[I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair, Rodgers and Hammerstein]
[video by MissDiscipline]
How true are the words to this song when applied to our current “situation”!!! And how prescient are my old time heroes, Rodgers and Hammerstein in their 1949 broadway musical, South Pacific. Here’s a South Park-inspired version. This post was inspired by myiq2xu’s: http://myiq2xu.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/how-to-turn-win-into-whine/
The most difficult part about writing this was deciding which line to use as the title, because there are a plethora of appropriate choices. I began with the oh-so-eraser-friendly Denver ballot analogy: “rub him out of the roll call.” However, I carefully reconsidered in case it might be misconstrued in Soprano-like terms. Read the lyrics and see for yourself. What a choice for l’il ole Libra me to have to make! I did it, but pick a line, any line in the song, and you’ve got a winner — I mean a winner about a loser.
As for the two pinup men at the end: not up on these things and haven’t a clue — unless they’re the current or ex-boyfriends of the video producer. If they’re famous or sports stars, oops, sorry.
Personally, I’ve got the man I want to wash out of my hair clearly focused in my mind. Oh, no, guess not, he’s gone. Washed up and washed out! From my lips. . . .
I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair
from South Pacific by Rodgers and Hammerstein
I’m gonna wash that man right outta my hair,
I’m gonna wash that man right outta my hair,
I’m gonna wash that man right outta my hair,
And send him on his way.
I’m gonna wave that man right outta my arms,
I’m gonna wave that man right outta my arms,
I’m gonna wave that man right outta my arms,
And send him on his way.
Don’t try to patch it up
Tear it up, tear it up!
Wash him out, dry him out,
Push him out, fly him out,
Cancel him and let him go!
Yea, sister!
I’m gonna wash that man right outta my hair,
I’m gonna wash that man right outta my hair,
I’m gonna wash that man right outta my hair,
And send him on his way.
If a man don’t understand you,
If you fly on separate beams,
Waste no time, make a change,
Ride that man right off your range.
Rub him out of the roll call
And drum him out of your dreams.
Oho!
If you laugh at different comics,
If you root for different teams,
Waste no time, weep no more,
Show him what the door is for.
Rub him out of the roll call
And drum him out of your dreams.
You can’t light a fire when the woods are wet,
No!
You can’t make a butterfly strong,
Hmm, hmm!
You can’t fix an egg when it ain’t quite good,
And you can’t fix a man when he’s wrong!
You can’t put back a petal when it falls from a flower,
Or sweeten up a fellow when he starts turnin’ sour
Oh no! Oh no!
If his eyes get dull and fishy,
When you look for glints and gleams,
Waste no time,
Make a switch,
Drop him in the nearest ditch!
Rub him out of the roll call,
And drum him out of your dreams
Oho! Oho!
I went and washed that man right outta my hair,
I went and washed that man right outta my hair,
I went and washed that man right outta my hair,
And sent him on his way.
She went and washed that man right outta her hair,
She went and washed that man right outta her hair,
She went and washed that man right outta her hair,
And sent him on his way!
And if you haven’t had enough, here’s a karaoke, slightly off-key version from Pequinito. Appropriate, ain’t it? Sing along, enjoy yourself. I hate to be redundant, but this wash bears repeating. In fact, my hair is so dirty from all this DNC, Nobama, Pelosi, Dean grime, that I’ll have to shampoo it twice in order to get it clean.
Besides PUMAs, Just Say No Deal Coalition members, and those who have been paying close attention to the 2008 primary process, everyone in the US and some people abroad think that: Obama won the Democratic Primary; therefore, he secured the nomination; and he is being gracious by allowing Clinton’s name to be placed in nomination at the Democratic Convention.
In fact, the Obama and Clinton campaigns issued a joint statement on August 14, 2008 about it, and we have achieved a small victory. Or as Heidi Li Feldman puts it, we’re where we were in the first place. (Oh, forgive me: as Barbra WaWa might say: Were where we whah in the furst pwace.) The MSM is all over the story, asking if we disgruntled old ladies, gays, and republicrats are satisfied now? They claim that we’re just sore losers, and that we want Clinton’s name on the ballot because of her historic win as a woman. They’re touting it as symbolic. It’s not symbolic; it’s normal!
In fact, we are sore winners! Neither candidate won the requisite number of pledged delegates. Instead (rolling eyes, PUMAs repeating themselves, ad infinitum), Nancy Nine Percent Pelosi and Harry Reticent Reed pressured the Democratic Superdelegates to endorse a candidate prior to Denver. This act in turn defies their true purpose: to nominate the candidate who can win POTUS in November. In 2008, there are 855 Superdelegates with FL and MI according to Connect-the-Dots. CNN says it’s 825. Over 200 are uncommitted. Any SD can change their vote through the first ballot in Denver, no matter who they or their state or district endorsed.
Didn’t Hillary run on the assertion that she was the only Democratic candidate who could win the Electoral College in November? The virtual Nobama/McCain dead heat in the polls proves that she wasn’t lyin’, despite Obamamoneys-raised, European jaunts, and a vacay away from the barely investigative, mostly fawning MSM spotlight.
The Obama/DNC presumption is that it’s all a done deal. To dispel any doubts, Invesco Field/Mile High Stadium was booked as the site for what our movement, (and back in the day, Jesse Jackson) calls a coronation. Let’s be clear:
From CNN’s count, we see that neither candidate had the requisite 2,118 pledged delegates as of June 3 to clinch the nomination. Obama had 1763, Clinton had 1640, a 123 delegate lead for BO. It is difficult to find an accurate vote count that shows Hillary Clinton won the most popular votes of any primary candidate in history. Why? Real Clear Politics has Clinton at 18,046,007, Obama at 17,869,542, including MI and FL, with estimates for IA, NV, ME, and WA. There, Clinton nets +176,465 votes.
