Dear DNC, (a taste of the shit sandwich they are trying to feed us!)
Email to DNC:
I have been voting mostly as a Democrat for more than 40 years and donated over $700 to Obama Campaign.
That all ends today. The NV Convention is the last straw.
The Democrats would rather lose the general with the liar and cheater-in-chief, Hillary Clinton, than win with an honest man-of-the-people, even if they have to steal the votes of a convention to get the Queen of Corruption nominated.
This lying cheating undemocratic political party no longer deserves my support. And neither does any candidate who would run on the ticket of such a corrupt party.
My vote for Bernie in the Texas primary will go down on record as my last EVER vote for anyone running on the ticket of the undemocratic "Democratic" Party.
I am now an Independent Voter and have joined a rapidly growing segment of the voting population in proclaiming myself as such.
Here is the link to leave an email to the DNC. Phone number and snail-mail address also available.
http://my.democrats.org/page/s/contact-the-democrats#sthash.KanyLc71.dpuf
I think it would be fun to have samples of such emails in the comments.
Oh and NOW would be a good time to DONATE to an honest man who knows what he stands for and has stood on the side of Social and Economic Justice for a very long time.
Comments
My last vote as a Democrat will go to Bernie
due to a closed primary here in Oregon. After that, I'm unregistering as a D forever.
I can honestly say that I have zero respect for any Rapepublican or Democrat. They are the same. One fucks you over while laughing, the other fucks you over and laughs behind your back.
I'm finished with them both. It's so apparent they are only working for themselves, with each other against all of us.
"Love One Another" ~ George Harrison
thks Janet, plz tell them so
the words you used above are perfect and can be copy and pasted into the comment slot at link.
It's easy peasy!
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
I will JayRaye!
Have to run to work but it's only a half shift. Gee, no $600K for me talking to a comic lizard like Clinton Daughter.
I have made a few speeches to Wall Street but I did so from the street.
"Love One Another" ~ George Harrison
It's not Democrat.
It's demorat.
Regardless of the path in life I chose, I realize it's always forward, never straight.
Rodents of Unusual Size.
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
I don't believe they exist...
They're just midget Republicans dressed up in furs.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
LOL!
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
OMG that image is stuck in my head now
and do they fly around in little luxury private jets and drive little limousines, smoking little cigars and drinking little martinis?
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
As You Wish! :)
we are big time Princess Bride fans in this house.
"Love One Another" ~ George Harrison
Wait until after the convention, or if there are a lot of Bern
supporters who do the same then they'll use that as an excuse to ignore us. I don't know if they can take delegates away because Berners vote then unregister, but I'm sure they'll try if there are enough to matter. So please, just in case Bern is ahead or close after DC, wait until after the convention, give him chance to flip the supers.
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hey folks I gotta go to an appointment
be back later.
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
I know many good Democrats at the state and local levels...
...and even a handful at the national level, but the people who run the Party are doing their all-out damnedest to validate the widespread believe that there is no difference between the Parties. I won't leave the Party, preferring instead to do whatever I can to wrest control back from the corporate-owned usurpers, but I also won't kid myself by believing that it will be easy...
I want my two dollars!
"wrest control"
been trying to do that for some 45 years, hasn't worked.
I was active in MN DFL for 20-some years. A delegate to Mpl city convention and senate district conventions.
The proof is in the pudding and the pudding has gone steadily further and further to the right despite all of this effort.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
Like I've said, I understand that it won't be easy...
...and I've been active for 34 years. Until the end of the last session, when Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk made a deal with the devil, I have been mostly okay with the DFL. I felt betrayed when, after all of the shit he pulled, the Senate DFL caucus reaffirmed his leadership position. But I've been told by somebody who knows that Bakk is history if he tries that again...
I want my two dollars!
ah, to be young and idealistic again.....
Ah, to be young, idealistic, and un-burned-out again!
Sigh!
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
The Problem with the "wrest control" folks is that they
don't seem to realize that that effort has been going on forever, and not only has that movement failed to "wrest control," but it hasn't even slowed down the steady march of the Party to the right.
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
Many of us did not realize the extent
of the iceburg underneath. Very hard to steer.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
You can make your comment into a tweet:
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
Here is what I wrote:
After the crap that the DNC pulled at the State Convention in Nevada, I can no longer in good conscience be affiliated with the Democratic Party. I have officially changed my party affiliation from ‘Democrat’ to ‘Unaffiliated’. (See attached registration form). I am a resident of one of the swingiest of swing states, Colorado, and I am fairly confident that I will not be voting for the Democratic nominee for President, if that nominee is Hillary Clinton.
