May 31st - Hillary Brings People Power To The Shores of The DNC!

[Median Democrat]

In 1986, Cory Aquino rode people power to overturn the unjust election results of the Philippine presidential election. Leading a mass demonstration of over a 1 million people, Cory Aquino captured the Presidency to become the first female President of the Philippines. Why can't the same happen here?

Hillary leads in the popular vote in the Democratic primaries. The caucas states do not count, because they allocate delegates based on caucas results, and the first thing that Hillary will do as President is to introduce a bill to outlaw this highly controversial practice, and strip Iowa of its delegates going forward until it adopts a more democratic process for choosing delegates that ensures that delegates are awarded to her or her designee. The U.S. has far more people than the Philippines, and Hillary, as co-President with Bill Clinton brings a unique statuture and charisma to the office of President. Like Cory Aquino, she is a true unity candidate that brings together such diverse groups as Hispanics, working class whites who hate immigrants, and Operation Chaos T-shirt wearing conservatives who have all cast votes in support of vision of government that Hillary represents.

Fellow Hillary Supporters please join us on May 31st. If you are not a sexist neanderthal male or a cooking baking female, then you will show up and demonstrate your support for Hillary's nomination as the Democratic party candidate. With your help, Hillary can bring the DNC to its knees. Already the male bins of DC reek with the stench of thousands of old shoes and oranges.

Join us in the million man and woman march! In a nod to the Cory Aquino, Hillary Clinton shall be dressed in yellow to represent the wave of people power that will sweep into the Democratic nomination and eventully the White House.

Oranges, yellow attire, white working class, brown and proud! You too can be part of this rainbow coalition representing disparate elements of American society that would otherwise be engaged in partisan bickering, but are instead united in helping Hillary secure the Democratic nomination. Its a coalition of the willing.

Will you be there?

http://www.hillaryresponders.com/counteveryvote

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Rising mass support

During the height of the revolution, an estimated one to three million people filled EDSA from Ortigas Avenue all the way to Cubao. The photo above shows the area at the intersection of EDSA and Boni Serrano Avenue, just between Camp Crame and Camp Aguinaldo.At dawn, Sunday, government troops arrived to knock down the main transmitter of Radio Veritas, cutting off broadcasts to people in the provinces. The station switched to a standby transmitter with a limited range of broadcast.<16> The station was targeted because it had proven to be a valuable communications tool for the people supporting the rebels, keeping them informed of government troop movements and relaying requests for food, medicine, and supplies.<17>

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Still, people came to EDSA until it swelled to hundreds of thousands of unarmed civilians. The mood in the street was actually very festive, with many bringing whole families. Performers entertained the crowds, nuns and priests led prayer vigils, and people set up barricades and makeshift sandbags, trees, and vehicles in several places along EDSA and intersecting streets such as Santolan and Ortigas Avenue. Everywhere, people listened to Radio Veritas on their radios. Several groups sang Bayan Ko (My Homeland),<19> which, since 1980, had become a patriotic anthem of the opposition. People frequently flashed the LABAN (fight) sign,<20> which is an "L" formed with their thumb and index finger.

Shortly after lunch on February 23, Enrile and Ramos decided to consolidate their positions. Enrile crossed EDSA from Camp Aguinaldo to Camp Crame amidst cheers from the crowd.<17>

In the mid-afternoon, Radio Veritas relayed reports of Marines massing near the camps in the east and tanks approaching from the north and south. A contingent of Marines with tanks and armored vans, led by Brigadier General Artemio Tadiar, was stopped along Ortigas Avenue, about two kilometers from the camps, by tens of thousands of people.<21> Nuns holding rosaries knelt in front of the tanks and men and women linked arms together to block the troops.<22> Tadiar threatened the crowds but they did not budge. In the end, the troops were forced to retreat with no shots fired.<17>

By evening, the standby transmitter of Radio Veritas failed. Shortly after midnight, the staff were able to go to another station to begin broadcasting from a secret location under the moniker "Radyo Bandido" (Bandit Radio). June Keithley was the radio broadcaster who continued Radio Veritas' program throughout the night and in the remaining days.<17>

[WeDidIt]

1. Freaky Deaky n/t

[cliffordu]

3. Double that freaky deaky.....

and some POPCORN!!!