1. Why does popular vote matter when everyone keeps hammering on the delegate totals? Delegate counts are inconsistent, uneven reflections of the will of the voters, because they include caucuses. Caucuses represent far fewer voters than primaries, yet delegates selected in that process carry more weight.
Worse yet is the impact on the delegate count. While [as of 5/31/08] 2549 delegates earned in the primaries represent an average of 12,225 voters, in the caucuses each of the 515 delegates elected represents a mere 2,110 votes. Each caucus vote, then, is weighted 5.8 times greater than each primary vote when it comes to allocating delegates.
2. Why don’t PUMAs admit that Obama won more caucuses, which is why he won and Hillary lost, and stop changing the rules? In 2008, there are substantiated reports of caucus fraud. Please read Dr. Lynette Long’s research who concludes: “the Obama campaign willfully and intentionally defrauded the American public by systematically undermining the caucus process.”
3. If Obama now has enough delegates when SDs are included, why isn’t he simply the nominee? Superdelegates are party officials — both elected and un-elected. They can vote for whomever they wish at their Convention, regardless of their states’ vote, to make sure the most-electable Democrat becomes the nominee.
4. Why am I still writing about this, when Obama and Clinton agreed on 8/14/08 that Hillary’s name will be placed on the Convention ballot and up for a roll call vote? Because, it should have been automatic, as in every election since 1884. None of the other candidates came anywhere near Clinton, yet it’s a “negotiation”? Look at all these guys who were nominated, without even coming close to their opponents in delegate count. Courtesy of EdgeOfForever:
1972: Ted Kennedy - 12 votes on first ballot
Kennedy had no chance of winning, but his name was placed in nomination.
1976: Ted Kennedy - 1 vote on first ballot
Kennedy had no chance of winning, but his name was placed in nomination.
1980: Jimmy Carter - 1981 delegates
Ted Kennedy - 1225 delegates
Uncommitted - 122
Kennedy had no chance of winning, but his name was placed in nomination.
1984: Jesse Jackson - 465 votes
Jackson had no chance of winning, but his name was placed in nomination.
1988: Jesse Jackson - 1218 votes
Jackson had no chance of winning, but his name was placed in nomination.
2004: John Kerry: 2192.5 Pledged delegates
Howard Dean: 114.5 Pledged delegates
Dean had already dropped out, with no chance of winning, but his name was placed in nomination.
5. Who are the delegates, and why shouldn’t they just go along with the DNC’s choice, Barack Obama? Delegates are elected by their grassroots supporters to go to the Democratic convention as representatives of the total votes cast in their state’s districts. Although they each may represent thousands of HRC voters, they can just change their votes as if we, the US voters, are not even in the picture! According to CNN,
Pledged delegates are not actually bound to vote for the candidate. Consequently, candidates are allowed on a state-by-state basis to review lists of delegates who have pledged their support and can delete anyone whose support they consider unreliable.
Surprise you? This could account for the DNC’s treatment of Clinton delegate, Sacha Millstone, or even what happened in Florida right after June 3, when Obama’s campaign began replacing his elected delegates with their own. I’m still not getting how someone who represents your, or my, or anyone’s vote could be intimidated into changing it and have that be part of the deal. Our deal. You know, the one we get as citizens. The deal, the one true thing we’ve got in this country that our guys and all those Iraqis are supposedly dying for and about. That democracy one person one vote representative thing.
6. How can the DNC represent the will of the people, if the delegates are pressured to support Obama as if he is the nominee, and they are afraid to publicly declare otherwise? How can there be “unity” if Hillary Clinton is allowed to be booed unchecked at even one of his events? DNC chairs and party officials, and delegates are being intimidated and threatened to not cast THEIR votes for Hillary Clinton. These are not THEIR votes. These votes are OURS. The delegates are merely our proxies. If not us, who DO they represent? How is this representative government?
Whether you agree or disagree, please learn about the process. Watch this three-part series, Democrats ‘08: CONNECT-THE-DOTS, with Host Leslie Stevens. The program is sponsored by The Educational Foundation for the Integrity of the Democratic Process, Asheville, North Carolina. Bloggers, please post it! Readers, email it to friends and family.
[Connect-the-Dots Part 1]
[Connect-the-Dots Part 2]
[Connect-the-Dots Part 3]
Have you connected the dots? That’s why we’re not satisfied. It’s about the process being fair and reflecting the will of the voters. And, you can help!!! Call or email your delegates or any that you know. Ask them to sign the 300 delegate petition to ensure that Hillary’s name is placed in nomination. This petition was created by and for delegates. Email: hrc300delegates@yahoo.com.
Still, we’re not ready to make nice. . . .
[160 Years and Still Waiting --- Rise Hillary Rise by DemocracyDame]
h/t to DemocracyDame for “Connect-the-Dots” lead and her video above.
The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder reported this morning, and now officially, that Hillary Clinton’s name will be placed in nomination, meaning on the ballot, at the Democratic Convention.
Of course, Obama decided it best to welcome her participation for the sake of the team — unity and all that, you know. Do ya think? How about: with the most sophisticated bulldog machine and millions of campaign bucks raised, his paltry self is statistically tied with John McCain.
From Ambinder and now from Hillary’s website: A joint statement from the Clinton and Obama campaigns:
Since June, Senators Obama and Clinton have been working together to ensure a Democratic victory this November. They are both committed to winning back the White House and to to ensuring that the voices of all 35 million people who participated in this historic primary election are respected and heard in Denver. To honor and celebrate these voices and votes, both Senator Obama’s and Senator Clinton’s names will be placed in nomination. “I am convinced that honoring Senator Clinton’s historic campaign in this way will help us celebrate this defining moment in our history and bring the party together in a strong united fashion,” said Senator Barack Obama.
