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Dean, Pelosi, Reid set Friday deadline for superdelegates' choices... force end to Clinton bid
Los Angeles Times ^ | June 4, 2008 | Andrew Malcolm

Posted on 06/04/2008 5:08:06 PM PDT by Old Phone Man

With the final primary concluded barely hours before, top Democratic Party leaders in Washington early this morning ratcheted up the pressure to force all remaining uncommitted superdelegates to make their choice of candidate known by Friday -- and thus end the now hopeless, onetime front-running campaign of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton.

The joint statement was obviously pre-planned and timed for issue shortly after Clinton refused to concede the presidential nomination victory to Barack Obama, who's gained sufficient delegates to clinch the party's nomination.

Howard Dean, right, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, chairman of the Democratic Governors Assn., issued the brief statement for unity just minutes ago:

(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: 110th; 2008dncconvention; 2008election; botox; california; clinton; demagogicparty; election2008; hillary; howtostealanelection; nancypelosi; obama; sanfrancisco; sanfrannan; selectednotelected; starkravingsocialism; superdelegates
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1 posted on 06/04/2008 5:08:06 PM PDT by Old Phone Man
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To: Old Phone Man

Poooooooooooooooor hilary!


2 posted on 06/04/2008 5:11:44 PM PDT by Waco
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To: Old Phone Man
Deaniac and Piglosi threw Hillary out, eh?

What a loyal group of people the democrats are.

3 posted on 06/04/2008 5:11:59 PM PDT by Prole (Pray for the families of Chris and Channon.)
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I can’t wait to see Bubba comment on THIS!


4 posted on 06/04/2008 5:12:44 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Protected species legislation enacted May 2008.)
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To: Old Phone Man

And if they don’t commit?


5 posted on 06/04/2008 5:13:30 PM PDT by The_Republican (Hillary is a turd that won't flush.)
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To: Waco

Poooooooooooooooor hilary!


Bill had better get the hell out of her reach. She must be madder than two bobcats with their tails tied together.


6 posted on 06/04/2008 5:15:20 PM PDT by unkus
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To: greyfoxx39
The critical thing to remember is that many of the democrats who threw their support to Obama would be nothing without the Clinton family's support.

Bill Richardson is an excellent example.

He is a modern day Judas Iscariot for betraying the very people who brought him to power.

Not that I like any of these democrat idiots, but I have yet another reason to avoid people who think like this: There is absolutely no loyalty among them.

These people betray the folks who establish their existence in politics, and it is disturbing.

7 posted on 06/04/2008 5:19:34 PM PDT by Prole (Pray for the families of Chris and Channon.)
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To: Old Phone Man

Didn’t these impotent gasbags already set Tuesday as the drop dead date?


8 posted on 06/04/2008 5:20:38 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: Old Phone Man

Actually the declarations are NOT votes. The voting doesn’t come until the election and the supes are not bound by anything they have said before that time. I’m not really sure how bound the state delegates are.


9 posted on 06/04/2008 5:23:32 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: unkus
I suspect that she will blame Bill for his angry outbursts, but the black vote went to Obama simply because he is black.

That is why Obama swept many of the southern states.

Hillary's greatest mistake was not releasing Obama's dirty laundry soon enough.

Rezkogate, Muslim photogate, Ayersgate and Pastorgate all should have come into the media spotlight much sooner. No way Iowa would have picked Obama had they seen the Jeremiah Wright videos before their primary/caucus.

Not that it matters.

I just pray that the black racist baby-skull-cruncher loses in November.

Obama is pure evil, and her husband is also.

10 posted on 06/04/2008 5:25:05 PM PDT by Prole (Pray for the families of Chris and Channon.)
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The critical thing to remember is that many of the democrats who threw their support to Obama would be nothing without the Clinton family's support.
Bill Richardson is an excellent example.

Being a New Mexican, I can certainly attest to the perfidy of King Bill. (That's what we call him here.)

