and enfranchises the most voters.
One would think that after 2004 you of all people would remember how the media railroaded you out of your presidential campaign and you’d be the last person to employ those same tactics on another Democratic candidate.
Well, some of us do remember. Some of us still prefer the higher moral ground. If you can sit by and let Donna Braziele speak for this new DNC who “doesn’t need” the nearly 18 million voters who supported the stronger candidate for nomination then hear this:
We are the ones who don’t need you. We don’t need those who aid and abet the weaker candidate, who, like George Bush, was propped up by the media and who, like George Bush, was selected not elected and given delegates he could never have earned after removing himself from the ballot (you know, the ballot…remember that little tool of democracy, the BALLOT?).
You have failed us, and your fraud of a candidate will fail you. You have made a grave and unforgivable error in judgement and, sadly, because I was a big fan of your grassroots campaign that helped change the tide of the nation, this debacle will be what you are remembered for when we, the majority of the Democratic base, take back our party.
Robyn
Norfolk County, Massachusetts
P.U.M.A. Democrat
ps, my mom, Mary from Fairfax County, Virginia wants to be added to this note
I got this site from a blogger on gretawire.com where I began blogging as an irate Florida voter who tried desperately to get our votes counted….Now I have help.
I’ve posted the introduction you have on Puma and gave out your website to the bloggers….I will continue doing this to increase the enrollment here.
There is power in numbers.
Tell me what I can do.
CJ
Ft. Lauderdale,Florida
a new member of Puma
Oh, crap…I knew I couldn’t keep it to 50 words…
Dear Dr Dean,
I am protesting the 2008 election this year because of the direct and indirect actions of the DNC which I have witnessed over the course of this primary election.
I was incredibly disappointed in the leadership when they did not put forth a statement when the media began to say Hillary should drop out. I was disappointed when you and Nancy Pelosi began to put pressure on the super delegates to wrap things up.
I called the DNC daily to express my concerns and repeated that I wished to remain a democrat as I have been all my life. But would not be able to do so if the RBC meeting did not pan out a fair resolution.
It was with awe that I watched that meeting. With awe when you set the tone in the open by asking democrats to compare Hillary Clinton’s situation to yours and Al Gore’s. I pretty much knew from there that the deal was done.
But leaving the floor for greater than 2 hours and coming back with a “solution” was a disgrace. I am uncertain how the RBC were able to award Senator Obama more delegates then voted for uncommitted and less delegates to Senator Clinton. I felt like over 4 delegates you were sending a message to Senator Clinton. I cannot believe this over 4 delegates.
I changed my party affilitation on Monday June 2nd to Independent.
I will not support Senator Obama because I do not believe he was “elected”.
Sue
Scottsdale Az
PUMA democrat
Dear Dr. Dean,
I will be using my vote to protest the outrageous strong-arm tactics used by the Democratic Party to push Senator Clinton out of the candidacy. She is the most capable, driven, and compassionate candidate, and I do hope you realize that without her, the Republican candidate shall prevail come November. Perhaps then you and your fellow “party leaders” may come to see your folly.
I cannot and shall not vote for a man who denounced the working majority of our noble nation as “bitter”, and who addressed a female reporter as “sweetie”- the very thought of these words makes my blood boil. As much as you might believe that so-called “angry women voters” will come around, the Democratic Party will be rudely awakened in November. Then you will see the true numbers of Clinton’s supporters, who are free-thinking individuals rather than sheep, and who can know a farce when they see it.
I have never voted for a Republican in my life, but I will cast my vote for Senator McCain. It pains me to vote in favor of a party that I have voted against time and time again, but it is utterly unconscionable to vote in favor of a party that has deserted me, that has discarded the votes of millions of people. I will do my part to see that the Republican candidate will win, and that the false candidate of the Democratic party shall not.
K. Belsen
Ramsey County, MN
P.U.M.A. Democrat
Dear Dr. Dean
The Democratic Party has been inclusive and supported
issues that were important for working class, middle class and poor. The abandonment of Universal Health Care is a deal breaker for me.
When I first entered the workforce I had to buy my own health insurance, it cost $30 a month on an income of $360 a month. Recently I had a position at a temporary agency paying $1560 after taxes. The insurance for a single person (my son) is $900 a month. The cost of medical insurance premium went from 8% of income to
58% of income. We are the only Western industrialized nation without guaranteed health care and it is a disgrace.
Sincerely
Charles
Dallas County
Texas
PUMA Democrat
When voice of popular vote doesn’t matter anymore, then, I have no reason to continue supporting the Democratic Party. The DNC and Democratic leaders have corrupted the party. There’s no honor to be a democrat now, this is a corrupt party. This primary have opened my eyes, they’re the party I do NOT want to be associated with.
Dear Dr. Dean,
I will protest the 2008 election for more than one reason, but my main concern is how the DNC allow Senator Clinton to be treated my not only the media but it’s own members. I also can not understand how it is known to the world and not to the DNC that Donna Brazile clearly , set this election to be stolen for Obama. On Sept 28, 07 she gave a speech to the Black Congressional Caucus, telling them, WE HAVE the POWER to give this nomination to Senator Obama, Clearly he is SELECTED and WON’T BE ELECTED.
