Let’s raise a drink with Riverdaughter and everyone at Just Say No Deal tonight. We are all working our tushies off every day and when the sun starts to set and the crickets and peepers start to sing, it’s time to head on out to the deck with a tall, cold drink and a good book our laptops so we can patio blog. If I hadn’t started Puma PAC I wanted to start a blog written by an Irishman named Murphy who likes to sit outside and talk politics while drinking Jameson’s and call it Paddy O’Bloggin.
But anyways, We also need to raise money! It is the last day of the month. Puma PAC will probably raise about half of what we raised in June. This makes sense to me because so many of our members contributed everything they could to pay down Hillary’s debt in July. But August is a HUGE month for us. We are still raising funds to help Pumas get to Denver. Right now we have raised almost enough for one bus from NYC. If we don’t raise much more than that then we’ll prioritze helping Puma PAC members get to Denver by subsidizing their trips as much as we can.
Puma PAC is also taking the lead on coordinating activities and visibility in Denver. We are setting up a Puma Headquarters inside the city to serve as a live-blogging station, a meeting place, and an oasis for Hillary delegates and Pumas to meet, get to know each other, and escape from Obama Movement Mania. No We Won’t Radio will be there. 18MillionVoices will be there. Riverdaughter will be there. Just Say No Deal will be there. And, of course — we’ll be there! This costs money — not all that much — but it’s not free. The other groups in the JSND will be helping us all weekend long — we are planning a weekend fundraiser for all the JSND groups whereby all will be encouraged to contribute to Puma PAC so we can have the most effective (and fun!) counter-movement in Denver as possible.
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UPDATE JULY 31st AT 12:42PM: Please go visit this excellent new blog in the Puma Movement — People of Color Puma (http://blogspot.pocpuma.com/). It was started by a Puma PAC member in New York — an early and VOCAL advocate for Hillary Clinton and the Puma Movement. Way to go, W.S.!
Did you know that money changes everything? I know, you’ve heard it before — it’s just a cliche, right? Well, it’s not this year in the Democratic primary campaign. This year, money really did change everything — INCLUDING THE OUTCOME OF FAIR ELECTIONS IN AT LEAST FIVE STATES.
So, were the Super Delegates listening to the mean green? As Harold Ickes would say, “You bet your ass they were!” Barack Obama’s Hope Fund, his own personal leadership PAC, paid out $624,652 during this election cycle to help get him selected by the DNC. Hillary’s hillpac spent about one-third of that amount. And don’t forget that Obama’s Cash Machine (the OCM) is still primed and ready to pump out more cash to keep the SD’s lapping it up and staying on board for the Precious.
But all joking aside, is it possible that Super Delegates were actually susceptible to the lure of cold, hard cash from this Chicago pol? I mean, these Super Delegates are governors, congressmen, and senators — they’re not your average joe schmoe delegate who writes letters like this to Democratic voters. These guys are the real thing — Senator Lautenberg, Senator Bingaman, Senator Landrieu, Senator Levin; nearly $20,000 dollars from Sugar Daddy Obama to them for FALLING IN LINE behind the LOSER of the popular vote. For candidate and former Virginia governor Mark Warner — 10 G’s. Don’t forget, Virginia is a key battleground state in the fevered imaginary fantasy world of David Axelrod and his Golden Boy. Axelrod and Obama know they need to Pay to Play in Virginia, and they must believe that Mark Warner has the key to the ball closet. So, they pay him. How nice.
And if you’re getting ready to call me a Pearl Clutcher and assign me to the Fainting Couch, not so fast. Barack Obama has mountains of cash (or at least he did back then when Hating Hillary was enough to keep the spigots pouring. Now, not so much.), and he wanted to win. Some Super Delegates must have made it clear that they would respond to grease, so he greased them up. I’m not shocked — well, not really.
Here’s what gets me — the Super Delegates below didn’t just take Obama’s back door cash. They didn’t just take his back door cash AND pledge their support to him. They not only took the back door cash AND pledged their support to him afterward, they ALSO overturned the will of American voters in delivering their vote to Obama. The Super Delegates below took Obama’s cash AND promised to vote for him in Denver even though Hillary Clinton won the vote in the primaries and even though the actual voters in these jokers ACTUAL districts (their own constituents!) voted for Clinton over Obama by margins up to 65%. For real.
In California:
Clinton + Obama = CLINTON WINS!
Oops, Axelrod! We need a do-over!
Clinton + (Obama+Cash Donation) = OBAMA WINS!
That’s better!
In Massachusetts:
Clinton + Obama = CLINTON WINS!
Oops, Axelrod! We need a do-over!
Clinton + (Obama+Cash Donation) = OBAMA WINS!
In Ohio:
Clinton + Obama = CLINTON WINS!