:popcorn:

[WeDidIt]

5. ;-)

Freaky Deaky is my natural response to any of the threads of final hope for Hillary in these last days of the primary.

;)

[cliffordu]

6. End of Days, as it were....

:patriot:

[Hawkeye-X]

25. Here's mine - and I think it's more appropos..

[mod mom]

2. While Obama supporters are out registering voters to build the party not only for November,

but for the future of the Democratic Party!

Get involved!

VOTE FOR CHANGE-Sen Obama's 50 state voter registration drive!

[HCE SuiGeneris]

4. Count Every Vote!!!

Except those in the caucus states... :crazy:

[Yael]

7. A pic from the prep party. w00t!

[CoffeeCat]

8. This is a joke, right?

"She's leading in the popular vote"...."the caucus states don't count."

etc, etc....

I know the 5/31 event is happening, but this someone mocking it...right?

I don't want to be afraid. This IS a joke...isn't it?

Me want my blankey.

[Median Democrat]

11. More Info! Shoes! Oranges! Yellow Attire! Be There!

More Information Regarding How You Can Be A Part Of History!

Yellow Dress:

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Shoes:

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Feel frustrated about Michigan and Florida and want to DO something that the DNC cannot help but notice? A group has set up a very clever project—you can see details here.
http://www.walkamileinourshoes.org /

Send a pair of shoes to the DNC or gather up a bunch. Include your own message, respectfully asking the DNC to pay attention to us regular people.

The good news is that the DNC will be asked to donate the shoes to an organization that will give them new life, AND if the goal of 10,000 pairs of shoes is reached, the media attention will certainly follow.

The bad news is that you have to act VERY fast! Shoes should be at the DNC by May 30th. Shoes should go out tomorrow or Saturday, but no later than next Tuesday (Monday is Memorial Day) for less expensive postage. (After that, the postage becomes prohibitive if the shoes are to get there in time.)

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Project Orange Crush

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Project Orange Crush

The Rules & By-laws
Committee will be meeting
May 31st. This meeting is
critical. All voters are
encouraged to join Floridians
in our Orange Crush campaign.

We are asking that each of you
mail an orange to each of the
members of the Rules &
By-laws Committee. You can
download the list of RBC
members by clicking on the
RBC download link. You can
also view the list by clicking
the RBC View link

[AZBlue]

19. But what about the pots and pans?

And spoons?

[KaryninMiami]

24. Give it a break please- send the oranges to children who are hungry

and donate the shoes directly to people in need of footwear and stop the bullshit already with this count every vote crap. Enough. My own party stole my vote- we were FUCKED by the Florida State Party LEADERS ok? Now you want to do it to us again?

Once and for all-- let's get the story straight. The Florida Democratic leaders opted to ignore the rules of the DNC and changed the date of the primary- and then ignored the offer from the DNC to help have another primary at the appropriate date because FL is a GOP state and there was concern with the DNC, that the FL GOP legislature would give them no choice and move the date without their consent. But the FL democratic leadership turned down the offer thinking by this time, their candidate- YOUR CANDIDATE- would have already been nominated - after all, she was the "designated nominee", right? WRONG. She could have been but she blew it and is continuing to blow it.

Hillary AGREED- along with the rest of the candidates that Florida (and MI) would not count- SHE AGREED TO THIS and also agreed not to campaign here (but she was here the night before the primary campaigning- but of course, she can- she has her own rules). But she agreed the votes would not count so now she's changing her mind due to her desperation?

Many people- hundreds of thousands of people DID NOT VOTE because they/we were told our votes did not count. The rules were very clear- you don't change the rules after the game has been played. Counting all of the primary votes AS IS disenfranchises millions of voters who did not bother to vote or voted for a candidate knowing it would not count.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/03/19/disenfranchising-non-voters-in-florida-and-michigan/

Disenfranchising Non-Voters in Florida and Michigan?
June Kronholz reports on the presidential campaign.

Sen. Hillary Clinton maintains that excluding Michigan and Florida from the Democrats’ national convention this summer disenfranchises 2.3 million people who voted in the two states’ Democratic primaries in January. But a new study suggests that counting the two states’ results would disenfranchise almost as many people who probably would have voted in a party-approved primary, but didn’t go to the polls because they figured their ballots wouldn’t be counted.