DEMOCRAT -No-More
Texas Voter
P.U.M.A. Member
I am so grateful for the sentiments we are all putting in our letters. I am proud to be amongst the PUMAs.
ATTENTION! This is a call to action. The last time I checked there are around 80 days until the Democratic National Convention. You want to make a statement? Then start working today to end the candidacy of Barack Obama, and secure the nomination for the legitimate nominee. The facts are these: Had the RBC sat the Michigan and Florida delegations at full strength, and with fair reflection, HRC would have ended the primaries as the pledged delegate leader, as well as the popular vote leader. Contest the nomination of Barack Obama NOW!
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omg, SHTUEY…is this written up anywhere?? We need to include this in our talking points!
Dear Mr. Dean:
I am a poor, uneducated, bible-toting, Black, ex-democrat.
Like the educated, affluent Ms. Brazile’s mom, my mother taught me a couple of things. First and foremost is “you have to give respect, to get it”. Another, “watch how a person treats others … and don’t ever think it won’t be you, because it will”.
The behavior shown by the DNC and mainstream media was unconscionable. You took the ugliest of human characteristics, turned them inside out, and called it “politics”.
Politics is the process by which groups make decisions. It is the authoritative allocation of values. It’s obvious that the DNC and I no longer share values. So, I suspend my party affiliation.
Beverly
Allegheny, PA
Murphy, I would like to take these letters, and put them on postcards and mail them out to SD’s, would that be an acceptable thing to do - would the members okay it?
Dear Dr. Dean,
I will be protest the presidential election this November because the voices of the people of the democratic party have been silenced. I refuse to vote for a party that discriminates as badly as this party does - against women. The treatment that the DNC has allowed to happen this primary season is horrific. The treatment that the DNC has heaped on good law abiding, voting members has been even worse. There is no excuse for this, and as a result, my vote will not be for the democratic party this election. Shame on you Dr. Dean, shame on you!
Mea J.
Tarrant County, Texas
P.U.M.A. Democrat
Dear Dr. Dean:
I am protesting the 2008 Democratic Presidential election because the democratic nominee is not the choice of the voters. Democratic leadership has made the choice.
I have been a democrat for 50 years because I believed the democratic party championed human rights and making every vote count.
During this primary, voters’ rights have been violated and rampant sexism has gone unchallenged.
I am sad to say I will not be supporting the democratic presidential nominee when I vote in November.
Patricia
Santa Clara County, California
Puma Democrat
Dear Dr. Dean
To Howard Dean and Members of the Democratic National Committee (DNC),
This is to inform you that I have officially denounced the Democratic Party and and will not be supporting the selection not the election of Barack Obama as the democratic nominee effective this first week of June, 2008.
The Party no longer represents what is best for the people of the United States.
The DNC’s obvious endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama has played a major role in sweeping an unqualified, unchallenged, and unseasoned candidate to the forefront of a presidential race he cannot win. Sen. Obama lacks the experience, fortitude, and stamina to withstand what will face the Democratic nominee in the General Election. His severe lack of judgment in his personal and business relations have contributed damaging fodder for not only the media and opposing Democrats .
This said I will be throwing all my support behind John MCain against Obama in the general election. This will be the 1st time that I as a lifelong democrat will ever cast a republican vote.
HillaryDems4Mccain.
Pumapac.org
Dr. Dean,
I am writing to let you know that I am protesting the 2008 election. For the first time in my life I am ashamed to be a Democrat. Bush has made me ashamed of being an American for the last seven years and you have completed the betrayal. Shame on you, and everyone else that orchestrated this scandal. I never thought I would see this day.
Senator Hillary Clinton won, fair and square, and you stole her nomination and our votes. What gives you the right to decide who wins over the American peoples voices?
I will not stay silent. I will, in every way and means, protest the shameful treatment of Senator Clinton.
The DNC seems to have it’s own agenda and it is not the agenda of the majority and it is not mine. So, After being a loyal Democrat for 36 years, I will now register as an Independent and continue to fight for our voting rights and the nomination of Senator Clinton. I will also be taking along with me the many friends and family members that are equally outraged.
Denise
Washington County, PA
PUMA Democrat
Dr. Dean,
I will never vote for a candidate that was not elected by the American people and Barack Obama was not elected by us. Under your leadership the Democratic party used every tactic to attack women and to smear the name of Hillary Rodham Clinton and her family. I am heartbroken that for the first time in my life I will have to vote for a Republican presidential candidate, but I am willing to do so if it will end the corruption in the Democratic Party.