Senator Obama’s campaign encouraged Senator Clinton’s name to be placed in nomination as a show of unity and in recognition of the historic race she ran and the fact that she was the first woman to compete in all of our nation’s primary contests.
“With every voice heard and the Party strongly united, we will elect Senator Obama President of the United States and put our nation on the path to peace and prosperity once again,” said Senator Hillary Clinton.
Senator Obama and Senator Clinton are looking forward to a convention unified behind Barack Obama as the Party’s nominee and to victory this fall for America.
Well, madamab, The Confluence’s playwright-in-residence couldn’t have written this scenario better. Speculation’s a-flyin’ that Hillary will use the occasion to release her delegates to Obama. Hmm. It could happen, but naturally we PUMAs will do all in our power to keep her ROAR fierce and encourage the delegates, who are being systematically threatened, coerced, and pressured to go over to the O-side, to remain strong and committed to the candidate we elected them to support.
And of course after six months, now that Obama has just jumped on the seat-our-delegates train, he needs even more delegates than accounted for in order to clinch the nomination. Now that he’s recognized, well that’s too generous, now that it’s dawned on him that he cannot win in his current incarnation, he’s morphed once again into the candidate whose claim to a vision of change trumps the reality he’s actually produced.
Senator Clinton Urges Credential Committee to Restore Full Votes for Michigan and Florida Convention Delegates
Senator Hillary Clinton issued the following statement in response to the letter Senator Barack Obama sent to the Credentials Committee urging that it allow the Michigan and Florida delegates to have a full vote at the 2008 Democratic Convention.
“During the campaign, I strongly advocated for the Democratic Party to seat the Florida and Michigan delegation with their full votes. The Democratic Party has always stood up for the principle of counting every person’s vote. Today, Senator Obama has requested that the Credentials Committee give Florida and Michigan delegates their full votes. This is the right position for the Democratic Party and for the country and I urge the Credentials Committee to restore full votes to Florida and Michigan delegates.”
So, now the “magic number” of delegates necessary to clinch the Dem Nom for POTUS is now 2118, according to RealClearPolitics. If you go there, of course, keep in mind that the Superdelegates can change their minds up through first vote on the convention floor.
Great job, PUMAs!!! Just Say No Deal! Keep up the pressure. Buyers’ remorse abounds. The Russia-Georgia conflict is an August surprise that is testing the Dems untested candidate. Call Now: How’s he drivin’?
To those of you who are still here after my 12-day absence: Welcome and Thank You!
I am still here! I did not give up. I am still fighting to elect the only candidate who can save our country’s sorry butt from its current slide into ruin, an extraordinary candidate who is the most electable: Our Madam President, Hillary Clinton!
Where have I been, anyway? What a long, strange trip it’s been. . . .
I was happily minding my own blogness — actually, I’m not so sure about happily. How many of us were going to do our part to help out with the campaign for just a bit? Raise money, make calls. I’d been a volunteer for over twenty years during Presidential campaigns and have worked at the polls, for the Democratic Party, and even for moveon.org since they started in Berkeley, CA. However, I can’t say that I’ve ever been as obsessed as in this season. Right?
I created Lady Boomer NYC blog after I wrote a letter to friends describing why I was supporting Hillary Clinton for President. In response, I received forwarded emails from longtime New Age, feminist, baby boomer friends demeaning Hillary in the extreme. In early March, a dear friend who was connected to Obama’s campaign told me that Hillary could not mathematically win the democratic nomination. After making about twenty voter calls to Ohio and Texas, and being hung up on and cussed out, I decided that I wasn’t cut out for it. I had no idea how Hillary could withstand it. I certainly had a much different experience calling Ohio for Kerry in 2004 through moveon.
As a published author, writing something motivational, inspirational, or informational was how I thought I could best contribute to the cause. Then look what happened: Hillary Clinton was attacked from all fronts, while her junior opponent was nary examined. We, the incensed lifetime members of the Democratic Party, began to hoot ‘n holler about how her opponents were gaming and defrauding the system with sexism, race-baiting, fear and intimidation. With each primary, we thought we’d be done, yet the attacks, her opponent’s outrageous claims and his abnormal friends kept emerging. We were constantly putting out fires.
The best thing, though, was that we could promote and work for a competent, qualified woman who had plans and programs for every segment of our society, plans that she could recite backwards and forwards, numbers included. The other best thing is that nobody said we had to do it. You could say we were called. How else can normal people have the energy to work tirelessly ’round the clock? The other best thing was that we began to create community for the sake of a cause. Yes, the second sixties-era for me. Nobody had to tell me to do it — I couldn’t do otherwise.
After the primaries, many blogs, websites, forums, organizations, artists, and individuals coalesced into PUMAs and the Just Say No Deal coalition. V, an online creative friend, said he felt the coalition’s voice needed to get bigger in the world and asked very nicely for my help in starting a radio station at No Quarter. I’d mentioned my radio station background, and the thought of new technology was exciting compared to the old radio days of two turntables and a microphone plus remote on-site broadcasts.
V, and his amazing technical, training expertise, artistic design dream coat, and I became producing partners and collaborators. In three weeks we had created NQR and aired shows, including: Larry Johnson’s “Security Corner” with guests Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame Wilson, “Morning Q” with Betty Jean and Pagan, “Reading Rezko” with Susan UnPC and Truthteller, “Meet Me in Denver” with Murphy and Friends, Bud White with guest Bob Shrum, DC Media Girl, Nocturnal Warrior, and more. After getting things going on the creative, logistical and training fronts, V and I left NQR to pursue other projects. I’m honored to have been part of that effort with him and NQR, and that the coalition’s voice is being broadcast on a larger scale going forward.
