Alma For The Poor

By Kleinheider Posted on September 18, 2008 at 12:42 pm

Sean Braisted gets deeper into the mind of the Hillary Clinton, Rosalind Kurita supporting Alma Sanford.

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Maynard Contra Alma

By Kleinheider Posted on September 15, 2008 at 4:55 pm

Councilman and Democratic Executive Committee member Jerry Maynard comments on Alma Sanford’s insinuation that sexism played a role in the decision to declare Rosalind Kurita’s 19 vote victory “incurably uncertain”:

I serve as the Democratic State Executive Committee member for District 19 and voted to uphold the election results for Sen. Kurita based upon the evidence and arguments that were presented last Saturday.

I am a male committee member and Sen. Kurita’s gender had nothing to do with my vote nor the vote of my fellow committee members.  The TN Democratic Party conducted a fair hearing that allowed due process for both candidates with Chairman Gray Sasser doing a good job given the circumstances.

I resent the allegations and inference of sexism on Ms. Sanford’s part and I assure you that the Democratic Party is unified to Change the direction of this country by electing Obama/Biden to the White House.

If you believe that McCain/Palin will further the fight for gender equality after reviewing McCain’s record and Palin’s position statements, then you may have succumbed to emotional hysteria rather than rational thinking.

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Alma Sanford Renounces Her Party Affliation After Kurita Decision

By Kleinheider Posted on September 13, 2008 at 6:24 pm

The woman who had disseminated a spirited defense of Rosalind Kurita and who had encourged Democrats to rally around Kurita has renounced the party she has called home for sixty-nine years.

“On behalf of my daughter, my sister and myself, I am disgusted with this party,” proclaimed long-time party activist Alma Sanford to reporters after a decision by the Democratic Executive Committee to declare Rosalind Kurita’s 19 vote victory ’incurably uncertain.’

Citing actions by Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Gray Sasser, as well as spokesman Wade Munday, and the general mistreatment of Democratic such as Hillary Clinton and Rosalind Kurita, Sanford said she no longer considers herself a Democrat.

“I will vote for John McCain,” Sanford stated unequivocally.

Sanford was upset not only with the Kurita decision today but with what she claimed was encouragement by Sasser to Hillary Clinton delegates in Denver to break Tennessee law by voting for Barack Obama.

Sanford also expressed dismay directly to spokesman Munday, who listened intently and respectfully to her comments to reporters, that he did not renounce Congressman Steve Cohen in his weekly newsletter for comments he made comparing Hillary Clinton unfavorably with the Glen Close character in Fatal Attraction.

UPDATE: Good riddance to bad rubbish.

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