You and the other Democratic leaders that chose Barack Obama as the presidential candidate even before the primaries began have hurt democracy in countless ways. Even Republicans knew that they needed to listen to the will of the people when they chose to accept John McCain as the Republican nominee over other candidates party leaders preferred. Apparently, they have a better understanding of how democracies are supposed to work. The world is watching and many abroad are judging Mr. Obama and the Democratic Party very harshly. How can other countries trust our leaders if we behave in such a reprehensible way at home? They can’t. The only way we can truly regain our standing in the world stage is by abiding by the rules of a democracy and not by presenting the world with a candidate you and your leaders believe will surely help to “elevate America’s standing.” We would have made a much stronger statement about who we are as a country if the Democratic party had acted in an ethical way by letting Democrats choose their own leader.
Sincerely,
Lara, San Antonio, TX
Dear Dr. Dean,
I will not support your candidate or your party because it is NEVER acceptable to use the sexist and misogynist voices in the media to advance your interests.
You, Dr. Dean, sat idly by while one of the best leaders the Democratic party has ever known was attacked because she was a woman and a Clinton. You said nothing while she was subjected to blatant double standards. You lodged not one complaint about blatant misogyny in our mass culture. And your aides shamelessly organized Democrat elites to sabotage Hillary when she had just as much - in fact, more - popular support than Obama.
You proved that you don’t care about all Democrats; only those Democrats who support your agenda.
Senator Obama never denounced the sexism directed at Hillary. He spoke eloquently about race but never about gender. Why? Either he just doesn’t care, or he stayed silent because it worked to his advantage.
And now both of you, and your surrogates, act like I’m the one who is the problem.
Sorry to disappoint you, but YOU are the problem. You should be thinking of ways to win me back. Instead you’re telling me I have no place better to go.
Well I do have a better place to go. Its PUMA Democrats. That’s where Democrats with principles belong.
The ball is in your court, and in Senator Obama’s.
I’m sure both of you will fumble.
Most sincerely,
Ciccina
Washington DC
Proud PUMA Democrat
Dr. Dean,
How dare you and the elite of the Democratic Party do something so unAmerican as counting people as 1/2 and awarding uncommitted delegates to a candidate that wasn’t even on the ballot? How dare you take delegates from Senator Clinton and give them to Barack Obama? How dare you have closed door meetings and secret votes against your own charter?
I could go on and on and on. I am a PUMA Democrat and I will not be coming back, fallin in line, voting party line….etc., etc., etc.
I make this promise to you: I will vote against Barack Obama and downticket dems that supported him.
Sincerely,
Anastasia
Hawaii County, Hawaii
Puma Democrat
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was the best candidate for president of the United States of America and the elected nominee. The treatment of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was unforgivable. For the first time in my life, I will be voting Republican, and am ashamed of what my “Party” has done to destroy the democracy that once was the bedrock of our country.
Sandra M. Collins, PA
Sandra M. Collins
Honorable Mr. Dean,
I don’t know if calling you “honorable” is appropriate, your conduct as chairman of DNC is DISHONORABLE. DNC under your leadership have shown how hatred, misogyny, race-baiting is acceptable provided the person who uses it with gusto is caucasian. DNC and Democratic Leaders also made it acceptable for anyone to call middle Americans bitter people for clinging to their guns and religion provided the person who says it is not caucausian.
The Democratic Party have lost their moral compass, a party supposedly inclusive, a party for all races, religion, beliefs, convictions and mores; has now become a party for ultra liberals and elite. I don’t belong to these two groups that all of you in DNC embraced wholeheartedly and allow your presumptive nominee to insult and spew hatred against Senator right out in the open without YOU, Chairman of the DNC calling the attention of Obama to stop it as it was divisive.
Now, you’re asking us to unite after Senator Clinton was abused, demean not only by the media but the man you all people in DNC support? We are now standing up for GRAVE INJUSTICE committed against Senator Clinton and 18 millions of Americans who voted for her. That grave injustice was committed by you, Democratic leaders, Senator Obama and the media. We will not follow your marching order, we are more powerful than any of you people in the Democratic Party combined, WE ARE THE PEOPLE. We will unleash that power granted to us in the Constitution and it is GUARANTEED come November. You do NOT SELECT who we wanted to represent our party, WE THE PEOPLE ELECT THAT PERSON, our CHOICE is Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Ian
Disgruntled Democrat turned Independent
Puma member for Hillary
Dear Dr. Dean,
You did everything in your power to cut short the democratic process first by the “hijacking” of delegates from Hillary, and then making a gift of undecided delegates to Obama. It was those delegates that put Obama over the top. You flexed your political muscles with the RBC and with superdelegates to short-circuit the process so democrats could get a jump on the general election campaign against McCain. You gave little or no consideration to the convention which historically nominates our candidate in the name of party unity. In accomplishing your goals, you have managed to alienate 18 million democrats who do not approve of appointed DNC officials “selecting” our candidate and ignoring the popular vote of the party.
You, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Donna Brazile, and countless other talking-head Democrats, delegates and superdelegates, not to mention Obama supporters, *now* acknowledge what a wonderful job Hillary did in the primary, and praise the incredible contributions she has made to the DNC. She was scorned, ridiculed, and raked through sexist derogatory slime while the primary was in effect, but now you, and other DNC officials, party leaders and superdelegates all look to her to clean up the mess which YOU, the DNC, and party officials have created.
