At the end of the Democratic Primary season, this was the situation:Popular Vote Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton: 17,857,446, (48.04%) Senator Barack Obama: 17,584,649 (47.31%)Pledged delegatesSenator Hillary Rodham Clinton: 1,730.5 (39.17%) Senator Barack Obama: 1,747.5 (39.55%)Then, for no apparent good reason, this past June Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosis decided THEY, not the delegates chosen by the electorate and not the superdelegates appointed via proper party procedure, were going to decide who would represent the top of the ticket for the general election. Now that same leadership wants YOU to legitimize their undemocratic and unprincipled methods by putting their selected candidate into the White House on November 4.But WE can say no to the subversion of democratic principles within the Democratic Party. We can say no with our votes and by urging our fellow Democrats to pay attention to the particulars of the candidate Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi selected to represent the Democratic Party.Tell them how you feel. Put this ad on the air and let America know that our voices count. Over the next 24 hours and across the internet, we as a community will urgently be raising money to run edgy and persuasive ads made by Democrats in key battleground states. Generous contributors have pledged $500 in matching funds. Your voice counts. Please contribute now. CLICK ON ROSIE TO DONATE:Or go to The Denver Group’s
Democrats for Principle before Party writes:Because our supporters have been giving it their all, we have created a third version of the Nixon-Obama series of commercials. This one is more general purpose than the others so we can rotate it through more states, assuming we can afford to run in more states.October 23, 10:00 p.m UPDATE on commercials scheduled, and commercials we want to schedule:Over this coming weekend, thanks to the donations and fellowship of supporters and allies, our commercials will air six times in Ohio, in Toledo and Dayton.Please consider a donation if you can to support Democrats For Principle Before Party (aka The Denver Group)
At the end of the Democratic Primary season, this was the situation:
Popular Vote
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton: 17,857,446, (48.04%)
Senator Barack Obama: 17,584,649 (47.31%)
Pledged delegates
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton: 1,730.5 (39.17%)
Senator Barack Obama: 1,747.5 (39.55%)
(source)
Then, for no apparent good reason, in June Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosis decided THEY, not the delegates chosen by the electorate and not the superdelegates appointed via proper party procedure, were going to decide who would represent the top of the ticket for the general election. Now that same leadership wants YOU to legitimize their undemocratic and unprincipled methods by putting their selected candidate into the White House on November 4.
But WE can say no to the subversion of democratic principles within the Democratic Party. We can say no with our votes and by urging our fellow Democrats to pay attention to the particulars of the candidate Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi selected to represent the Democratic Party.
Put this ad on the air and let America know that our voices count.
Over the next 24 hours and across the internet, we as a community will urgently be raising money to run edgy and persuasive ads made by Democrats in key battleground states. Generous contributors have pledged $500 in matching funds. Your voice counts. Please contribute now
CLICK ON ROSIE TO DONATE:
Or go to Democrats For Principle Before Party - The Denver Group’s general election website, where you can view other ads the group is running: