Sunday, May 11, 2008

Black Elected Superdelegates "Day of Reckoning"???

From Daily Kos

Those Black elected superdelegates may be in for trouble if Hillary contines to play the race card and she isn't challenged by Black elected officials.On several historically black college campuses there is a strong movement forming to vote them out. Young Black democrats are outraged over the lack of a response from Black elected officals who are superdelegates. Here is a copy of the letter sent by a campus leader.

Let me begin by saying I am a longtime admirer of your work in Congress and beyond on behalf of your district, your state, African American people and our entire nation. . Given all that, I have had no problem with you Rep. Rangel, Rep. Tubbs Wilson, Rep. Jackson-Lee supporting Senator Clinton. I assume you are all capable and dedicated public servants and entitled to use your best judgment and experience to support the person you feel is best. I also felt not having monolithic black support actually helped to make Senator Obama’s campaign more credible among all voters.

I began this primary season also supporting Senator Clinton but grew increasingly disheartened and worried by the subtle and not so subtle race baiting, she and her surrogates, black and white, employed. The comments of Ambassador Shaheen; the Bob Kerry allusions, the BET founder Robert Johnson’s disgraceful antics and finally former President Clinton's code language in South Carolina was the last straw. No sane black person especially one born and raised in the South could mistake what he was doing, even though it was sad to see him stoop so low. In short I became convinced of the Clintons' craven desire for power at any cost even at the cost of destroying, discounting and denigrating the legitimate hopes of millions of Americans who see in Senator Obama a uniquely gifted leader.

Yesterday however, Senator Clinton revealed the real sentiments of her heart with her USA interview. It is time Representative Waters for you and the other national African American elected officials who have supported her to speak out in condemnation of her remarks. Not to do so is to support and countenance the kind of base racism, even coming from one we might personally or professionally have some fondness for, that you and others have spent a lifetime fighting. Not to speak is to betray our community and our country. I look forward to your response.

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