Oops, Axelrod! We need a do-over!
Clinton + (Obama+Cash Donation) = OBAMA WINS!
In Pennsylvania, Indiana, Florida, and Arizona:
Clinton + Obama = CLINTON WINS!
Oops, Axelrod! We need a do-over!
Clinton + (Obama+Cash Donation) = OBAMA WINS!
Now, that is just plain disgraceful.
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And Here’s the List of SD’s For Whom MONEY Changes Everything, Including the OUTCOME OF ELECTIONS
Baron Hill! Congressman from Indiana! Call
202-225-5315. ($12,500 from Obama. $2,500 from Clinton. Hillary won
Indiana by 2 points and his district by 30 points.)
Carol Shea-Porter! Congresswoman from New
Hampshire! Call 202-225-5456. ($11,500 from Obama. $2,500 from Clinton.
Hillary won New Hampshire by 2 points and her district by 14 points.)
Jeff Bingaman! OOH — a Senator, from New Mexico! Call 202-224-5521. ($4,200 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won New Mexico by 1 point.)
Frank Lautenberg! Wow! Another Senator, from New
Jersey! Call 202-224-3224. ($9,00 from Obama. Zero from Clinton.
Hillary won New Jersey by 10 points.)
Ron Klein! Congressman from Florida! Call
202-225-3026. ($11,000 from Obama. $2,500 from Clinton. Hillary won
Florida by 9 points and his district by 30 points.)
Joe Donnelly! Congressman from Indiana! Call
202-225-3915. ($7,500 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won
Indiana by 2 points and his district by 2 points.)
Gerald McNerney! Congressman from California! Call
202-225-1947. ($5,000 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won
California by 9 points and his district by 12 points.)
Jason Altmire! Congressman from Pennsylvania! Call
202-225-2565. ($10,000 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won
Pennsylvania by 12 points and his district by 60 points.)
Niki Tsongas! OOH, now she’s FRESH! Newly sworn-in
Congresswoman from Massachusetts (gotta love those freaky liberal
gals!) Call 202-225-3411. ($5,000 from Obama. Zero from Clinton.
Hillary won Massachusetts by 16 points and her district by 30 points.)
Dennis Cardoza! A feisty Congressman from
California! Call 202-225-6131. ($4,000 from Obama. Zero from Clinton.
Hillary won California by 9 points and his district by 60 points.)
Gabriella Giffords! Congresswoman from Arizona!
Call 202-225-2542. ($9,000 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won
Arizona by 9 points and her district by 3 points.)
Jim Costa! Congressman from California! Call
202-225-3341. ($4,000 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won
California by 9 points and his district by 35 points.)
Zack Space! Congressman from Ohio! Call
202-225-6265. ($7,500 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won Ohio
by 10 points and his district by 47 points.)
Charlie Wilson! Congressman from Ohio! Call
202-225-5705. ($7,000 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won Ohio
by 10 points and his district by 38 points.)
Jay Rockefeller! Another Senator! And he’s RICH
too! Bonus! (from West Virginia, sorry — but West Virginia IS one of
the 57 states, so you’ll need some lovin’ from Appalachia come
November). Call 202-224-7665. ($5,000 from Obama. Zero from Clinton.
Hillary won West Virginia by 40 points.)
“How dare you try to disrupt our political system with your disfunctional family. F*ck off and vote republican for all we care. People who vote against their interests are sheep. Be prepared to be sheared.
Loser.”
– from a DNC Delegate to a Democratic Hispanic voter who contacted him about the election, on July 24, 2008.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “This is the moment. . . that the world is waiting for. . . I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions. ” — Barack Obama, in a closed-door address to his followers in the United States Congress, July 29, 2008.
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Baron Hill! Congressman from Indiana! Call 202-225-5315. ($12,500 from Obama. $2,500 from Clinton. Hillary won Indiana by 2 points and his district by 30 points.)
Carol Shea-Porter! Congresswoman from New Hampshire! Call 202-225-5456. ($11,500 from Obama. $2,500 from Clinton. Hillary won New Hampshire by 2 points and her district by 14 points.)
Jeff Bingaman! OOH — a Senator, from New Mexico! Call 202-224-5521. ($4,200 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won New Mexico by 1 point.)
Frank Lautenberg! Wow! Another Senator, from New Jersey! Call 202-224-3224. ($9,00 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won New Jersey by 10 points.)
Ron Klein! Congressman from Florida! Call 202-225-3026. ($11,000 from Obama. $2,500 from Clinton. Hillary won Florida by 9 points and his district by 30 points.)
Joe Donnelly! Congressman from Indiana! Call 202-225-3915. ($7,500 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won Indiana by 2 points and his district by 2 points.)
Gerald McNerney! Congressman from California! Call 202-225-1947. ($5,000 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won California by 9 points and his district by 12 points.)