It is obvious that the DNC is willing to do anything, including lying, cheating, voter suppression, voter role tampering, poll blocking, arbitrary rule changes, professional internet trolling and sock puppetry, and any other crooked method to support Ms. Clinton. I refuse to support that behavior. Ms. Clinton is an extremely weak candidate who is under investigation by the FBI and is extremely unliked by Americans. I can see why the DNC is so enamored with her; you seem to be of the same mind.
Please do not contact me. I will not have the patience and tolerance to be kind to the poor volunteers who are gullible enough to man your phone lines.
Democrats, we tried to warn you. How is that guilt and shame working out?
Another Coloradan here
I plan to re-register after the convention to Green or unaffiliated and will send a nasty note to all of Colorado's super delegates.
The Democrats do have two great female candidates for the H of R: Gail Schwartz and Morgan Carroll. I am supporting both of them with donations even though I don't live in their CD's.
I've been writing for months
Here's a sample response to a request to join the Presidential (ie Hellery) partners. I also snail mail back notes like this with their funding requests, and I am using their post paid envelopes.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
awesome comment, Lookout.
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
Thanks JayRaye
I like your work too. Your Hellraisers series reminds me it is a long struggle over and over again.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
For some reason I can't thumb up.
My cousin's son, a Millennial, is now fired up aux barricades. Today.
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i think one can do sternly worded letters...
...without resorting to name-calling. i know you're pissed but it leaves the impression that you're one of the ultra left that they don't care about so the letter will never be taken seriously.
as if I care about being taken seriously by murderers & thieves!
only numbers are taken seriously, not individuals unless those individuals are billionaires. What we need are millions of former Democrats telling the DNC to go fuck themselves. And it doesn't matter how they say it.
As if "sternly worded letters" are taken seriously by the ruling elites, yeah right!...HA HA HA HA HA, the jokes on you if you actually believe this!!!!!
I hope everyone will ignore comments such as this and write in their own voices whether or not their own voices are polite to the ruling class "high-class burglars" (to quote some choice name-calling by that most radical agitator of all "the ultra left," Mother Jones.)
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
Why do you think that matters to a bunch of thieves
and charlatans? Nothing else does. I doubt they understand much of anything, other than four letter words, fists on flesh and money. They are thugs.
These deplorable hacks should be cussed at repeatedly. They are cheating scumbags, cheating an entire nation's democracy.
Another word is traitors
They are the Benedict Arnolds of our time. Actually Benedict Arnold had too much principle for them. They are scum.
Beware the bullshit factories.
Arnold did a lot of good before taking a wrong turn
Root of the problem seems to have been that he was too egotistical a prima donna for even George Washington to work with - he'd probably have made Field Marshal Montgomery his own damnself look humble.
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
So is what happened in NV the reason the WARREN FOR VP
Diaries have been all over the establishment inner tubes for the last few days?
It must have freaked out more then boxer to see the anger and refusal to fall in line behind Hillary at that event. EVEN the head of the GOS has a diary today that he changed his mind from saying NO no no to Warren running for pres and now is calling for Warren to become HRCs VP
I am not sure if this is click bait to attract sanders supporters back to post comments - if there is a real fear that the split In The dem party is real and possibly not fixable if HRC and now Bill too are our only choice or if this is a trial balloon to see how the sanders wing would react to EW joining the Wallstreet ticket as the VP
I dismissed this as flapping lips until today when I saw the BIG names like Charlie pierce and Kos join that convo about EW and HRC
I think they all think Warren on the Clinton ticket would make us all drop Bernie and fall in line for HRC. What it would do for me is lose a whole lot of respect for Ms Warren, and make another donation to Bernie's revolution
Wonder how others would feel about this
Orwell was an optimist
If Elizabeth Warren ran with Hillary...
...I'd go from not voting for Hillary and having some respect for Elizabeth Warren to not voting for Hillary and losing all respect for Elizabeth Warren.
Exactly my thoughts. Thank you.
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
same ... eom
Agreed, exactly, no self-respecting human being should
be willing to partner with the BFF of the mass-murderer Henry Kissinger.
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
I could change my mind
if someone would please leak Hillary's medical report from 2012. If (as i believe) it was a stroke that caused her fall & concussion, I might consider a vote for Hill/Liz. Of course, only if Bernie is out of the race.
