Superdelegate: Everett Ward


Everett WardEverett Ward has been a Barack Obama fan for a long time.

The former executive director of the N.C. Democratic Party, now a state member on the Democratic National Committee, will be a superdelegate at the national convention, and he's backing Obama.

"I think without any question his platform, his position and his view for the country led me to gravitate to him," he told Dome.

Ward, 49, went to his first convention as a teen-aged volunteer in 1976. He served as a superdelegate in 1996, 2000 and 2004, and helped draft the complicated rules for this year's race.

"It actually feels good to see your rules working," he said.  

Ward said that he could not see himself voting for Hillary Clinton at this point, but he said that once the convention starts, anything can happen.

"Those of us who are veterans of national conventions know that each day is different," he said. 

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Re: Superdelegate: Everett Ward

get a life!

Re: Superdelegate: Everett Ward

Yeah right! Why do Black people insist on drinking the Clinton cool aid? Are we so paralyzed by oppression and racism that we can't think objectively? Do we not see the historical significance of what's happening with this election? Sometimes I wonder if we will ever be able to achieve the greatness as a people into which we are destined, or we will forever believe that our accomplishments have to be inextricably linked to Caucasian caretakers in order to count as legitimate progress.

Re: Superdelegate: Everett Ward

It's true that Obama smokes and lies about it. He lies about almost everything anyway. He lies about his mother being on foodstamps, he lies about his father coming over because of Kennedy, he lies about his father being a goat herder, instead he worked in an office. He lied in his book.
The list is so long, and his whole career is beneath what we deserve as our President.

It is a sad day when the color of your skin makes you immune to truth, but that is what we are living today. Obama has made racism a part of his campaign and has used it to create a campaign that is a complete lie. I am sorry that other blacks have decided to back him just because of the color of his skin and not because of his character. I am not against him because he is black, but instead because I have checked his background and record in Chicago, and I do not like what is see and hear.

It angers me that we were led to believe that the DC Meeting to decide on seating our delegates, was a complete farce!! A pretense was made to discuss the pros and cons, and then a secret meeting was held after lunch to make the decision and then a fake vote followed. The voters are just fools and we can treat them any way we want and they will come around.

Well, I know how to spell HILLARY CLINTON. NO HALF VOTES FOR ME!! No phoney is getting my vote, even if I have to vote for McCain! You should be minding North Carolina votes where they got their votes to count.

You can email me at jferko777@aol.com, if you have the guts to eliminate my vote and ask for it in November.

Re: Superdelegate: Everett Ward

Mr Ward I see has fallen under the spell of the silver tongue with not much of a track record to back it up. Senator Obama tells us to take personal responsibility for our health, and yet he smokes marlboro reds. Senator Obama still has un-answered questions in regards to the Exelon situation, where Senator Obama was writing a bill in regards to reporting leaks in nuclear reactors, then accepted 260 thousand dollars in campaign money from Exelon, and then watered the bill down. Senator Obama is no different than the rest of the Washington. He will say anything with that silver tongue to get elected. Hillary Clinton has gone to bat for the people of this country in the past many times. But, in reality I guess it doesnt matter for Everett Ward, he will never speak the true reason he is for Obama. I tell you now Mr Ward, if you ever run for office in an area I live, I will never vote for you.