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Hillary and The Michigan Vote: Money Can Buy You Love!
Obama Camp’s Response to Clinton Supporters Offering to Fund Michigan Primary
“This letter from some of Clinton’s biggest campaign contributors eliminates any pretense that Clinton’s efforts in Michigan are about anything other than an attempt to bankroll an election in which they appear more than happy to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters. Today’s events are even more evidence that Clinton is willing to do absolutely anything to get elected,” said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton.
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Any doubts as to who I am now Hillary trolls!
March 20, 2008 11:34 AM | Reply | Permalink
I'm thinking Marginal Player. Maybe Lalo.
March 20, 2008 12:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
The big question that keeps coming up is what to do about the Democrats and Independents that voted in the Republican primary because the Democratic primary didn't matter.
This whole business of changing SOME of the rules in the middle of the process, but only the rules that will benefit HRC. If they want to have a new primary, then so be it, but let's not pretend that it's a fair process. I have several friends that voted in the Republican primary in January ONLY because they wanted their votes to mean something. They were angry with the Democrats for screwing up something this important and didn't want to participate in the farce of an election that the Democrats put forward in January.
Not to mention the Edwards, Richardson, Dodd and Biden supporters that will not have a voice in the re-vote that could have made a different choice in January.
This whole thing is a joke and it's only a news worthy subject because HRC needs a reason to continue this campaign.
March 20, 2008 11:45 AM | Reply | Permalink
Thats the problem you would have to verify "all" the Republicans that voted in the Michigan Primary so that they could not have a second vote for the "Rush Limbaugh's Hillary Voters".
There are many other logistical issues but this is the biggest problem the Obama Campaign has with the revote in Michigan. Not to mention Hillary already has begun to wire the party insiders in Michigan to fall her way as she has done in PA.
March 20, 2008 12:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's another good point.
The same super-delegates that are working so diligently to "resolve" this problem are the ones that got Michigan into this mess in the first place.
Carl Levin, Debbie Dingell, Carolyn Kilpatrick (Kwame's mom) and Jennifer Granholm are the same idiots that pushed to move the primary to January. Now we're supposed to allow them to come up with the best solution to the problem they created.
Here's an idea. Let's split the pledged delegates from Michigan and Florida but still refuse to seat the super-delegates from those states. How much do you want to bet that these self obsessed assholes would not even contemplate such a suggestion?
March 20, 2008 12:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
What, did the entire Democratic party turn into a bunch of fence sitting pansy ass Moderates!!
OOME ON!
KO's started this idea on solving the Michigan Florida mess once and for all, and I offered a final give-the-whiner-a-cookie-to-make-her-shut-up touch. Let's do this:
1. -forget the popular vote totals, we're all about the delegates.
2. -the two states did f*** up and must be punished. But let's not be big meanies- just cut off half of the delegates like the republicans. That saves the rule of law - and keeps the Supremes looking worse than us.
3. -Kos' wants to just split the remaining delegates equally.
4. -But I offer the brat a cookie, on Obama's magnanimous behalf: Let's stipulate that Clinton wins take Florida, but Obama takes Michigan.
Split those remaining delegates in Fla. 55%/45%, in Clinton's favor. and reverse that in Mi., 55/45 in Obama s favor.
BADA BOOM!
The party and the delegate can relax. The Rule of Law is saved. Clinton gets her "neener neener I got more than Obama" rocks off, and Obama STILL WINS THE F***ING NOMINATION!
Now can we all head to Denver and get high??
March 20, 2008 12:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
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