Jason Altmire! Congressman from Pennsylvania! Call 202-225-2565. ($10,000 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won Pennsylvania by 12 points and his district by 60 points.)
Niki Tsongas! OOH, now she’s FRESH! Newly sworn-in Congresswoman from Massachusetts (gotta love those freaky liberal gals!) Call 202-225-3411. ($5,000 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won Massachusetts by 16 points and her district by 30 points.)
Dennis Cardoza! A feisty Congressman from California! Call 202-225-6131. ($4,000 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won California by 9 points and his district by 60 points.)
Gabriella Giffords! Congresswoman from Arizona! Call 202-225-2542. ($9,000 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won Arizona by 9 points and her district by 3 points.)
Jim Costa! Congressman from California! Call 202-225-3341. ($4,000 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won California by 9 points and his district by 35 points.)
Zack Space! Congressman from Ohio! Call 202-225-6265. ($7,500 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won Ohio by 10 points and his district by 47 points.)
Charlie Wilson! Congressman from Ohio! Call 202-225-5705. ($7,000 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won Ohio by 10 points and his district by 38 points.)
Jay Rockefeller! Another Senator! And he’s RICH too! Bonus! (from West Virginia, sorry — but West Virginia IS one of the 57 states, so you’ll need some lovin’ from Appalachia come November). Call 202-224-7665. ($5,000 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won West Virginia by 40 points.)
How’s that branding him as THE Citizen of the World going? If you’re going to be the Karl Rove of the Democratic Party, you better start bringing your A Game. This is not very impressive. I mean, come on — McCain is hardly even campaigning against your guy. I’ve heard that the RNC has sent out an APB for his pulse. Guess it’s different when your guy isn’t up against someone who can be easily eliminated, huh?
UPDATE JULY 28TH AT 8:07PM: OBAMA CONTINUES TO SINK. UPDATE JULY 28TH AT 5:59PM: I got some static the other night for my post “Hey Axelrod, Where’s the Bounce?” But I felt confident standing by my challenge, and I still do. Looks like the NYTimes agrees, I like their headline — very original.
“What’s clear is much of this so called rage is being stirred not by Hillary, but those pretending to be her supporters. Stop the hate. You have totally disrespected the Senator with your emails. Stop the hate. Not sure if you know, but we are keeping copies of all these emails in the archives. Yes, you are not going to get away with pretending to be for Hillary. She is a leader of the Dem party.”
from Donna Brazile threatening Sharon, a Democratic voter, with retaliation for contacting her about the election, on June 8, 2008.
“The racist bullshit I have gotten from my fellow Clinton supporters has been enough to make me puke. You have a choice. No one would be forcing you. It is a choice. A choice you will have to live with. 100 years in Iraq if McCain gets elected. Thousands more dead American Soldiers.” — from Garry S. Shay, Member, DNC (CA) and Lead Chair Rules Committee, California Democratic Party, to a Democratic voter from California, July 18, 2008.
“Man, you have to chill. Try tennis!” — from Dwight Pelz, WA State Democratic Party Chair and Super Delegate, to a Democratic voter in Maryland in response to an email she sent requesting an open convention and roll call vote, on July 18, 2008.
“Good for you, when the fascists come in the middle of the night to take you to a concentration camp, remember how you voted. Take me off your whiner list . . .then tell them to stop calling me telling me that they are going to vote for mccain. i am would rather vote for a rabid dog than any Fascist republican like mccain. read the declaration of independence.” — from Steven Ybarra, a California Super Delegate, in response to a letter from a Democratic voter, July 8, 2008.
“When God was giving out brains…you thought he said trains…and you missed yours. Who gives a croc what you do, its your business fool.” — from Ben Johnson, member of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee, to Sherry, a Democratic voter from Michigan, July 7, 2008.
“Having Senator Clinton’s name on a roll call without having the votes would just embarrass her, waste time, and make people agonize over nothing. I find it difficult to believe that this organization is not an undercover McCain operation. If you want to be productive, advocate for Senator Obama to choose Senator Clinton as his running mate.” — from Patti Higgins, Alaska State Party Chair and Superdelegate, to a Democratic voter who asked that she ensure an open convention and roll call vote for all the delegates, July 18, 2008.
“GOD WILL GUIDE THE HAND OF JUDGMENT THAT WILL STRIKE YOU DOWN!
Do not email us again. Thank you.” — from Carolyn Warner, Arizona Super Delegate and former state senator, to a Democratic voter who requested that she help make sure that the Convention includes an open roll call vote as in years’ past, July 18, 2008.