I say Hillary should not be demoted to head housecleaner for the DNC. The party is in a wreck not because of Hillary, but because the DNC did not value the vote of all democrats, not to mention the life-blood of the party, women. You think you will be able to re-establish party unity…think again. You had your opportunity with this election, and you abandoned us, and you miscalculated the end result.
We are angry. We intend to take our votes elsewhere, and our donation dollars will be going to McCain.
Party unity…maybe the next election, but for this year, there will be many defections and my fondest hope is that those defections will be reflected in the election of John McCain.
Sincerely,
Missy
San Mateo County, CA
I just joined today, thanks to a blogger’s posting info
on Gretawire. Since the day I watched the R&B steal
delegates from Senator Hillary Clinton and watched
the members like Donna Brazile sits placidly by, I
could not believe this was the my party of 40+ years.
Mr. Ickes said it right, Hillary Clinton’s candidacy had
just be “hijacked.” I watched as Harriet and others passionately decried the sacrilege that had just happened. I watched as our brave and stalwart BEST Candidate gave two speeches with grace and later as
an “illegitimate candidate was appointed the nominee.”
Well, we ARE taking it from here, in ALL 50 states to
RESTORE the 18 million of us who ELECTED the people’s choice for Democratic Nominee, Hillary Clinton. We will fight from the Pacific Northwest to the Atlantic Eastcoast, to the Great Lakes of the North to the Gulf Coast of the South, and we in the HEARTLAND in the KEY SWING STATE of OHIO, that WILL DEliver the next president of the United States, HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, we Ohioans will Elect HERE in 2008. I am proud to call myself a new PUMA, and my claws are out and ready for whatever it takes.
Could you put me on the list for Washington, PA
Thanks!
Hey SunnyPA, isn’t it funny our posts ended up next to each other?
Oops, sorry, Murphy…I forgot to put that I am a PUMA…should i resubmit? I’m proud to be a PUMA — huge oversight!!!
Missy — Yes, please. thank you!
These are great everyone. Keep them coming.
Dr. Dean:
I will not be voting for Obama because:
• he is an imposter pretending to be above politics while violently playing the race card (the final straw was his campaign’s fueling of the RFK statement controversy – how can a true Democrat who is supposed to uphold the loftiest of ideals fuel such vitriol in an already divided time?).
• The unifier successfully divided the democratic party by playing the race card and viciously attacking a well-respected opponent.
• Obama performed terribly in the debates and was never presidential – he parroted Hillary’s responses because he couldn’t give his own (evidence: he repeated her position on negotiating with Cuba only if it released political prisoners and showed other signs of improvement, which conflicted with his own previously stated position that he would negotiate without any preconditions).
• he fanned anti-trade sentiment in small town America which he later faulted as being bitter and clinging to the anti-trade sentiment he began.
• He mailed out flyers criticizing Hillary on NAFTA (while claiming to never run a negative campaign) but was later caught in NAFTAGATE for doing nothing more than political posturing.
• The powers behind the scenes have attempted to manipulate the masses and manufacture consent for the election of this emperor without clothes through the media.
• The youth were deceived through tactics such as the use of the mtv culture and a paid-actress that did not even vote for Obama in the Obama girl video.
• The media coverage was replete with distortions and lies.
• Obama tried to suppress the vote in SD and Montana by releasing false rumors that Hillary was conceding that evening - completely UN-American and UN-Democratic.
• Obama thwarted the re-votes in Michigan and Florida, gaming the system and depriving citizens in those states of their vote - completely UN-American and UN-Democratic.
• The DNC arbitrarily applied the rules: (1) by initially discounting all the delegates in those states; (2) stalling resolution and any possibility of revotes; and (3) ultimately giving Obama four of Hillary’s delegates. Completely UN-American and UN-Democratic.
• The DNC did not apply the rules evenly by failing to punish Obama for campaigning in Florida through national advertising and failing to punish him for appearing in Florida. If the DNC really wished to follow the “RULES” (peevish intonation) then he should have received ZERO delegates for his violations.
• The media, Obama, and the certain members of the democratic party tried to push Hillary out of the process from very early on, AND have tried to discourage any chances that she will be a Vice President.
• Polls lied until they became self-fulfilling prophecies. Hillary and Obama were tied with respect to the educated vote. AND, Hillary brought out a lot of youth vote too.
• I DO NOT TRUST THE HIDDEN AGENDA OF YOU, PELOSI, BRAZILLE, AND OTHERS.
Joanne
Kings County, New York
A PUMA DEMOCRAT
Honorable Mr. Dean,
I don’t know if calling you “honorable” is appropriate, your conduct as chairman of DNC is DISHONORABLE. DNC under your leadership have shown how hatred, misogyny, race-baiting is acceptable provided the person who uses it with gusto is caucasian. DNC and Democratic Leaders also made it acceptable for anyone to call middle Americans bitter people for clinging to their guns and religion provided the person who says it is not caucausian.
