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- Hillsfar, on 05/09/2008, -3/+79A superdelegate wrote to a Clintonite threatening defection: "I spent my entire life in the two reddest states in the entire U.S. so please excuse me if I fail to discern the nuances of the arguments sent my way this evening in what appears to be an orchestrated campaign to intimidate the remaining unpledged delegates by threatening to leave the party and vote for a third Bush term if I and others like me don't vote for Sen. Clinton. I have been uncommitted throughout this campaign because I wanted to see how the candidates performed in a variety of settings. I am proud of them both. But I am horrified by this effort to threaten votes for McCain if super delegates don't vote for Sen. Clinton. I have received hundreds of emails from both sides - but I can say without exception that I have not received a single email from an Obama supporter that threatened a vote for McCain if I didn't support Sen. Obama. You really ought to be ashamed."
- smookyfufu, on 05/09/2008, -2/+54Hillaryis44.org are the ones that are doing this.
- writerswrite, on 05/09/2008, -3/+54You know, I support Obama and I've written several letters to my superdelegates asking them to endorse Obama. I've expressed concern over Clinton's campaign tactics, but have not threatened to vote for McCain, because I would NEVER vote for McCain. You see, I'm a Democrat. No self-respecting Democrat would vote for McCain over EITHER of these candidates. Anybody who says they would is a Republican in sheep's clothing.
- Hillsfar, on 05/09/2008, -2/+42"Donna Brazille, Al Gore's campaign manager and a stalwart of the Democratic Party, responded with frustration to a writer's threats of defection: 'Honestly, this is the 9th email today," she wrote before 8:00 pm. '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.'"
Seriously, the Clintonites have always been disgusting in their negativity and hatred. - dinot, on 05/09/2008, -2/+41If the internet had a tumor, it'd be called Hillaryis44.org
- cmize, on 05/09/2008, -2/+39How far the Clintons have fallen. This is just sad.
- SickMonkey, on 05/09/2008, -6/+40I support Obama, but if he wasn't the nominee, I would still vote for Hillary over McSame. This is just sad.
- sharkd, on 05/09/2008, -1/+27That's why I prefer:
http://www.hillaryis404.org - bondjpf, on 05/09/2008, -2/+23After this I think there's no excuses for superdelegates not supporting Obama...
- lhbaker, on 05/09/2008, -6/+27Voting for Hillary seems like pretty much the same thing as voting for McCain, so these threats are meaningless.
- mage1129, on 05/09/2008, -2/+22I fail to see how someone can choose McCain over Obama, if Hillary was not around. Are these people Democrats only if they get their way, otherwise they are going to vote against their own beliefs and in favor of a party they have complained about for eight years? If anyone can ruin the Democrats' chance at the white house it is the democrats.
- abburdlen, on 05/09/2008, -2/+22So when the day comes and Hillary does bow out and endorses Obama (probably before the month is out) will these people turn on her as well?
- yahaira, on 05/09/2008, -0/+18it's interesting what type of supporters she attracts
- NyteStarNyne, on 05/09/2008, -2/+20One article's title from that site: "Hillary Clinton’s People Politics vs. Barack Obama’s Thug Politics"
Aww, such an adorable website. - Homerr, on 05/09/2008, -0/+18http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/2198/politicalpic ...
- wild, on 05/09/2008, -6/+23[Anybody who says they would is a Republican in sheep's clothing.]
Or an Independent, like me, who votes not because of the party, but because for the person running. - peticsu, on 05/09/2008, -1/+18"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."
You tell 'em Donna Brazille!!! - wyrdness, on 05/09/2008, -1/+17I love the 'Why Hillary' page on Hillaryis44.org: "This page is under development and will be uploaded soon."
So they can't even provide any reasons for voting for her. Hillaryarious. - dinot, on 05/09/2008, -1/+16Not to mention blind devotion. One thing that I've noticed about Clinton supporters is that they'd rather be "right" about their opinions as opposed to "right" about reality. All this effort is to prove that they were "right" all along.
Unfortunately for them, they were never right. - Enasni1212, on 05/09/2008, -1/+16Maybe it's just me, but if I got an angry letter from a supporter of an opposing candidate, I would vote for whoever he/she didn't want me to, just as a way of saying, "***** you."
- Lyk4n, on 05/09/2008, -1/+16If she can't manage her campaign, how can she manage the country?
- paigeinphilly, on 05/09/2008, -0/+14"but I can say without exception that I have not received a single email from an Obama supporter that threatened a vote for McCain if I didn't support Sen. Obama"....
so true so true...thats how we roll.
Obama/ Webb 08 - CicurateGroup, on 05/09/2008, -3/+16Typical Clinton strong-arm tactics. These people are not trying to win a Presidency but a dictatorship. They gotta go!!!!
- inactive, on 05/09/2008, -7/+19McCain supporters are a classier bunch.
- mattbeetee, on 05/09/2008, -0/+12What is this 'Clinton'? It doesn't seem to be very popular.
