Hillary's Supporters Target Superdelegates

Hardcore supporters of Hillary have apparently launched an anti-Obama email writing campaign to superdelegates in a desperate last ditch effort to save Hillary's campaign from reality. These emails are characteristically packed with vitriol, shocking ignorance and right-wing talking points. Some attack Obama on electability, with no evidence to back up their claims. Some attack him on Wright, and for supposedly being friends with "anti-American terrorists". Some call his racist and misogynistic. Some have the audacity to call pander-me-Hillary's opponent a fake. Some attack people who support Obama. Some attack hope. Many vow they will vote for McCain if (when) Obama is the nominee. Essentially they are hateful, desperate, and completely misinformed. And the best part is, they are completely counter productive, they just further highlight the negativity of Hillary's campaign, and the ignorance and negativity of many of her hardcore supporters.

Here is a response from Donna Brazille to one of the writers:

Honestly, this is the 9th email today. So I believe you're ready to not only destroy Roe versus Wade, voting rights, civil liberties and civil rights. Perhaps adding trillions more to the deficits through non-stop tax cuts to the wealthy and 100 more years in Iraq. Yes, please join Rush and McCain asap. The train has left. Catch it.

Another exasperated targeted superdelgate had this to say:

I spent my entire life in the two reddest states in the entire U.S. so please excuse me if I fail to discern the nuances of the arguments sent my way this evening in what appears to be an orchestrated campaign to intimidate the remaining unpledged delegates by threatening to leave the party and vote for a third Bush term if I and others like me don't vote for Sen. Clinton. I have been uncommitted throughout this campaign because I wanted to see how the candidates performed in a variety of settings. I am proud of them both. But I am horrified by this effort to threaten votes for McCain if super delegates don't vote for Sen. Clinton. I have received hundreds of emails from both sides - but I can say without exception that I have not received a single email from an Obama supporter that threatened a vote for McCain if I didn't support Sen. Obama. You really ought to be ashamed.

I think this latest development speaks for itself. I, for one, am ashamed that these ignorant, hateful people are in my party. I don't fault the run of the mill Hillary supporter because they are entitled to their opinions and they likely haven't been exposed to accurate information about Hillary or Obama. I DO fault her hardcore supporters who resort to this kind of hate and viciousness, against their own party. And this includes the Clintons and the nasty and divisive GOP tactics they have employed in their quest for power. I expect this kind of behavior from Bush and McCain and Fox News and the Republicans, but until this election I really thought that Democrats were better. These kind of people proved me wrong.