The Democratic Party have lost their moral compass, a party supposedly inclusive, a party for all races, religion, beliefs, convictions and mores; has now become a party for ultra liberals and elite. I don’t belong to these two groups that all of you in DNC embraced wholeheartedly and allow your presumptive nominee to insult and spew hatred against Senator right out in the open without YOU, Chairman of the DNC calling the attention of Obama to stop it as it was divisive.
Now, you’re asking us to unite after Senator Clinton was abused, demean not only by the media but the man you all people in DNC support? We are now standing up for GRAVE INJUSTICE committed against Senator Clinton and 18 millions of Americans who voted for her. That grave injustice was committed by you, Democratic leaders, Senator Obama and the media. We will not follow your marching order, we are more powerful than any of you people in the Democratic Party combined, WE ARE THE PEOPLE. We will unleash that power granted to us in the Constitution and it is GUARANTEED come November. You do NOT SELECT who we wanted to represent our party, WE THE PEOPLE ELECT THAT PERSON, our CHOICE is Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Ian
Whatcom County, Washington
Disgruntled Democrat turned Independent
Puma member for Hillary
I have to do it again Murphy, sorry for doubling my entry.
Dear Dr. Dean:
Sebator Hillary Rodham Clinton was the ebst candidate for President of the UNited States of America and the ELECTED nominee. The treatment of Senator Hillary Clinton was unforgivable. For the first time in my life, I will be voting Republican and as ashamed of what the “Party” has done to destroy the democracy that was once the bedrock of our country.
Sandra in PA
PUMA Democrat
Dear Dr. Dean,
I am protesting the 2008 Presidential election because of the smearing of the Clintons as racists for political gain. I will never, ever vote for a democrat who would smear another racially in order to get votes. That’s akin to falsely accusing someone of being a child molester. That so many party leaders would consider this acceptable is appalling.
Linda (Marion County, Oregon)
PUMA Democrat
Dear Dr. Dean,
You did everything in your power to cut short the democratic process first by the “hijacking” of delegates from Hillary, and then making a gift of undecided delegates to Obama. It was those delegates that put Obama over the top. You flexed your political muscles with the RBC and with superdelegates to short-circuit the process so democrats could get a jump on the general election campaign against McCain. You gave little or no consideration to the convention which historically nominates our candidate in the name of party unity. In accomplishing your goals, you have managed to alienate 18 million democrats who
do not approve of appointed DNC officials “selecting” our candidate and ignoring the popular vote of the party.
You, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Donna Brazile, and countless other talking-head Democrats, delegates and superdelegates, not to mention Obama supporters, *now* acknowledge what a wonderful job Hillary did in the primary, and praise the incredible contributions she has made to the DNC. She was scorned, ridiculed, and raked through sexist derogatory slime while the primary was in effect, but now you, and other DNC officials, party leaders and superdelegates all look to her to clean up the mess which YOU, the DNC, and party officials have created.
I say Hillary should not be demoted to head housecleaner for the DNC. The party is in a wreck not because of Hillary, but because the DNC did not value the vote of all democrats, not to mention the life-blood of the party, women. You think you will be able to re-establish party unity…think again. You had your opportunity with this election, and you abandoned us, and you miscalculated the end result.
We are angry. We intend to take our votes elsewhere, and our donation dollars will be going to McCain. Party unity…maybe the next election, but for this year, there will be many defections and my fondest hope is that those defections will be reflected in the election of John McCain.
Sincerely,
Missy
San Mateo County, CA
Proud PUMA Democrat
Shorttermer,
I think your idea of sending postcards to superdelegates is a good one, but personally, I would not want my letter, as it is written to go to superdelegates. This is just my opinion, but it is based upon some feedback from the superd’s–I think we need to send postcards to super d’s praising Hillary and stating why we want her as our President and perhaps stating that the convention has not yet occurred so we are within our rights to ask them to reconsider. Just one humble opinion. The purpose seems different to me.
JenT you say your from Tarrant County I am as well Fort Worth…
Dear Chairman Dean:
It is with a heavy heart that I, a life-long and loyal Democrat, send you this message. May 31st 2008 is forever etched in my mind as a very sad day for the Democratic Party. For on this day our Party turned against the very principles on which it was founded. On this day the DNC Rules Committee violated the right of one person one vote- the very bedrock of our constitution and democracy- with its MI and FL decision. The right to vote trumps Party primary scheduling rules, especially when the race is in a virtual delegate tie. My mama taught me that when rules violate civil rights, they need to be changed, not followed blindly for political reasons and expediency.
In light of this, our Party’s “presumptive” nominee is not valid. The Party has left me no choice but to protest the General Election in November in defense of the right of one person one vote.