The study is by Gregory P. Nini, an assistant professor at the University of Pennslyvania’s Wharton School, and Glenn Hurowitz, president of a Democratic political action committee.

The two compared turnout in the first 37 states to hold primaries and caucuses. Republican turnout was larger than Democratic turnout in only six of those states, including reliably Republican Alaska, Alabama and Utah; Arizona, the home state of Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, and Florida and Michigan. “The fact that Republicans outnumbered Democrats in Florida and Michigan suggests that many would-be Democratic voters in those states chose not to vote at a much higher rate than in other states,” the two concluded.

How much higher? Some 1.75 million Democratic voters cast ballots in Florida and 600,000 voted in Michigan, even though the national party had already stripped the two states of their convention delegates for voting out of turn. Based on record Democratic turnout in other states, the report says, Florida would have been expected to turn out an additional 1.15 voters and Michigan would have turned out another 715,000 voters.

Those voters “did not participate in their primaries but likely would have had they expected their vote to count,” the study concluded.

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What it with these people? It's not OK to deliberatly ignore the DNC rules. Nor is it ok to demand that they now have to be changed beause your candidate is desperate. GET OVER IT FOLKS-- our Florida Democratic party SCREWED US - GET IT-- and the DNC has no choice but to honor the rule.

[Median Democrat]

46. You Are Just Being Cynical - Here's Hillary In Yellow!

I think it could make a powerful statement with the parallels to Cory Aquino, particularly if we can muster over a million supporters on May 31st, which should be easy since the US is so darn big and full of Hillary supporters:

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[cali]

9. I'm not a sexist male but yeah, I'm a cookie baking woman

Also a scone, cake, torte and pie baking woman. And a woman with 2 advanced degrees in history. I sure as hell will not be protesting for hillary clinton.

And hilly does not lead in the popular vote. That's a scurrilous hillypoo lie. Caucus states certainly count. And no matter how many idiots say they don't, they'll still count.

hilly is toast. Stick the fork in.

[mod mom]

12. I bake a mean biscotti (which goes well with my lattes) and I concur. We need to build

the party with registering new voters not divide it.

[Warren DeMontague]

10. You said "coalition of the willing". ROFL.

Who writes this shit? Karen Hughes?

Was that a Freudian slip?

[madfloridian]

13. Obama has asked his supporters to respect the process and not engage.

I admire that very much. Hillary is pushing and wanting all the yelling and screaming.

[Median Democrat]

18. If Obama Is The Nominee, McCain Will Win! Electoral Maps!

You have seen them before, but once again, to reiterate the point made by my fellow Hillary fanatics:

If Hillary is the nominee, here is how the electoral map will look:

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If Obama is the nominee, here is how the electoral map looks with McCain owning Obama:

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This not a criticism of Obama. It is just a fact.

[Shakespeare]

22. Huh.

You're just nuttier than a fruitcake, aren't you?

[Warren DeMontague]

37. No shit.

Hey dude, your ride's here!

[VolcanoJen]

40. ROFL

Oh, that's damned funny, impeachdubya!!!! :spank: :spank:

[stevietheman]

28. You are surely crazed. n/t

n/t

[Douglas Carpenter]

33. Average national poll Obama 46.7/McCain 44.1=Obama +2.6///Clinton 46.7/McCain 44.7=Clinton + 1.4

First of all it's irrelevant now that the race is over and Barak Obama will be the nominee.

Average Polls in Nomination Race:

Obama 50.8/Clinton 40.8 = Obama +10

The nomination polls are the averages of Rasmussen Tracking, Gallup Tracking, Newsweek, Reuters/Zogby, Quinnipiac and Washington Post/ABC.

link:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/democratic_presidential_nomination-191.html

In that Sen. Obama has both John McCain and Hillary Clinton attacking him it is only common sense that this would have some negative effect on his ratings.

