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PoliticalAmazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-19-08 12:40 PM
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158. When will DNC and Democratic Party leaders stand up for Dem voters?...
For months now the Clintons have routinely insulted any Democratic Party voter who opposes her, especially Obama supporters.

We've been told that:

1) We don't count.
2) We are delusional.
3) We are voting for Obama because we are groupies.
4) We are not making our voting decisions based on research and thoughtful deliberation.
5) The African-Americans among us cannot make a thoughtful, informed voting decision, but are voting for Obama simply because they share the same racial background.
6) States whose Democratic Party voters did not vote for Hillary are called "unimportant."
8) Democratic Party activists who have an opinion different than hers, disrupt elections.

So far, the Democratic Party leaders, including in the DNC and Howard Dean, have been silent while Hillary Clinton uses the power that WE, Democratic voters, gave to her when we voted her into the Senate, to slam us because our opinions are different than hers, and especially if we have decided to vote for someone else.

Where is Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Howard Dean, Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy, and the rest of teh DemoCelebrities when we need them.

This silence is deafening in its implications. While they have remained silent, the DemoCelebrities have given us the message loud and clear: we, and our votes, are not worth standing up for. Clearly they do not care if we become so alienated from the Democratic Party that we don't bother voting in November. The message we receive is this: your votes and your opinions are worthless.

I suggest that the DNC step up to the plate and start defending Democratic Party voters from the attacks of Hillary Clinton and her ilk because some of us may just decide that, if our votes mean so little to the Democratic Party that they can't bother standing up for us, we might just not bother them with our votes in November.
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