Dismayed by Speaker Pelosi

in Comment on Carl Hulse NYT On the Hill, Nancy Pelosi, Mystery Delegate 04.02.08

As a longtime follower of Speaker Pelosi, I am dismayed that she does not speak out for all the older women disenfranchised by the deplorable anti-democratic Caucus States. Older women are the backbone of the Democratic Party and it may be novel & thrilling to have a lot of new voters -- but you applaud them at your peril if you're willing -- in ignorance or in cowardice -- to allow your most faithful supporters to be silenced.

15% of Hillary's voters were cheated of their share of the pledged delegates because the antiquated caucus system prevents them from having an Absentee Ballot no matter how infirm they are. There is an epidemic in America of older women who have a deep dread of falling. They do not go out. They can't use a ride. They need an Absentee Ballot. (In Texas, Hillary was +4 in the primary & -12 in the caucus the same day. An Absentee Ballot, an Absentee Ballot, my democracy for an Absentee Ballot!)

I'm ashamed of Speaker Pelosi for not being a champion of these older Democrats. Only the will of (healthy) people counts in the Halls of Power, it seems. Don’t we expect superdelegates to think, to look, to account for? Do we really want superlemmings? Or superduperlemmings?