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Uponthegears

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6. Certainly a good idea

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 11:48 AM

Dec 2016

Do the other candidates oppose this idea?

Do the other candidates think that GOP voter suppression is not a big issue?

I hope not because I will tell you from personal experience that the current party leadership, which has been in power ever since Bill Clinton (talking dominant political philosophy, not individuals, here), refused to lift a finger in resources, public support, or money to help the thousands of convicted felons (a majority of whom were black males) who were stripped from the voter rolls during the ChoicePoint purge in Florida before the 2000 election.

If ANY candidate for DNC chair (Perez, Ellison, Harrison, ANYONE) is unwilling to stand up for people of color out of fear of being "Willie Horton-ed," I can't support them.

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Tom Perez is speaking my language [View all] bigtree Dec 2016 OP

a thousand times this JHan Dec 2016 #1

Completely and totally agree. I would volunteer to help on this effort/ Justice Dec 2016 #2

this. so much this. we left 100 times the margin on the f'ing table. mopinko Dec 2016 #3

This is absolute. Need to be coordinated strategy. Legal, organizational, informational. KittyWampus Dec 2016 #4

I still believe there should be co-Chairmen. kentuck Dec 2016 #5

I believe we need one leader moving forward, with vice chairpeople focusing on particular roles. Justice Dec 2016 #20

Certainly a good idea Uponthegears Dec 2016 #6

He has my vote Coolest Ranger Dec 2016 #7

Yeah bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #8

Then Perez seems to be you person. Didn't mention junk mail once in the piece. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #9

I think a run for Maryland governor would be a better path for him. PatsFan87 Dec 2016 #10

Please, please, please, give us a FIGHTER. LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #11

It should be a full time staffer, with a STAFF! annabanana Dec 2016 #12

I am supporting Tom Perez Gothmog Dec 2016 #13

sorry mtasselin Dec 2016 #14

"He is just looking for a job". It's that sort of nastiness that we really need to get rid of. SaschaHM Dec 2016 #19

Absolutely! volstork Dec 2016 #15

Keith Ellison Will Resign House Seat If Elected DNC Chair LovingA2andMI Dec 2016 #16

Kick & Rec denbot Dec 2016 #17

#TeamTom. K+R. SaschaHM Dec 2016 #18

#TeamPerez Cha Dec 2016 #29

A country can be partially a democracy. paulkienitz Dec 2016 #21

Where Does He Stand on Superdelegates, Caucuses and ... TomCADem Dec 2016 #22

Since most of the people who will pick the new chair ARE superdelegates, hughee99 Dec 2016 #25

This is so important. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2016 #23

The UFCW, UFW and the Fire-fighters union endorse Tom Perez for DNC chair! Cha Dec 2016 #24

Hillary's lawyers were on this, but.... LisaM Dec 2016 #26

Perez wants a director at the DNC dedicated to fighting voter suppression full-time. Cha Dec 2016 #27

Tom Perez is proud to be backed by the UFW! Cha Dec 2016 #28

Four governors back Tom Perez for DNC chair Cha Dec 2016 #30