Let the super-delegates know how you feel:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

From MoveOn

You've probably heard about the "superdelegates" who could end up deciding the Democratic nominee.

Superdelegates are under pressure right now to come out for one candidate or the other. We urgently need to encourage them to let the voters decide between Clinton and Obama—and then to support the will of the people.

Can you sign this petition to the superdelegates right away? Click here to add your name:

http://pol.moveon.org/superdelegates/o.pl?id=12133-7581934-UUN_xI&t=314

If we can reach 200,000 signatures this week, we'll publish the petition along with the final number of signers as an ad in USA Today. If you're one of the first people to sign, we'll include your name (with your permission).

The petition says:

"The Democratic Party must be democratic. The superdelegates should let the voters decide between Clinton and Obama, then support the people's choice."

Please forward this email to 5 friends today so we can hit 200,000 signatures by Friday.

[Tarc]

1. How long will this incessant whining go on?

Those 796 have every right to vote one their own, and should not be cowed into voting for one or the other based on the result of the pledged delegate results.

The vast majority are elected officials, current and former, who were capable of making sound decisions on their own as members of Congress, the Senate, as Governors, as Mayors etc...

Do we demand that our elected officials take a poll of their constituents on every bill, every motion, every amendment, every earmark? No, we do not. Why do some feel that their role as superdelegates should now suddenly be beholden to the direct will of the voters?

I'm personally for Clinton, and if she went in to the convention with a lead, and the supers went Obama's way, then so be it. This is how the process has been for 30+ yeas, and all this crying and feet-stomping at the 11th hour is abso-fucking-lutely pathetic.

It'd be like a team losing the Super Bowl in overtime, and bitching about the "sudden death" rules if they never get a chance to get the ball.

Summation: suck it up. Stop embarrassing yourselves and your candidate.

[sazemisery]

2. The People are tired of being told who their leader is.

This is our Country not some trivial sports game.

[Tarc]

3. Too. Fucking. Bad.

Everyone (with a clue, that is) knew that this is how the Democratic Party works; 80% of the delegates come from the primaries, 20% come from the superdelegates. One is not obligated to vote alongside the other any more than the Senate is obligated to vote with the House.

Complaining about it for no other reason than your favored candidate might lose because of it is ridiculously childish and altogether emblematic of Team Obama in general.

[shaniqua6392]

4. Move On can kiss my ass.

Leave the Super delegates alone for craps sake. They don't give a rats ass what Move On thinks anyway. They will decide who they think can best win against the Republican nominee in the fall. They carry a lot of weight. I don't think it bodes well for Obama that one of his endorsers, Move On, is using donations to place an ad in a national newspaper trying to sway the Super delegates.

[DURHAM D]

7. I want the SDs to protect the interests of the Democratic Party.

That means showing the Republican and Independent that screwed around with our primary that they don't get over-represented.

[shaniqua6392]

9. That is an excellent point.

How many Republicans crossed over and voted for Obama just to mess with things? Most of them already knew that McCain was the nominee for the Repukes. Then those Republican and Independent voters could go back and vote for McCain in November and we lose. It is a possible scenario that I am sure the National Dems and the SD's are contemplating. Stranger things have happened.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

10. boy do you guys get upset over super-delegates here at GD Primaries n/t

[TexasObserver]

5. One personal visit to your congress person's office with ten people will do more good.

I don't disagree with these petitions, but they don't reach the average politician. You have to make them realize there are real, live, concerned Democrats who are in their constituency and will hold them responsible at election time for their decisions.

[NoPasaran]

6. Ooooo, another scary internet petition!

:scared:

Like that stands any chance against Hillary Clinton's mind control ray!!!

Bwahahaha!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

12. LOL, "mind-control ray" How funny! I ought to post over here more often n/t

[helderheid]

8. K&R

[RamboLiberal]

11. Thank you I will sign every one of these petitions

K&R!