Hillary threatens to sue Texas Democratic Party

[DesEtoiles]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/29/0116/19493/707/466090

The Texas Democratic Party is warning that its March 4 caucuses could be delayed or disrupted after aides to White House hopeful Hillary Clinton raised the specter of an "imminent" lawsuit over its complicated delegate selection process, officials said Thursday night.

[shraby]

1. That stinks. How many rules does she

have to try to change in the middle of the game in order to win? After this I hope she loses big time. She's earned it.

[Hieronymus]

14. She's digging herself deeper into that hole.

[LeftyMom]

2. Well, that's one way to make friends and influence people.

Obama should send her a thank you card for that.

[Hillary_Hillary]

3. Sue em Hillary.

[emilyg]

4. Go Hillary!!!

[backscatter712]

42. It's the only way for her to win -

overriding democratic elections with lawsuits.

Wheee, go Shrillary!

[IndianaGreen]

46. Hillary is acting like a suicide bomber

Destroy anything that gets in her way!

[flor de jasmim]

5. Slash and burn, baby, slash and burn

What little regard she has for the rules. Considering what we have in the WH now, who'd want 4-8 more years of that?

[truedelphi]

8. It is rather disgusting, isn't it? n/t

[bigbrother05]

6. Isn't this what Bush did, steal it anyway you can

[catagory5]

7. Does it name Clinton?

Or are you making shit up?

[bigbrother05]

10. Who said Clinton

my, my, my, are we touchy

[easy_b94]

9. WTF...The Clintons are really getting under my skin :(

And I have thick skin

[FrenchieCat]

11. Don't let them bother you......

that is what many are counting on. It makes them feel good to annoy others.

They are into the politics of NOPE!

[BringBigDogBack]

25. You too?

[Major Hogwash]

12. Gosh, I hope nobody sees this. They may think she has lost her mind.

And then they'll start whining and cryng and whining and crying some more.

[bigbrother05]

13. ...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[TheDonkey]

15. Ohhh boy.

[MonkeyFunk]

16. And the Clinton campaign

has denied the reports.

[crispini]

29. Here is a link to the letter which was sent...

http://media.star-telegram.com/smedia/2008/02/28/20/Campaign_Letter.source.prod_affiliate.58.pdf

The letter is addressed to both, but contains the following, somewhat telling, paragraph.

"As you know, the rules and procedures that govern the 2008 Texas primary and convention were actually developed by and utilized in previous Presidential election cycles by many of your key Texas supporters and have been available to your campaigns well before voting, or even campaigning, had started."

Mmmm, yeah, not a lot of Obama supporters around in 2004, were there?

[Tellurian]

17. Obama looking pretty desperate... must be the Rezko Trial next week..

that got him all atwitter.. So, will the msnbc carry this latest "smear" coming out of his camp for him?

[bowens43]

19. Obama's desperate??? LOL!

Are all Hillary supporters on drugs?

[Tellurian]

23. The Truth somehow cuts through the politics of Hope doesn't it?

The doers vs the talkers always seem to prevail in the end, don't they? :hi:

[billyoc]

38. Are you saying the Obama campaign sent the letter from the Texas Democratic Party to themselves

and to the Clinton campaign? Is that really what you're saying?

[IndianaGreen]

47. Nothing going on at the psychotic Hillaryis44?

That you have to come here and spew your shit!

[Tellurian]

49. Come here? I never left!

Try to keep up Indy... we put down clorox and clean paper after your posts.

[bowens43]

18. This wouldn't be her first attempt to cheat in this primary. nt

[Tellurian]

21. Really now.. Obama loves caucuses,, his thugs push people around

if they're not voting for him. Like they did in Nevada..when Bill Clinton had to rescue restaurant workers who were told by Union Reps to stay home if they weren't voting for Obama or the ones who were intentionally sent to the wrong caucus location. You must mean that story, I guess.

[JackORoses]

44. Is this going to be your excuse when Obama stomps Hillary in Texas?

[Tellurian]

48. No danger of that Jacko!

[MonkeyFunk]

33. Even if she did file suit - which her campaign denies -

how is that cheating?

[JackORoses]

43. do you support this action, seriously?

sometimes the ends do not justify the means.

