[Peace-discuss] What's up?

Tue Apr 29 16:45:42 CDT 2008

For those still interested in the race for the Dem nomination:

Funny Math, Part I, The Obama-Clinton Story
Submitted by davidswanson on Tue, 2008-04-29 19:41.

     * Elections

By David Swanson

Obama has 1,491 pledged delegates. Clinton has 1,332 pledged  
delegates. There remain 408 delegates to be pledged, plus 19 that  
have been pledged to Edwards. Clinton would need to win by a gap of  
39 percent to catch up to Obama - not the "huge win" of 9 percent  
that she had in Pennsylvania.

These numbers are based on leaving out Florida and Michigan, which  
are being left out.

These numbers do not include Super Delegates.

But these are the indisputable numbers of delegates assigned to  
candidates by actual voters and caucus-goers.

Clinton cannot win. Period. She can only hope for an anti-democratic  
coup by Super Delegates that would destroy the Democratic Party.

So, why did we see "Clinton Wins" headlines all over the nation  
following her pick-up of 20 delegates in Pennsylvania?

When has any other candidate been kept on life-support by media  
corporations in this way? Hasn't the standard for dropping out always  
been - for every other candidate - the impossibility of winning, not  
actually having lost?

What can Clinton hope to gain from staying in other than hurting  
Obama's chances in order to avoid his running as an incumbent in 4  
years?

And why is it so difficult for people to think for themselves and let  
the media and the Super Delegates and the Democratic Party know that  
WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH?

Don't believe me? Don't know how to do addition? Don't own a  
calculator? Here's a video of Chris Matthews admitting the media's  
role in this farce:
http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/32937

Here's how you can contact the DNC: 877-336-7200 or
http://www.democrats.org/contact.html

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