PLEASE HELP GET PAUL HACKETT TO RUN EITHER FOR CONGRESS OR FIGHT FOR SEN.

[Divine Discontent]

WORK

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ME

EVERYONE,

PLEASE! WE NEED HIM! HE'S JUST UNDERSTANDBLY TICKED, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU WERE ASKED TO RUN, STARTED RUNNING, THEN HAD THE GUY WHO SAID HE WASN'T GOING TO RUN, RUN!, THEN HAVE YOUR PARTY ASK YOU TO QUIT RUNNING!??? THINK ABOUT IT, I'm a Buckeye, and Paul can EASILY win, Sherrod's an iffy, has a chance, but Paul's a virtual lock with all my Rep. friends, DeWine comes across smarmy.

Mr. Hackett barely lost to the smart assed woman we all can't stand by just a couple points in a heavily Republican district, now translate that same man into all the districts where it's not so Republican, and you see him EASILY winning over WHINER-DeWine. Sherrod Brown comes from a heavily Democratic region where, if placed in an area where he would need 40% of the vote, like Cincinnati, he'd get well under that! He's nice, but nice ain't gonna cut it against these sob's, look at what happened to our "nice" candidates who we were certain would win!

I am an Ohioan. I know "Fem" has said over and over that "look at the record" about Brown, but hun, this gay boi ain't bitin! Ohio is NOT a progressive state, and we someone a tad bit more Democratic in nature than Mike "I'll vote a little progressive in 2006 to save my ass" DeWine! Paul is a SHOO in with the redneck, of which a lot of my family is. He is a young, tough, I ain't takin no crap from you, Iraqi Vet and he is our BEST chance of beating an incumbent senator who's a tad weaker than the avg. senator who runs for re-election. I don't know his gay views, but I do know this, this WAR has desimated our country more than ANY other issue, and Katrina is 2nd, and this pResident has no intelligence to be in the position he's in, we need ANY Dems we can get, Sherrod Brown BORES ME TO TEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone, please, we, as an Ohioan who knows MANY Republicans who would vote for Hackett, but not slick-Sherrod, I ask you to call or write your Democratic Reps, Senators, or the DNC tomorrow with me, I promise to do what I can...

DAMMIT you've no idea how SAD I was seeing this on the front page of DU, I'm nearly going to cry thinking this straight forward speaking Dem (even if he's not everything I want) is not going to get rid of that RUBBER STAMP for Bush, Mike DeWine!!!!!!!!!!!!


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[autorank]

1. Lets ALL do it. Great post!!! Hackett is a super star, the "real deal."

[snowbear]

2. You'd better believe I'll be calling them !!!

Thank you for your post ~~ This has been the worst news on here.. in... ..... a long time.

[autorank]

3. Give DNC a piece of your mind too!!!

My missive:

Dear DNC:

Have you guys gone nuts.

1) You chase off a true political superstar, Paul Hackett. This is a DISGRACE. Reid and Shumer stab him in the back by chasing away his contributors.

2) You stand silent as the Harris Miller (lobbyist for Diebold) runs for the Senate nomination in Virginia. Total insanity.

There's no time for a third party. You're it and you're blowing it.

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I'm so sick of this. Having to explain the basics to them. What planet are our leaders from?

We DO NOT have time for a third party, the Democrats have to wake up. They've chased off one of the people who really understood how desperate things are.

DNC Contact:

http://dnc.org/page/s/contact

Don't swear but don't give any quarter either. Tell them the truth about Paul Hackett!!!

[tcfrogs]

4. Better for U.S. Senate

He ran against Jean Schmidt in a very Red district. Yes, he came close to winning, but it was a special election. I'd rather see him outlast Sherrod Brown to face DeWine.

[Divine Discontent]

THANK YOU ALL FOR GREAT COMMENTS, AND OBVIOUS SUPPORT WITH THIS!!!

I will support any DEM. candidate but please, read or use my letter and contact, this is SO SAD I want to seriously ball over this. I love my country, and it KILLS me to see what the repubs are doing to it, to our military vets, fighting forces, personal liberties, the blacks in the Katrina disaster, gays like me, and the environment. WE MUST FIGHT, please continue to post on here and nominate ---

HERE'S MY LETTER - I PROUDLY HAVE WRITTEN 7 OF THE 8 DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN/WOMEN FROM OHIO, JUST KUCINICH TO GO

Hello my Democratic Representative,

I urge you to get Paul Hackett on the Democratic ticket again, either in Senate (PREFERRED) or 2nd Dist. to Congress. He is a SUPERSTAR already in Democratic politics and he's been pushed aside apparently by the "old way" of doing things. This is WHY we're losing seats!

HUNDREDS of comments are PILING UP online at different sites, it's huge news that the DLC is pushing his financial backers to stop supporting him.


REDNECKS (like my family) will not vote for Sherrod Brown, SORRY, they will vote for Paul Hackett, and as shown by his small margin of loss to Jean Schmidt (we ALL know her, too well!) proves he will crush DeWine, who is a VERY happy man today! Sickening!

