“The festering is over, this is a declared war.” (Video Update.)
By V on May 23, 2008 at 5:02 AM in Clinton, Current Affairs, DNC, Delegates, Democrats, Florida
Yesterday three top Florida Democrats filed suit in Federal Court to force the DNC to seat the delegates 
from Florida at the National Convention — no compromise, no half-way BS. Steve Geller, the Florida Senate Minority Leader, is an undeclared superdelegate and he is joined in the lawsuit by two other plaintiffs — one is a delegate for Sen. Hillary Clinton and the other a delegate for Sen. Barack Obama. The lawsuit can be seen here (pdf) and here is the letter (pdf) from Geller to the DNC. (Both are good reading.) And here is my video report which includes segments from Hillary in Boca Raton, Lou Dobbs interviewing State Senate Minority Leader Steve Geller, and a discussion with Jeffrey Tubin about what Lou calls, “a declared war.”
Meanwhile, a new poll shows Clinton is stronger than Obama against John McCain in three crucial swing states, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida.
All of this adds up to what? (UPDATE is below the fold.)The MSM keeps wanting to write an obituary or a post mortem for the primary but this seems premature and completely insulting to me and everyone else here in Florida. The Obamabots want to disregard the popular vote total simply because Hillary is ahead of Barack in the popular vote and it is inevitable that she will widen that lead after Puerto Rico votes. I can already imagine the bots arguing that Puerto Ricans’ votes shouldn’t matter. Oh yeah, this is not over yet.
Look. It’s simple. I live in Florida. If Barack fights to disenfranchise my vote in the primary, he is not going to get it in the general. What goes around, comes around. Period.
Are all you Super Delegates listening?
UPDATE: Some troll scum below insist on retelling the lies propagated by the Axelrod of Evil — this time that Hillary campaigned in FL. The exact opposite is true. Here is the video:
Great news! Go Florida!
Great piece, thanks for putting it together.
money+media=Obama
people+democracy=Hillary
I hope that video makes it to the rules committee on 5/31. Let the “Messiah” stutter his way out of this one. Yabadabadooo,ummm, uhhh, he sounds more like Fred Flintstone than a Harvard scholar. Since I live in Florida I have the right to be upset and I am happy that finally State leadership took a strong stand and filed a lawsuit. What a poser!!!!!!
I couldn’t believe the story was coming from CNN. Toobin put it very well. This is a case where Barack Obama needs to show some leadership. Let’s see it. Now.
I was struck by that comment too. Excellent point.
Senator Clinton has certainly made her stand clear (all the votes should be counted). Has Obama made HIS stance on this publicly clear?
His stance is count the votes so long as they don’t count.
This endangers him and if we know nothing about Barky, we know it’s alllllllll about Him.
The NYT is pimping an Obama/Clinton ticket.
Clinton cannot save that guy.
His ONLY hope is as her VP for 8 years.
Then he’ll have built national creds and trust.
At this point, he’s too close in time to Rezko, Wright, Ayres and disdain for working people.
Sorry , you’re not going to see any leadership from this dude!! He needs several runningmates to cover all his deficiencies including his leadership.
We need only one candidate that encompases all the talents and that is HILLARY CLINTON. America deserve her.
If Obama wants my vote the very first thing he will have ti do is publicly demand that the Fl and Mi votes and delegates be counted as decided in the primaries. I am not holding my breath waiting for this to happen. Then we can consider the other things he must do. Overall I figure the probability as being slightly less than the probability of the sun rising in the west.
Even if he is forced to stop circumventing Democracy, he still won’t get my vote. If you can’t trust a man in small things……
Clinton lied. She pledged not to campaign in Florida, and did just the opposite.
Show an example, Scott. Prove to me you aren’t simply a mindless drone. And before you try and go there, attending a Victory Rally after the polls close is not campaigning.
We’re waiting. Put the cue sheet down and do a little research.
+ crickets +
Obama, however, did campaign in BOTH Michigan and Florida. He ran phone banks in Michigan (”Obama supporters should vote “uncommitted”), and cable TV ads in Florida.
Your “liar” is your lord.
actually you are incorrect. it was Obama who broke the rules and campaigned in florida.
You may say that Clinton tells lies — all politicians do. However, “Barack Obama is himself a lie. That is becoming painfully apparent with each new revelation of how drastically his carefully crafted image this election year contrasts with what he has actually been saying and doing for many years.
