Candidates unite against Darfur genocide
Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and Republican John McCain don't agree on much these days.
But the three presidential hopefuls joined forces for an eye-catching ad to help a nonprofit trying to stop what the United States has declared a genocide in Darfur.
"We stand united and demand that the genocide and violence in Darfur be brought to an end," the ad declares, with their signatures underneath. The ad, which appears in today's New York Times, is on behalf of SaveDarfur.org.
A joint statement on the group's website lays blame on the government of Sudan, which the three say is "chiefly responsible for the violence and is able to end it."
The violence started in 2003, when after ethnic African tribesman rebelled, janjaweed militia backed by the Sudanese government retaliated. The government denies accusations of atrocities, but an estimated 200,000 people have died and 2.5 million have been displaced.
Advocacy groups have criticized the Bush administration for not doing enough, and the statement makes clear that whoever is the next president will take more action.
"Today, we wish to make clear to the Sudanese government that on this moral issue of tremendous importance, there is no divide between us," the three candidates say. "We stand united and demand that the genocide and violence in Darfur be brought to an end and that the CPA be fully implemented. Even as we campaign for the presidency, we will use our standing as Senators to press for the steps needed to ensure that the United States honors, in practice and in deed, its commitment to the cause of peace and protection of Darfur’s innocent citizenry. We will continue to keep a close watch on events in Sudan and speak out for its marginalized peoples. It would be a huge mistake for the Khartoum regime to think that it will benefit by running out the clock on the Bush Administration. If peace and security for the people of Sudan are not in place when one of us is inaugurated as President on January 20, 2009, we pledge that the next Administration will pursue these goals with unstinting resolve."
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IT'S ABOUT ELECTABILITY !!!
Large numbers of BUSH_McCain Republicans have been voting for Barack Obama in the DEMOCRATIC primaries, and caucuses from early on with the backing and help of the medical and insurance industry. Under the direction of the George Bush, and Karl Rove vote fraud, and vote manipulation machine. Because they feel Barack Obama would be a weaker opponent against John McCain. And they want to stop Hillary Clinton from fixing the HUGE! American, and Global mess they have created. shocking!!! isn't it. Just gotta love those good old draft dodging, silver spoon Texas boys. Not! :-(
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As much as 30% of Obama's primary, and caucus votes are Republicans trying to choose the weakest democratic candidate for McCain to run against. These Republicans have been gaming the caucuses, and open primaries where it is easier to vote cheat. This is why Obama has not been able to win the BIG! states primaries. Even with Republican vote cheating help. Except North Carolina where 35% of the population is African American, and approximately 90% of them block voted for him. African Americans are only approximately 17% of the general population.
Hillary Clinton has been OUT MANNED! and OUT SPENT! 4 and 5 to 1. Yet Obama has only been able to manage a very tenuous, and questionable tie with Hillary Clinton. This is even more phenomenal when you consider she has been also fighting against the George Bush, Karl Rove vote fraud machine in the DEMOCRATIC primaries, and caucuses. Hillary Clinton is STUNNING!.
If Obama is the democratic nominee for the national election in November he will be slaughtered. That is crystal clear now. Because all of the Republican vote cheating help will suddenly evaporate. And the demographics, and experience are completely against him. All of this vote fraud and Bush republican manipulation has made Obama falsely look like a much stronger candidate than he really is.
You will have another McGovern catastrophe where George McGovern lost 49 of 50 states. And was the reason the super-delegates were created to keep that from happening again. Don't let that happen to the party and America again super-delegates. You have the power to prevent it. The only important question now is who can best win in November. And the answer is HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON. That fact is also now crystal clear.
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The democratic party needs to fix this outrage. Everyone needs to throw all your support to Hillary Clinton NOW! So you can end this outrage against YOU the voter, and against democracy.
The democratic party, and the super-delegates have a decision to make. Are the democrats, and the democratic party going to choose the DEMOCRATIC party nominee to fight for the American people. Or are the republicans going to choose the DEMOCRATIC party nominee through vote fraud, and gaming the DEMOCRATIC party primaries, and caucuses.
Fortunately the Clinton's have been able to hold on against this fraudulent outrage with those repeated dramatic, and heroic comebacks of Hillary Clinton’s. Only the Clinton’s are that resourceful, and strong. Hillary Clinton is your NOMINEE. They are the best I have ever seen. Probably the best there has ever been. :-)
“This is not a game” (Hillary Clinton)
Sincerely
jacksmith... Working Class :-)
p.s. Cynthia Ruccia - I'm with ya baby. All the way. "Clinton Supporters Count Too."
It is GREAT that Americans want to help victims in Darfur but it should NOT be at the EXPENSE of turning America's back on the people the US has a responsibility for.
In 1962 Cold War architect Robert Lovett who was a director of Freeport Sulphur wanting to mine West Papua, had his friend US National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy convince John F Kennedy that West Papua had to be sacrificed to Indonesia to save America from communism. Since 2001 George Bush argued the US had to allow Indonesia to continue its abuse for benefit of the new war.
Freeport operates the world's largest gold mine, it is in West Papua and is Indonesia's largest tax payer; it does not help America or the Papuan people to allow Indonesia to have a colony in our Pacific. It only profits the corporations in business with Jakarta.
PLEASE stop the slow genocide of West Papua.