Average of National Polls:

Obama 46.7/McCain 44.1 = Obama + 2.6

Clinton 45.9/McCain 44.7 = Clinton + 1.2

The general election polls averages the latest polls from Gallup Tracking, Rasmussen Tracking, Quinnipiac,ABC News/Wash Post, Democracy Corp, LA Times/Bloomberg, IDBB/TIPP, Battleground

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_clinton-224.html
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"The Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator shows Democrats leading in states with 200 Electoral Votes while the GOP has the advantage in states with 189. When “leaners” are included, the Democrats enjoy a 260-240 Electoral College lead (see summary of recent state-by-state results). Rasmussen Markets data gives Democrats a 63.4% chance of winning the White House in November (results are updated on a 24/7 basis by market participants)."

"Rasmussen Reports believes the race is over and that Barack Obama will be the nominee of the Democratic Party. We will stop tracking the Democratic race in the near future to focus exclusively on the Obama-McCain match-up."

link:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

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And here are the predictions from the financial markets:

Intrade Prediction Markets: http://www.intrade.com / (The Rasmussen Market figures are pretty much in the same ball park: http://markets.rasmussenreports.com/aav2/trading/tradingHTML.jsp?selConID=261450# )



Intrade Prediction Market gives a 61.5% to 63.4% chance that the Democrats will win the White House in November

Intrade Prediction Market gives a 57.5% to 57.6%chance that Barak Obama will be elected President in November

Intrade Prediction Market gives a 5.8% to 5.9% chance that Hillary Clinton will be elected President in November

Intrade Prediction Market gives a 37.6% to 37.7% chance that John McCain will be elected President in November

Intrade Prediction Market gives a 37.0% to 38.7% chance the Republicans will win the White House in November


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"Rasmussen Reports believes the race is over and that Barack Obama will be the nominee of the Democratic Party. We will stop tracking the Democratic race in the near future to focus exclusively on the Obama-McCain match-up":

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential

[Warren DeMontague]

35. "They're coming to take me away, ha ha, hee hee, ho ho..."

Hillary's going to win all 50 states... and Obama's going to LOSE all 50 states?

You are out of your FUCKING MIND--- if you're for real.

[thewiseguy]

38. I am under the impression that this whole thread is a sattire

:D

[Douglas Carpenter]

44. I certainly hope you are right, And I hope these other nutters who claim Hillary can still win or

that Sen. Obama can't win the general election are just engaging in what the British would call, "a wind up".

If it's it not a satire and they actually are serious.. they really need to be on medication or get therapy or get out more often or something.:shrug:

It's not normal.

[Richard Steele]

39. At least you admit you're a fanatic. That's the first step. nm

[L0oniX]

47. I suggest you spend some quality time here...

[Richard Steele]

14. Oooh, you had me at "The caucas states do not count"!

[Shakespeare]

15. So....lemme get this straight:

If I don't support this absurd, ugly protest, I'm a "cooking baking female?"

What is that, precisely?

[AZBlue]

16. Go for it! March on DC!! Make a ruckus (and an ass out of yourself and your candidate)!!

Do it!! Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Right on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AllentownJake]

17. Hillary's concession speech will be

my ringtone and your tears will taste sweeter than gatorade after a long run.

[DesEtoiles]

20. yes - please go and scream yourselves hoarse! and act all crazy-like!

[lojasmo]

21. LOL. WUT?

[Hawkeye-X]

23. Only one answer to this post...

[MadBadger]

26. What happened to Count Every Vote?

[stevietheman]

27. Obama is the nominee. Why not accept this fact? n/t

n/t

[mythyc]

29. This OP's posts are like a gnat at a picnic. nt

[Douglas Carpenter]

30. now this post really takes the cake! ! I'm sending it to Filipino friends.. it's so batshit looney!!

First of all it's irrelevant now that the race is over and Barak Obama will be the nominee.

Average Polls in Nomination Race:

Obama 50.8/Clinton 40.8 = Obama +10

The nomination polls are the averages of Rasmussen Tracking, Gallup Tracking, Newsweek, Reuters/Zogby, Quinnipiac and Washington Post/ABC.

link:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/democratic_presidential_nomination-191.html

In that Sen. Obama has both John McCain and Hillary Clinton attacking him it is only common sense that this would have some negative effect on his ratings.