Sen. Obama’s election year image is that of a man who can bring the country together, overcoming differences of party or race, as well as solving our international problems by talking with Iran and other countries with which we are at odds, and performing other miscellaneous miracles as needed.
There is, of course, not a speck of evidence that Obama has ever transcended party differences in the United States Senate. Voting records analyzed by the National Journal show him to be the furthest left of anyone in the Senate. Nor has he sponsored any significant bipartisan legislation-nor any other significant legislation, for that matter.
Sen. Obama is all talk - glib talk, exciting talk, confident talk, but still just talk.
…
Like so many others on the left, Obama rejects “stereotypes” when they are stereotypes he doesn’t like but blithely throws around his own stereotypes about a “typical white person” or “bitter” gun-toting, religious and racist working-class people…”
Excerpts from an op-ed by Thomas Sowell in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on April 20, 2008 (days before the PA primary).
What’s remarkable about this is that not only is it true, but this newspaper is owned by Richard Scaife Mellon, who was one of the chief financiers of the Republican attack machine that mercilessly grilled the Clintons during their White House tenure. This same newspaper has endorsed Senator Clinton in the race for the White House.
It’s nice to know that there are people out there with enough of their own money and political influence, who can’t be bought by Obama’s dirty, Chicago-style crooked politics, who will give the rest of us glimpses of the truth every so often.
This is not true, this ia a lie! in fact it was Obama who put ads in TV all over Florida. Hillary stayed with the rules and did not campaign there, but Obama broke the rule.
Are you one of the paid blogers hired by Obama?
Obama is the one guilty of breaking his pledge not to campaign in Florida. And he does this in a particularly sleazy fashion. See the update to my post.
-V
Wow! thank you for that video testimony — here I was thinking that there was only that accidental press conference and a few national Ads. Ok, this seals it. According to the INFAMOUS Rules, he violated the “no campaign” part and must NOT get ANY delegates. Now how do we get this to Lou Dobbs?
Were you born a fool or did you take courses?
No it’s just my son posting under an assumed name. We call him dimwit, I don’t know why he doesn’t use that name.
Damn Fossy’s Mom, didn’t he learn ANYTHING in community college????
I’m sorry. All we could teach him was typing. Once he learned how to type, he spent all his class time pounding out insane drivel on the college computers. Sad.
Love the name!
Obama followers led by their master to spout lies. If she really had - you know the MSM would have been all over it. Go eat some more bugs your master allows you to have for doing his bidding.
Typical, just as Lou described it, Snobami can’t provide the leadership he so claims to have…
You seem to represent Snobami very well Scott…
If you consider a victory party in Davie after the primary was over I guess you would be correct.
I owned a home in southern florida for decades. I have more friends there than you have family. The guy is lucky he hasn’t been hit by an orange while he’s down there pimping himself.
Florida despises him. Let’s see what he does about this law suit they filed yesterday. You do know about the law suit don’t you? They count their votes before May 31. Not what Barky wants exactly is it? Nope. barky wants to see him AFTER he limps over the finish line. Now why do you think that is? And do you think Floridians are that stupid as to not Know why?
scott… you are full of horse hockey!..the only dem candidate that campaigned in Florida was Obama..he also broke the pledge by talking to the press ..so stick your bullshit back in the orifice it came from!
oh and Scott..the commericals Obama ran here in Fla before our election cost more than 8 republicans
commericals here in Fla….and they didn’t have to sign a pledge or jack shit ..to get their delegates counted!
fly
Where is your video? Show us the proof.
I don’t think showing it to little ole’ you on demand is exactly what anyone has in mind, do you?
[...] Crossposted at No Quarter. [...]
And Nevada.
Rasmussen Reports:
Clinton 46% - McCain 41%
Obama 40% - McCain 46%
http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/nevada/election_2008_nevada_presidential_election
That can’t be true. Obamama has “Western Magic”. Lord Axelrod told me so!!!!
Only reason Obama is on the losing end there is because of… petulant sore loser Clinton-voters. Way to go!
Gee. If you want MARXIST voting systems where people have to vote as you say they do, get the hell out of AMERICA …. you punk.
OBAMA IS A FASCIST…WAY TO GO FLORIDA !….ALL THE WAY TO DENVER
*** Ummm….So How many lawsuits does this make againstthe DNC ? ***
Ok, that was kinda funny.
Good for you, Obamabot!
Gee, I guess we are important after all and your comment just will make us run to vote to your master, not.
