Recently the Wall Street Journal featured an article "Clinton's Convention Role Being Negotiated" that misleads readers। The article says:
"Minor" candidates typically get a few votes at the conventions. But no party has had a roll call with two candidates since the 1976 Republican convention, when then President Gerald Ford beat Ronald Reagan by 57 votes."
Mo Udall, Jerry Brown, Hubert Humphrey, weren't what you would call "minor candidates," and certainly not Ted Kennedy when at the 1980 convention, when he received 1,150 votes against incumbent president Jimmy Carter.
In 1984 Gary Hart received 1,201 and Jesse Jackson 466 votes on the roll call.
In 1988 Jesse Jackson's nomination was celebrated by a 1,219 vote rollcall.
In 1992 Jerry Brown received 596 and Paul Tsongas 289 votes.
There have been 10 Democratic National Conventions from 1968 through 2004 are as follows:
The 1996 re-election of President Clinton was uncontested. But of the remaining 9 conventions, seven held roll calls of all the candidates involved.
For the two that didn't:
There is no reason that Hillary should not be allowed a rollcall vote. Should she not be allowed the roll call, we can only infer that the party is now corrupt at the highest levels.
There is overwhelming precedent for Hillary to be placed in nomination and receive a roll call vote।
Please help Hillary retain her delegates for this vote by calling delegates and affirming their support for Hillary Clinton, and reminding them why Hillary is the best candidate to beat McCain in November.
If you can dedicate a little time to calling undecided and Hillary delegates, you can make a decisive difference in the outcome of the roll call vote!
To make calls, go to http://clintondems.com/action-center/ and click on the "CALL" button. Just a few calls can convince a delegate to support Hillary over Obama. Please call today!
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