[Cross-posted on my blog]
Thanks to everyone that made the petition I started to stop Hillary Clinton from stealing the nomination by seating the Florida and Michigan delegations a roaring success. Only by word of mouth, and without any kind of mainstream exposure whatsoever, the petition has garnered over 4,500 signatures from people all across this great country of ours in a few short months.
Now that the time is upon us, I am printing out the 400 pages that all of these intrepid signers (and their commentary) take up and am sending them out in a package to Howard Dean, the DNC, and the Rules and Bylaws Committee of the DNC.
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If you haven't signed the petition, do so NOW! I will send off an addendum next week with everyone that signs in the next 7 or so days.
Make your voice heard! Don't let Hillary Clinton bludgeon her way to some measure of power in this race! Down with the Washington politics of the last 16+ years!
If you want to see the 400-page petition, with the commentary of 4,500 signers across our great land, click here.
If you want to do a bit of data dissection on where everyone comes from and the comments they left, check out the .CSV file by clicking here.
Yes, we can!
If you want to check out the commentary, written by everyday Americans like you, go to http://www.thepetitionsite.com/...
Here's a recent comment:
Dear DNC Members: This year we have seen two wonderful candidates participate in this years primary and one of them has continually played by the rules, out-campaigned the other and out-raised the other to win the majority of pledged delegates as outlined the DNC Rules this year. Barack Obama deserves your respect when deciding on whether to seat Florida and Michigan delegates. I agree that voters need to feel as though they matter, but their leadership did fail them and you should make it clear to all parties that it is Governor Crist who manipulated the system. From research, I have found that Senator Clinton was actually a huge proponent of stripping Florida of its delegates prior to the start of the election and I do not believe that she has any right to request that they be seated in her favor. Michigan on the other hand is downright ridiculous. I hear now that she is requesting that all uncommitted votes be left uncommitted. I believe you know better than to allow this lunancy and it is my hope that you all vote to strike down this crazy play for votes after the game is clearly done.