Nah Obamabot, we’d LOVE to take credit but they hate him all by himself. The state is riddled with Seniors who recognize a bullshitter when they see one. And then there are the Cubans who aren’t thrilled that Obama wants to French Kiss Castro’s brother. But the major problem is Florida was shafted in 2000 and they don’t appreciate being shafted in 2008–by none other than Barack Obama.
Yay, Nevada! My brother, who is wheelchair bound, couldn’t physically handle the long hours of the caucuses in Las Vegas. But he can sure vote in the General Election for Hillary!
Good news for the voters of Florida! Donna racist Brazile should be fired from any association with the DNC. I understand that it was Donna racist Brazile who forced through this penalty.
I’m hoping that Clinton has some of her toughest junk yard fighters working on her behalf. This is war — the Chicago political machine has got to be stopped.
please fire brazile…she is totally inept and downright unethical.
She must be festering this morning.
No more so than Pelosi. There’s a bunch in there who have been downright wicked.
Please tell me you got that as fact. Brazilla really shouldn’t exist…
Donna racist Brazile would make a fine Republican.
1. The DNC disenfranchised your vote, not Barack Obama. Stick to the facts.
2. You’re going to punish the Democratic party because you didn’t get your way? How… infantile. I’m sure McCain appreciates the help.
The State of Florida has put together at least two plans to revote. The DNC was behind both of them. So was Senator Clinton. Guess who said NO? So, in fact, it is OBAMA WHO SAID FUCK YOU FLORIDA. AND THEY HEAR HIM. So punishing him by withholding their vote is the only way they know to send a message. He needs to show leadership. Do you get it? Try doing some research instead of sticking to your troll talking points. You’d at least SOUND smart even if you aren’t.
One of the suggested methods was a vote by mail. Which he said he would challenge with the justice department. Is he challenging the Oregon vote by mail with the justice department? No. Because he won in Oregon. He’s just a poor loser. And a spoiled brat. Face it.
OBAMA…DISPLAYS TYPICAL FASCIST BEHAVIOR….methinks…
obama reverts to type. He got his start in Illinois politics by disenfranchising voters for his opponents.
bo has said quite adamantly F U to both MI and FL…get your facts stright
I think V will punish the Democratic party because it refuses to count her vote. Sounds reasonable to me.
If you even care, how should a politician who has legally won an election, like Gore, like Clinton, fight when the election is stolen through fraud and outright deceit.
IS it OK?
What if, hypothetically, Chinese money were behind Obama, or even Al Queda money, and it was being used against the American government, simply because a group of selfish politicians were afraid of jail, or were so simplistically narcissistic, they saw no greater issue with doing the bidding of a foreign agent, in regard to our government?
This is plausible, isn’t it in our better interests, yours, too, to maintain the integrity of our elections, our government, our court system?
People see what Obama, and Cheney, too, are doing.
Barack Obama blocked Florida and Michigan’s revotes. Dean and Brazile helped him do that. He would have been out of the box by now. This is called Circumventing Democracy for a Marxist candidate. He knew he was dead meat in both states. Do not deny it. Everyone who is anyone Knows what he did, especially the people in Florida and Michigan and I’ll be damned if I am going to do another long post on it.
You are wasting your time here with your inaccurate folly. Nobody here fell off the back of a moving truck.
But here’s some entertainment for you, you can watch Barry’s smirking lackies on the Michigan state senate discussing how they stopped the revote from reaching the voting floor and then smirked “It’s good to be in the lead”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om3szT6Cv20&eurl=http://hyper-educated-uppity-woman.blogspot.com/search?q=tupac
Back Atcha.
The Democratic Party???Sheesh! The Democratic left the voters not the othe way around. And, YES, after the DNC had beheaded the voters in MI and FL, Obama did disenfranchise the voters. Obama failed to consent to EVERY compromise put before him - and he was the ONLY one who dissented. And, further more and in addition to that — Obama REFUSED a revote in both FL and MI that was proposed, agreed to by everyone, and paid for by private funds!!!
Lou Dobbs, Geller, Rendel, Nutter and Carville are my new boyfriends.
You’re silly. Everyone knows he refused to compromise to deny her FL and MI.
What’s really silly about this entire mistake on his part is that politics is as much about perception as anything.
Pelosi running around claiming the one with the most delegates has the will of the people when the entire world knows he blocked 2 major states is laughable.
His political persona is going down, down, down everyday he doesn’t step up and do the RIGHT thing, not what is expedient.
He’s now proving exactly what Hillary supporters have been saying all along. This guy is an opportunist, slick, and nothing more than a ratty politician who has no concern for people.
