In response to my post about Hillary supporters who plan to vote for John McCain in November, I received this comment:

“ONLY CLINTON RAN A CLEAN CAMPAIGN. OBLAMA RAN A TYPICAL DIRTY NASTY RACE BASED CHICAGO CAMPAIGN. I HAVE NOT BEEN FOOLED NOR HAVE I HAD A DRINK FROM THE STUPID FOUNTAIN. As for the rules we clinton supporters are mad as hell because the DNC led by Donna Brazilla at the rules committee. Suceeded in Breaking the rules not Following them. For instance the rules State that “NO CANDIDATE MAY BE GRANTED OR RECEIVE DELEGATES IN ANY MANNER ACCEPT AT THE BALLOT BOX” sO TELL ME oBLAMA mORONS HOW DID HE GET DELEGATES FROM MICHIGAN WHEN he was not on the ballot. (by his own choice i might add.)

Also Florida an Michigan were not the only states to break the rules. So did IOWA,NEW HAMPSHIRE and S. CAROLINA.
According to the RULES All States must be treated equally, no special consideration will be given to one state over another. SO ACCORDING TO THE RULES THE DECISION SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
FLORIDA HALF DELEGATES
MICHIGAN HALF DELEGATES
IOWA HALF DELEGATES
NEW HAMPSHIRE HALF DELEGATES
S. CAROLINA HALF DELEGATES
The michigan delegates all to hillary because NOBLAMA WAS NOT ON THE BALLOT. BY RULE HE CANOT RECEIVE ANY DELEGATES FROM MICHIGAN.

we all know what happened and we will not forgive or forget on fall in line. COME NOVEMBER COWARD DEAN D. BRAZILLA AN N. PELOSI WILL HEAR OUR ROAR.

PARTY UNITY MY ASS McCain 2008- Hillary 2012″

I’m going to ignore the easy, obvious puns that such a thing could provoke, (except maybe something about the stupid fountain later on) and get right to the message that lies within.

The Democratic National Committee broke their own rules and awarded Obama every Michigan delegate that was “undecided,” and a couple that had voted for Hillary. What they did was unlawful and they deserve to be punished for their willfull disenfranchising of millions of Hillary’s supporters, who now refer to themselves as PUMAs (Party Unity my Ass,) and are dedicated to doing everything in their power to make sure Obama is not elected in November.

I have a question for the Pumas. If you’re really willing to defy the Democratic party and not vote for the nominee in the general election, why on earth would you throw your lot behind John McCain? If you’re smart enough to perceive (finally) that the Democrats don’t care about you, then certainly you know full well that the Republicans are guilty of the same sin. If you’re a woman who feels that the mainstream media and the supposedly progressive party undermined the feminist movement during the primaries, why would you vote to keep that system going? John McCain is not going to do the women’s movement any favors.

The systematic degrading of Hillary Clinton goes far beyond the Democratic party cronies and MSNBC commentators. In order to really give women (not just HRC) a chance to compete evenly, you have to get to the root of that problem, and the Republican party is one of the largest cogs in the machine.

If you’re REALLY fed up with Democrats not representing the values of true change and equal rights, then why don’t you stick it to them, while still staying true to your ideology?

Yes, I am once again, talking about 3rd parties.

Independents are, believe it or not, the largest voting block in the United States. So why do they keep splitting themselves down the middle and not voting for independent parties? Why keep drinking from the stupidest fountain of all?

If the PUMAs want to teach the DNC a lesson by putting McCain into the White House, they certainly can do that. There are more than enough of them to tip the scales far enough to ensure that Obama cannot win. But if the PUMAs want to teach AMERICA a lesson about the power of voters, then they should throw their lot behind an Independent, and the game would be changed forever. While their choice might not win the White House, creating a legitimate 3rd option to challenge the stagnant Republican and Democrat controlled status quo would do far more for the plight of women and other minorities than checking the box for John McCain will ever do.