During our radio project, I was crazy busy and my blog suffered — I had no capacity to maintain my former writing output. However, during that time, I was still typing up a storm as I had for months in station emails, correspondences and documents, writing blog posts, reading blogs and news for research, plus personal and professional writing and correspondence. Basically, I’d been on my laptop for an entire year, from 10-18 hours per day, beginning when I began revising my 118-page book proposal in June 2007. Whole days passed into night, Summer into Fall, Fall into Winter. In Winter, as a recently transplanted Cali girl in NY, I could justify staying inside like David Mamet and never open the shades. But then, in our fervor to elect Hillary, Winter ‘08 turned into Spring, then Summer, and we’re almost at Fall. Like many of us, I work for myself and abandoned it to work on behalf of Hillary’s campaign. How important it was to get her elected and make sure justice was done!
During my last week at NQR, several tumor-like nodules mysteriously appeared in my right palm — overnight! And believe me, I pay attention to my body. Well, of course, I walk my talk, or try to. However, the writing habits I just mentioned would belie that statement! In fact, I was so far into it, that when one of my daughters visited, she said, “What happened to you?” My body was all curled up and I didn’t even know it! As a body-mind practitioner, healer, and author, to say that I was freaked out about my hand condition would be an understatement. I’ve also played piano, guitar, and done painting and drawing my entire life, plus am a gardener. As one of the 37 million uninsured, or is that 47 million, I began to explore my options. Ahhh, what’s 10 million here or there among the uninsured?
Working in complementary health, I have lots of colleagues with whom I consult. I checked with my friend who’s a Physician Assistant and likes to look up weird stuff; when she hit on Dupuytren’s Contracture, the bells of my symptoms went off. Overnight, my palm had grown lumps with adhesions over them, and the texture of my skin changed, growing calloused and swollen, with a red spot that looked like a photo of same. Turns out, it’s hereditary, my mom has it, along with other complications she tells me. In advanced stages, your hand can curl up. My suspicions of its seemingly rapid onset centered on having used a trackpad consistently for several years, especially during this intensive writing. Who knows, it could be tendons or cartilage, but like cysts I’ve had, they and my palm get bigger and smaller throughout the cycles of the day and with usage, sometimes it’s painful or uncomfy, but nothing intolerable. I’m just protecting it from further damage.
In case you’re about to offer a suggestion, I’ve tried various things, including: icing, heat, anti-inflammatories, acupuncture and Chinese herbs, Chinese chi-gung balls, typing only with my left hand (extremely frustrating for a 65 wpm typist), not typing, myofascial release on hand, arm, shoulders, back, favoring left hand in daily activities. I’ve consulted with a doc friend and an Occupational Therapist who gave me pointers on gentle management and acceptance. I could see a $500 specialist, plus xrays, who might give me a cortisone shot, suggest surgery, or say there’s nothing I can do. There’s an experimental needle procedure developed in France. So far, the self-deep tissue work, icing, and not using it have worked best. As you can tell, I go low-tech first. More than you’ve ever wanted to know, right?
All in all, I’d say that the Universe dropped a love bomb on me, as riverdaughter calls it. Love my body, my hands, make wise use of them, rest, develop/bring forth other parts of my life and work in areas of proficiency that I haven’t emphasized. In my intention, I’m morphing the emphasis of what has been a major part of my identity. One thing I find interesting is the change in my logical left brain, right hand hookup: it seems to be on mute. Yes, I can still compute day to day activities, and my list-making is alive and well. I’m just more likely to let things go by, or not care about using initial caps. I don’t care about every single outrageous breaking news story, although I still track many of them. You could say my perfectionism volume is turned down a bit.
Thank you for reading this far. You know I’ve always been honest, so have laid it all out for you. My new commitment is to begin writing here again, but in less quantity. I have about 100 unpublished drafts from before and would like to bring forth a few of those ideas. I have to be more picky about my hand usage and be more selective about what I write, instead of trying to cover it all! Although I hate to not post every single thing about our movement and the news, I’ll have to leave that to the other fabulous bloggers. I’ll leave you to read most calls to action and announcements on the other fantastic Just Say No Deal and Puma coalition blogs.
Lastly, I’ll leave you with this: I went to the Puma Conference in DC, helped a bit in the planning, and did a presentation about “Communication and Reaction: Embodying Community.” I met and jammed with so many dedicated and energized PUMAs whom I’ve met online or talked with on the phone. We were privileged to work, plan, and share ideas together about the short-term and long-term goals of our movement and the Democratic Party. I am in this for the long term. I am in this for exposing the injustices in this campaign, and more importantly for reforming the election system.
I uphold the vision of our coalition to nominate and elect our champion, the only Democratic candidate who can win the general election and navigate our country on its rightful course: Hillary Clinton, our Madam President!
Through our journey, and working together, we’ve formed alliances, and learned our strengths. Our friends, families, colleagues, and neighbors can’t understand why we keep on. Sometimes we can have those conversations, other times we just have to shut up. Many dear ones and partners in the struggle have fallen away or say they will if we don’t quit. Yet we keep going, giving our very best to the principles and underpinnings that form the heart and soul of the laws of this country.
[Bob Marley - No Woman, No Cry]
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Trenchtown,
Observing the hypocrites as they would mingle with the good people we’d meet.
Good friends we have, oh good friends we’ve lost along the way,
In this great future, you can’t forget your past, so dry your tears, I say.