Which is also why Hillary is now beating him in head-to-head polls in even some states he won!
And is also why she picked up 3 SDs this week. Imagine that. He’s announcing arrogantly that he’s won, and she collects SDs.
He’s lost control of the campaign. He’s spiraling fast downward.
And all along he could have stopped it.
Obama follower must have gotten permission from his master for extra bugs; you are really spouting the lies.
Fact - Obama blocked re-votes in both FL and MI and any other solution except 50/50 split - how magnanimous of your master.
Obama did not allow the revote..in fact he barely answered the FDP and DNC about a re-vote..and all went through hoops trying to please the thug himself..
so bullshit someone else..we in Fla know damn well it was Obama that did not approve a re-vote..
same in MI…
we in Fla even had the money ready to do a revote..but the revote Obama wanted would have only allowed approx 100,000 voters..that was not acceptable..compared to the 1million 700,000+ voters that voted in january.
so just go ahead you obama bots..go for those 7,000 that voted in Wyoming and their what 3 electoral votes?? or is it one??….see how far that gets you in electoral votes in Nov..because this you can be assured of ..with Obama’s stand on not counting our votes in Florida..McCain will win Florida and the 27 electoral votes..4th highest in the nation..in a landslide!
Just keep up the excuses for your messiah..it is not well taken here in Florida..and wait till the HBO film comes out this sunday..about the hanging chads and how florida was stolen in 2000..then the steals of 2002 and 2004 and 2006 will also surface again..and now who has the high ground…certainly not the democrats..now do they ??????? and certainly not Obama , now does he?????
Don’t count our votes at the nations peril especially the dem party and the DNC so called fucking leadership.
There will be no question who’s side Obama is on..it certainly is not on the citizens side..and it is certainly not on the side of representative democracy.
Perhaps Obama is on the PNAC boys side??? ..the new world order boys side?????..but certainly not the side of “we the people!!”
fly..a 2004 elected delegate for the State of Florida
Ob has had a lose-lose choice all along regarding the two states when every option came up.
That Brazile tried to turn it into a caucus is the unveiling of the entire scheme to annoint him.
If he had let the votes count Hillary would have won.
If he let the revote happen Hillary would have won.
That he stood in the way and bamboozled the democratic voters of two states will lead to a victory for McCain.
The only thing that will save the party is to have the superdelegates do their jobs and chose the right person for the job of president.
The road to the white house is a long hard path for a reason, it is crucial as we found out in 2000 to count every single vote. They have no other option.
The solidarity of voters goes way beyond those two states and the eyes of the world will be watching on May 31st.
Ob will lose no matter what, he has proven he cannot stand the heat of the kitchen and should get out.
The funny thing is if they enforce the rules he gets zero votes for both states. Hope they hand him his walking papers and tell him to get out of dodge.
Annie Oakley nailed him every step of the way.
brazile is a WITCH - I hope she never works again!
There’s always a place for someone hateful like Donna. Ann Coulter gets work after all ….
Same thing in MI. She even found the money for a revote.
Wanna rate Obama? Go to Definition No. 2 and give it a thumbs up rating.
Also, rate Definition No. 1 as a “Thumbs down” so it will become rated No. 2 and Obama will be “catapulted” (as Dubya would say) into No. 1.
To summarise:
waaa, waaa, waaa, if my candidate isnt nominated I will torpedo yours.
How very Clinton.
“Clinton”; In its verb form “Clinton” refers to using the threat of collateral damage to impose your will on a democratic process. For example “If you dont crown me Queen, I will Clinton your ass”.
The verb arose during the 2008 Democratic Nomination when Hillary Clinton, upon discovering the nomination for President wasnt given to her as a formality in the form of a coronation, undertook a devastating and cynical campaign to steal the election from the front runner Barak Obama. Her strategy involved exploiting the easily fooled, poorly educated, “hard working” Americans and spinning lies that play to these people’s racial fears.
A typical ploy might be to stress Barak Obama’s middle name (Hussein) to infer some Muslim connection to this devout Christian.
Another popular tactic was to continously move the goal post to spin a win from what was a rejection by the majority of the voters. For example, claiming a popular vote lead by taking credit for elections in which her name was the only one on the ballot AND ignoring elections in which your opponent won (for other examples of this form of “democracy” please refer to Sadam Hussein, Robert Mugabe)
No … to summarise … we will not vote for that sexist-racist pig who lies and does nothing except give speeches. Period.
