Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Booed by Pro-Obama Constituents
By SusanUnPC on March 30, 2008 at 4:39 PM in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Texas
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U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee from Texas (D-Houston) gets booed at Texas Senate District 13 Democratic Convention on March 29, 2008. Though her congressional district is overwhelmingly in support of Senator Barack Obama for President, Congresswoman Jackson Lee is a superdelegate and supporter of Senator Hillary Clinton in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Race. When she took the stage, she had to wait a couple of minutes for the booing and Obama cheering to subside and kept remarking, “I’ll wait for you to stop.”
From KVUE, the Austin, Texas television station that has more raw video of the booing:
HOUSTON — On the campus of Texas Southern University was a Democratic Senate District convention unlike the others being held across the state.
Democrats together, but yet still divided over who should be the Democratic presidential nominee.
And never more was that more apparent than when longtime Houston Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee took the stage.
A majority of the crowd showed its support for Barack Obama by shouting his name and booing the congresswoman, letting her know what they thought of her allegiance to Hillary Clinton.
To some, especially Clinton supporters at the convention, the booing came out of nowhere.
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[F]or those backing Obama, they said it sent a clear message to the congresswoman from her constituents.
“For her to standout against the wishes of her district and be a Clinton supporter, I guess pissed off our delegation,” said Obama supporter Phillip.
For years, Sheila Jackson Lee has been a popular politician in the 18th Congressional district; winning re-election overwhelmingly at least five times since 1995. The district is predominately made of up African American voters.
“It is always tough to go into the face of adversity,” she admitted to the chorus of boos she received Saturday.
But could the disfavor from those who support Obama, hurt Jackson Lee?
“We are somewhat in uncharted waters,” said 11 News political expert Bob Stein. “It simply reflects the fact that Lee is in tough position here.
“Her district when 90-percent to 10-percent for Obama.” …
Why has Lee stood her ground, holding strong on her support for Hillary?
“What would I be if I went back on my word to an individual that I’ve worked with for more than a decade and sat down talked to me about her vision for America,” said Jackson Lee.
See more of the 713 news story on how Rep. Lee was treated, as well as the Texas conventions.
See also: “Second Texas Democratic caucuses bring more chaos,” Houston Chronicle, March 30, 2008:
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Getting wild
One of the wildest conventions was Senate District 19 held at a San Antonio warehouse.
When there was a fight over the list and credentials of registered delegates, the warehouse owner threatened to expel the convention.At the Senate District 13 convention at Texas Southern University in Houston, an Obama stronghold, Clinton supporters unsuccessfully tried to gain delegate strength by asking Obama backers to switch so they would be elected as delegates to the state convention. Obama came out of the convention with 272 state delegates to Clinton’s 69.
When U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, a superdelegate pledged to Clinton, spoke to the Senate District 13 convention, some Obama supporters booed her.
Despite the hassles Saturday, many Democrats said the turnout excited them about their prospects of breaking the Republican political hold on Texas. …






