So what has and is to become of us die-hard Hillary Clinton for President supporters, who refuse to let the injustices perpetrated by the DNC, Obama, and the Democratic Party be swept under the rug and hidden from view? We continue to speak out and speak up to the world at large and especially to the Superdelegates, whom we urge to carry out their jobs in service to the voice of the People and electing the most qualified candidate as our President and Commander-In-Chief: Hillary Clinton.
Use the soundtrack to inspire you during today’s Puma Prowl. We may be broken-hearted — mostly due to the loss of truth and freedom in this election cycle — but we are NOT DONE taking action, bearing witness, and righting the wrongs that were foisted upon the voters of our country.
July 30, 2008
TO: Puma PAC Members
FROM: Murphy
Subject: Today’s PROWL
Hello Puma PAC,
Today we are holding accountable those Super Delegates who appear to have been for sale. After receiving donations from Barack Obama’s political action committee, the Hope Fund, these politicians endorsed him and pledged to vote for him as Super Delegates in Denver. EVEN THOUGH HILLARY WON IN THEIR DISTRICTS IN MARGINS AS HIGH AS 60 POINTS! Let that sink in for a moment. Barack Obama gave these Super Delegates LOTS OF MONEY and now they are going to OVERTURN THE WILL OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS IN DENVER.
FOR MONEY.
FOR SHAME!
Puma PAC, we MUST speak up! Fax the following document to the list of Super Delegates below. We will also be calling 3 of these Super Delegates today.
DON’T BE AFRAID TO MAKE NOISE PUMA PAC! IF WE DON’T TELL THESE POLITICIANS THAT OUR VOTES ARE NOT FOR SALE, WHO ON EARTH WILL??
Thank you and Good Luck,
Murphy.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FAXING:
Print and fax the letter to each of these Super Delegates. There are 15 names on the list. This PROWL will take about 20 minutes to complete. PLEASE DO IT.
Rep. Baron Hill: 202-226-6886
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter: 202-225-5822
Sen. Jeff Bingaman: 202-224-2852
Sen. Frank Lautenberg: 202-228-4054
Rep. Ron Klein: 202-225-8398
Rep. Joe Donnelly: 202-226-6798
Rep. Gerald McNerney: 202-225-4060
Rep. Jason Altmire: 202-226-2274
Rep. Niki Tsongas: 202-226-0771
Rep. Dennis Cardoza: 202-225-0891
Rep. Gabriella Giffords: 202-225-0378
Rep. Jim Costa: 202-225-9308
Rep. Zack Space: 202-225-3394
Rep. Charlie Wilson: 202-225-5907
Rep. Jay Rockefeller: 202-224-7665
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CALLING:
Today, at 2:30pm, eastern, call the following THREE Congressmen and tell them YOUR VOTE IS NOT FOR SALE BY THEM! Be civil but firm. Call for 45 minutes, until 3:15pm eastern.
SUGGESTED SCRIPT FOR CALL: “Hello, my name is — and I‚m a Democrat and member of Puma PAC in your district. I am calling to voice my disgust that the Congressman/Senator is planning to overturn the will of his/her constituents as a Super Delegate in Denver. Did the congressman/senator decide to support Senator Obama before or AFTER he/she received the $11,500 check from Senator Obama?”
(use the correct amount of the donation from the information below.
For Rep. Hill, use Bloomington, Indiana — zip: 47401, area code: 812
For Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, use Portsmouth NH, zip: 03801 area code: 603
For Senator Bingaman: use Santa Fe NM, zip: 87501 area code: 505)
Rep. Baron Hill. Call 202-225-5315. ($12,500 from Obama. $2,500 from Clinton. Hillary won Indiana by 2 points and his district by 30 points.)
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter. Call 202-225-5456. ($11,500 from Obama. $2,500 from Clinton. Hillary won New Hampshire by 2 points and her district by 14 points.)
Sen. Jeff Bingaman. Call 202-224-5521. ($4,200 from Obama. Zero from Clinton. Hillary won New Mexico by 1 point.)
COPY AND PRINT THE FOLLOWING FAX; THEN SEND IT TO THE LIST ABOVE. (Print out the list so you can have it handy at the fax machine!)
DATE: July 30, 2008
FROM: Puma PAC Member
http://blog.pumapac.org
YOU RECEIVED UP TO TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM BARACK OBAMA. YOU NOW PLEDGE TO VOTE FOR HIM IN DENVER EVEN THOUGH THE VOTERS IN YOUR DISTRICT CHOSE HILLARY CLINTON BY MARGINS UP TO 60 POINTS.
YOU ARE OVERTURNING THE WILL OF AMERICAN VOTERS.
HOW DARE YOU?
I AM A MEMBER OF PUMA PAC, PEOPLE UNITED MEANS ACTION, AND MY VOTE IS NOT FOR SALE BY YOU OR ANYONE ELSE!
[Money Changes Everything --- Superdelegates Are For Sale]
GeekLove has made a new video in concert with Real Democrats USA and Lynette Long, PhD. The video points to the disparity between the candidate that some of the Superdelegates have endorsed for President and the candidate that actually won both the SD’s state and their district in the primary election. When Obama gave money to the candidates through his PAC, the candidates supported him despite what the vote was. When Obama gave money to the down ticket candidates, and Hillary didn’t or gave less, Obama got the endorsement.
So, this is Obama’s idea of new politics? Looks like business as usual to me. Counteract the madness with today’s Swing State PUMA Pounce for Tuesday July 29:
Between the hours of 9am - 5pm EST please call the following U.S. Representatives. These Representatives ‘represent’ Congressional Districts that Hillary Clinton won AND are in states that Clinton also won in the presidential primary – but they are endorsing Barack Obama. They also reside in swing states and are up for reelection.
