DC RALLY TO COUNT THE VOTES IN FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN
Submitted by joandarc on May 16, 2008 - 5:21pm.
Civil Liberties
If you listen to the press and all their talk about the "math" for Hillary, you may be surprised to learn that there is a meeting of the Rules Committee of the DNC on May 31 in Washington to decide how to seat the Florida and Michigan delegations and whether to count the votes of those two states. That changes the "Math" entirely. The decision to punish Michigan and Florida was always subject to the review of the Rules Committee and the Credentials Committee for the Democratic Coconvention. Despite what you have heard in the Media, disenfranchising these two states was never a fait accompli. When the candidates signed an agreement they promised not to campaign in those two states. It had nothing to do with counting or not counting the votes.
It is unthinkable not to count the votes of the millions who marched to the polls in good faith in those two primaries. This is a democracy after all and Florida is a critical swing state for the Democrats in November. It would be very easy for angry disenfranchised Democrats to protest by pulling the lever for the Hero and Media Darling, John McCain. That is a looming and real possibility which will bring Bush Redux for four more years.
There is a grassroots campaign afoot, begun in Florida, which is swelling to a crescendo nationwide. On May 31 there will be a huge rally in Washington DC to urge the Rules Committee to support Civil Rights by counting the votes--all the votes.
To learn more go to
http://www.floridademandsrepresentation.org/
You can sign up for the rally, download and send a petition to the Rules Committee or donate. Whatever you do it will make a difference. It's just a little thing to do today and could have far reaching consequences for our democracy. If our numbers are large, certainly we shall prevail.
Please forward this web site to a hundred or so of your closest friends, whichever candidate they support. Obama, should he be the Democratic candidate, has a lot to lose with an angry electorate in Florida and elsewhere.
Thank you,
Joan Jarowski
Thanks, Joan, for posting this. I wish I could be there, but it doesn't look like it. I will contact them to see if I can help in some other way. I really hope that the turnout is good. The DNC needs as much pressure put on it as the people can muster.
A MESSAGE FROM "CLINTON SUPPORTERS COUNT TOO
Your responses are pouring in and have filled our inboxes in all states. We are moving rapidly and will have a website up soon, and are trying to respond to your emails as quickly as possible. Please pass this information on to everyone you can.
Here's what we need to do.
Make calls to OR and KY. We will have another stunning victory in KY and close the gap in OR. We believe the opposition will announce that he has won the nomination on May 20th after the polls close. It will not be believable when Hillary is announcing a HUGE VICTORY IN KY.
Organize a demonstration in front of your local NBC affiliate on election night, May 20th, starting at 6:30pm, until, preferably, the close of the 11:00 news. If you do not live close to your NBC affiliate, DO NOT WATCH IT. MAKE THEIR RATINGS PLUMMET. This must be done nationwide so that our numbers and strength are visible. We have announced this boycott of NBC at our press conference. Do this to show the strength of Hillary Supporters to defeat this less-qualified candidate that has been blatantly aided with biased reporting by much of the media, and protest the sexist behavior and disgraceful comments from NBC anchors. Make you own signs, for Hillary or against any of these offenses. Use your imagination. But most of all, JUST DO IT. YOU BEING THERE WILL MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT WOMEN ALL OVER AMERICA, ARE MAD AS HECK AND AREN'T GOING TO TAKE IT ANY MORE.
Lastly, for this email anyway….. THIS IS NOT OVER…DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU IT IS AND DON'T LET YOURSELF THINK IT IS. IT IS NOT OVER. This is only one part of the Road to the White House and the candidates are statistically neck to neck. The next step is the Resolution of FL and MI and we will demonstrate in Washington on May 31st when the Rules Committee meets. Save the date. …more later. Each time we enter a new phase we will determine the most effective strategy and communicate it to you. Your part is to help make it happen throughout OH, MI, PA and FL, the critical states where we have the advantage.
THIS IS OUR MOMENT. HILLARY IS OUR CANDIDATE. WE HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE HISTORY. LET'S USE IT!
Jamie Dixey
Clinton Supporters Count Too!
but we all know... from experience... the larger it is...the less coverage it will receive.
My prediction right now so it's on paper....er I mean, cyber--
The cameras that DO cover the event will be in tight- no sweeping overhead long shots that show voluminous crowds. Only up close caricatures. They will seek out stereotypical HaHa types. Overweight, elderly, wacky looking people covered in buttons waving radical signs. They'll find only the misfits. Oh and the hillbilly contingent of course. The toothless, the unkempt, the pitiful and the pathetic. Whoever looks slightly "out of it" is guaranteed to make it on camera.
If there are any pro Palestinians wearing the scarves...they too will make it on air. They always find a few, and often they get interviewed as well so as to portray the "leftists" as terrorist sympathizers on the so called news.
So we need bloggers there to be able to get up on top of the crowd (oh I do hope there is a crowd) and show the real people. THE REAL PEOPLE, the voters, the democrats of all stripes and colors. It must be photographically documented!
Let's not let history be rewritten while we're making it.
Thanks for the post Joan. I only wish I could go but it's impossible for me. :(