Clinton's supporters and their crazy arguments.
Taylor Marsh has put the video above on her website and exclaimed:
Honestly, this is just ridiculous. That it's being pushed by people like the usually astute Rachel Maddow is equally frustrating. On "Race for the White House" yesterday, Maddow basically said that the rules are the rules, screw Florida and Michigan because they ran rogue primaries.But that's exactly the point. The rules are the rules and people who break the rules get penalised. Now it's not the fault of the people of Florida and Michigan, but all of the people who stayed at home because they thought the vote wouldn't count would be removed from the democratic process if these votes - which Hillary agreed would not count - were suddenly to be counted. There is no way to realistically work out the wishes of the people of Florida and Michigan from a vote which they were told was pointless. By Hillary and everyone else.
Democrats can't control the general election, but we absolutely control the means by which our nominee is selected. That's the whole point, which people like Maddow, though she's certainly not alone, are missing. Maddow also fell for the sports analogy yesterday, too. None of it holds water.Taylor Marsh then gives no argument to support her claim that the "sports analogy" holds no water. Can any team in any sport ask that pre-season games, which they were told would not count, suddenly be included to alter the outcome of the season? Marsh has no argument because that is exactly what she is arguing for.
What this really does is relegate the Democrat party to purgatory, not Hillary Clinton.And there we have it, the answer is Hillary and the democratic choice of the majority of voters is "purgatory".
There are rules. Michigan and Florida have been exiled. Delegate count now rules. Popular vote doesn't matter.Just to keep things in perspective, Obama is ahead in both the delegate count and the popular vote.
But what if this formula dooms our party into nominating the weaker general election candidate? After Pennsylvania, there can be no doubt which one that is.The candidate with the momentum behind them is not the candidate who six weeks ago had a lead of twenty five points - in state where almost all the voters were made up of her strongest constituency - and who ended up winning by a mere 9 points. That's called losing momentum.
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3 comments:
"But that's exactly the point. The rules are the rules and people who break the rules get penalised."
Actually Kel, the irony is Hillary would be the fitting candidate if the current Presidency is anything to go by.
All the more reason that someone like Obama needs to be president. Whilst it's no guarantee that justice will be fully served, he's the only candidate who has discussed it and indicated that he is on the side of the law and is prepared to see justice done.
Hillary is modelling herself on the GOP and it seems she's taking top tips from Rove, McCain and Bush. I don't expect to see any justice served if she pulls off the miraculous and becomes Pres.
she's not only modeling the GOP, she feels she's entitled and like anyone who feels entitled, they can do whatever the hell they want. Clinton and all the other Democratic candidates AND the Democratic Party decided to punish Florida and not go campaigning there. EVERYONE agreed and in the 11th hour, Clinton goes to Florida to campaign. She's so overtly dishonest that it's maddening that all those people who support see no evil, hear no evil etc etc etc. I guess they've gotten conditioned with the last 8yrs of Bush administration..
BLECH I say! (yes, not very eloquent but there you have it)
Ingrid
Alex, I agree that Hillary has fought a campaign that could have come out of Karl Rove's playbook.
Ingrid, there is a huge sense of entitlement to the Hillary campaign which is why she still refuses to stand down even though it is obvious to all that she has lost.
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