Average of National Polls:

Obama 46.7/McCain 44.1 = Obama + 2.6

Clinton 45.9/McCain 44.7 = Clinton + 1.2

The general election polls averages the latest polls from Gallup Tracking, Rasmussen Tracking, Quinnipiac,ABC News/Wash Post, Democracy Corp, LA Times/Bloomberg, IDBB/TIPP, Battleground

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_clinton-224.html
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"The Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator shows Democrats leading in states with 200 Electoral Votes while the GOP has the advantage in states with 189. When “leaners” are included, the Democrats enjoy a 260-240 Electoral College lead (see summary of recent state-by-state results). Rasmussen Markets data gives Democrats a 63.4% chance of winning the White House in November (results are updated on a 24/7 basis by market participants)."

"Rasmussen Reports believes the race is over and that Barack Obama will be the nominee of the Democratic Party. We will stop tracking the Democratic race in the near future to focus exclusively on the Obama-McCain match-up."

link:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

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And here are the predictions from the financial markets:

Intrade Prediction Markets: http://www.intrade.com / (The Rasmussen Market figures are pretty much in the same ball park: http://markets.rasmussenreports.com/aav2/trading/tradingHTML.jsp?selConID=261450# )



Intrade Prediction Market gives a 61.5% to 63.4% chance that the Democrats will win the White House in November

Intrade Prediction Market gives a 57.5% to 57.6%chance that Barak Obama will be elected President in November

Intrade Prediction Market gives a 5.8% to 5.9% chance that Hillary Clinton will be elected President in November

Intrade Prediction Market gives a 37.6% to 37.7% chance that John McCain will be elected President in November

Intrade Prediction Market gives a 37.0% to 38.7% chance the Republicans will win the White House in November


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"Rasmussen Reports believes the race is over and that Barack Obama will be the nominee of the Democratic Party. We will stop tracking the Democratic race in the near future to focus exclusively on the Obama-McCain match-up":

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

[WillyT]

31. Don't Forget... You're Gonna Need These Guys !!!

:wtf:

[FredScuttle]

32. These folks would love to help you out

They just love ugly, physical intimidation and disruption of the democratic process....plus, I have a feeling they'd rather do anything else but commiserate over their dim prospects in the fall

[psychopomp]

34. Agents-provacateurs keep kicking the hornets nest

I am sure they will be laughing their asses off if they manage to coddle together a stunt like this.
Operation Chaos is in full swing!:nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke:

[anonymous171]

36. Seriously, what will this accomplish? I don't get it.

[Honeycombe8]

41. Correction: Clinton does not lead in the popular vote. nt

[VolcanoJen]

42. Clinton and her supporters are building a "founding myth."

It's damned creepy, it really really is.

[iconicgnom]

43. There'll be an interesting merging of ordinary Hillary supporters and

dittohead "operation chaos" liars.

Kinda like what's happening on this board? I think so.

Strange that Hillary's campaign hasn't gone to any effort to distinguish from these f*&kheads. They don't do either Hillary or the Dem party any good - but they sure do leave an odor behind.

[Median Democrat]

45. Well, Obama Should Call On His Supporters To Refrain . . .

from engaging in any counter-protests.

The sending of oranges and shoes is symbolic and highly charged as the musky odor of these objects pervade Washington DC bring about a fresh air to how Washington conducts its politics. That is the wind of change, the stench of empowerment, and the aroma of coalition building that is pervading DNC offices these days. That is grassroots coalition building between wildly disparate supporters such as Hispanics and uneducated working class whites who resent immigrants and race, as aptly put by former Democratic VP candidate, Geraldine Ferraro.

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Now, Obama should do the responsible thing, and direct his supporters not to engage in any frivolous counter-protests such as sending plastic forks:

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To Hillary campaign headquarters to suggest that she should put a fork in her campaign. We will just spin it as sexism and the joke will be on you.

Likewise, stop send things indicating that she should get a clue such as pictures of the following:

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Clue train

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Blues Clues

Sending items to the DNC is appropriate because they are trying to disenfranchise HIllary whereas sending junk to Hillary's campaign just drains it of resources needed to fighth McCain in the general election, and just diminishes the likelihood that Hillary will accept Obama as a VP on her ticket.

[bunnies]

48. Unjust election results?!

What a joke. These people deserve to be laughed at.