Respectfully,
Evy (Texas)
PUMA Democrat
I am sure that many of you have read the article in the Chicago Tribune:http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-mccain-women-jun06,0,5085404.story
I have written the following letter to Senator McCaskill:
I beg to differ with you regarding the fact that you think you “know” these women. We are not going to pull the lever in the privacy of the voting booth for Obama. He was selected not elected. He lacks all the qualities to become our next president. No leadership, poor judgement and a complete lack of experience. Your party the DNC is the one that has set women back by 40 years.
As a Democrat for 30+ years, I will not support Obama or the DNC. My vote will be cast for John McCain. And just so you know, the outreach from the McCain campaign has been kind, sincere and heartwarming. The Obama blog is filled with hatred. Maybe you should get to know us better.
Michele of of 18 Million
P.U.M.A. Democrat
Please go to her website so we can send a strong message to her as well as the O campaign that we will not vote in the privacy of the voting booth for a candidate that is not a leader.
http://mccaskill.senate.gov/
Dear Dr. Dean. It is absolutely disgusting how you and the DNC pretended that the 18 million persons that voted for Hillary Clinton did not count. You chose instead Senator Obama who has absolutely no experience, no one knows anything about him except his best friends and mentors are terrorists and hate mongers and antisemites. I have been a loyal democrat for all my life since I came to this wonderful Country 60 years ago, but I cannnot continue to support the Democratic Party in the way it is evolving and not listening to the voters. Monique Pegg Riverside CA 92506
Dear Mr. Dean,
Yes, I am a passionate card carrying liberal Democrat who has NEVER voted Republican in my life. I regularly contribute to the DNC and to our presidential candidates. I contributed more than $1500 to Hillary Clinton in the primary with the hope that my party will nominate the Clinton brand – the only one that has won Presidential elections since 1976 and has produced a centrist winning coalition to produce excellent results in the economy and abroad. As Hillary pointed out, Bill Clinton remains our ONLY Best 2 term president from our party who has won 2 out of three times that the Democrats have won the Presidency.
Instead, the DNC selected, not us elected, a fringe left candidate that I just cannot support to vote to give the keys of the WH to.
I will vote McCain for President focusing my energy and money on his campaign. By the way, you have been a totally ineffective Chair which allowed the likes of Arianna Huffington to split our party. Also, I am not old, poor, or uneducated as the Obama Maniacs who caricature me- I am a female, with 2 graduate degrees and a six figure income. “Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned”….incase you didn’t know this but “Loyalty is not transferable.” I absolutely admire and support the Clintons. I refuse to vote for Barack and Michelle Obama.
JoAnn
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Puma Democrat
DNC under your leadership have shown how hatred, misogyny, race-baiting is acceptable provided the person who uses it with gusto is NOT caucasian.
* correction to first paragraph.
I noticed that, Ramsey. lol
Let’s pull our energy together to start working in this area.
You know nobama will be gunning for the greater Pittsburgh area. He needs it to win PA.
There are other Clinton campaign workers who would like to get started as well. I’m working on hand out materials.
Howard Dean:
The DNC has lost all credibility. The presumptive nominee has been selected by the Party Elite, not the people. You and other members of the party sat by or partook in the misogynistic attacks on Hillary Clinton. You sat by as the Clintons and her supporters were labeled racists. All this was done to promote an egregiously unqualified candidate.
Women are your largest and most loyal voting bloc; why was no one in the DNC standing up for us? I know. You were trying to force Hillary Clinton out of her right to run in this campaign.
I cannot turn my back to what has transpired in this election. Senator Mccain will get my vote and party loyalty is a thing of the past. I will protest to be sure this travesty never again happens in this country. The willfull stealing of elections is not acceptable.
Tawnee
Los Angeles, CA
PUMA
Mr. Dean,
What would Michelle Obama say if her choice for the presidential candidate had been treated as unfairly by the DNC as my choice (Hillary Clinton) was?
She would probably say the same thing she said about being an American. But she won’t say anything about the DNC now, because her candidate was pushed over the top by the unfair set up rules of the DNC. My candidate was cheated out of the competition, so I am writing to tell you how I feel.
“For the first time in my adult life here in America, I am ashamed to be called a democrat.” Therefore, I have switched my party to Independent.
You probably will say that my opinion does not matter, because I am just a woman, as Hillary Clinton. That’s not the case anymore…Hillary was just “one” incredible woman trying to compete against a wall of unwilling male political figures capable of doing anything to keep her from a chance at holding the position of president of the United States. The difference is…I am “one” woman in an army of millions of other women and men who are not happy with the decision of the DNC. We will be heard…and we will matter more than you think.
Formerly yours,
Delilah Bromfield, Fl
Dear Dr. Dean,
I am protesting the 2008 presidential election beacuse as party elders; you had an OBLIGATION to step up to the plate and stop the STRONG ARM TACTICS, CHEATING, SEXISM and the PROPAGANDA that spewed forth.
By not stopping these divisive actions and SELECTING instead of ELECTING the nominee; you have caused a massive seperation in the Democratic party to the tune of 18 MILLION and counting.