- wynja, on 05/09/2008, -0/+11OMFG, the best one I say was "It's a sales job that's been done by the old power guards... " So what the ***** is Hillary if she's not old power???????
- Enasni1212, on 05/09/2008, -0/+11I absolutely agree. Look at Clinton's and Obama's policies. Now look at McCain's. As a Democrat, can you really say that you'd pick McCain over Hillary?
Say you have three choices: a pack of M&Ms, a pack of Skittles, and a thumbtack. You REALLY want those M&Ms, but they get snatched away from you at the last second. Are you now going to eat the thumbtack over the Skittles just because you can't have the M&Ms? - Hangly, on 05/09/2008, -0/+11People like herself, it seems.
- Enasni1212, on 05/09/2008, -2/+13Really? I love the polarization effect of large groups of people agreeing about something. I would never vote for Hillary over Obama, but I would take Hillary any day of the week over McCain. At least she supports some form of universal health care, if nothing else.
I know it's cool to bash the less popular options, but the difference between Hillary and McCain is like the difference between a kick in the shin and a kick in the balls. - jsmith39, on 05/09/2008, -1/+11Yeah... that's it. Our disapproval of sending threatening and pompous notes to superdelegates is because we're secretly fascist. Kind of like when your mom tells you she's going grocery shopping but she's secretly taking it in the ass from a crackhead for $5 an hour in order to buy you milk.
- reuscel, on 05/09/2008, -2/+13For me, it would be hard to hold my nose and vote for Hillary if the nomination is handed to her illegitemately. Now, if she legtimately steamrolls Obama in the remaining contests (I think she would have to win by a margin of 99-1 for this to happen), she has my vote. But I will not abide 4 more years of shady, underhanded politics by voting for her if she gets the nomination despite a deficit in delegates, states won, and popular vote totals.
- jerrolds, on 05/09/2008, -0/+10Hillary seriously, it's not funny anymore.
- paradexes, on 05/09/2008, -2/+12Heh, the irony is that, those idiots plans to send angry emails and such will only cause the plan to backfire. You piss off enough of the supers and that is all it will take to sway them to Obama. Anger of that kind is a form of weakness. A temper tantrum from the Hillary camp, that knows it's on its way out. She cant go quietly so scorched earth is her policy. To be honest I would not be one bit surprised if she wound up being McCains VP.
- MrQuoz, on 05/09/2008, -0/+9Anyone who would rather jeopardize the democratic party over their own selfish ambitions shouldn't even be a contender.
- reuscel, on 05/09/2008, -1/+9And we're expressing our first amendment right to digg your stupid ass down.
- brianjlowry, on 05/09/2008, -0/+9"The latest Chicago thuggery is a plan for Obama to get delegates in Michigan - a state in which Obama removed his name from the ballot! Imagine that. A candidate does not run for election but gets votes. This surely is new - and dangerous, and undemocratic, and unwanted."
Weren't candidates not supposed to campaign or run in those states as they violated party rules? I think neither should count as they ignored the DNC. - lorductape, on 05/09/2008, -2/+10Obama has already won
- meth006, on 05/09/2008, -1/+8I don't think you understand the issue. The problem is not with first amendment rights, but with the consequence of their actions. These emails will divide the Dems and keep you in the same crap you've been in for 7+ years....
- inactive, on 05/09/2008, -1/+9Dugg for McSame
- inactive, on 05/09/2008, -1/+9These emails are a step up from the ones where Hillary's goons call Obama a secret Muslim. Perhaps the Hillbots are becoming self-aware.
- Noiremorte, on 05/09/2008, -0/+8What a surprise. A psychotic Presidential candidate has psychotic supporters!
- Burrito, on 05/09/2008, -0/+7Her supporters sound just as vindictive as Hillary does. *Big Round of Applause* to Obama supporters for sparing us 4 more years of her crap.
- writerswrite, on 05/09/2008, -1/+8That figures.
- kushin, on 05/09/2008, -1/+8desperate hillbots.
- julia07, on 05/09/2008, -1/+8Pathetic!
- wendelgee2, on 05/09/2008, -0/+6Just shut up already. We know who you are.
- Hangly, on 05/09/2008, -0/+6Hooray, I just used the block button for the first time!
- nbyn, on 05/09/2008, -1/+7You're about 16 years too early for this comment.
Seriously, people on Digg don't want to hear this, but I saw the same type of people with the same level of devotion to Clinton in '92 as I see now with Obama.
So Michelle, take some notes for 2024 on what not to do when running for president. - SanTe, on 05/09/2008, -4/+10The thing I got out of that the most: stop assuming these letters are coming from Democrats. I don't believe for a minute that the majority of them are. Republicans, on the other hand, have proven repeteadly over the last decade that they are not above impersonating others to divide and conquer. This is no different than Rush Limbaugh's appeals to his listeners to ***** with the Democratic primaries by switching parties temporarily. Do Democrats do that? I'm sure they do. But I bet the GOP's effort is far far more organized and intense.
Anyway, my point is don't make assumptions about who is sending the letters. -
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