Friday, May 9, 2008

It's not over yet, please write and donate

A week before the North Carolina primary Hillary Clinton was not expected to win there, so it is more than a little strange that those results have been trumpeted up so much.

Some analysts nevertheless still see a path for Hillary to win the nomination. If she gets her two blowout wins in West Virginia and Kentucky, she will be back on track.

Please do not give up on Hillary yet. Write to the superdelegates and urge them to support Hillary for the nomination.

It is easy to do using this website:
www.lobbydelegates.com 

Here is the letter I wrote, feel free to use part or all of it: 

I just donated $50 to Hillary Clinton's campaign because I believe she should be the Democratic nominee for U.S. President, and I urge you with all my heart to also support her nomination, here is why:

* Hillary Clinton is the more qualified candidate: she has served longer in the U.S. Senate, sitting and chairing important committees such as the Arms Services Committee, the Environment and Public Works Committee and the Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health. She has sponsored over 350 bills—everything from added protection for children in vehicles to protection of a watershed, to added benefits for public safety officers. Hillary Clinton is also a diplomat who has traveled to over 80 countries representing the United States with dignity and courage.

* Hillary Clinton is committed to providing universal health care for all Americans. Her plan to create this program would address not only the great inequality and ineffectiveness of our health care system, where a woman like Trina Bachtel chooses not to go to a hospital because she owes $100 and pays for that decision with her life and the life of her unborn baby, but Hillary's plan would also address the economic drag on US companies that have to provide healthcare while competing against companies in other countries that do not.

* Hillary Clinton has demonstrated her great knowledge, dedication and love for our country. I am impressed and awed by her tenacity and grit. She is a true representation of what is best about the promise of America: that through hard work and determination great things can be accomplished. Hillary Clinton has produced real results that help many people: she helped create the SCHIP Children's Health Insurance, which now covers over six million children; she fought for the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act to ensure the safety of prescription drugs for children, and she helped pass the Renewal Communities program to encourage investment in struggling communities.

Hillary was counted out after the first results in Iowa, so counting Hillary out again with only six more states to go is clearly a mistake. The voters in those states, like those of Michigan and Florida, should not be excluded from having their voices heard.

It is still possible for Hillary to win the nomination, "There is a minority of analysts out there - maybe 5%, maybe even less - who see her path to the nomination as much narrower than it was four days ago, but who still see a path. I'm with the minority on this one. However, it is possible that she could counter Tuesday's blowout with two big blowouts of her own in the next two weeks. This could undo most of the damage done by her big loss in North Carolina, and put her back on track"—May 9, 2008, Jay Cost of Real Clear Politics.

I believe in Hillary Clinton, I am proud to have her as a model and I will not vote for the Democratic Party if I believe that she was treated unfairly. Superdelegates from the states that she has won, especially those that represent districts where she won by a majority of the votes, should support her.

Please do not reject the best qualified, most experienced, more dedicated, harder-working candidate. Please support Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination and for President of the United States.

Thank you very much for your time.

I invite you to visit my YouTube page to watch the videos I have made in support of Hillary: www.youtube.com/user/iLEwoman

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