Sample Message:
Hello. I am calling to urge (Representative ____) to endorse Hillary Clinton for President at the convention. Hillary won both your district and state. I encourage (Representative _____) to reconsider their endorsement, which is not written in stone until the convention, and to change it to reflect the wishes of their constituents.
(Then respectfully express why you support Hillary over Barack Obama.)
* Please note that Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Shultz was formerly a strong Hillary supporter…please thank her for her past support.
Reps in Swing States in Clinton Districts and States - Obama Endorsers:
Rep. Joe Donnelly [IN] (202) 225-3915
Rep. Baron Hill [IN] (202) 225-5315
Rep. Bart Stupak [MI] (202) 225-4735.
Patrick Murphy [PA] (202) 225-4276
Rep. Robert Wexler [FL] (202) 225-3001
Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Shultz [FL] (202) 225-7931
Rep. Ron Klein [FL] (202) 225-3026
Carol Shea-Porter [NH] (202) 225-5456
* Video soundtrack: “For The Love Of Money” by the O’Jays and “Money Changes Everything” by Cyndi Lauper. Please rate and favorite Geeklove’s video here.
“Surrounded by Liars and Thieves” by Satellite Nation
PUMA is having a Pre-Convention PUMA Conference to prepare and train people for Denver and beyond. If you plan to go to Denver and can also make it to DC — GO!
I’ve included boowitch13’s fresh video, “Surrounded by Liars and Thieves,” for your viewing and motivational pleasure. Do I want to set the mood that the PUMA 08 Conference will be angry and vengeful like the twenty-four year old Obamamen who spew at me? No! But, we can’t forget why we are doing this, and why we are here! It’s because we were swindled out of our votes and our rights as citizens by “liars and thieves!”
It’s time for us to gather, meet each other and plan for the future. Remember: Dean and Donna ‘n them began building their organizations and planned takeover back in 2004. Actually, they began earlier, if you count from when Dean began his Presidential run.
PUMAs have written, blogged, emailed, protested, petitioned, and broadcast our message through the mainstream media, and our own shows on blogtalkradio. Now it’s time to meet in the flesh, plan, and build our energy, vision, and intention for the future.
What can you offer? What’s your skill set to contribute to the planned protest in Denver, getting Hillary on the ballot, or creating our own media messages? What can you add to the movement? Do you connect well with people and like to talk and organize at the grass roots level? Do you like to write letters? Raise money? Network people together? Are you a tech genius? Video producer? Graphic designer? How can you add your talents to the cause?
What will be the message and purpose of our movement in Denver and beyond? At the PUMA CONFERENCE:
There will be workshops for those who are starting PUMA chapters, and other informative sessions on media training, fundraising, and boosting traffic to your blog/website during this election cycle.
At the end of the conference, each person will have a solid action plan for Denver and their potential plans through the November election for each possible scenario. They will have a clear picture of the PUMA movement itself, and how we will move forward.
Who Should Attend: Those who want to have an active say about the direction of the PUMA movement in Denver and the role of PUMA as it develops.
Who Should NOT Attend: Those who would need to choose between Denver and DC. Our conference is secondary and meant to act in a supportive role of the Convention itself.
COST: $250—Includes price of ENTIRE CONFERENCE and:
Lodging at FIVE STAR hotel – the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. for THREE nights (Thursday, Friday and Saturday)
NQR’s MorningQ with hosts BettyJean & Pagan airs MONDAY and THURSDAY this week! Tune-in live 10:00-11:00 a.m. ET.
Don’t miss today’s special guests: Denver Group founders, Heidi Li Feldman and Marc Rubin.
Find out: What is the Denver Group? What is their mission? Why does Hillary need to be both Nominated and have a Roll Call vote at the Democratic National Convention?
Isn’t David Byrne fascinating and weird? “Once In A Lifetime” is from the Talking Heads album, REMAIN IN LIGHT. This 1980s song played when I was waiting in line for Pinkberry during our NYC heatwave. Reminded me of how great it was, and I had to play it for you, too.
Wait, I’m not bitter. I’m an optimist. And so are you, because you still think that WE can elect the best candidate our President, Hillary Clinton.
Animator/videographer and coalition activist extraordinaire, Flinneo, is making a flash intro for Just Say No Deal to show the world who we are. WE are YOU!
No name needed. Submit to Just Say No Deal via link below — all email addresses and pics are kept confidential. Click link to submit photo and read guidelines — Forward the link to all PUMAs nationwide!
I wanted to make sure you saw this opportunity to be a part of our convention in Denver this August.
If selected, you and a friend will go Backstage with Barack and be a part of history.
As we continue to build our 50-state strategy, your support is crucial to preparing for victory in November. Please take a moment and make a contribution so you can be a part of this special opportunity.
It would be great to see you in Denver!
Thanks for all you do,
Tom McMahon
Overheard in line at the concert convention:
The people’s choice for sure, dude.
Yeah, only $25 for backstage passes.
Hey man, I thought you said they were free.
Guess not.
Nothin’s free. Anymore.
And this from Steve Hildebrand, Deputy Campaign Manager, Obama for America. Steve says Barack can’t do this without me. Wow. That is the first true thing I’ve heard from his campaign, to date.
I’m out here in Denver, Colorado visiting the site of the Democratic National Convention, and there is excitement in the mountain air.
Folks are working hard on Barack’s plan for a truly open convention. It will be a historic event, and you can be a part of it.
If you make a donation in any amount before midnight on July 31st, you could be selected to travel to Denver for the last two days of the convention, including the final event — Barack’s acceptance of the Democratic nomination for President before 75,000 people.