I will support Rep. Brown for Senate, but I would like to have the CHOICE for cryin' out loud, to decide for myself! This is shameful, we must KEEP him, if not, he may switch sides and then I'll truly cry for days.

Thank you for your help in contacting Mr. Hackett IMMEDIATELY!
Sincerely,

[brentspeak]

5. I'll call, but I feel it's not going to make a difference

Hackett's quitting because he doesn't want to look like an idiot for changing races after he first made such a enthusiastic public splash with his Senate candicacy announcement. And who could blame him?

He's not going to change his mind and reenter politics for that very same reason.


You could just tell from a mile away that the Dems would antagonize Hackett to the point of quitting or becoming Republican. Idiots.

[Divine Discontent]

8. well, thank you for calling, I understand your thoughts, but we have to

hope, or we have nothing. this is so PISSING me off!!

[Javaman]

25. He was a repuke.

Prior and during the war he was a repuke, then he saw it turn to shit and became a dem.

[snowbear]

6. Some tips when you call.............

Because I just tried it to see what sort of set-up they have...

They'll answer with "Welcome to the Democratic National Party Headquarters... Please push the first four words (digits) of the person you which to speak to's last name."

I went typed in a whole bunch of names it didn't recognize...

So then I punched in "3326" (which spells Dean) ... Someone responds, but they're talking so friggin' fast I didn't catch anything they said..

One thing that I did catch on there is that they have a fax if you'd rather FAX them over complaints, suggestions, whatever...

Their fax number is ------->>> 1-202-863-8063

I'm going to send them a VERY creative fax tomorrow!!

[Divine Discontent]

7. you go girl!!!!!!

God bless this effort. I hate to see him not run, in fact, it's more shocking news than Cheney's shooting incident! Which itself was BIZARRE, this is much more shocking. DeWine has to be smiling in his sleep... could you imagine Hackett getting on DeWine hard??? I can!

[threadkillaz]

9. Why not pull a "Hillary" and move to another state and run?

If you win, you still end up in Washington anyways.


Go win somewhere else.

[Divine Discontent]

10. that'd be good!

but it's just something inherent in what I feel, Brown cannot beat DeWine without Hackett supporting the campaign, because so many of his supporters, and we're talking HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS already in Ohio are going to be TICKED by this news and a lot will vote for DeWine for security reasons.



I wrote Sen. Bill Nelson, and Sen. Barrack Obama also just now, very detailed.


PLEASE HELP ME DU, Hackett is a take no crap Democrat!

[Selatius]

11. If Hackett wants to run, that's what the primaries are for

May the best man win.

[Divine Discontent]

12. hmmmm, well Selatius

I wish you could get a hold of him and tell him that, and show him the thousands of posts that are definitely appearing on just OUR website here that support him.

[sandnsea]

14. He's not stupid

He knows the amount of support he's got and whether it's enough to win in a primary. Nobody can tell him he can't run in the primary. If he can't beat Sherrod Brown and a bunch of lame Ohio Democrats, he sure can't beat DeWine.

[LynneSin]

22. Then maybe he shouldn't have dropped out

:eyes:

[sandnsea]

13. Too wishy-washy for me

Skip the progressive for Ohio and go for the moderate, but a centrist in Pennsylvania is a DLC sell-out. I don't know who has a better chance of winning in Ohio, but I do know alot of people are doing nothing but chasing the latest shiny marble.

People need to take a step back and ask themselves how they can be for the centrist Hackett and against the centrist Casey, all at the same time.

If all you want is a candidate who screams chickenhawk, fine. But don't get pissed off when they get to Washington and vote the way you should have known they would all along, like Stephanie Herseth, Mary Landrieu, and a host of other people I've seen DU rally around for a victory.

Mostly, alot of people really aren't Democrats, they're Greens. They would really be signficantly happier building that party and that's what they should really do.

[Dinger]

15. Done, Kicked & Enthusiastically Recommended! (nt)

[Pam-Moby]

16. I just called Reids office and left a message.

The hubby just called Schumer office and their answering machine is not on. We will call him later.

[mcscajun]

17. All those who still support Hackett: Let Him Know!

http://www.hackettforohio.com/page/s/contact

[rucky]

18. sigh. that's not the narrative at all.

Can't you just demand an open primary without bashing Brown? then WE can decide how much we value being entertaining as a qualification for high office.

IIRC, Brown un-considered, then re-considered about 48 hours later - and this was before either of them officially declared. THEN, they ran a website together. Brown has NEVER bashed Hackett, and vice versa. Both are a class act and Ohio is lucky to have them.

[mopinko]

19. make this the shining example of what is wrong with this party.

talk about illustrating the rot from within. these "fighting dems" that THEY are putting up are a bunch of mealy mouths from what i can see. but the real deal? shove him out of the party. holy fucking christ.
don't back down, paul. fight for our party.
i have said it before, i will say it again-
the manipulation of the primary process is where democracy is getting flushed down the toilet. second only to privatization of the voting process. and we can see who it doing it. plain as day. fuckers.