However, I can find no sympathy in my heart for either of the Clintons. Betrayal of friends, associates, and country is their M.O. That they are getting some of it back, regardless of the motives of the others, is well-deserved IMO. And, the entertainment value of seeing Bill Clinton once again show his lack of Presidential gravitas, while tragic for the office of the Presidency, will be a boon to many.

11 posted on 06/04/2008 5:26:59 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Protected species legislation enacted May 2008.)
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It will be mighty chilly in Fort Marcy Park...er, I mean the senate chamber come autumn. How will these nobodies be able to face her highness after the shabby way they have treated her. I guess all those FBI filse must be on Republicans, huh?

This is too funny, and it just cannot be made up, LOL!!!


12 posted on 06/04/2008 5:28:57 PM PDT by thelastvirgil
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To: Prole

“Obama is pure evil, and her husband is also.”

Right on the money. She reminds me of Winnie Mandella. Have you heard of “Necklacing”?


13 posted on 06/04/2008 5:30:42 PM PDT by unkus
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To: greyfoxx39
You are right.

I remember reading about a Secret Service Agent who had his head caved in by one of Hillary's ashtray tantrums. His gash was so bloody terrible, that he had to seek treatment/stitches at a hospital. The article mentioned that Hillary told him to seek treatment some 100-150 miles away to avoid the press finding out about what happened.

She is evil, and I agree with you that her loss is deserved.

I wonder what the Clintons are going to do next.

And what of their operatives? Carville, McAufliffe, etc??

My imagination will run wild until I know for certain.

14 posted on 06/04/2008 5:33:21 PM PDT by Prole (Pray for the families of Chris and Channon.)
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the convention isn’t until august.. i thought. why are they pushing to get this settled before the convention? wtf is with that?

waiting until the convention is why most people would want to be super delegates... to be able to weasel as much as possible from the various candidates

liberals.. changing the rules whenever its in their best interest. brilliant


15 posted on 06/04/2008 5:34:41 PM PDT by sten
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“I remember reading about a Secret Service Agent who had his head caved in by one of Hillary’s ashtray tantrums. His gash was so bloody terrible, that he had to seek treatment/stitches at a hospital. The article mentioned that Hillary told him to seek treatment some 100-150 miles away to avoid the press finding out about what happened.”

Post 14, do you remember where you read this?


16 posted on 06/04/2008 5:36:54 PM PDT by Old Phone Man (ks)
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More wishful thinking on the part of the DNC picked up by the MSM in their effort to anoint Obama, and push Clinton aside... It isn’t over until the superdelegates actually vote at the convention no matter what they say now. Hillary could literally just sit back and wait till August - not say a dang thing and let Obama, the DNC, and the MSM stew. By the time August rolls around she’d probably have a lot of ammunition to use against Obama.


17 posted on 06/04/2008 5:49:57 PM PDT by LibertyRocks (The LibertyRocks Blog - http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com & http://www.LibertyRocks.us)
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To: Old Phone Man
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/811070/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/813961/posts

http://www.geocities.com/northstarzone/CLINTON.html

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/BODIES.html

I cannot find that article about the ashtray and the Secret Service Agent's trip to the hospital, but I am confident that is what I read.

The articles above will disturb you if you believe the words of the Marines and Secret Service Agents assigned to the Clinton Administration.

18 posted on 06/04/2008 5:50:24 PM PDT by Prole (Pray for the families of Chris and Channon.)
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To: Prole

I fear it will not be known for certain until after Denver. The Arkansas gang probably has plans in place for this eventuality.


19 posted on 06/04/2008 5:51:41 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Protected species legislation enacted May 2008.)
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To: Old Phone Man

Isn’t this CHANGING their nomination rules while the election is in play?

Are they afraid that something may come out while all eyes are on the sacred Golden Child that may cost him the nomination?

Barack Obama was SELECTED not ELECTED.


20 posted on 06/04/2008 6:02:50 PM PDT by weegee (In 1988 Lenora Fulani was the 1st black woman to appear on presidential ballots in all 50 states)
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