I am not saying that there is going to be upheaval or that we need to be upset.
I am pointing out in this diary that some troubling signs are popping up and we need to be aware and vigilant.
Last night I read an article on the strong arm tactics by some former Clinton supporters towards the delegates going to the convention next week.
Today, on Political wire I read about Hillary's brother and some former backers meeting with McCain's aide, Fiorina.
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From Political Wire this Morning:
Clinton's Brother Meets With McCain Adviser
Sen. Hillary Clinton's brother and several local Democratic leaders "socialized privately" with Carly Fiorina, "a top surrogate" of Sen. John McCain, according to he Scranton Times-Tribune.
The gathering "raises questions about the support" Sen. Barack Obama "can expect from former local supporters of Mrs. Clinton."
Last night on Ben Smith's blog (I was looking to see if any info on veeps were coming up) there was a link to this article that talked about the delegates being harassed by "PUMAs" in what the delegates interviewed called thug tactics:
A massive e-mail and Internet campaign is under way aimed at derailing the nomination of Barack Obama and making Hillary Clinton the Democratic Party’s standard bearer next week at the national convention in Denver.
"It’s downright nasty," said Memphis superdelegate and City Council member Myron Lowery, who has shared dozens of the messages he’s received with The Commercial Appeal.
Lowery is getting emails and calls from across the country by former Clinton supporters hoping to overturn the results at the convention and make Hillary the nominee.
Lowery has noted that some of the attacks are overtly racists and some are even likening Obama to the Anti-christ.
What these unhinged people do not realize is that tactics like these and if Obama gets swiftboated by them, it is Hillary who will pay the price. She will be blamed for this.
messages Lowery has received from across the country come from Hillary supporters making the case that she won more voters’ votes in the primaries, she won bigger states, that Obama won states that won’t vote Democratic in November and that she is the only "elect-able" Democrat.
"Obama could not ‘seal the deal’ with voters during the primaries," said one message Lowery received Tuesday from a Sacha Millstone, a Colorado delegate to next week’s convention. "The more voters got to know him, the more voters chose Hillary Clinton...
"Democrats must offer voters the candidate with the best chance of winning in November, the experienced candidate who understands the problems we face and the solutions we need — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton."
Millstone, mentioned in the article has had a complaint filed against her and looking to disqualify her for continuing public remarks that are disparaging against Obama.
There may only be about 20 or 30 of these cranks but they are making a pest of themselves and if, they have more members then we suspect, or succeed in getting more members and turning or intimidating delegates we could have a problem next week.
I do not feel Clinton herself is doing anything wrong. Or encouraging these crazy people.
But, seeing that her own brother is dancing with the enemy, the McCain campaign, we need to be more aware.
It seems that while PUMA may be a small group there are several small groups with the same goal. To defeat Obama and get Hillary as well as taking down Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi and even, Donna Brazile. For some reason these nuts believe there is a big conspiracy that involved these 3 people leading an effort to overthrow the Clintons and make Obama the nominee.
If these small groups combine themselves into a larger group, and they are bankrolled by the likes of that Rothschild character, we could be looking at the swiftboating of one of our own. Our own nominee.
Let's just be on our toes and keep our heads up and not be so quick to shoot down those who are sounding warning signs.
The swiftboats were a small group that was well funded and I'd hate to see this happen to Obama by our own side.