We need Warren in the Senate
The End.
And Barbara Boxer can kiss my ass. And so can Daily Kos. Let 'em panic, that's what they get for forcing that compromised woman on us all.
luna, I heard that over and over again
at TOP every time someone suggested she run with Bernie. She'd be a great VP with the right POTUS in the WH. hrc would marginalize her and render her ineffective - so, indeed, she would be better staying in the Senate. Bernie would utilize her talents and give her actual work to do on behalf of we, the people. She would also be President of the Senate in her role as VP, which might prove to be interesting, given the right mandate from the POTUS.
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
More fool Elizabeth Warren then
I still wouldn't vote for $hillary......... and my respect for Warren would crater.
She'd be an idiot to get involved with Her Majesty in such an obviously cynical ploy. Desperate times for House Clinton.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
Armando is busier than a cat in a room full
of rocking chairs. In the past 24 hours, he's poste 3 (!!!) diaries defending the Dems/Hillary supporter's actions at the NV caucus, screaming foul at Bernie supporters, and challenging anyone who disagrees to 'prove' rules were changed in the secret meeting held prior to the caucus. FFS, me thinks he doth protest too much?
"When the powerless are shut out of the media, we will make the media irrelevant" ~Anonymous~
Has the other TOP legal authority, Adam B, weighed in? n/t
Isn't voting Adam B's specialty?
Whereas I don't believe Armando's is at all. Speaking of, his personality transplant sure didn't take.
I saw that he's been busy
And he is still lying about what happened in Nevada. And he's personally called out Angela for her diary and people are jumping all over her and saying that isn't the type of person that we need in government.
They are slandering a decent person just so they can rally around Hillary.
I wonder how much lower the people on that site can or will go?
Assholes!
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.
oh my, that's rotten. Is Angela a member here?
Hope she leaves that cesspool of ill-will and joins us over here.
TOP does not deserve someone like her. She's too good for them.
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
Angela Marx is indeed a member here.
She's posted both comments and essays.
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
They are going after Angela Marx?
She found her wings to run/fly at DK and now they turn? I am not surprised. And saddened. Add some shame.
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They eat their own
It's been an ongoing and accelerating trend for months, if not the last couple of years. One reason I got out before the March rush.
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
Desperation is not a good look on that blog
what depths are they plumbing when they dispatch Armando to click-bait the rec list more than once in a day. I guess bfuckingbb didn't make a dent in the slump over the weekend.
Couldn't happen to a bigger bunch of pathetic bastards. I'm not even going over there to observe it. They're clearly hurting, we should stop helping them as often as possible
The funny thing about Armando...
... is that he wouldn't last 5 minutes in a debate with either Greenwald or Billmon.
Both would take him apart.
I'm not surprised Billmon left DKos years ago for his own place.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
I sent them a Dear John letter, thanks for the link.
There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties.. This...is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.--John Adams
Speaking of shit sandwiches:
I don't know if you caught this:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bill-clinton-charge-revitalizing-economy-...
Bill Clinton is now, of course, a regular fixture at Peterson Foundation meetings. A promise to put him in charge of the economy is a promise of austerity planning, then.
“When there's no fight over programme, the election becomes a casting exercise. Trump's win is the unstoppable consequence of this situation.” - Jean-Luc Melanchon
That ol' twofer!
Two POTUS Clintons for one! This is "overs," America!
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
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“When there's no fight over programme, the election becomes a casting exercise. Trump's win is the unstoppable consequence of this situation.” - Jean-Luc Melanchon
Bwahahahaha
That's about the only advice I could, in good conscience, take from old Slick.
"When the powerless are shut out of the media, we will make the media irrelevant" ~Anonymous~
I must have that!!!!
That is the funniest shit I've seen all day. Thank you!!!
"Love One Another" ~ George Harrison
LOL!! This one never gets old.
Funny every time. I'd almost feel sorry for Hillary except that she has caused so much harm and so much pain to other woman around the world, that all I can say is, "Karma's a bitch ain't it."
And didn't Hillary tell us all at one time that marriage was between one man and one woman. Perhaps she really meant one man and one woman and all of his many mistresses.
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
If the rumors are true
It's not just women that he prefers.
He flew to a private island with Jeff Epstein who spent time in prison because he would bring in underaged girls to have sex with. Bill flew with him during that time.