And as far as him being a ‘good christian’ … (gag) … you’ve never read what so-called Black Liberation Theology is, have you? Go read James Cones book and then get back to us about ‘good christianity’. ‘Black Liberation Theology’ is NOT Christian. It pretends to be but it isn’t.
Oh, and we don’t have to ‘infer some muslim connection’. He was raised muslim. The Woods Foundation that he was on made sure radical muslims got $$$. His cousins in Africa are all Muslim. His grandmother is muslim even though Obama claims otherwise. His Muslim grandfather had 14 wives.
I don’t begrudge anyone who wants to be muslim, but for you to infer that there is not a muslim connection is just plain wrong.
100,000 sperm and YOU were the fastest?
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!
damn there went my tea all over the keyboard!!!!!!!!
gotta clean up now!!
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!
thanks i needed that!!
fly
Clearly, drinking the BO Kool-aid makes you spew the same ole talking points. Talking points that include veiled insults to the “easily fooled”, must-be-racist people who didn’t vote for BO, reminders to people that Hussein is BO’s middle name and not-so-veiled suggestions that christianity is better, and a really confusing notion of “moving the goalposts.” The math is the math, as bots always say. How could those goalposts change? Despite what bots think, any accountant can tell you the math is the math. Until it isn’t.
He doesn’t know what “moving the goalposts” means, he’s just heard it 3000 times on cable and Air America radio and his job is, after all, to bleat talking points here.
“Moving the Goalposts” means “changing the definition of victory to benefit one candidate.” You know, like claiming in February that Superdelegates are bad, then crowing in May about how you’ve taken the lead in Superdelegates. Or declaring that said Superdelegates must obey the will of the people in their own states and districts in February, then trying to draw political capital out of endorsements by Kerry, Kennedy, Byrd, Waxman, Richardson, etc. etc. even though their states and districts went for the other candidate. Or insisting that New Hampshire is the endgame, no wait it’s California, no wait it’s Ohio and Texas, well for sure Indiana is the “tiebreaker,” no wait…..
Of course, the only candidate who has consistently “moved the goalposts” is Barack Obama, but why quibble?
Nice job, you get a gold star!
If you are going to quote Randi Rhodes verbatim, you ought to at least cite the source.
And could you explain to me why we cannot include Hillary victories in which Obama’s name was not on the ballot? Who chose to keep his name off the ballot in those states (only one, actually?) Should we also not include states where Hillary won by a certain margin, because the margin indicates Obama didn’t TRY to win there? That argument has never made even the slightest amount of sense.
The worst part is, the argument comes from people who are perfectly happy to use “estimated” vote totals from caucus states. I’m sure you’d have no problem with “estimated” votes in Presidential, Congressional, Mayoral, State Legislative, etc. races too. The FACT is, we don’t KNOW how many people voted in the caucuses, and that’s nobody’s fault except the state which chose to hold them. All we are left to go on is the CERTIFIED vote in the primary states- and Hillary is well ahead in those.
Like the republicans, all he can do is recite talking points, and feel GOD is on his side.
He cannot understand, or argue the relevance, he simply IS NOT smart enough.
Really.
And he can’t spot a troll, either.
Hallucinating in public must be embarrassing.
Take your meds now, and I don’t mean arsenic laced kool-aid, no chasers.
Boring. I suggest you go back to to the drawing board.
The candidate for President is elected only at the convention. Before that anything can happen. And the calls for Hillary to drop out only show the desperation on the part of the Obots. If they can’t even show the intestinal fortitude to see the democratic primary fight to its logical conclusion, how are they going to fare in the genertal election if Obama wins the nomination?
Are they going to whine through September and October that Sen McCain is not conceding the Presidential Election if the opinion polls show McCain trailing Obama?
I agree. All those calls for her to drop out before anyone has won … all those calls for her to drop out AND the disenfranchisement of two of her states ….
There is definately an agenda.
Neil Cavuto was correct.
And the Obamatrons are not bright enough to see that they are just tools for someone else. (or they are so racist that they don’t care)
Clinton: She Knew all along.
ID IMPERFECTUM MANET DUM CONFECTUM ERIT….no ?
( It ain’t over….till it’s over )
*** ALL THE WAY TO DENVER ***
Sorry to keep posting this but it must get out….