After 26 years of steadfast support always remember I did not leave the Democratic party; YOU HAD ALREADY LEFT ME! The Democratic Party is the party of my ideas; only if you actually “practice” instead of just preaching. Otherwise, you are just another organization with which 18 MILLION voters and I find no common values, integrity or bond. You are not a religion!
This Sweetie, Refuses to go sit Quietly in the back of the bus! We will Not be coming home in November.
Sincerely,
Kim~
Monroe County~Newport, Michigan~
“Puma Democrat”
Dear Dr, Dean,
Why am I protesting the Democratic Party?
The Democratic Party does not share my values and my beliefs. This years primary season I have learned that the Democratic Party does not count nor value every vote.
Example of this is the MI decision. It is one thing to give Senator Obama the uncommitted votes (though wrong) it is truly “unethical” and “morally” wrong to take from Senator Clinton’s votes and give to Senator Obama. That is NOT a democratic value I wish to aspire to or belong to.
If you want unity the Democratic Party as a whole should stand united and against any form of media bias, sexism or racism toward any democratic candidate.
If you want unity in the Democratic Party fellow democratic leaders should NOT be asking candidates to drop out of a race that is for all intense purposes tied. Further more if you want unity democratic leaders should allow a candidates who are for all intense purposes tied to make there case at the democratic convention and NOT ask to drop out or get in line for unity sake.
In addition it has become clear that the Party Leaders have selected Senator Obama as the candidate rather then the people electing their candidate.
I can not nor will I support Senator Obama for many reasons in part I strongly disagree with Senator Obama’s issues on healthcare reform and foreign policy. In addition I strongly disagree with Senator Obama’s character and his associations with so many very questionable people. I also do NOT agree in voting for someone who clearly does NOT have the experience to run this country and has no history to back up his “change” sales gimmick. You may fool some of the people some of the time but you can’t fool everybody all of the time. I can NOT trust Senator Obama’s judgment and feel he is a very serious threat to our country.
You do realize that you have thrown the core democratic voters under the bus. Senator Clinton attracted and held the base, the core of the party and yet you Dr Dean and Party Leaders threw Senator Clinton and her supporters under the bus. To that I say NO thank you. I am never going to consider myself a democrat ever again.
William Kronert
Hillary, Obama did not win the nomination for Presidency of the United States of America. The DNC and he stole it from you. Let it be known here and now, they will pay a “bitter” price for this move in November if you do not prevail in the end. The Democratic Party just handed the election to McCain when they hosed you over Obama. I for one woman will be voting McCain in the fall, if this incredible theft is allowed to stand. What happened to count all our votes? I cannot, even with your urging endorse this man. Now, after your campaign suspension speech the audacity of the media never ceases to amaze me. Now those arrogant @#$^$es are saying that you must get out and campaign for their golden boy. Of course you do (not), if you want a Democrat in the Whitehouse. They know he can’t win without you and we all know that too. So let’s go girls, let’s get their poster boy elected. Yeah [W]right, when hell freezes over, I’ll start. Sorry Hillary, it is you or McCain. I still say it will be you because Obama will implode before Denver. Thank God, you merely suspended your campaign.
Dear Dr. Dean:
I am a new voter who was naturalized December 19, 2007. I filled in my voter registration with pride and marked the Democrat box. I am no longer a Democrat. As a feminist, your party’s values have diverged from my own. Your silence in the face of the misogyny and sexism aimed at your fellow Democrat, Senator Hillary Clinton, created a wound in the hearts of feminist Democrats that will not soon heal. You had the opportunity to take a stand and chose not to. That is the coward’s way. That is not my way.
Sincerely,
Jackie
King County, Redmond, Washington
Proud PUMA Democrat
MURPHY< will there be a way we can edit our posts once submitted without having to retype?
Sandy in PA
Typos and such
LisaNC & goandersen,
I agree with both of you, we need to band togeather on the same page.
HD,
As a first generation born American to immigrant parents and a veteran of the military I am a very proud and patriotic American. Pride in my country and flag, above all else, FIRST. The candidate you have forced upon us has demonstrated by his actions, his words and his close associates his complete lack of pride and love for our great country. His own wife even acknowledged her lack of Pride in our country. While there are many many reasons for not voting for Obama in November, this one reason is the main reason I will place my vote for John McCain. Is there really any other choice for that decision when you made sure Hillary was not on the ballot?
Nick D.
Phoenix, AZ
PUMA Democrat
Hillary Democrat
No Hillary No Unity
Dear Dr. Dean,
I am one of the 18 million Democrats that you have chosen to ignore. The actions of a small group of party insiders have torn the Democratic Party apart. In all my
life I have never seen such horrific treatment of a Political Candidate as that which I have seen directed against Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton over the past few months. Her own Party has turned on her and relentlessly and repeatedly betrayed her. To me the Clintons are the epitome of the Democratic Party. Since the Democratic Party (with the help of an egregiously biased media) has seen fit to select, rather than elect, a candidate and then to ram that candidate down our
throats, I refuse any longer to be identified as a Democrat. The DNC selected candidate, Barack Obama, does not share my values and at his own admission,
identifies with his father’s people, the Luo, rather than with anybody in America of whatever ethnicity, color, sexuality or religion. He is morally questionable and
identified with highly questionable people and he is utterly unqualified for the Office of President of the United States. He does not and never will represent my
beliefs and values or those of most other Americans. I will NOT vote for Obama. Ever. Period.
