Every Vote Counts – Unless They Might Be Against Hillary
Some "Democrats" are up to some pretty sleazy – and completely undemocratic - tactics in Nevada. The teacher's union there is trying to block the Culinary Worker's union members from voting. This sudden turn of events happened when – surprise – the culinary workers endorsed Barack Obama. While the teachers have not officially endorsed anyone, many of the union's top leadership have. They back Hillary Clinton.
The 13-page lawsuit in federal district court here comes two days after the 60,000-member Culinary Workers Union Local 226 in Nevada endorsed Senator Barack Obama, a blow to Mrs. Clinton. Mr. Obama addressed the Culinary Union at their hall earlier Friday.
The lawsuit argues that the Nevada Democratic Party’s decision, decided late last year, to create at-large precincts inside nine Las Vegas resorts on caucus day violates the state’s election laws and creates a system in which voters at the at-large precincts can elect more delegates than voters at other precincts. The lawsuit employs a complex mathematical formula to show that voters at the other 1,754 precincts would have less influence with their votes.
The at-large precincts are being established because thousands of hotel workers cannot leave work to participate in the midday caucuses in their home precincts. The Nevada State Education Association has said it would not endorse any Democrat, but some of its top officials have endorsed Mrs. Clinton. The association’s deputy executive director, Debbie Cahill, for instance, was a founding member of Senator Clinton’s Nevada Women’s Leadership Council.
It would be interesting to know what percentage of the culinary workers are from minority groups. Which I am fairly certain we'll be hearing very soon. What is the usual song and dance from the Democrats about Republicans trying to disenfranchise minorities? With never an iota of truth, that smear gets repeated endlessly. (There are a lot of them, I have been to Vegas once.)
The Democrats, however, really do attempt to take votes away from people. Just ask the people in the culinary workforce in Nevada. This is sleazy, even for the Clintonistas.
By Mockin'bird, January 13, 2008 @ 12:18 pm
Just Clinto-Marxist Idiots using Clinto-Leninist Tactics.
How progressive! How reassuring to voters everywhere that Mrs. Clinton will take care of our Healthcare and our elderly.
By martian, January 13, 2008 @ 1:55 pm
The Democrats have a long history of these kind of tactics. Here in Florida they always challenge the validity of absentee ballots. They try to find any technicality they can to void them. Of course, if you listen to them it’s just coincidence that the overwhelming majority of absentee ballots in Florida are sent in by members of the armed forces serving outside their home state. And another coincidence that a large majority of military votes go to Republican candidates.