Thursday, March 27, 2008

Hillary Condoned Blackmailing the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

The Huffington Post is reporting that Hillary Clinton's campaign knew of the "blackmail" letter sent by a group of Hillary donors threatening to withhold money from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee if superdelegates fail to overturn the popular vote in favor of Obama and chastising Nancy Pelosi for standing up to a democratic selection process within the Democratic Party. It should be obvious by now that Hillary will do anything to win the nomination and is willing to trash the Party like a spoiled child if she doesn't get her way. I also have to wonder what pay backs - ambassadorships, high paying appointments, etc., Hillary is offering these folks to get them to take such an action. Can someone buy Hillary and Bill one-way tickets out of the country - not sure who deserves them, maybe China - please!!!! Here are highlights from HP (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/27/clinton-campaign-stands-b_n_93749.html):


Aides to Sen. Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that they knew key fundraisers for her campaign were sending a letter to Nancy Pelosi, castigating the Speaker over her position on superdelegates and threatening, vaguely, to withhold campaign donations. And while they did not go so far as to say they approved of the letter's content -- "we didn't know what was in it," said spokesman Phil Singer -- they did argue that the "letter speaks for itself."


"We have been strong supporters of the DCCC," they wrote. "We therefore urge you to clarify your position on super-delegates and reflect in your comments a more open view to the optional independent actions of each of the delegates at the National Convention in August."

On Wednesday, a spokesperson for Pelosi said that the Speaker was "confident" in her proclamation that superdelegates -- when deciding between Sen. Barack Obama and Clinton -- should take into primary consideration the tallies of both the popular vote and the pledged delegate count. "The speaker believes it would do great harm to the Democratic Party if superdelegates are perceived to overturn the will of the voters," said Brendan Daly, a spokesman for Pelosi. "This has been her position throughout this primary season, regardless of who was ahead at any particular point in delegates or votes."

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