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<DIV><FONT size=2>I queried Chuck Oxley of the state organization. The DNC has a
diversity requirement that state parties must adhere to.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title="mailto:janesta@gmail.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:janesta@gmail.com">Janesta</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 16, 2008 9:58 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=fotopro63@hotmail.com
href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">Kai Eiselein</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Idaho's 23 Democratic
Delegates</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>My point is - we include all races, or none. To include just some of the
races, is discrimination against the race, or races left out, Black,
White, Indian, doesn't matter.</DIV>
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<DIV>All or none.<BR><BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 6/16/08, <B class=gmail_sendername>Kai
Eiselein</B> <<A
title="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">fotopro63@hotmail.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN>
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<DIV>Chas, what it boils down to is, race and/or sexual orientation has
absolutely nothing to do with a delegate's ability. <BR>I think you may have
captured it with your statement, <EM>"It certainly communicates an intentional
diversity that would surprise many non-Idahoans who know only our redneck
reputation."</EM><BR>It may very well be a politcal ploy, using race and
sexual orientation as a way to say, "We are diverse, see?"<BR>But should that
"intentional diversity" lead someone to think Idaho is more diverse than what
it is, wouldn't it be a lie?<BR><BR>> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:37:35
-0700<BR>> From: <A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:chasuk@gmail.com" target=_blank>chasuk@gmail.com</A><BR>> To:
<A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com"
target=_blank>fotopro63@hotmail.com</A><SPAN class=q><BR>> Subject: Re:
[Vision2020] Idaho's 23 Democratic Delegates<BR></SPAN>> CC: <A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:janesta@gmail.com" target=_blank>janesta@gmail.com</A>; <A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target=_blank>vision2020@moscow.com</A>;
<A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:debismith@moscow.com" target=_blank>debismith@moscow.com</A>
<DIV><SPAN class=e id=q_11a920d94cf77252_3><BR>> <BR>> I'm glad that you
have made it to WinCo and Wal-Mart. And Nampa,<BR>> Caldwell, and Nogales,
too! I understand that there are regions of<BR>> Idaho that aren't "lilly
white anymore." However, being white in<BR>> Idaho is still the default
expectation, regardless of what your "arse"<BR>> is telling you. In 2005,
0.84% of the Idaho population was black, and<BR>> being PC doesn't change
that.<BR>> <BR>> Yes, I know that there is an increasingly large
minority of Hispanics.<BR>> Still, they make up less than one out of every
ten people, and in<BR>> many, many areas they are nonexistent.<BR>>
<BR>> On a list of 23 delegates, nine are non-Caucasian. That is<BR>>
surprising, even if only statistically. It certainly communicates an<BR>>
intentional diversity that would surprise many non-Idahoans who know<BR>>
only our redneck reputation. I approve of the message that the<BR>>
National Democratic Convention is sending to those outside of the<BR>>
state, and to the still too-plentiful bigots and racists who pollute<BR>>
our state.<BR>> <BR>> The above paragraph encapsulates entirely my use
of the word<BR>> "surprising." If you want to the read something else into
it, then<BR>> please climb back onto your high horse. If you want to
pretend that<BR>> it still isn't surprising in light of my elucidation,
again feel free.<BR>> However, I am not racist, bigoted, provincial, or
untraveled.<BR>> <BR>> > They only reason Obama and Clinton are
singled out is because of the fact<BR>> > they are THE FIRST. The first
black man and the first woman to have a chance<BR>> > at the presidency.
We don't make much note of women or minorities in other<BR>> > elected
positions anymore, I doubt we will of the presidency in the future,<BR>>
> either.<BR>> <BR>> The only reason? No. The main reason? Arguably.
Listen to people<BR>> in West Virgina and Pennsylvania who tell
interviewers that they won't<BR>> vote for a black man because "Americans
aren't ready for a black<BR>> president, yet." This perfectly expresses
both your point and mine.<BR>> <BR>> > I know you hate sports, but it
is a microcosm of Americana. The first blacks<BR>> > to play pro ball
outside of the "Negro League" made headlines, so did Jewish<BR>> > and
Japanese players. Now its old hat, the same will happen in politics,
if<BR>> > allowed to.<BR>> <BR>> Agreed.<BR>> <BR>> >
Still, why is one's sexual orientation of importance as a delegate is
beyond<BR>> > me.<BR>> <BR>> For the same reasons that I gave
above regarding race. Because it is<BR>> reputation healing, and because of
what it communicates to to<BR>> too-plentiful homophobes who pollute our
state.<BR>> <BR>> Chas<BR><BR><BR></SPAN></DIV>
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