Let's see:
1) ask the superdelegates to overturn the will of the DEMOCRATIC PARTY voters.
2) ask the PLEDGED delegates to overturn the will of the voters in their states by voting for the OPPOSITE candidate they were pledged to vote for.
3) count the votes in non-contested primaries.
4) claim it is the popular vote, not the pledged delegates, that really count, thus disenfranchising every state that held caucuses instead of primaries (and thus had MUCH lower turnout).
Ways to Win That Are Worse Than Cheating
1) marginilize your African American opponent as "just" the Black candidate.
2) have your surrogates attack affirmative action.
this tactic ends up hurting women (the largest group of beneficiaries of affirmative action) more than anyone else.
3) attack Black Liberation theology.
thus harming the institutions that have done the most to uplift the African American community (as well as help the Democratic party): the Black churches.
4) pit Hispanics against African Americans.
divide and conquer
5) support the ReThug nominee over your Democratic opponent
"John McCain has certainly passed the Commander in Chief threshold, you'll have to ask Senator Obama if he has."
This nomination fight has proven without a doubt that there is absoutely nothing, no matter how shameful or hurtful to OUR OWN PARTY INTERESTS, that the Clinton's won't do to steal this nomination. the fact that she has stated openly that she should be the nominee even if Obama has won the most delegates and the most votes proves she doesn't care about the will of DEMOCRATIC PARTY voters, and is reason enough for ALL Democrats to deny her the nomination.
at some point, it becomes not the fault of the Clinton campaign, but of those who are blindly following her no matter how outrageous her actions and words are. we are at that point.
now is the time for the Clinton supporters to shake off their blind loyalty (a valued trait in ReThugs circles, but not for Dems) and Do The Right Thing and stand up and say that our nominee is chosen by OUR VOTERS, not party leaders. (the Democratic party is not the Kremlin.) and to vote for a progressive who can win the White House without tearing our party and the country apart.
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