So much for unity. The anti-Hillary people are at it again. I don’t know what they have to fear. In today’s New York Daily News there is an article titled “Hillary Clinton asks not to be nominated at Democratic National Convention” dated 8/1/2008. In the article it states:
A source close to the New York senator confirmed she won’t file a formal request to the convention asking to be nominated along with Barack Obama, who eked out the victory in their fierce primary slugfest.
I don’t like anonymous sources, especially from the NY Daily News. Watch this video to hear Hillary’s own view.
This is a video from a fundraiser held in Los Altos, CA last night in which Hillary specifically says that it would be good for the party and party unity if her name is placed in nomination with all the ceremony that entails as well as a roll call vote.
This is essentially the same thing I told Howard Dean last week during his visit to Charlotte, when he said that if she wants it she will get it. Well, it seems that she wants it. So let’s see if Howard Dean keeps his word.
In the video you can hear a question referring to a delegate petition that is being circulated. According to convention rules, it takes a petition with 300 signatures to have Hillary’s name placed in nomination. Hillary has not authorized this and has not encouraged this. In the video she says she has no control over what the delegates do.
I’m one of those delegates and one of the 300 signers of that petition too, and honored to be. But the biggest honor will be to have Hillary’s signature on that petition authorizing her name to be placed in nomination at the convention in Denver.
Watch this incredible video in tribute to the 300 delegate petition signers.
We will see in Denver how mighty our pens are.
Bravo! It is YOU and the diehard Hillary delegates who are the mainstay and raison d’etre for what we PUMAs/Just Say No Deal’ers are fighting for. I am overwhelmed by your conviction, and sadly, the lack of journalistic integrity in the NY Daily News. We have already been mobilized to tackle them head on with their “unnamed sources.” Just know, that we have your back. I thank Heidi Li Feldman for linking to your blog, so we can all revel in your words.
Thank you. I admire your courage in maintaining loyalty to Senator Clinton under what I can only assume are overt pressures to cave. Bravo. I have read the DNC Call and grasp that even if a candidate satisfies all other requirements to be included on the ballot, Chairman Dean, exercising discretionary authority, can determine a candidate has failed to live up to Democratic principles and, as a result, prevent her name from being placed in nomination. Seems we are all walking on eggshells; and working as hard as we can, each in our own way, to effect a fair and equitable outcome.
Marc,
Thank you, your wife, your support group for your bravery. It really IS bravery to stand against the tide for what is the right thing to do.
As Hillary Clinton has said many times, “Anything can happen at the convention.” While she doesn’t expect that she would prevail, it is important that we have a process that we can ALL believe in.
There is simply no other way toward party unity and victory in November.
I concur. It is great to see a Dem responding to loyalty instead of money.
Bravo to all of you.
Some of “older dems” (those with a memory) are not happy.
I am not aboard this “unity” pony unless the DNC makes some drastic changes.
thank you Marc! You give us all hope that we will be heard. You have brightened my day.
Lisa
Marc,
Looking at the video, when Hillary says put my name in nomination, Hillary is TRYING to help
Obama unify the party……She knows unless her 18 million voters feel they have been heard, there will be no unity…zip, nada. But because Obama word is worthless, ( FISA , now, off shore drilling flip) he cannot trust her word, and he also seemingly cannot have another person honored. He’s a fool. If Obama had treated Hillary like a queen after June 4th, he would not be just about tied with McCain right now. Also we know if Hillary was the presumed nominee, she would be 20- 25 points ahead, no question.
Thanks for your efforts and this great blog!
Thank you Marc for having the courage to stand up for Senator Clinton and for us, her supporters. I linked over here from Heidi’s blog. You guys are amazing.
ainnj
Marc, you truly are one of the 300 Spartans! Your courage and sense of conviction to do the right thing are the same stuff of which Hillary is made. I’m very proud of you for standing strong to represent those who placed their trust in you, and I can only hope there are at least 299 others who will do the same.
Thank you Marc for having the courage to stand up for your convictions. I could only wish there were more people like you out there to represent the 18 Million voices lost in this campaign.
I agree with the others – commend you for standing up for Hillary – I too wish there were more delegates like you to represent her 18 million voters that were thrown under the bus by the DNC & their lackeys…………here's hoping for miracles at the convention – if not, I'm afraid the Democratic Party will have lost a party member of over 40+ years……………………
Thanks Marc…I hope all HRC delegates are strong enough to resist the thuggery and intimidation of the Obama campaign. I wish super delegates had half the strength of PUMA and HRC delegates. The Democratic Party, the Party of FDR is one of the people, not of elite power brokers who look more and more like Republican money brokers every day.
Thank you for standing by the principles of democracy as well as our gal Hillary Clinton. It is wonderful to see delegates with integrity.
I was at the fundraiser “to retire the debt” where the video of Hillary saying it would be good for the party to have her name placed in nomination was taken. The fundraiser was a love fest for Hillary.
There were both men and women of all ages in the group. Some of them blog while others would never do so. I am not sure how many people were there but I estimated around 225. When 18 million + was mentioned there was cheering and wild clapping. When OB’s name was mentioned a few claps.
The local papers are saying it was a “unity” function and that it was “co-hosted” by the OB group. The hosts, according to the invitation I received, who so generously opened their home for Hillary, both support her. Hillary has 18+ million who support her and more are joining in every day. The OB group, the DNC, and many in the media are delusional if they do not understand her wide support. The more they spin the facts and report “anonymous lies” the more out of touch they become with reality.
Thanks for being brave, and doing the right thing. If every Hillary delegate follows your lead, we will have a very interesting convention. Here’s hoping that truth and decency win out in the end.
Marc,
You, and all the loyal Hillary delegates like you, are my heroes.
Thank you, and bless you for all you are doing for Hillary, and for the 18 Million whose voices and votes you represent.
Marc,
Thank you. I honestly believe that our kids will, and should be, reading about this in school one day. I am so thankful that you and so many others are not just laying down and accepting the wrongs being committed by the DNC but are, every day, trying to right the wrongs. I hope that we are making a chapter in history and I truly hope it’s a good chapter in the end!
Marc, This is your moment…thank you for your convictions and courage. you are not alone…we’ve got your back!
Thank you for singing the petition for Hillary. You are a hero for bucking the pressure that I am sure is there.
Wonderful to see Hillary note that she moved toward unity far earlier than is traditional. And yet the cowards are still afraid of her?
No wonder there was such unseemly bias among the powers that be, during the primaries. It was plain and vulgar.
Those who hate Hillary pushed too far, it is now time to push back.
Whatever the future bodes for us all, thanks again for having a heart and a soul
bravo for you. HRC should form her own party. 18MM voted for Obama. No to legacies. No to time warps. No to the Bubbas.