Pick Yer Obama or Clinton Delegates Sunday!

By
Vern Nelson
– April 11, 2008Posted in: barack obama, democracy, democrats, DPOC, hillary clinton, john mccain
I post this partly as a public service, but mainly because I promised the admirable Jill Hardy I would. Due, among other things, to her exemplary leadership during the Huntington Beach God Imbroglio, I would like to send her to the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August as my personal Obama Girl®. But, cognizant of my awesome responsibilities as an Orange Juice blogger, I will keep this post thorough and even-handed, and link to ALL the Obama and Clinton delegates, and where you can go to vote for them this Sunday.

You see, California Dems have a proportional system of apportioning delegates unlike the Republicans’ winner-take-all system that has given McCain a quicker, clearer victory. That means that even though Hillary won the California Primary back on Super-Tuesday, Barack still gets about 45% of California’s delegates to the Convention. And this Sunday afternoon, CITIZENS (not just Dems) will congregate in various meeting-places to choose one man and one woman from each Congressional District they trust most to go vote for the Dem candidate they prefer, after hearing each contender make a one-minute speech.

Hey Republicans, Independents and anyone else, YOU can join in the fun too! If one of your Dem friends happens to be running and you wanna help them get to Denver, just show up between 2 and 3 at the locations below and change your registration to Democrat—you can always change it back Monday morning if you want to! But let me suggest that you wait a week or so to let the feeling sink in, what it’s like to be in a winning party, the party of the future, the party of peace, freedom, justice and democracy. Wait a week until a critical mass of your friends, neighbors and co-workers have said, “Hey, what IS up with you? You seem younger, more vibrant, I don’t know, sort of…CLEANER!” And you may very well decide to stay a Democrat.

Okay. Here’s details for Obama and Hillary backers, and then my little OJ blogger endorsement.

Hey Obama backers! Who do you trust most to go to Denver and back your favorite mixed-race, exotically-named, crypto-Muslim-tied-at-the-hip-to-strident-anti-American-Christian-preacher-Jeremiah-Wright, afraid-to-answer-the-phone-at-3AM, can’t-bowl-for-heck, big-eared neophyte? Who do you trust most to resist the wily charms of the Clintons, who have promised to try and woo away pledged Obama delegates with favors and trinkets? Well, here’s where you go to decide:

For location, click here.

(If Rohrabacher’s your congressman, put CD 46; if Loretta put 47; if John Campbell put 48; if Ed Royce put 40. If you can’t figure out what your district is, click here.)
For list of candidates you get to choose from, click here!
[In the 46th, apart from Jill and Taylor whom I’ve promised to support, I see the great progressive assembly candidate Ken Arnold who’s running against OJ villain Van Tran, whom I plan to write more about soon; also HB councilman Keith Bohr, Dem stalwart Ray Roberts, and his wife Patricia. In the 47th there are no men -?!- but one woman stands out, OJ friend & Santa Ana councilwoman Michele Martinez! In the 48th I see fiery Congressional contender Steve Young, but also Dr. Bill Honigman, and WHO DOESN’T LOVE DR. BILL? And in the 40th I recognize two fighting Progressives of sterling caliber: Dave Sonneborn and Florice Hoffman. Of course, listen to each of their one-minute spiels and make up your own minds, this is the DEMOCRATIC Party ya know!]
(I hope it’s not too obvious that I am an Obama supporter. Let me try to make it up to you.)
Hey Hillary backers! Who do you trust most to go to Denver and back your favorite tough, emasculating, all-too-ready-to-burst-into-tears, overly-liberal, overly-conservative, well-known lesbian who was having a secret affair with Vince Foster before she had him whacked? Who do you trust most to resist the allure of a svelte, silver-tongued, shirtless Halfrican hunk emerging slowly from the ocean? Well, here’s where you go to decide:

For location, click here.

(If Rohrabacher’s your congressman, put CD 46; if Loretta put 47; if John Campbell put 48; if Ed Royce put 40. If you can’t figure out what your district is, click here.)
For list of candidates you get to choose from, click here!
[In the 46th, I see Ken Arnold’s gorgeous Vietnamese wife Thanh-Thanh Ho. In the 47th I see my friend, tireless young activist and Liberal OC blogger Andrew Davey competing against  Santa Ana councilman Vince Sarmiento. And in the 48th another Liberal OC blogger – Dan Chmielewski, going against… NOOO!!! Don’t vote for Frank Barbaro, he runs everything around here! Then the 40th – Martie Schrank is old-school good, but DON’T vote for reactionary John Hanna, in my opinion – if it suddenly matters – he has way too much conservative influence in the Party! Of course, listen to each of their one-minute spiels and make up your own minds, this is the DEMOCRATIC Party ya know, and I could be totally wrong!]

The H2-for-O Slate

I’m personally going to Fountain Valley’s Obama gathering, to vote for the H2-for-O slate, Jill Hardy and Taylor Honrath (although I feel bad not voting for my friend Ken Arnold who is a great progressive assembly candidate against the slimy Van Tran.)

Jill has distinguished herself as a great community leader in Huntington Beach over the last seven years, most recently in Monday night’s fight against posting “In God We Trust” in council chambers: That night she gave us a lesson in how to be both a true Christian and a true American, a lesson that is increasingly lost these days. Taylor, well, he’s a fine young lad I’ve known a few years who is quite progressive, full of energy, and has been working as an intern in Sacramento for a couple of years, and probably has a great future in politics. Anyway, Jill chose him for a running-mate, both their surnames start with H, they back Obama, hence H2-for-O, easy to remember!
Finally, all together:
WE ARE GOING TO UNITE AND BEAT JOHN MCCAIN!
JUST SAY NO TO FOUR MORE YEARS OF BUSH!!!

About Vern Nelson

Greatest pianist/composer in Orange County, and official political troubadour of Anaheim and most other OC towns. Regularly makes solo performances, sometimes with his savage-jazz band The Vern Nelson Problem. Reach at vernpnelson@gmail.com, or 714-235-VERN.