Hillary says help. Obama says help.

And the 69 dead in 61 days are calling your name.

The roll call of the dead began when  the Slaugher Boys known as Bush and Cheney delisted wolves from the Endangered Species Act and Limpy, a Wyoming wolf, was shot the first day.

I want to make a plea for people of conscience to support a federal lawsuit by 12 prominent conservation groups to challenge the federal governments delisting of gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act. These groups need our financial support to succeed at this lawsuit and prevent the slaughter of hundreds of wolves this year alone.  See the end of this diary for links you can follow to make contributions that will help stop this slaughter.

Many of you may know already, but the Bush administration delisted the gray wolf from the endangered species status that had facilitated it's partial recovery from catastrophic population decline.

This decision leaves the fate of the wolves in the northern Rockies in the hands of myopic and irresponsible state agencies in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming.  These state agencies are all but owned by wealthy incredibly influential hunting and ranching lobbies who could not care less about the fate of wolves, except to see to it that they are persecuted right back into near extinction.  This year alone the Idaho Fish and Game agency has agreed to allow 428 wolves to be killed, most by hunting.

Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal is the latest to commit to Obama.  He might be another Judas because, according to the Yahoo article, "Former President Clinton named Freudenthal U.S. attorney for Wyoming in 1994, and Freudenthal held that job until 2001."

That's two so far this week, not a huge movement by any means, but helpful for Obama.  Perhaps the tightening PA polls are having a result.

I just saw this post over on another site and thought I'd share it with y'all:

By  Stonecipher  - Sunday, March 9th, 2008 at 6:30 AM

Much like the Bush Administration declared victory in Iraq almost five years ago, the Clinton campaign reached into its deep bag of dirty tricks and pulled out this gem, delivered by Clinton campaign manager Maggie Williams: "We are thrilled with this near split in delegates and are grateful to the people of Wyoming for their support."

Williams is implying one of two things here.

The first could be that she is stating it really was a close call, that a 61% - 38% victory for Barack Obama is a near miss on Clinton's part.  That's a tough sell.  A 23% difference isn't really that close.

The only alternative is that Williams is implying that even though the overall vote totals were lopsided in Obama's favor, the delegates broke in a much more even way.

After last Tuesday's results in Texas and Ohio, this seems like a perfectly logical scenario.  The problem with this implication is that when you introduce those pesky little things that get George W. Bush into trouble so often, the facts, the latter implication sounds even more absurd than the first.

The fact is; as it stands Obama won seven pledged delegates and Clinton won four.  That means Obama picked up 63% of the delegates compared to Hilary's 36%, an even more lopsided result than the popular vote.

In Clinton's defense, there is one more delegate out there to be counted.  Wyoming had 12 pledged delegates up for grabs.  However, even if Hilary wins this last delegate the break is 58% - 42%, still not a close call.  If Obama picks it up, of course, it gets even uglier for Clinton.  The split will be 67% - 33% in favor of Obama.

What bothers me about this goes a lot deeper than a little white lie, or a complete lack of competence on the part of Maggie Williams.  

It goes deep down into my gut and reminds me of the dark days after September 11th, when the USA Patriot Act was somehow written immediately and then passed by a Congress that had little idea of what was actually in it.  It reminds me of the build up to war with Iraq, when Dick Cheney repeated lied about links between Saddam and Bin-laden.  It reminds me of those dark days when I truly began to fear that our reality might imitate George Orwell's "1984" where inconvenient news was shoved down the memory hole, two plus two equaled five, war was peace and Big Brother was always watching.

Maybe it seems extreme to go bring all of this up because of one person's "fuzzy math", but Maggie Williams knew exactly what the math was and exactly what she was saying when she made that comment last night.

Her intention was to mislead and deceive, in other words, to lie.

What makes this worse, however, is that Williams didn't outright lie.  She didn't say "We won Wyoming."  That would be too obvious.  Instead she told a subtle lie that is much more difficult to catch.  It is calculating in its nature and its sole intent is to confuse and mislead the very people she is supposed to be fighting for.

The Clinton campaign has developed a pattern of telling these subtle mistruths.  There are dozens of examples to choose from, and this is just the latest.

As a nation we have spent the past seven years dealing with this type of communication from our leaders.  It is time we put an end to it because all we have to show for it is a massive national debt, $4/gallon gas, a tanking economy, a dwindling middle class, almost 4,000 dead soldiers, and billions and billions of dollars spent on an unnecessary war.  Oh, and Bin-laden is still free.

It is time to change this pattern.

We are fortunate to have come as far as we have from those miserable pre-2004 days in this country.  We're lucky to have the option to change directions.  It is time to reject the old politics of the Bush years and move forward to a new type of politics, the politics of transparency, honestly and integrity.  If we don't take a stand against this now, we may not have another chance.

With that said, I'll step down from my soap box.  Sorry, Maggie Williams just struck a nerve with me.  I intended to write an entry about the general election match up and how Obama as the nominee will help the Democrats gain a larger majority in the Senate.  We'll have to cover that next time.  Stay tuned...

Help Team Obama win Wyoming. Don't be lulled into a false sense of security. Hillary is competing in Wyoming and Mississippi. No longer is she giving up on small (or "insignificant") states. She has been in Wyoming and Mississippi during the last few days and so has Chelsea and Bill.

Also, Team Obama's get out the vote effort for this weekend will be frustrated because of yesterday's freezing rain / snow in parts of Mississippi. As some of you may know, any snow in is South can cause serious problems--at times, it can cause problems for several days.

So, today, please pick up the phone and call for our Team

Call Wyoming
http://my.barackobama.com/page/contact/s plash/callwyoming

And also, please take some time to call Mississippi
http://my.barackobama.com/page/contact/s plash/callms

Thanks!
Go Team!

This is another call to action!

We need Callers and Boots On The Ground in Wyoming! This is a caucus tomorrow March 8th, so we need LOTS of GOTV or GOTC support.

If you are In Wyoming, you probably know what to do. If you are nearby, see if you can help on the ground in Wyoming. Can you make calls?

Follow these links and see if there is something you can do to help out or some info you can use for yourself or to pass on.

Wyoming at HillaryClinton.com
http://hillaryclinton.com/hq/wyoming/

And always check the front page of HillayClinton.com
http://hillaryclinton.com

From the Wyoming Democratic Party - Information, Explanations and Locations
http://www.wyomingdemocrats.com/ht/displ ay/EventDetails/i/1128771/pid/273337

It's a small red state and it's a caucus, so I know it doesn't "matter," but the little people there are holding an event on Saturday which seems to have escaped not only the attention of this blog, but also mainstream news which is obsessed with giving Clinton a platform to build up the Republicans and hammering on somebody nobody knew until yesterday for calling Clinton a "monster" (the horror of it - maybe Clinton should sue for intentional infliction of emotional distress).

All three Clintons will be heading to the State of Wyoming for the upcoming caucus to blunt the score of victories made by Obama. They have begun to run 60 second radio ads in the state!

Hillary's visits include a 2:30 p.m. town hall meeting at the Laramie County Community College gymnasium in Cheyenne, followed by a 6:30 p.m. town hall meeting at the Casper College auxiliary gym in Casper. Both events are free and open to the public this coming Friday March 7th.

Bill Clinton is there today campaigning in Riverton, Rock Springs and Laramie.

Chelsea Clinton is scheduled to appear with her father in Riverton and then speak at Casper College at 2 p.m.

Could Hillary score a win there this Saturday? If anyone has more information, please respond. This is going to be a good race!