I'm reposting this as its own thread because it's essential that as many of us members of the Democratic Underground address this situation immediately.
A pledged delegate for Hillary Clinton has publicly announced that she will be voting for McCain. Any delegate who declares his or her support to the Republican
party deserved to be stripped of delegate status immediately. Contact the Wisconsin Democratic party and make your voice heard. Pass it on if you can, and make sure
you include the link to the article where she makes these intentions known: http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=6/13/2008&id=41516 (
repeated below for emphasis)
Here's the original thread, posted by babylonsister:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6359166&mesg_id=6359166Clinton delegate to vote for McCain
As an avid supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries, Debra Bartoshevich is not alone in her frustration over Clinton's defeat.
She's not alone in refusing to support Barack Obama.
And she's not entirely alone in saying she'll vote this fall for Republican John McCain instead.
But what makes her unusual is that she holds these views as an elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer.
"I'm sure people are going to be upset with me. I don't want to lose my national delegate status," says Bartoshevich, a 41-year-old emergency room nurse who is a convention delegate, pledged to Clinton, from Waterford in Racine County.
Joe Wineke, the chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, reacted with disbelief when first told Friday afternoon that one of his state party delegates is now a McCain supporter.
"Not a delegate? To the national convention?" asked Wineke, who was getting ready for the start of the state party convention Friday in Stevens Point.
more...
http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=6/13/2008&id=41516* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
PLEASE REPLY TO THIS POST IF YOU HAVE CONTACTED ANYONE IN THE WISCONSIN DEMOCRATIC PARTY............................................
We need to flood the Wisconsin Democratic Party with emails RIGHT NOW and tell them that it is absolutely not acceptable for one of their pledged delegates to endorse the Republican candidate. A swift message needs to be sent to the party, to the delegates, and to anyone in the media who might pick up this story that the Democratic Party will not allow one of its members to declare support for the opposition.
I've compiled all the contact information, both emails and phone numbers. Write your own email so that they know they're hearing from separate voices.
If you know anyone in Wisconsin, urge them doubly so to do this.
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Make sure you include the link to the original article stating that Debra Bartoshevich, Pledged WI delegate to the Democratic National Convention, has declared she will vote for McCain:
http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=6/13/2008&id=41516Also add this, from the Wisconsin Delegate Selection Plan:
In electing and certifying delegates and alternates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention,
Wisconsin thereby undertakes to assure all Democratic voters in the state full, timely and equal
opportunity to participate in the delegate selection process and in all Party affairs and to
implement affirmative action programs toward that end, and that the delegates and alternates
to the Convention shall be selected in accordance with the Delegate Selection Rules for the
2008 Democratic National Convention, and that the voters in the state will have the opportunity
to cast their election ballots for the Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees selected by said
Convention, and for electors pledged formally and in good conscience to the election of these
Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees, under the label and designation of the Democratic
Party of the United States, and that the delegates certified will not publicly support or campaign
for any candidate for President or Vice President other than the nominees for the Democratic
National Convention. (Call, II.B.)
and this:
Party Leaders & Elected Officials (PLEO) Delegates: Delegates Democrats eligible for PLEO delegates are big city mayors, statewide elected officials, state legislative leaders, state legislators, and other state, county and local elected officials and party leaders.
Candidates for these positions must file a written statement of candidacy and a signed pledge of support for their presidential candidate. These delegates are allocated to presidential candidates based on the statewide results of the presidential primary or caucus.http://www.prideintheparty.org/pdf/WI.pdf ........................................................
