We are mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore!
We want YOU to join our effort in sending the Democratic National Party (DNC) a clear message that we are leaving the party and registering as an Independent. As an Independent, you will be free to choose any candidate you like in the General Election.
No- we're "not coming home."
The plan is a simple one and we're going to implement the beginning of the defect during the week of June 1-8, 2008.
Please copy, print and sign the letter below. You may, of course, customize it! Mail it to the DNC anytime between June 1 and June 8. Then go to your voter registration office or website and change your party affiliation. You'll find all the info you need for your states rules and regs in the blog section. I encourage non-party affiliates who lean Democratic to participate, as well.
*copy, print and mail to:
Howard Dean
Democratic National Committee
430 S. Capitol St. SE
Washington, DC 20003
To Howard Dean and Members of the Democratic National Committee (DNC),
This is to inform you that I have officially denounced the Democratic Party and changed my political affiliation to Independent or other*, effective this first week of June, 2008.
My reasons are numerous; beginning with the fact that it is readily apparent the Democratic Party leaders have their own agenda. Unfortunately, that agenda will cost the Democratic Party the White House in November. The Party no longer represents what is best for the people of the United States- as it clearly plans to disenfranchise more than 2.5 million voters of Florida and Michigan. I cannot and will not subscribe to a party who patronizes us by stating delegates “will be sat as long as it doesn't alter the outcome”.
In addition, I am deeply concerned about the DNC's obvious endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama. This premature, albeit unofficial, endorsement has done a disservice to all Democratic Presidential candidates and has played a major role in sweeping an unqualified, unchallenged, and unseasoned candidate to the forefront of a presidential race he cannot win. Sen. Obama lacks the experience, fortitude, and stamina to withstand what will face the Democratic nominee in the General Election. His severe lack of judgment in his personal and business relations have contributed damaging fodder for not only the media and opposing Democrats, but for Republicans, and we have only scratched the surface. The DNC must recognize that the media's on-going love affair with Sen. Obama will end the moment he has the nomination as they are almost all right-wing outlets.
Election and polling records provide proof positive that Sen. Obama cannot win states that are crucial for a Democratic victory. Contrary to David Axelrod's assertion that the Party does not need Senator Clinton's solid base to win the General, the Party does need that base and the stats confirm it. Sen. Obama has also alienated an abundance of Sen. Clinton supporters who have stated they won't, and will not support him in the General Election; that number exceeds 38%. That is a huge gamble for the DNC and I assure you, Sen. Clinton's supporters will follow through. We will not unite behind Sen. Obama.
Despite all of his assertions that he is a great unifier, Sen. Obama has done the exact opposite in these past months. He has succeeded in dividing not only the Democratic Party, but to pit race against race, young against old, and men against women. I will not support Sen. Obama as a presidential candidate and I will not be "coming home," regardless of who assumes the Democratic nomination.
Should Sen. Clinton succeed in obtaining the nomination, she will have my full support. However, any financial contributions will be made directly to her campaign and not to the DNC. She is the only Democratic candidate that has the ability, experience and fortitude to beat Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain. The GOP has voiced this concern repeatedly, recognizing that it can soundly beat Sen. Obama but beating Sen. Clinton would prove virtually impossible.
I am highly disappointed with the bamboozling of delegates stolen from Senator Clinton in your Michigan decision and I will not forget! The DNC must ensure that it puts forth the Democratic candidate who is most prepared, most qualified, most vetted, and most able to beat Sen. John McCain in the General Election, she who exercises the best judgment and exhibits the most concern for the future of this great country!
Sincerely,
(name and address)
*If you are a FL or MI resident, you now know that you are worth only a half. You also know that the DNC finds is perfectly acceptable to give your vote for Senator Clinton to B Obama- and to give him votes that he did not earn!! That is outrageous, illegal and absolutely unacceptable.
