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Sorry...I can't wait for them to have a real html function. As Emily Latella would say....nevermind....

I am getting an intriguing italic "j."

There is a great screaming among the Hillary supporters stating that superdelegates are conspiring to overturn the election. So I thought I would post this quote from their most beloved candidate.

"The whole idea of superdelagates is they are supposed to exercise their independent judgment. I think we do a great disservice to those who have a record of service, who have independent experience with candidates. Personal experiences, which voters don't have. The see us from afar, the come to a speech, they watch us on television and they vote which is part of the process, an important part. But the whole idea behind members of congress and governors exercising this independent judgment is to give due recognition to their different experiences and I think we should respect that."
- Hillary Clinton February 08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xiiwWQSy8Q
The above quote from her own lips appears about 1 min into the clip.

Also from the above clip:

Greta: What about the pledged delegates? Right now, are they likely, you have any position on them sort of them moving over in one direction or another?

Hillary: Well you know delegates are free to exercise their judgment. All delegates - whether you're from a caucus, or you're from a primary, or your so called appointed delegate.

Hillary supporters any reaction? Or does the above quote only apply in the distant past?

Aww, but that was months ago! Everyone has forgotten that! Especially Hillary's supporters. In fact she's counting on that.

That is why it is sooooo fun to remind them when they start screaming :)

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All of this elementary schooyard tit-for-tat is destructive. When will the so-called Democrats who post this sort of trash look at themselves and realize they are acting exactly as do the Republicans they so hate for acting as they themselves are acting.

I think pointing out hypocrisy is definitely a democratic thing to do.

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All I can say in response to this is:

"k"!!!!!!

I know you guys don't leave the corners of TPM cafe much. But over at Taylor Marsh and Hillaryis44 they are screaming this stuff from the rooftops.

Now I am not tit-for-tatting here. I like to show a bit of reason. One way to do that is to show Hillary supporters how unreasonable some of their assertions are. Especially when it comes from their own candidate. How is that being immature? The point was also to spread this around to other Obama supporters in case they run into this argument in the threads. Again the voice of reason in an increasingly unreasonable race.

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