Howard Dean's Email: http://www.democrats.org/page/petition/chairman Wisconsin Democratic PartyGeneral email: party@wisdems.org
Phone number: (608) 255-5172
(608) 255-8919 (fax)
WI Democratic Party Staff *
Joe Wineke
State Chair and National Committee Member
joew@wisdems.org
(608) 255-5172 (office)
(608) 255-8919 (fax)
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Jef Hall
2nd Vice Chair
jef@jefhall.com
http://jefhall.com *
Michael Childers
Treasurer
michaelfraychilders@yahoo.com
608-576-8426 (office)
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Angela sutkiewicz
Secretary
asutkiewicz@excel.net
(920) 452-3717 (office)
*
Ray Rivera
1st Congressional District Chair
ramc0@ix.netcom.com
*
Mike Nemeth
1st Congressional District Representative
msnemeth@milwpc.com
*
Peter Rickman
2nd Congressional District Chair
rickman.peter@gmail.com
*
Heather Colburn
2nd Congressional District Representative
hcolburn@earthlink.net
*
Melanie Franklin
3rd Congressional District Chair
chair@3rddems.net
(715) 897-8303 (office)
*
Bob Johnson
3rd Congressional District Representative
rwjohnson@charter.net
(608) 785-9531 (office)
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Stephanie Findley
4th Congressional District Chair
findley_2002@yahoo.com
414-750-6496 (office)
*
Milton Bond
4th Congressional District Representative
bomilt@aol.com
*
Les Nakamoto
5th Congressional District Chair
chair5thcdDPW@gmail.com
*
Chris Marshall
5th Congressional District Representative
Ozaukeegov@aol.com
(414) 229-5476 (office)
*
Gordon Hintz
6th Congressional District Chair
hintzforassembly@yahoo.com
*
Jan Banicki
6th Congressional District Representative
jc.banicki@maqs.net
(608) 297-7692 (office)
*
Dave Wille
7th Congressional District Chair
dwille@charter.net
*
Gary HAWLEY
7th Congressional District Representative
gary.hawley@softhome.net
*
Dottie Leclair
8th Congressional District Representative
dotdem@aol.com
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Awais Khaleel
National Committee Member
amkhaleel@wisc.edu
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Jason Rae
National Committee Member
raejason@yahoo.com
*
Melissa Schroeder
National Committee Member
lissa7453@yahoo.com
(715) 842-5606 (office)
*
Tim Sullivan
National Committee Member
tjsulli@charter.net
(608) 220-6398 (office)
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Paula Zellner
National Committee Member
(715) 735-7811 (office)
*
Gwen Carr
Member At Large
cayugagirl@hotmail.com
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Spencer Coggs
Member At Large
spencercoggs@hotmail.com
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Linda Honold
Member At Large
linda.honold@sbcglobal.net
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Robert Miranda
Member At Large
rmiranda@wi.rr.com
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Dian Palmer
Member At Large
dpalmer328@msn.com
(608) 277-1999 (office)
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Martha Love
Milwaukee County Chair
mlove46@aol.com
(414) 344-8423 (office)
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Chris Harroun
College Democrats Representative
christopher.harroun@gmail.com
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For easy cut and paste, here are the emails above in one list, if you want to send a group email (minus the Wisconsin party address; email them separately):
joew@wisdems.org,michaelfraychilders@yahoo.com,asutkiewicz@excel.net,ramc0@ix.netcom.com,msnemeth@milwpc.com,rickman.peter@gmail.com,
hcolburn@earthlink.net,chair@3rddems.net,rwjohnson@charter.net,findley_2002@yahoo.com,bomilt@aol.com,chair5thcdDPW@gmail.com,Ozaukeegov@aol.com,
hintzforassembly@yahoo.com,jc.banicki@maqs.net,dwille@charter.net,gary.hawley@softhome.net,dotdem@aol.com,amkhaleel@wisc.edu,raejason@yahoo.com,
lissa7453@yahoo.com,tjsulli@charter.net,cayugagirl@hotmail.com,spencercoggs@hotmail.com,linda.honold@sbcglobal.net,rmiranda@wi.rr.com,dpalmer328@msn.com,
mlove46@aol.com,christopher.harroun@gmail.com
and here are the county party leaders (not listed above):
meaganm@wisdems.org,StephanyJ@dnc.org,RosenC@dnc.org,rachels@wisdems.org,sarak@wisdems.org,jamieg@wisdems.org,kjh@wisdems.org,danl@wisdems.org,jims@wisdems.org,
jenniferb@wisdems.org,jasonc@wisdems.org,steve.m@mellcomm.com,koryk@wisdems.org
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