Super delegate voting disappointing

After years as a voter and supporter of the Democratic Party, I am appalled, disgusted and disappointed by the arrogant behavior of our elected Democratic officials and party “elite” in their actions as “super delegates”. In the face of a Bernie Sanders landslide in our state, they are unanimously sticking with Hillary Clinton with their “super delegate” votes. These actions are wrong on many levels, but please allow me to enumerate a few:

▪  In a democracy, majority supposedly rules, and elected officials are supposed to represent the majority. That is clearly not happening here.

▪  Our elected officials are supposedly pro-environment; Bernie Sanders is opposed to fracking, which destroys water tables where it occurs and increases the supply of petroleum products worldwide. Hillary Clinton has stated repeatedly that she is pro-fracking.

▪  Our elected officials should support a strong US economy for all participants from the bottom up; Bernie is and always has been against the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) whereas Hillary was for it, and actively supported it, until political backlash from her support forced her to distance herself from it. With an economy imploding from lack of entry level opportunity, this is NOT the time to export even more work offshore.

▪  While Bernie was holding huge rallies in places like Key Arena, Hillary did a touch and go to Medina to presumably pick up a some huge checks, with stops in Puyallup, Rainier Beach and a union labor hall in Everett. Efficient, yes; populist, less so.

This story was originally published May 4, 2016 at 8:34 AM with the headline "Super delegate voting disappointing."