On a Legal note, since, at the time of his conception and birth, Senator Obama’s father held a British and Commonwealth Passport (and subsequently a Kenyan
Passport) and since, to the best of my knowledge, the Senator has never either renounced his father’s Nationality, his own right to such a Passport, or been
Naturalized as a Citizen of the United States, he must currently, in theory, hold a Dual-Nationality and therefore, be Constitutionally disqualified from holding the Office of President of the United States of America. (See Section 1, Article 2 of the Constitution of the United States of America.) It is possible that the Supreme Court would rule this view to be incorrect, but they have not so far done so and until they do, it is a valid legal position. It is possible that Senator Obama does not realize that he was born with an entitlement to either a British or Kenyan Passport or that he subsequently acquired one to an Indonesian Passport by his mother’s second marriage. However, since such is the case, he should take active steps to repudiate said Passports. In all honesty, it seems highly unlikely that on his visits to his brother-in-law in England or his paternal family in Kenya, no one has mentioned the issue of his Citizenship to him. Since, in the past, people have raised the issue of Senator McCain’s place of birth, even though both of his parents were natural born American citizens, it is difficult to see why no one has, so far, raised the anomaly of Senator Obama’s father.
By the way, I hold a Master’s Degree from a well known Private Research University. I am also an Honorary Doctor of Divinity. As a person of Religious bent I also have to say that I find a number of Senator Obama’s speeches contain sentiments and asserverations I find deeply suspect and offensive. I have no problem with Honest Believers in any Creed, be they Christian, Moslem, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Taoist, Shintoist, Confucian, Mormon, Wiccan, or what you will, I do not share their Beliefs but I will Defend their Right to them. However, it seems almost as if the Senator, himself, believes he is a Prophet leading America to some kind of Kingdom of God on Earth. If that is the case, he has no business running for President, and you have no business helping him to! If it isn’t Blasphemy, and Anti-Constitutional to boot, it is so close to it as to be
indistinguishable.
D.
Onondaga County, NY
Puma PAC (former) Democrat
Barbara Charline Jordan was a member of the House of Representatives (Texas) from 1973 to 1979. She was bright, articulate and saw many key issues very clearly. She gave a speech in support of the Articles of Impeachment against Richard Nixon. Part of what she said was:
“Earlier today, we heard the beginning of the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States: “We, the people.” It’s a very eloquent beginning. But when that document was completed on the seventeenth of September in 1787, I was not included in that “We, the people.” I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in “We, the people.”
Today I am an inquisitor. An hyperbole would not be fictional and would not overstate the solemnness that I feel right now. My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total. And I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction, of the Constitution.
“Who can so properly be the inquisitors for the nation as the representatives of the nation themselves?” “The subjects of its jurisdiction are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men.” And that’s what we’re talking about. In other words, [the jurisdiction comes] from the abuse or violation of some public trust.”
I submit that Barbara Jordon’s words can be applied to the DNC and to some members of Congress. Their abuse of a public trust is so egregious that calling for their resignations in regard to that abuse is the least we can do as citizens. I understand that a U.S. Senator is contemplating forming a committee to investigate the DNC. Let’s us hope he is successful.
DEAR DR. DEAN
I COULD GO ON AND ON WITH REASON OF WHAY I AM PROTESTING THE 2008 ELECTION. I WILL JUST KEEP IT SIMPLE FOR THE DNC…DONNA BRAZILLE SAID THE DEMOCRATS DO NOT NEED THE 18 MILLION VOTERS THAT SUPPORTED SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON. SO I WILL BE SUPPORT SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN IN NOVEMBER. THE DNC, YOUR POLITICAL ANALYSTS AND THE MAINSTEAM MEDIA HAVE LEFT A VERY BAD TASTE IN MOUTH WITH YOUR CONDUCT THROUGHOUT THIS PRIMARY SEASON. OH AND JUST SO YOU KNOW I AM NOT AN ANGRY WHITE WOMAN…NO SIR…I AM AN AMERCIAN BLACK WOMAN & TENNESSEEAN FOR HILLARY!!
VELMA,
SHELBY COUNTY, TN
PUMA DEMOCRAT
PLS DELET POST #109 ..I HAVE TYPOS.
Dear Dr. Dean:
I am protesting the 2008 democratic election and will vote for McCain in November. This process was rigged. The treatment of Hillary by the good ol boys of the democratic party (Leahy, Kerry and Kennedy with his ‘nobility’ crack) shocked, sickened and stunned me.
I worked every weekend leading phone banks for Ohio for Kerry fron June 0