Kucinich purge in TX?

by jane gordon [courtesy of Blog for America]

I just read that the Dem Party of TX has purged Kucinich from the ballot because he refused to sign a "loyalty oath" to support the party's eventual nominee. He's filed suit to get back on. DFA should support him in this. It violates his first and fourteenth amendment rights. I'm pretty sure he will and hope he does support the nominee, and if they want, the party should certainly publicize that he doesn't want to pledge such support, to bring public pressure on him to do so. But to PURGE him from the ballot? Absolutely not. Especially in the midst of all our hype and hoopla about how we're the "Party of Change" bla bla bla???  It's positively Rovian, and should not stand. As Howard has said a zillion times, "we're BETTER THAN THAT!" Let's see us be better than that in this issue. Support Kucinich's right to be heard and voted for. What are they afraid of, exactly?