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OPEN LETTER TO SUPERDELEGATES AND ALL DEMOCRATIC POWER PLAYERS


Democrats,

We are moving perilously close to a dangerous
nadir in the race to determine a Democratic Presidential Nominee. We
can all see the ugly tenor of the race, and how it is disintegrating.
Barack Obama has tried, much to his credit, to keep his campaign
focused on the core issues. Unfortunately, Hillary Clinton and her
surrogates have not.

My question, to all of the main Power
Players in the Democratic Party (and by this I mean ALL current
superdelegates, esp. Nancy Pelosi, Howard Dean, Al Gore, John Edwards,
Bill Richardson, Jimmy Carter. etc etc etc) -- my question to y'all is,
how much more of this do you need to see? Barack Obama won the primary
in Mississippi, but the exit polls suggest that most people, white and
black, voted along racial lines. On the very same day of the
Mississippi primary, coincidentally perhaps, Geraldine Ferraro, (a
Hillary Clinton surrogate) came out with a racist rant suggesting that
Obama was winning because he's black. And when she was challenged on
this, she made it an even BIGGER racial issue by suggesting that she
was being challenged 'because she is white.' And the Clinton campaign,
thus far, has refused to repudiate her in any form or fashion. In fact
the Clinton campaign chief, a black woman, blamed Obama for using the
"race card". How ironic is that?

Again, I ask the Democratic
Power brokers: how much more of this disturbing, polarizing campaign
does America need to witness? How much more of the Clinton 'Kitchen
Sink' shall America be subjected to? How much more dishonesty and
divisiveness? Granted the newspapers and MSM are loving every minute of
this. Perhaps it translates, for them, into great drama; a profitable
high stakes reality contest. But do not get it twisted. In reality,
what we are witnessing is the destruction of ANY viable Democratic
candidate for presidency in '08.

Why say that? I say that
because if Obama -- who is the front runner in every determinable way
-- is publicly humiliated by a relentless, slanderous onslaught from
Hilary Clinton's camp; if she (or her camp) continues to get away with
polarizing the country along racial lines to procure votes; or by
continually twisting Obama's words and record to undermine his
credibility; I predict that NO DEMOCRAT will win in the general
election. We may as well hand John McCain the nomination by default.
There is simply no way in hell that any self-respecting Obama supporter
-- or for that matter, any rational human being -- who fully
understands the scope of scurrilous attacks being rendered by the
Clinton campaign -- could ever vote for Hillary after that ... no
matter who she opposed.

Beyond that, I have come to my final
conclusion. You, Democratic Power Players, you and you alone, are in a
unique position .. You have the ability to end this BEFORE April 22.
You have the power to stop the spectacle that this race is
disintegrating into. As I alluded to earlier, we are reaching a
dangerous threshold, and soon there will be no turning back. Hillary
Clinton seems perfectly content to drag the whole party down into the gutter if she
cannot win. So, therefore, it is now time to step up. Barack Obama
needs only 35 percent of the undeclared superdelegates to reach the
required 2025 to secure the nomination. He is the clear front runner in
most every regard. It is highly unlikely that she can surpass his
pledged delegate count, which is the core determinant. He has abided by
all the rules (while conversely her campaign attempts to break all the
rules.) It is now time for you to get off the fence, and take a stand
and vote to save the Democratic Party's best chance to win the General
election in '08. If you do not ... then I am afraid you will be held
responsible for what occurs if this race proceeds down it's foreseeable
path .... just as responsible in your inaction as Hillary Clinton's
campaign is in their action.

Thus far, many of you have chosen
to sit on the sidelines and watch the race as mere spectators. The time
is quickly passing on that tact. Very soon it will be your moral
responsibility to intercede for the good of the Democratic Party, for
the good of nation and for the good of the American People.

I speak on behalf of millions.
We implore you ... Stand Up.


Comments (5)

Thank you for saying this so well.

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Thank you for saying this as well.

I was wondering how the Democrats were going to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory this time... and then HRC decided that her own 'success' was more important than the potential to build the Democratic coalition and unite Americans in pursuit of Positive Politics.

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PS... the above written by

"Another Whitey for Obama"

It's a shame a person has to qualify their ethnicity in order to make a significant comment.

What an outstanding article. The silence is mystifying? I think Nancy Pelosi has come the closest with her comment about the V.P. scenario.

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