Ten supporters will be selected from all over the country, and each will be able to bring one guest. We’ll provide airfare, accommodations, and two days of convention activities — including a private meeting with Barack before his historic speech.
Our team shot a short video of the stadium to give you a sense of the event. Watch the video and make a donation of $25 today, and you could go Backstage with Barack:
(link removed, find it yourself if you’d like)
Supporters like you are the reason this campaign has been possible. We are thrilled that some of you will be able to celebrate what you accomplished with us in Denver.
But we have a long way to go, and Barack can’t do this without you.
July 17, 2008 — Diane Mantouvalos talks about the purpose of Just Say No Deal on Fox’s After the Show Show. Who is part of the coalition and why? What is the coalition doing leading up to the Democratic Convention in Denver? She discusses DNC, caucus fraud investigations, Howard Dean, and the Clintons. Coming Soon: PUMA the Movie.
Thursday’s “MorningQ” features Just Say No Deal co-founder and spokesperson, Will Bower, along with PUMA Conference Pre-Conference Committee Event Coordinator, Deb Barnes. Tune in to learn about this conference directly from the planners themselves. Tune in LIVE on Thursday, July 17, 10-11 am ET.
BettyJean and Pagan will be hosting a daily round-up of all things for PUMA and Just Say No Deal coalition members along with important news, action items, video reviews, and exciting guests. They’ll also be answering listener questions. The call-in number is (347) 677-0766.
Meet the Hosts:
Pagan: blogs at Pagan Power and No Quarter. He writes, “I am opinionated. I am unusual. And I am stubborn. I say what is on my mind and I really don’t care if it pisses some people off. In fact, if what I have to say causes some people to feel uncomfortable I have probably done my job. I believe that we have an obligation to speak the truth regardless of the consequences. So gird your loins, get your head on straight and enjoy the ride. Or get lost!”
BettyJean: likes to say she has been a women’s rights activist since birth and doesn’t care who knows how long that has been! Ask her-she’ll tell you that - and a whole lot more. She describes herself as a tough ol’ Italian broad from Hackensack, NJ. BettyJean, aka FreeMeNow writes a Newsletter called Free US Now. Bettyjean intends to write a book which she believes will initiate “The New Millennium Women’s Movement of 2008‚
Their show will highlight Just Say No Deal and PUMA Coalition action items, Video of the Day, and Fact or Fiction — a listener quiz game.
Fact or Fiction? From time to time, BettyJean and Pagan will have a few questions for their listeners! This week’s questions are:
Who has not endorsed Obama?
Which 8 delegates switched back to Hillary?
Can vendors write off all or part of Hillary’s debt as a tax write off?
BettyJean and Pagan will be hosting a daily round-up of all things for PUMA and Just Say No Deal coalition members along with important news, action items, video reviews, and exciting guests. They’ll also be answering listener questions. The call-in number is (347) 677-0766.
Their kickoff show will feature an interview segment with videographer/artist, Hillacrat, whose brand new video, “Lord Of The Democrats,” was released on Monday, July 14, 2008.
Meet the Hosts:
Pagan: blogs at Pagan Power and No Quarter. He writes, “I am opinionated. I am unusual. And I am stubborn. I say what is on my mind and I really don’t care if it pisses some people off. In fact, if what I have to say causes some people to feel uncomfortable I have probably done my job. I believe that we have an obligation to speak the truth regardless of the consequences. So gird your loins, get your head on straight and enjoy the ride. Or get lost!”
BettyJean: likes to say she has been a women’s rights activist since birth and doesn’t care who knows how long that has been! Ask her-she’ll tell you that - and a whole lot more. She describes herself as a tough ol’ Italian broad from Hackensack, NJ. BettyJean, aka FreeMeNow writes a Newsletter called Free US Now. Bettyjean intends to write a book which she believes will initiate “The New Millennium Women’s Movement of 2008‚
Their show will highlight Just Say No Deal and PUMA Coalition action items, Video of the Day, and Fact or Fiction — a listener quiz game.
Fact or Fiction? From time to time, BettyJean and Pagan will have a few questions for their listeners! Tuesday’s questions are:
Who has not endorsed Obama?
Which 8 delegates switched back to Hillary?
Can vendors write off all or part of Hillary’s debt as a tax write off?
I’ll get the popcorn, want a soda? Sit back and enjoy your movie, people!!!! Actors play the roles of your favorite, real-life characters, including: Mindless Bots, Trolls, The Precious, and Hillary the Fair. The gamut of base emotions you’ve become accustomed to in this campaign will thrill you once more on the big screen: Oppression, Threats, Intimidation, Hate, and much, much, much more. Vicariously fight each battle — 18 million strong — emerging victorious, only to end in a fall. Is there still a chance? You’ll return to see it again and again.
Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it.
This video is a gift from the YouTube videographer/artist, Hillacrat: “For Hillary, for PUMA, and for all who will stand up and fight for Democracy.”
“For myself,” said Faramir, “I would see the White Tree in flower again in the courts of the kings, and the Silver Crown return, and Minas Tirith in peace. Minas Agor as of old, full of light, high and fair, beautiful as a queen among other queens, not a mistress of many slaves.
War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend: the city of Númenor; and I would have her loved for her memory, her ancientry, her beauty, and her present wisdom. Not feared, save as men may fear the dignity of a man old and wise.”
But beware:
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
All quotes, except Hillacrat: JRR Tolkien. h/t to V.
All Music & Images & Clips are Copyright to its original owner(s), including the “Lord of the Rings Trilogy” by New Line Cinema.
