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I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN THE TAX RETURNS THAT WERE PROMISED. WHY THE DELAY? WHY THE SKIRTING? AND I WILL REALLY BE SURPRISED IF PREVIOUS YEARS ARE EVENTUALLY DISCLOSED. A LOT OF US DON'T TRUST THE CLINTON MACHINE.
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REMEMBER WHITEWATER
There is no need to vote again,count the votes already cast.Hilary is a better bet against Mcann,isn't it?
I am not familiar with the issue, but I believe they should vote again. We need to break the barrier and for once to have a women as a president. We deserve that. She is a fighter and as a good fighter she will govern this country. All around the world had and still do have women leaders. Is United States different than Germany or England or Turkey or Pakistan to name few.
Hillary for President
Yanna
All of you commenters who do not live in FLORIDA need to just forget about it - we already voted in FLORIDA - besides how they going to round up the 1.2 million Democratic voters who voted, and ask them to drive down to the polling station to vote again at $3.50 plus a gallon of gas.
Besides, those registered Democratic voters who were just too lazy to get off their lazy butts and vote on Tues. Jan 29th - THEY DO NOT GET A DO OVER, including my lazy wife.
The people spoke - in Florida - Hillary Clinton won 50% Obama got 38% and Edwards and others got 12%. So divide up the delegates and move on a 70%/ 30% makes sense.
Besides cuacuses in FLORIDA are a No No. Primaries are what we have here - and also you must declare your political party affiliation 30 days before the first absentee ballot is cast.
If you are an independent - you get no say in who we choose in our democratic or republican primaries. Keeps all the riff raff out of our state from voting multiple times in a primary. And you must prove you live here in FL at least 8 months out of a year.
Republicans vote in their primary and Democrats do it in their primary at the same time and the same polling station.
So unless the rest of you Northerners are going to take $10 Million dollars out of your pockets, to pay for a "DO OVER" just keep your comments to yourself.
"What upset me most about Clinton was the sleazy campaign claiming he was a Muslim."
-Please, do show me where the Clinton campaign claimed Obama was a Muslim.
"She's pulled every dirty trick she could think of to win"
-Please provide some sort of objective evidence of this.
"She wants Michigan and Florida to count because she was the only one to court those two states so it's a sucker bet."
-Actually, Obama is the only one to campaign in either of those states, which broke an agreement between the two. Don't hear much about that though. Wonder why? Nice try though.
No, I am not convinced that we need to re-vote Florida and Michigan... nor am I convinced that re-voting those two states would change the situation given that the Democrats have decided to allocate electoral votes according to the percentage of personal votes received.
The truth is that we democrats are (Finally!!!) in a position to choose between two GOOD candidates. As they say, we finally have "a real horse race."
Clearly, our country supports BOTH candidates for the Dem. nomination. I think that the "super" voters are truly going to have to vote their conscience and/or experience to bring us the best candidate for the presidency.
Super-deligates: You were elected to act in our best interest... Forget "voting for the first woman pres." or "voting for the first black pres." You have our country in your hands. Vote for the Best President. In this case, we have no choice but to trust your experience to decide the vote.
WW
It was pretty much decided by Florida's Republican Governor, and the Florida Dem Party had no choice but to go along with the Early Primary date for Florida.
Only most idiotic dreamer can think of such scenario. Great thinking, Obama supporters. If you guys are so Anti-politics, what even bother to vote?
This is in strange way analogous to Republican Thinking: The way to destroy government is to join the Government, and then outsource it or starve it to death.
Wasn't the Democratic party's "punishment" of these states pretty high-handed to start with? It effectively disenfranchises the voters of these states. Isn't the right to vote still basic in this country, no matter what your party affiliation? Isn't this still the USA?
The Democratic Party needs to award the super delegates to the popular vote winner.
If Michigan and Florida are allowed to count - shame on the democratic leadership.
The Democratic Party will lose members if they change the rules to suit somebody.
What upset me most about Clinton was the sleazy campaign claiming he was a Muslim as well as blasting him about NAFTA. I found her half hearted claim that she believed Obama if he said he really wasn't a Muslim disgusting. Her tone of voice was manipulative and offensive. She's consistently played games just before primaries of crying, claiming they were being mean to her or saying hurtful things or using obviously false smears then claiming she didn't know about it. I'm 46 and this is the sleaziest election I've ever seen and it's just the primary. Obama tried to take the moral high ground and got Swift Boated. It was the CLINTON administration that started the whole NAFTA mess. She drones on about experience but she's only been in the Senate six years and only ran because she wanted to run for President and she had NO experience in Government. Obama has far more experience in government. She's pulled every dirty trick she could think of to win and she'll say or do anything to win. She wants Michigan and Florida to count because she was the only one to court those two states so it's a sucker bet. If she'd lost she'd be arguing to exclude them. He's ahead and she can't catch up so those two states are her only hope of pulling ahead before the convention. If she's the candidate I'm voting for Ralph Nader. He's the best candidate by far and if it turns out to be a protest vote then so be it. This country needs a lot more protesting and a lot less dirty politics.