Florida Democrats Pressure DNC Over Counting Their Votes, Petition Launched to Force Howard Dean's Hand

Florida and Michigan citizens are VERY ANGRY and they want Howard Dean's scalp, from the look of things.

Read about the controversy at:

TALK LEFT

American Twilight has observed thaty you don't have to go very far to find a lot a over-excited Obama supporters and delusional journalists who keep banging a drum about how Floridians 'deserve to lose their votes', but this is all a bunch of posturing.

What do the Democratic National Committee members expect Florida Democrats to do? Do they really think we are about to shut up and go away?

This petition is an indicator of the anger out there and if you think YOUR vote and EVERY vote deserves to be counted, even if you're not from Florida or Michigan please sign the petition:

The petition

We, the Black Sheep Delegation of the Democratic party, demand that the Democratic National Committee recognize the results of Florida's and Michigan's primaries and seat our delegates at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

On January 15, 2008, 572,129 Michigan Democrats voted in the Democratic primary even though two of the three frontrunners for the nomination had voluntarily pulled their names from the ballot.

On January 29, 2008, 1.7 million Floridians voted in the Democratic primary despite being told repeatedly that their votes wouldn't count.

We voted in record numbers because we are deeply concerned about the future of our country. We are thinking about the economy, national security, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, energy independence, the environment, and health care. We are not concerned with primary schedules.

We are private citizens, and we are not responsible for the tug-of-war between the state Democratic parties and the DNC. We demand that our votes be counted now before the primary season ends. We will not be subjected to another vote or a caucus.

UPDATED ON MARCH 20, 2008: A 50-50 split of delegates is also unacceptable.

Howard Dean's "50-state strategy" was credited with returning the House and Senate to the Democrats in 2006. Do not leave Florida and Michigan voters out in 2008. Count our votes now, or don't count on us to vote in November.


[Pictured above: CBS/AP foto of coverage of the DNC Florida Voting Debacle]

Florida Democrats Won't Hold Re-Do Primary -- Party Chairwoman Cites Lack Of Support For Idea; Fate Of Delegates Now Rests With DNC

Sign the Petition here:

Seat Florida & Michigan Delegates NOW!

Our goal is to obtain at least 10,000 signatures and deliver this petition to Governor Dean before the end of the primary season. Please sign this petition and demand that the voters in Florida and Michigan be heard! You can also visit our Web site at:

www.seatourdelegates.com

For more background information of this issue, American Twilight also recommends:

MY DD Direct Democracy

There are other ways to help besides signing the petition. You can also contact the Democratic National Committee in the following ways:

You can call the DNC at 202-863-8000.

You can contact the DNC by e-mail by filling out this form on the DNC's Web Site or sending an e-mail to delegates@dnc.org. (Tell them that the Black Sheep Delegation sent ya!)

You can send the DNC a letter to the following address:

Democratic National Committee 430 S Captiol St. SE Washington DC, 20003

Hey check out this fabulous cartoon artist named Matt Davies!

Matt Davies

[Pictured above: Cartoonist and Satirist Matt Davies]

"Matt Davies is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for The Journal News. Born in London, he immigrated to the United States in 1983 and pursued his love of drawing, writing and making fun of people in positions of power throughout his educational career, while fitting in schoolwork in his spare time."

Here's an example of Matt Davies' brilliant cartoons -- more are available at his online blog!

Mea Culpa [Copyright 2006 The Journal News, a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper serving Westchester, Rockland and Putnam Counties in New York.]



More about Matt:

"After several years at art college in Savannah, Ga., and the School of Visual Arts in New York, Davies took his "skills" to the street and 13 years ago, after a few years of freelancing, somehow managed to land his current job as staff editorial cartoonist at The Journal News. Since then, he has drawn thousands of cartoons, won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in 2001, the inaugural Herblock Prize in 2004 and the aforementioned "Big P" Faced with the challenge of a newspaper readership shifting its news-garnering habits to the Web, his editors asked if he would be willing to explain himself and what he does with a blog on The Journal News' Web site, LoHud.com. "No way!" was his answer: "N-O... Forget it."

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