Hypocritical DNC
The Democratic National Convention continues to try to limit the voters’ voice of Michigan and Florida, while still asking for their vote in November. The voters had nothing to do with the internal rules of the Democratic Party. The voters had nothing to do with the changing the date of the primary. So why should the voters of two states be excluded from the Democratic process.
Why would anyone from Michigan or Florida vote for Obama? He was the one who stood in the way of the revote. He stood in the way of all the votes being counted because he was afraid it would help Clinton. The DNC helped their heir apparent by denying Michigan and Florida voters their Constitutional right of representation.
Suddenly DNC realized that they would need Michigan and Florida to win the White House that they began to make nice. They are holding hearings to give both states reconsideration. As I write this, Florida’s delegates have been seated with only a half vote. The DNC is telling Florida that your citizens are not equal to the rest of the country--that the people of Florida will be denied their Constitutional rights as equal citizens.
The debate on Michigan has just started. The proposed “compromise” is to give Obama delegates won by Clinton and to also give cut the weight of each delegate to half. Once again, the DNC has their fingers on the scale. It is in Democratic Bylaws that delegates can’t be shifted from one candidate or category from one to another, which is exactly what is proposed. The compromise would take four delegates be taken from Clinton to Obama; in addition, all of the uncommitted delegates would go to Obama. In Michigan, 55% percent of the votes went to Clinton. Obama received none because he chose to take his name off the ballet. Undeclared received 40% of the votes. Each of the delegates will only receive a half vote.
Senator Clinton as reserved her right to challenge the committee‘s decision. For months, the DNC has been corrupting the system by systematically supporting Obama over Clinton due to gender bias. The good old boys would prefer to have a penis in office instead of the best candidate. I would hope that if the DNC continues to subvert the political system by not fully seating the Michigan and Florida delegates, then I would ask Senator Clinton to run as an independent.
The committee has voted. The voters in both states have lost part of their citizenship. So now, the DNC will be courting these same voters in November. What hypocrites! If they think the voters in either state will just forgive and forget, they are sadly mistaken.
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2 comments:
The current conversation by supporters of Hillary Clinton have gotten so far from reality I am beginning to believe they are Republicans.
Let’s start with the simple one. There is no such thing as recorded popular vote for the Primary Season. Many states DO NOT EVEN RECORD HOW MANY VOTES THERE ARE. For Clinton to be leading you have to disregard many of Obama’s wins because they didn’t record a vote. Then, you have to assume he got NO VOTES IN FLORIDA nor MICHIGAN which is patently ridiculous and hope Clinton somehow doesn’t lose in Montana and South Dakota. It is so convoluted you would have to be an idiot to believe it.
2nd the fact that the votes in Michigan and Florida do not count they way they should IS NOT OBAMA’s fault. Is it bullshit, absolutely wrong, but if Clinton were losing would she care? Would you? HELL NO.
The DNC should have allowed the people to campaign in both places, they didn’t blame the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF CLINTON APPOINTEES who decided in the DNC that would be the case.
But why should Obama be penalized for that?
3rd the media coverage of Clinton has been sexist, is that Obama’s fault? Has Obama ever said anything sexist? So because the media fails us, and not just with Clinton, they failed Obama, failed to look closely at McCain, failed us on the war, on nearly everything Bush has done. NONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE OBAMA’s fault.
Breathe and think rationally.
Obama’s supporters have said stupid things… Absolutely. And Hillary’s husband dismissing Obama as another Black candidate, Geraldine Ferraro smattering of racist comments, and countless others by Clinton supporters are just as wrong. So you won’t support Obama because some of the people he doesn’t pay but happen to be for him say stupid things? That is how you judge a presidency?
Because it hasn’t gone the way you wanted you won’t vote for Obama? SO endless war in Iraq, war with Iran, appointing judges to overturn Roe v. Wade, more unabashed corporatism and more tax cuts for the wealthy… you are going to vote for that in McCain because the majority of people did not agree with you on Clinton?
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