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Current Events => Archives => Politics => Election 2008 => Topic started by: DixieBelle on May 09, 2008, 05:56:15 PM
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CBS13) ― In this tight battle for the Democratic nomination we've heard a lot about the candidates courting superdelegates.
But, one superdelegate is courting the candidates. He says he'll sell his vote for a price. A very high price: $20 million.
Steven Ybarra of Sacramento says that eight-figure price is peanuts for the presidency.
When asked whether it was right to offer what is clearly a quid pro quo, he responded, "yeah, absolutely. People do it all the time," answered Ybarra.
But not like this. Not in public and not for such big bucks. It begs the question: Is he crazy?
"Nobody's said I'm crazy," said Ybarra.
Ybarra wants every cent of the $20 million to go towards registering and educating eligible Mexican-American voters, who he calls the key to the White House.
"And I keep asking the question of the DNC: 'why won't you earmark money for these voters?' And their answer is, 'oh, we can't do that' Which is a lie," said Ybarra.
With the Democratic National Committee saying 'no,' Ybarra waits for a 'yes' from already cash-strapped Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.
Would he accept less? How about $5 million?
"No, $5 million is nothing," said Ybarra.
It might be a moot point as neither campaign has come calling.
"No, I think most people right now are looking at this as some crazy guy in California because after all I'm from California," said Ybarra.
He thinks his own party is crazy for not aggressively pursuing the Mexican-American vote especially with such a large Mexican-American population in the southwest.
"We should kick John McCain's a** in his own hometown," said Ybarra.
This superdelegate thinks his vote would be the best $20 million a candidate could ever spend. After all, he says, in 2004 John Kerry spent $1 billion to lose.
http://cbs13.com/politics/Superdelegate.Vote.Ybarra.2.718616.html
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Just when you thought the death spiral race couldn't get any better...
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He should be removed from the delegation immediately and brought up on charges. Whether or not it is "done all the time" is illrelevant.
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"Nobody's said I'm crazy," said Ybarra.
"No, I think most people right now are looking at this as some crazy guy in California because after all I'm from California," said Ybarra.
um... :popcorn: yeah..
and Undies, right again. this guy should be brought up on charges of extortion. he must know by now that hillary has no money to buy it - but even if she did, how freaking blatant is that??
is there no point where the Dems in charge get embarrassed enough that they say, "ok, we have to stop this right now."
if i was a loyal Dem, I'd be damn frustrated with my party. there is zero integrity going on that side and the public is losing patience with them. our gas and food prices need to come down right now and the Democrat Congress is just screwing around not able to figure out what to do.
i am frankly shocked at how fast they managed to get the economy almost halted, yet.. they werent able to get us totally in the ditch. our saving grace is that America is a tough old girl :-)
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With the Democratic National Committee saying 'no,' Ybarra waits for a 'yes' from already cash-strapped Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.
Would he accept less? How about $5 million?
"No, $5 million is nothing," said Ybarra.
What is the old joke? "We've already established your a whore. Now we're just negotiating the price!" Sort of applies to a lot of Democrats, doesn't it?