This will not save Hillary's campaign.
It is likely to accelerate its demise.

You really are willing to overlook any flaw of Hillary's, aren't you?

[BrightKnight]

20. LMAOROTF - I doubt 90% of Texas Democrats know anything about the 2nd vote. - n/t

[Kaylee]

27. If the campaigns are doing their jobs, they should.

I know the Obama campaign has been educating voters with the slogan "The Texas Two-Step".

[BrightKnight]

41. The Obama campaign my call it the "Texas Two-Step" but I have a different name for it. - n/t

[crispini]

30. Ha. Sorry, wrong.

Everyone who early votes is getting told to return to the caucus, at least it was at the early voting location I worked at.

And everyone who has been to any rally or campaign event has been told about the caucus.

I hope you're not running yours, because if so, you sound a bit unprepared to me. :hi:

[tammywammy]

45. At my early voting location

They're specifically telling all people that vote democratic about the caucus. :hi:

[JTFrog]

22. Again, what is it that they are so desperately trying to attain by getting back in the White House?

There is something so sinister and suspicious about the crap she is pulling. I don't even want her in the Senate anymore.

[BrightKnight]

24. Thats why we need to tell Texas Democrats to STFU an make the decision for them.

A second after hours "election" that nobody knows about is the perfect solution.

[crispini]

31. Everybody knows about this now.

Besides, as I mentioned to you in the Texas forum, this system is eminently fair. It rewards 2/3 of the delegates according to the vote and the rest to those activists who take the time to show up. It's a Democratic primary -- those of us who work hard for the party deserve a little extra consideration IMO.

[JVS]

37. Luxury, personal chefs, and easy living?

:shrug:

[Kaylee]

26. This will not make her look good....more whining.

[BrightKnight]

28. Until somebody actually looks at what the TDP is doing. - n/t

[Avalux]

32. You know, we've had this caucus system in place for a long time.

This really, really, really pisses me off. :grr:

[psychopomp]

34. No evidence, it seems

but it doesn't seem out of character for a campaign that has pulled out all the stops to try to salvage a "win."

[Blarch]

35. Fuck her

and her Karl Rove followers. She is a hack.

[JVS]

36. If she foresaw a showdown in Texas so long ago, why wasn't this resolved earlier?

[Carolina]

50. Because she didn't foresee and she didn't

have an organized campaign on the ground that knew about the Texas system. Obama did!

"Ready on Day One" assumed she'd have it wrapped up by now, and once again was unprepeared. So now she's trying to cheat.

Go Obama!

[bigbrother05]

39. kick

[dailykoff]

40. Hey it worked for Junior in 2000.

Who needs to win elections any more?

[davidpdx]

51. I have no problem with clarification of the rules

But threatening to sue is kind of insane. It's things like this that backfire on the Clinton campaign. Too bad they can't see that.

[DemVet]

52. Hell, I think she should sue Howard Dean and the DNC over...

...Michigan and Florida.

[TexasObserver]

53. Go ahead, Hillary. Make my day.

If Hillary sues the Texas Democratic Party, she may get sued back. Discovery, here we come!

I'd like to sit her down for a video deposition to cross examine her on her knowledge and understanding of the rules, when she found out about those rules, when she understood those rules, how many Texas Democrats who back her and who are on the DNC understood those rules, and how she was able to avoid knowing or understanding any this until the week before the primary.

I'd like to get her sworn testimony as to what her internal polls showed, place those numbers on a graph used as demonstrative evidence, and have her pinpoint the moment in time when she discovered the rules hate her.

She's not a good liar, even though she does it a lot, and I'm certain she would either look incredibly stupid and incompetent, or simply a remorseless liar. All on video. All in time for the Pennsylvania primary. We don't even pick our remaining delegates until JUNE, so her subterfuge isn't going to get in the way of that. We can file an answer and counterclaim for our own damages and for extraordinary relief, seek a denial of her requests, and seek an evidentiary hearing before the court by the first week of April. We can seek and get an order for expedited discovery, a court order that she and her top staff appear for separate video depositions, and have a treasure trove of video for the News channels to pour over.

Go ahead, Hillary. Make my day.