A VICTORY FOR DEMOCRACY AND WORKING PEPOLE!
A federal judge has struck down attempts by backers of Hillary Clinton’s campaign to deny Culinary Worker’s Union members the opportunity to caucus in the state of Neveda.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011708S.shtml
I am a backer of Senator Barack Obama and a believer in stayiing positive with respect to all Democratic candidates. I am focussed in our common desire to win back the White House from the party that has stained America’s legacy, weakened our nation, and hurt our people. I have been loath to voice open criticizm of our candidates or my fellow Democrats, but enough is enough.
The Democratic Party I believe in, empowers and encourages participation of all citizens in the electoral process. To watch such desperate, calculated tactics that deny people the right to participate sickens me. This is a play straight out of the zero sum game plan of Karl Rove and Lee Atwater. We are better than that. This is beneath us.
The judge ruled exactly right in this case. Regardless of whom a voter is likely to back, that voter’s voice needs to be heard. I hope with all my soul that such tactics are never again contemplated by our candidates or their supporters. And I hope a pound of flesh is exacted by the voters in Nevada to remind all politicians and their operatives, that such anti-American tactics will not be tolerated or condoned.
mike kohr