[Javaman]

20. other than his screw moron* & screw war, what else does he say?

So far all I have heard from Hackett is how much he hates moron*, we all do, but what are his other opinions on the other issues?
For me he stumbled on illegal immigration, however, I don't know what the rest of his platform is.
Let me know.

[LynneSin]

21. Oh pul-lease!!!

You're going to put a hack in there without a set of balls to stand up to DC Democrats who is a 1-issue cause and very questionable on many other issues while in the meantime one of the best progressive members of the house who's voting record rivals that of Feingold & Wellstone is the alternative in Ohio

ugh!

[radio4progressives]

23. kicking again - needs to be up there - people need to contact DNC

:kick:

[Javaman]

24. Once again, what is his platform? Other than screaming about the war?

I honestly want to know.

Please someone inform me.

[Leilani]

26. I don't look at a candidate in terms of a platform checklist

I look at the candidate in terms of honesty, integrity, the courage to speak truth to power.

A man who loves his country enough to die for it, has the credibility to speak the truth & be respected by people all over the political map.

Americans are unhappy with the status quo right now...they're unhappy with Dems & Repubs. We need new people with some new ideas to go to Washington & represent us.

[Javaman]

28. So in other words, he's a one trick pony with no platform, thank you.

That's all I needed to know.

I will not vote blindly for someone just because he appears to have the above qualities, I need to know where he stands on certain issues.

This is no better than the repukes voting for moron* based upon the concept that he's a guy you can have a beer with. Many candidates appear to have those same qualities you stated, but in the end all fail to maintain those qualities and that is why I want to know and everyone should know what his platform is.

If you didn't know already, Hackett is a moderate conservative leaning democrat. To me, that is like electing joe lie-berman all over again.

if he is against the war, great, but so many DINO's and repukes are as well.

Brown has proven himself to not only be against the war but also many of morons* policies and continues to hold liberal democratic view that promotes the progressive agenda.

If you want reform, vote Brown, if you want more of the same, go with Hackett.

[Divine Discontent]

31. Javaman

Leilani's accurate with her comment. And I will second it for this reason, you can talk about how good a voting record Sherrod has, but he's not electable, Dewine is the incumbent, and my red-neck county AIN'T gonna vote for no liberal democrat! Sorry, this is Ohio, and a major improvement over DeWine is a victory, but now we won't get to have that, because the Democratic Senators election group has stuck there nose in pushing out someone that crosses the party line and gets votes, he barely lost in the most republican of districts, he would have been a SHOO IN across Ohio, Sherrod's just a 50/50 at this point, and that isn't good enough!


KICK

KICK

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[Javaman]

32. I stand by what I said. one trick pony. nt.

[Pam-Moby]

27. Here is the link I posted today.

It didn't seem to get much interest.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=416746&mesg_id=416746

[patrioticliberal]

29. kick

[PATRICK]

30. Two principles

that are strictly in the best interests of candidate selection: primaries fairly open to all comers for real choice dialog and positive publicity AND no interference from out of state "powers"- behind the DNC chairman's back no less.

You weaken automatically the support and the credibility of the would be boss's choice. This idea of getting a credible and enthusiastic newcomer to drop out or be spent out by sandbagging is weak, stupid and should at the least be met with a continuance of the Hackett candidacy- which Dean seems to support!
Nationally it sends chills among the vet candidates the party has been boasting about, and a grim slap against progressives who know it is more than just getting the (D) after the office name. When the tough decisions come on facing down the radical right and the crimes do we want the sorry spectacle of DINOs, half-hearted cautious boat stabilizers holding hands with lobbyists, the corporate media and the unpunished until we get clobbered, disunited and a feckless reputation all over again.

Leading to yet another miserable GOP landslide as THEY change sheepskins yet again to the plaudits of their paid publicists. Dean's point is that this is bad for the party in attracting new talent. We could be much less polite considering the generational failure(whatever their individual merits) in opposing the worst crisis this country has ever had foisted on them by a bunch of transparent goons and unpopular radicals. An entire change of leadership is eventually necessary whether it looks like the ideal liberal progressive dream or mere SMART politics and strong agenda action throwing off the mental and big money shackles.

A party is not just the present. It is a work in progress. Part of beating the bad guys is building your team. The losers are just too set in their ways and think they have what it takes because they are holding on to their own seats. In the past whatever shade ideology a Democrat had, losing involved being soft, weak in politics and easily cowed by big money. Survivors can't see that until they themselves lose like Daschle- or get easily robbed like a bunch of rubes who won't listen to wise advice.

Hackett should stay in and run his own campaign his own way, not addressing his competition at all. Payback would also teach the party a lesson- again- that it badly needs as it stacks up organizational "safe" guys to generally take advantage of GOP weakness. The 'default" party of unenthusiastic choice means fewer volunteers, less money and less excitement and much more temptation to be defrauded of votes under cover of some GOP hot air. This safe method is the one sure danger of bungling 2006 or ending up with a soft majority that will do little to deal with the crisis.