“Honestly, this is the 9th email today, so I believe you’re ready to not only destroy Roe versus Wade, voting rights, civil liberties and civil rights. Perhaps adding trillions more to the deficits through non stop tax cuts to the wealthy and 100 more years in Iraq. Yes, please join Rush and McCain asap. The train has left. Catch it. Please don’t send these emails to working people like myself. Notice you sent it to my campus address. I am a working class person. Can you find someone who drinks latte? Message to the base: stay home.” — from Donna Brazile to Jennifer, a Democratic voter, May 2008 (Though she claims to be a working class person, Donna Brazile has been named one of the 50 Most Influential Women in America, is a best-selling author, and is represented as a speaker for hire by the Harry Walker Agency, the same firm that represents Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Michael Eisner, and Henry Kissenger.
“I must confess a bit of fatigue and irritation with people who continue to carp, complain, and criticize the results of the primary and lay down conditions for their support. The Los Angeles Lakers didn’t establish conditions to recognize the Boston Celtics as NBA Champions; Roger Federer did not demand concessions before recognizing that Rafael Nadal defeated him at Wimbledon.” — Don Fowler, DNC Member at Large and former Chair of the DNC, and Alice Germond, Secretary of the DNC, in a letter to Democratic donors, July 19, 2008
“Please remove me from list” — Allan Katz, Florida Super Delegate in response to email requests from individual Democrats who asked him to put Senator Clinton’s name into nomination in Denver.
“So out of touch for being in the moment and not declared. Just keep sending me hate mail and I send you another reply. Sent wirelessly via BlackBerry from T-Mobile. Please contact my office at (202) 628-8081.” — from Donna Brazile to Robin, a Democratic voter, March 2008
“Get over it, loser. I am NOT a Hillary delegate.” from Amy Everhart, an Austin, Texas delegate pledged to Obama, to Thomas a Democratic voter, July 11, 2008.
“I don’t watch much cable TV.” Howard Dean, chair of the DNC, on why he was not aware that there was blatant sexism in the mainstream media coverage of Senator Clinton’s bid for the nomination. June 1, 2008, one day after the DNC’s Rules Committee voted to take 4 Michigan delegates from Clinton and give them to Obama based on data from mainstream media exit polls.
“I think they’re gonna come around. . . Many of these women were not in the feminist movement when we started this years ago. Many of these women are in the suburbs and raised their children, took care of the house and were dutiful wives, and many of these women are now alone, their husbands are gone, sometimes with younger women, and the children are grown and they have an empty nest . . . they didn’t pursue their dreams — they watched Hillary suffer, they felt her pain, and you know what? They bought in — they got angry and they’ve got to be worked with; they’ve got to be dealt with. They need to know that there will be some real opportunities for women that can come behind this; and I think that can be done.” — Maxine Waters, Democratic Congresswoman from Los Angeles, California since 1990 in an interview with Peter B.Collins on KRXA Radio (from 00:27:30 in webcast), July 24, 2008.
“Hillary ran a very impressive campaign and deserves all the respect that entails. Puma and your tactics diminish that respect. Flooding the e-mails of delegates with hundreds of the same rhetoric does nothing to further your cause.” — James Akers, Texas delegate to Democratic voters who contacted him via email, July 11, 2008.
This log will be updated. We have many more responses from public and elected officials in the Democratic Party and DNC to the public and to individual Democratic voters who contacted them about the election. None of the letters sent by voters which elicited these responses were harassing, threatening, or crude. Some were angry, most were simply serious, but none were ad hominem attacks.
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It’s Saturday night. It’s late. Still feeling the adrenaline rush from the major SNAFU earlier on the RADIO SHOW(sorry Everyone!), SOOO, if bathroom humor is not your cup of tea (block that metaphor!) you should move on to this site for the remainder of the evening. (thanks much to dwp and mp)
Senator Barack Obama was invited to address a major gathering of the American Indian Nation two weeks ago in upstate NewYork . HE spoke for almost an hour on HIS future plans for increasing every Native American’s present standard of living, should HE one day become the President. He referred to his career as a Senator, how he had signed `YES` for every Indian issue that came to his desk for approval. Although the Senator was vague on the details of his plan, he seemed most enthusiastic about his future ideas for helping his “red sisters and brothers.” At the conclusion of his speech, the Tribes presented the Senator with a plaque inscribed with his new Indian name - Walking Eagle. The proud Senator then departed in his motorcade, waving to the crowds. A news reporter later asked the group of chiefs of how they came to select the new name they had given to the Senator. They explained that Walking Eagle is the name given to a bird so full of shit it can no longer fly.
UPDATE p.s. It has been brought to my attention that some people are under the impression that the preceding is a true story. Although explanation is an instant buzz-kill for jokes, let me be clear: the preceding story is a JOKE. There is no Native American group in this country that has presented a “Walking Eagle” plaque to Barack Obama or any other politician. J-O-K-E.
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