And of course, Epstein donated money to the fucking Clinton foundation.
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.
Epstein is a disgusting individual.
The Duke of York was silly enough to get involved with him.
Given Clinton's sexual proclivities, I'm not surprised he was drawn to such a person.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
Makes me think of the old saying (apocryphal) about
Willie Horton and banks. Why do you rob banks? Because that's where the money is. Why put the modern-day Willie in charge of the economy? Because that's where the money is.
It was a Sutton not Horton about banks
I am sensitive, being one aforenamed.
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Oops!
Will that make the Clinton Foundation
a part of the Department of the Interior or the Defense Department? The Clinton Global Initiative, I suppose would come under the Secretary of State. Do you suppose, she will rehire Kissinger for that office?
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass
Excellent letter, JayRaye!
I only changed back to dem from indie to vote in my closed primary on June 7. After the dem convention in NM, I'll switch back to indie. I refuse to ever identify as dem again - er, I hope I don't have to do this again in the future, sigh.
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Thank you for the links Jayraye<
I'm on it.
'Well, I've wrestled with reality for thirty five years, Doctor, and I’m happy to state I finally won out over it." Elwood P. Dowd "
In an effort to be proactive
I sent Senator Warren an email that outlined why she should not agree to be Hillary's VP.
Dunno if it would help and I don't even know if she wants that job. But I sent the email anyway.
Life is strong. I'm weak, but Life is strong.
would be amusing if Bernie ran as an independent
because, as we all probably remember, when Lieberman lost to Lamont and ran as an independent, Bill Clinton on television chuckled, saying "what's wrong with TWO Democrats running?"
I'd get a kick out seeing Bernie run 3rd party and have someone say that same thing to Bill.
He'd better run indie. Millions are counting on him to do it
if he has the Dem nomination stolen out from under him. But if he doesn't, the Revolution will continue.
But yeah, if he does, I'll be making that meme a reality on my social media pages, I'd forgotten all about that
National Day of Action
I suggest we set a date and any Dem, fed up with the DNC, changes their registration on the same day, and tweets it to DWS. That would send a message.
I like this idea, esp if it went trending on twitter.
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
After the convention?
Like the DAY after the convention?
Or does it matter if we wait until then?
Before
I think before. So she has time to make some changes.
There was a discussion earlier,
about masses of people leaving the Dems on June 8, the day after the California primary (last one in the country, I think). So that's been my plan, but I'm open to other dates. I only registered with the Ds to vote for Bernie.
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. William Shakespeare
two Democrats
But there would still be only one Democrat running (as recognizable as such in any continuously-loyal State in 1975).
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
Thom Hartmann's Take
Today, I got to hear Thom Hartmann's comments regarding the Nevada delegate hijacking. I've written before about how disappointed I am in the guy. He made Bernie Sanders into enough of a national figure that he could mount a credible campaign. He hasn't changed a bit, saying essentially that it's over and we should move on.
I have to wonder if he's this blasé about the dirty tricks being pulled by the Clinton Campaign why he bothered to build up Sanders through his show.
edited typos and for clarity
Vowing To Oppose Everything Trump Attempts.
Maybe someone threatened
to pull financing from his show?
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass
I won't say no
Every time I check into someone he recommends, I find a pay wall. That gets a bit old for me.
Edited for sloppy typing fingers
Vowing To Oppose Everything Trump Attempts.
Hartmann was building
His show and his audience. He used Bernie to do that. What benefit Bernie got was not his goal, apparently. Money was.
Hartmann's 'lefty schtick' has long worn thin.
He's a Dem through and through, despite hosting Bernie for all these years.
He's been a constant supporter of Obama, despite everything Obama has done.
I gave up listening to him.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
Agreed!
Last week, a caller called in to give reasons why he wouldn't vote Hillary. Caller listed Whitewater and Vince Foster. Caller said once a liar, always a liar. Loosely paraphrasing. Thom's response was, "Come on, that was 30 years ago!" Shit, Thom! It matters!
Yeah, something's up with Thom, I find it harder to listen to him. Weaned myself from DK easily, on to weaning from listening to him, while driving in the van.
Listening to Jeff Buckley lately...what a sweet emotional voice taken too soon.
Be afraid of the Big Bad Republican, just like the Clintons are:
Oh wait...NEVER MIND-
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.-Lucy Parsons
w00t! Right on, JaeRaye! No more. FTS and all that.
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