I had to leave in a hurry when finishing my previous post - here in which I present a reasonable history of the creation and implementation of the rules and actions that wrought the current Florida/Michigan fiasco.

First - a slight correction - I notice a typo in the original, the Michigan House vote was 67-34 in favor of stiffing the rest of the country, not 57-34.

I had wanted to remark on the apparent willful pusillanimity of the MSM on this issue. Or - are they making sure the issue drags out? They cannot possibly be this obtuse on the subject can they? Well, maybe they can - they didn't bother verifying a lot stuff while most were busy cheerleading the way into Iraq. So - maybe they can be lazy and willfully lame on the truth.

Day after day we hear how all these voters in Florida (where more Republicans voted than the record number of Democrats) and Michigan are being disenfranchised. Day after day, people like myself have to wonder if principles count for anything anymore at all. We never hear about the voters in the other 48 states being distressed over the whole ugly falsification of the situation.

You see these Clinton talking heads like Rendell, Pennsylvania's Governor and a Hillary supporter - who actually sat on the commission that drafted the rules get on the tube and encourage violating them. Funny how the tune changes, has he no shame? Does Rendell enjoy being hung by his own petard?

There was one guy on yesterday that had voted on the rules to sanction the two states and stood hard by it. But so far, only he has been featured, and only once. A brief mention was once made of the fact that Harold Ickes also voted to strip the states, but who famously now says it's different.

There are rumors running rampant that donors to the DNC are threatening to withdraw pledged donations and one large donor in Florida has publicly confirmed his intent. So now - they want to get Dean and the DNC to turn into whores.
Kinda like the kid that takes the ball and runs home crying because he sees he can't win when playing by the rules.

Well, is our party a bunch of whores? Will it stand up to the dirty tricks now being played out by the Clinton camp? Let's face it, the issue had pretty much simmered down until Hillary started crying foul, and - wouldn't you know - she didn't start that business until South Carolina started looking like the disaster it became for her.

The height of hypocrisy was hit earlier today when she called Obama un-American for not rushing to defend the violators in Michigan. Really? She stated that a vote for every voter is the bedrock of American politics. How freaking disingenuous can you get? As demonstrated in my prior post, there were many hours and dollars expended setting the rules, the people of Michigan voted their representatives in, the state representatives and senators voted to move the date.

Clinton was wrong - Representative Democracy - Democratic Republic principles - are the bedrock of our politic. Can you trust someone who would so arrogantly mislead others after breaking her signed commitment on matters so important? Let's just dumb down and whore all of America. She would do that if it meant personal advancement for her - don't kid yourself. Which part of your children's future will she whore if she becomes president?

Mind you this is way beyond slurs and statements on her part - she is actively promoting actions that could destroy or fragment a long established institution - the Democratic Party of the United States of America.

Remember what Jefferson, our party's founder once said about, 'a little rebellion can be a good thing.'? It is time to rebel against the politics of polarization as practiced by the Clinton camp. It is time to rebel against the whoring of the party by donors. It is time to storm the in-boxes and letters editors at newspaper and media outlets everywhere - not to mention the DNC with comments damning this exploitation.

Following are some useful links:

For Howard Dean - a form is here http://www.democrats.org/page/petition/chairman
Tell him you resent the idea that funds donated to the DNC were used to establish rules that are being belittled by the Clinton camp with impunity. Tell him principles must count for something.

here are easily copied links from my research, if it will help you when writing others. You can do a copy link location on the prior post or copy from these links that are spelled out

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/06/13/State/Florida_primary_will_.shtml
A St. Petersburg Times article regarding Fla.

http://a9.g.akamai.net/7/9/8082/v001/democratic1.download.akamai.com/8082/pdfs/commission/20050325_roster.pdf
DNC Commission on Presidential Nomination Timing and Scheduling - roster of members (nine are Clinton supers)

http://a9.g.akamai.net/7/9/8082/v001/democratic1.download.akamai.com/8082/pdfs/20051215_commissionfinal.pdf
The Commission's final report

The www.democrats.org/commission
The Commission's page with other good links

http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/contentViewer.aspx?Category=PublicGuide&File=About_The_Representatives_Demographics.html
An html page that breaks down the demographics of Florida voters.

http://www.jacksonville.com/apnews/stories/032107/D8O0PVN02.shtml
a Jacksonville story the day after the Fla. House Vote

http://www.observer.com/2008/wolfson-florida-dems-will-be-heard
A story on Wolfson's January 26th memo, showing intent to sabotage the rules

http://www.nhpr.org/node/13858
New Hampshire Public Radio - Hillary assures a voter that Michigan doesn't count in October 2007

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(btbp5dnaslkhya3g3plv22q1))/mileg.aspx?page=getobject&objectname=2007-sb-0624
Page showing entire history of the bills in Michigan that resulted in their movement of date. Roll calls included.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29_superdelegates%2C_2008
a complete list in table format of all Superdelegates at Wikipedia. There is also http://www.superdelegates.org/Main_Page
which has more detailed info and news links for many of them.

If you feel so inclined, it might be a good idea to write 'healing' letters to papers in Michigan and Florida :)

You can also write your own Representatives and Senators - if they are Democrats, and voice your disgust with this obscene hijacking. Note that the law prevents them from responding with actual comments on your letter because any response would be political in nature. It does let him/her know (and they are all Superdelegates) where you stand, another notch in their mental tabulator.