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There’s a post gurgling through these here intertubes that originally came from the PUMAs website. The PUMAs have been innundating DNC members demanding that Hillary Clinton’s name be put in nomination. Frankly, why folks who have already pledged to vote for John McCain (and that aren’t that numerous in the first place) think that any member of the DNC would listen to their opinions is beyond me.

Anyway, some of these responses have been quite amusing, such as this one from Washington Democratic Party Chair Dwight Pelz:

Man, you have to chill. Try tennis!

Given the tone of some of the e-mails from the PUMAs that I’ve seen, I can see why some folks wouldn’t let their best nature get a hold of them before they click on send. This response came from one of our DNC reps in Arizona:

GOD WILL GUIDE THE HAND OF JUDGMENT THAT WILL STRIKE YOU DOWN!
Do not email us again. Thank you.

This is reportedly from our former State School Superintendent Carolyn Warner, who serves as a DNC member and is thus one of those vaunted “super delegates.”

I gave Warner a call, because, frankly, this didn’t sound much like her. I was interested in seeing what kind of e-mail she recieved that would have prompted this response. She was quite offended. She told me flat out that she didn’t write any such e-mail. She made it clear to me that she doesn’t take the Lord’s name in vain, and what I’ve seen of her over the last twenty years, I believe her. Despite her gruff voice, she’s a class act, polite and level headed. Would I have sent this reply? Probably. Would Warner? Nope.

I have no idea where this thing came from. A PUMA could have sent something to the wrong address, or just made the darned thing up. Unfortunately, it has made its way around the internet (it even made the Politico), so it will be “true” in some people’s minds.