Washington, DC - NO QUARTER RADIOLive Internet Talk enters new territory with “Security Corner,” hosted by Larry Johnson. Larry joined the CIA the same day as Valerie Plame Wilson and spent a year with fifty other classmates in intelligence officer training. Larry subsequently left the CIA and served in the State Department’s Counter Terrorism Office and is an expert in counter terrorism.
Tune in to No Quarter Radio (NQR) live on Monday, July 14, 10:00-11:00 a.m. ET as Larry Johnson interviews Valerie Plame Wilson and Joe Wilson. They will be answering listener questions, and the call-in number is (347) 677-0792.
Valerie Plame Wilson is the author of Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House. Her identity as an undercover CIA operations officer was exposed by top Bush Administration officials after her husband, Ambassador Joe Wilson, blew the whistle on President Bush for misleading the American people in declaring that Iraq had obtained yellow cake uranium.
Valerie and Larry will chat about the revelations from former Bush press spokesman, Scott McClellan; progress on the upcoming movie about her life; and her thoughts on reforming the CIA. For more information about Valerie.
Joe Wilson is the author of The Politics of Truth: A Diplomat’s Memoir: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife’s CIA Identity.
Larry will get Joe’s take on the movie and pick his brain on the US’ next steps in Iraq as well as Obama’s changing statements on the Iraq War. Ambassador Wilson has written several articles at Larry Johnson’s blog, No Quarter USA. Read all eight of Joseph Wilson’s writings posted at No Quarter with his express permission.
Larry Johnson and other No Quarter writers have championed the cause of Valerie and Joe. The Wilsons are patriots who have served their nation honorably and suffered unjustly for trying to do their duty. We are honored to inaugurate No Quarter Radio with them.
An audio archive of today’s interviews will be available at NoQuarterUSA.net and at NQR immediately following the show.
Remember what this election was supposed to be? This was the shoo-in year for the Democrats. This was the year that they couldn’t make a mistake. Why, with a disastrous war that most Americans think is wrong, that is robbing our economy and killing more innocents than bad guys, making enemies because we’re so reckless, how could they possibly lose?
But once again, my Party found a way to shoot themselves in the foot. The DNC, which by the way is a private company with no obligation to keep its word about anything, willfully decided to pass over the most qualified candidate, Senator Hillary Clinton. After this decision, they did everything they could to sabotage her receiving the nomination. Every time she had a big win, they trotted out another new super endorsement. Now a feckless cult-of-personality, cute-smile guy, who bullied his way to the top and incessantly rails against people, has tricked others into thinking he has anything at all to do with hope.
Haven’t you ever been played before? At first the guy tells you you’re the hottest this ‘n that, things escalate. You think he sees you, thinks you’re special. You think he’s your soul mate only to find out that he’s got another whole life, girlfriend, wife, etc. The reason it’s so hard to accept is that you bought it so completely. And what you bought was the part where you felt seen.
So this cute guy smiles and sidles up to you. He says you’re cool, but not those other people, they’re not cool — they wear Gucci loafers, are bad dads, tote guns, and don’t speak French or Spanish. He weasels his bad opinions into your ear with humor. He gets you to laugh at the others. It must be okay, because the minister preaches it to his members, “Look at those fools!” And they howl with laughter.
What’s new school about that? What’s unifying about that? What’s different about that person than the snobs who wouldn’t talk to you in high school? What’s different about that behavior than the hate promoted by dictators speaking in large stadiums to adulating crowds?
All through my life, I have attended services of many congregations and denominations, including white and black, Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, and many, many more. I’ve never gone to a place that preached hate. If I went once, I’d never return. What’s uplifting about preaching hatefulness, and isn’t that a subtle form of violence? When I go to temple or to meditate, I go because I want to be uplifted, to reach higher—not stoop lower.
I thought only my people did that, you know, kvetch and kvetch about what they don’t like. (Oh, please, I kid.) Isn’t it easier to complain rather than come up with a genuine plan or an original idea? And the folly of it all, is that’s how he eliminated Hillary—just kept pushing a meme: she was this or that, blah, blah, blah.
Meanwhile, Hillary kept saying what she would do. The more she did that, the more that real citizens began to listen and follow her. Why? Because understanding a problem in-depth, and providing an actual compassionate solution IS Hope! When you actually listen to people, and they feel heard, it improves their mood (and yours), and they feel hopeful. Just like you thought the player did, but the player had nothing inside, was hollow, and in the end, deserted you. In the end, the player just moved on to next, because it really was always about him, not about you anyway. So what do you think? Have you been played? From the blogosphere:
You know, I defended that fucker.
That’s about all I can say, because anything else is going to be incoherent babbling and profanity-laced. And for everyone who told me I should have backed Clinton, you’re right.
But that’s not really the bad part. No it’s not really about you or me or Hillary. The bad part is that while Obama complains and talks about more stuff he doesn’t like, soldiers and innocents still die every day in Iraq. The bad part is that every day he procrastinates having a plan, he betrays the people who are losing homes, savings, and hopes of a stable future. The bad part is that, while this joke of a nominee and the power-grabbing Dems who supported him book a stadium and even try for the Brandenburg gate, they push to have Hillary Clinton sweep up their crumbs. The bad part is this spineless candidate and his enablers have robbed, robbed the people of this country a means by which they could have improved it, kept it from its apparent slow death.
Make you mad? Make you sad? Make you sick? That is precisely why we continue our protest and why we say “no deal!” We cannot give up. We must keep moving forward, make our voices heard, and claim what is our right by vote of the people: the nomination of Hillary Clinton our President. We’ve all been working so hard, but our job is made increasingly easier by the repeated unconscious blunders of a candidate who, although he plays it real cool, really doesn’t have a clue.
Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I’ve witnessed all your suffering
As the battle raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms
