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• Monday, June 2, 2008 08:21 AM

  David Mulligan and Hillary

  A question that for me has not been answered is why Hillary has not been penalized for not abiding by what she and other candidates agreed upon prior to the primaries in Michigan and Florida. She and her campaign agreed to not campaign in Florida and Michigan. She obviously broke that pledge. Maybe in the the alternate Universe where she is already President in her 3rd term she "technically didn't campaign" in Michigan, but she definitely did campaign in Florida. I believe the rules committee should penalize the Clinton Campaign for breaking their word.

  If the candidates didn't like the rules they could have made it known early on. Not only did the Clinton Campaign not voice any concerns for the nominating process including the caucus process, they agreed to them in writing. In addition they agreed in writing not to campaign in Florida or Michigan. Once it was clear that they would loose the nomination Hillary Clinton and her supporters complained about the rules. The rules that she happened to agree upon. The rules that all of the other candidates followed. Now those rules are unfair and should be changed.

  Again and again Hillary's unwillingness to follow rules, interpret the rules and the results of primaries throughout this contest has been amazing. I often wondered where terms such as "A Mulligan" in golf came from. Well that term is believed to derive from David Mulligan who after taking a bad shot would take another without counting it. Simply put, he would make up the rules as he went along. In the future anytime a person goes back on her word due to unfavorable results and demands that rules they have agreed upon be changed or ignored or simply makes rules up as they go along it should be know as taking "A Hillary".

  —supascience Read supascience's other letters
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