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This interesting post by "freedc" appeared on http://dc.forclark.com/ on Dec. 19, 2003:

DC for Clark voters need a strategy for the upcoming beauty contest on January 13th!  It's a long story as to why, but Wes is not on the ballot and write-ins are not allowed...

Should we stay at home, vote for a non-Dean candidate like Braun, Kucinich, or Sharpton, or cast a protest vote for Vermin Supreme?  Please vote in the poll.

I'll give you my recommendation: We should cast our votes for Vermin Supreme in protest.  Vermin Supreme is a self-described political clown with no prospect of earning legitimate votes, so any votes he does pull can be interpreted as a rejection of the other candidates, including Dean.  It is also a way to protest the DC Democrats' anti-democratic decision to disallow write-in candidates. 

Staying at home just assures Dean his big fat victory (headline: Dean wins 80 percent of vote in the only majority-African American state; subhead, which nobody reads says: ...against a field of no-names).  Sharpton is polling in second place in DC (see DC candidates poll writeup), but still far behind Dean. 

[editor's note, by freedc] Sharpton came in 2nd among those on the ballot, 4th overall after Dean, Clark, Gephardt.

There is a significant Clark movement in DC, but it's been thwarted so far by the Deanies who have captured the DC primary and are trying to use it to pull of a PR victory a week before Iowa's caucus.  We want our voices for Clark heard!!  Beat the ballot.  Vote for Vermin!