2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Let me tell you about how RIGGED campaign game is locally in Pittsburgh.... [View all]
I wish there weren't party hacks. I wish that the many Democratic committees would act democratic, but let's face it, the party hacks are to be found. They want to do EVERYTHING they can to make Bernie Sanders go away.
Latest example?
Allegheny County Democratic Party has informed the persons who have been trying to collect signatures on Bernie Sanders (I'm among them) and the Congressional Delegates running on behalf of him (for whom I'm also collecting signatures) that the police have been informed to NOT ALLOW US in front of one of the Democratic petition events where the endorsements are taking place.
HOWEVER, if we bow our heads like good little serfs, the Bernie petitioners will be given a table inside with a maximum of 4 people.
Circulating petitions on the sidewalk in Pittsburgh has been allowed for at 40 years, that we are aware of.
So... we've decided to cancel this petition signing event. I hope everyone is as angry as we are.
We have been working since last August... We have stood on sidewalks in every area of the Pittsburgh MSA with face to face meeting and talking about the issues. When the latest blast of sub-freezing temperatures came through, there we were last night, standing outside of yet another public area where we could barely get the pens to click and not freeze for signing petitions.
LET'S TRANSLATE THAT ANGER INTO CONTINUED HARD WORK FOR BERNIE TO DEFEAT "THEM".