Is this the price of unity? No dissent, no criticism, just fall in line and shut up? Isn’t this type of attitude what Democrats criticized Republicans for?

Colorado Democrats Threaten Clinton Delegate’s Status
Tom Burke and John Ferrugia , 7NEWS Investigators

DENVER — An e-mail sent from the political director of the Colorado Democratic Party threatened the status of a national delegate, alleging she made “disparaging public remarks” about Sen. Barack Obama.

Sacha Millstone of Boulder said that her comments were critical, but they were not public.

Millstone acknowledged she was frustrated over how the Obama campaign was treating delegates who supported Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and told a fellow delegate, in what she believed was a private e-mail exchange, that she was not sure she could vote for Obama at the Democratic National Convention later this month.

The other delegate apparently filed a complaint with the state Democratic Party suggesting Millstone lose her status as a delegate.

Apparently, the political director of Colorado’s Democratic Party, William Compton, took the suggestion very seriously and told Millstone via e-mail, “You are directed to come in to the party headquarters and explain your comments and why you should remain a national delegate …”

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Millstone firmly believed the e-mail from Compton was a clear message to Clinton delegates nationwide to refrain from critical comments of Obama if they wish to attend the convention.

“I think that it was calculated to have an impact on other delegates and I think this kind of communication does have a very chilling impact on other delegates because people become afraid to speak up. They become afraid to say what they think.”

Millstone added, “You can’t get unity by telling people to shut up.”

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