Rule 11.A. of the Delegate Selection Rules for the 2008 Democratic National Convention states the following:
11. TIMING OF THE DELEGATE SELECTION PROCESS
A. No meetings, caucuses, conventions or primaries which constitute the first determining stage in the presidential nomination process (the date of the primary in primary states, and the date of the first tier caucus in caucus states) may be held prior to the first Tuesday in February or after the second Tuesday in June in the calendar year of the national convention. Provided, however, that the Iowa precinct caucuses may be held no earlier than 22 days before the first Tuesday in February; that the Nevada first-tier caucuses may be held no earlier than 17 days before the first Tuesday in February; that the New Hampshire primary may be held no earlier than 14 days before the first Tuesday in February; and that the South Carolina primary may be held no earlier than 7 days before the first Tuesday in February. In no instance may a state which scheduled delegate selection procedures on or between the first Tuesday in February and the second Tuesday in June 1984 move out of compliance with the provisions of this rule.
We already know that Florida and Michigan violated Rule 11.A. by moving their primaries to a date before the first Tuesday in February. There is no argument there, but what about Iowa, New Hampshire, and yes, South Carolina too.
Rule 11.A specifically set the date for the primaries & caucuses for those three states as “no earlier than 22 days before the first Tuesday in February” (Iowa), “no earlier than 14 days before the first Tuesday in February” (New Hampshire), and “no earlier than 7 days before the first Tuesday in February” (South Carolina).
Iowa held their caucuses on January 3rd. That’s more than 22 days before the first Tuesday in February. New Hampshire held their primary on January 8th. That’s more than 17 days before the first Tuesday in February. And South Carolina held their primary on January 26th. That’s more than 7 days before the first Tuesday in February.
Under Rule 11.A., five states were in violation of the Democratic National Committee’s Delegate Selection Rules, and as such, all five states should have been punished under Rule 20.C.1.a.
Violation of timing: In the event the Delegate Selection Plan of a state party provides or permits a meeting, caucus, convention or primary which constitutes the first determining stage in the presidential nominating process to be held prior to or after the dates for the state as provided in Rule 11 of these rules, or in the event a state holds such a meeting, caucus, convention or primary prior to or after such dates, the number of pledged delegates elected in each category allocated to the state pursuant to the Call for the National Convention shall be reduced by fifty (50%) percent, and the number of alternates shall also be reduced by fifty (50%) percent. In addition, none of the members of the Democratic National Committee and no other unpledged delegate allocated pursuant to Rule 8.A. from that state shall be permitted to vote as members of the state’s delegation. In determining the actual number of delegates or alternates by which the state’s delegation is to be reduced, any fraction below .5 shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number, and any fraction of .5 or greater shall be rounded up to the next nearest whole number.
Yes, you read that right; under Rule 20.C.1.a., Florida, Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire, and South Carolina would have all lost their super delegates and had their pledged delegates reduced by half since they all violated Rule 11.A.
However, Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina weren’t punished fairly. In fact, they weren’t punished at all.
And what about Florida & Michigan?
Well, we all know what happened to them.
Instead of strictly adhering to Rule 20.C.1.a. and reducing their pledged delegates by 50%, the DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee decided to take it a step further. The DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee exercised the authority granted to them by Rules 20.C.5. and 20.C.6. which allowed them to “impose sanctions the Committee deems appropriate.” And what were those sanctions the Committee deemed appropriate? Stripping two of the largest states in the union of all their votes at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
Ladies & Gentlemen, this is what happens when the rules aren’t applied equally and fairly. And as I said before, this mess is a result of the DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee not applying the rules equally and fairly.
So, the next time someone starts talking about the rules, might I suggest two courses of action:
1.) Read the damn rules first!
-and-
2.) Let them know that the rules were bent to allow for Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina to keep their preferred first-in-the-nation status.
This law suit is making for some very bad mornings in the Dean, Obama and Brazile homesteads.
*hehe…pass the antacids! It makes his nomination entirely illegitimate. He should have compromised. He keeps doubling down on bad decisions, ignoring the message to compromise.
I don’t know too much about the law but it seems to me if the DNC waived three other states to go ahead of the rules, and keep two back (the largest states at that) then that’s just blatantly UNFAIR. Justice is about balancing the scales.
As Harold Ickies said yesterday, the DNC was trying to send a message, that message was received. It is now time to get on with the business of electing Hillary because if she’s pulls the nuclear option (Ayers, Rezko, Auchi)
the BO will be vaporized. Nothing left but a faint echo of ‘yes we can’.
Did anyone watch CNN this am? Some Karen T?? lady was on saying Clinton is negotiating with BO and will be dropping out if her criteria is met. Did anyone else hear it? It is true or more of the same bullshit?
You guys try this every day…it’s so transparent.
Yes they are so redundant!