last chance to sign this...

[Guest guest]

This is your last chance to sign these petitions; please read this

letter, it's already been sent to the DNC and will be printed and

taken there in paper form as well. As well, I'd like to make a call

out to any Kerry delegates who saw Farenheit 9-11 and are now as

totally unwilling to vote for a democrat who wants us to stay in Iraq

as a republican. Please, you *can* vote *for* your true party and

conscience by voting for Kucinich at the national convention... and

save our world from corporately controlled wars/privatized health

care, and more.

You say you want a revolution, well, you know.....

-Sarah Sue Roberts

 

7/2004

 

Democratic National Convention

 

c/o Democratic National Committee

430 S. Capitol St. SE

Washington, DC 20003

 

 

Democratic National Convention

c/o Democratic National Committee

430 S. Capitol St. SE

Washington, DC 20003

 

Dear DNC,

 

Included, you will find two petitions (which were located at:

http://www.petitiononline.com/NBK/petition.html and

http://www.petitiononline.com/DJK/petition.html ). I started these

petitions in order to try to harness and examine the discord coming

from our party which has been sown by the idea of a Kerry nomination.

It was not my intent to insult Senator Kerry or the DNC, but rather

to alert you to the extreme discontent that has been brewing in our

party. I worked within the confines of appealing to Kucinich voters

because I believe that Representative Kucinich is the candidate that

appeals most to those uninspired by the current choice; those who,

with their crucial percentage of votes, have the power to make or

break a democratic victory in November.

 

Within the ranks of those who voted for Kucinich in the primaries, are

large numbers of people who have previously felt estranged by the

democratic party but who now feel their concerns voiced by

Representative Kucinich. I was, unfortunately, unable to gather all

of the voices of discord out there, as I am working on my own and have

very little time and no access to large numbers of voters. Many

people wrote me in agreement and with various discontents about having

Senator Kerry as their nominee; but were unwilling to sign the

petitions either because of a new fear or disgust with the democratic

party, or with upsets over the language in the petitions (which were

worded that way to test the waters re the depth of the anti-Kerry

sentiment).

 

The numbers of signers ranked in the hundreds per day, until the Kerry

nomination was clinched. When it was reported that Kerry had the

appropriate number of delegates to win the nomination, signatures

dropped off. However, I would not take this as a sign of support for

Kerry; rather, it speaks to the hopelessness that people feel, and

their sudden lack of interest in the political processes . It is more

likely that extremely disillusioned people will simply not vote at

all, rather than sign on as a Kerry supporter.

 

Even with all of these deterrents, these signatures are still an

example of a problem which is much larger than these small petitions

can demonstrate; the scope of which might be somewhat glimpsed by the

large numbers of votes that Nader obtains during sample IRV polls in

competitions between Bush, Kerry, and Nader only (such as the polls at

http://www.potuspoll.com/).

 

These petitions (minus pranked signatures) represent large amounts of

people who do not trust Kerry at all, many of whom would be unwilling

to vote for him in any circumstances. My only suggestion, if the

nomination of Congressman Kucinich himself is an impossibility, is for

the DNC and Senator Kerry to make enormous and obvious gestures of

appeasement to these disillusioned voters. For instance, Senator

Kerry might promise to adopt important parts of the Kucinich platform

(such as his plans for canceling the WTO and NAFTA and withdrawing

from Iraq) AND choose Mr. Kucinich as a running mate (but only if

Representative Kucinich himself is agreeable to such an idea). This

is perhaps the only way very important and needed percentages of

disillusioned voters will be more willing to vote for a Kerry

presidency. If the delegates do not vote for Representative Kucinich

himself, then this is the only way I can see to draw in these

disillusioned voters, as most of them are extremely distrustful of

Senator Kerry (because he is much too connected to corporate

interests, and after viewing Fahrenheit 9-11, most people do not want

to vote for any candidate who wishes to keep us in Iraq, including

Senator Kerry).

 

I sincerely hope that the DNC and Senator Kerry see the wisdom of such

a gesture toward the large number of voters who have the power to

create a win for the Democrats; but who, if not appeased, will leave

the democrats to a certain loss. Short of a Kucinich nomination

itself, this may be the only gesture that will ensure a democratic

victory in November.

 

Sincerely,

 

Sarah Sue Roberts

2314 Torrance Blvd. #3

Torrance, CA 90501

[Guest guest]

Is this a vegetarian concern?

 

Sarah Rhubarb <sararinni wrote:This is your last chance to sign these

petitions; please read this

letter, it's already been sent to the DNC and will be printed and

taken there in paper form as well. As well, I'd like to make a call

out to any Kerry delegates who saw Farenheit 9-11 and are now as

totally unwilling to vote for a democrat who wants us to stay in Iraq

as a republican. Please, you *can* vote *for* your true party and

conscience by voting for Kucinich at the national convention... and

save our world from corporately controlled wars/privatized health

care, and more.

You say you want a revolution, well, you know.....

-Sarah Sue Roberts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

, reptile grrl

<reptilegoddess> wrote:

 

> Is this a vegetarian concern?

 

 

 

Kucinich is a vegetarian, so I suppose that’s a tie-in of some sort.

 

--

Sherri

 

Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity.

 

 

 

 

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