Archive for March 5th, 2008

Mar 05 2008

Clinton’s attempt to change the rules smacked down by Dean

Published by Gus under Primary Campaign 08

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Dean: “We have tried to negotiate with the Florida party and the Michigan party for a long time and basically been told they’re not interested in negotiating…We’re not interested in disenfranchising Florida and Michigan voters; they’re important to us. But what we are saying is we have to be respectful of the other 48 states who stuck by the rules, played by the rules. And we most certainly have to be respectful of the candidacies of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton who knew what the rules were…and changing the rules halfway through the game is incredibly unfair to both of those candidates and frankly would split the Democratic Party so we’re not going to do it.“

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Mar 05 2008

Today on NPR: Dean Reminds States/Clinton there are actually Rules

Published by Gus under Uncategorized

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Dean: “…you’ve got to stick to the rules…I wish Florida and Michigan had done that, because it would make this much easier. ?But once the rules are set, everybody knows who’s running for president what the rules are. And if you change the rules in the middle of the game you’re disadvantaging or advantaging one of the candidates. That you cannot do because it destroys the credibility of the process. ?

   

Honestly, what the heck were our MI party leaders thinking? I couldn’t even vote for my candidate because his name wasn’t even on the ballot, and YOU WANT TO COUNT THE RESULTS OF THAT SHAM PRIMARY??It is completely beyond me how Clinton can possibly argue with any credibility that either Michigan or Florida delegations should be seated in their current proportions. You knew the rules, these two states decided not to follow DNC rules unlike the 48 other states who did and got to be a part of the process. Clinton, as usual, will do anything, stoop to any level to try and win this nomination, one of the reasons I can’t stand her. If the two states hadn’t picked her, do you really think she’d be arguing for this now? NO. She is not entitled to nor does she deserve this nomination and I’m not real sure why she thinks she is. This is supposed to be a democracy last I checked, not a hereditary oligarchy or anything.

You want to have a re-vote with Obama on the ballot and a chance to campaign here, fine. But no way in hell are you getting away with changing the rules in the middle of the game.

I wholeheartedly applaud Chairman Dean for his comments today about knowing and sticking by the rules of the game as they were set out last year.

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