Letters to the Editor
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In primaries there is no such thing as equal voting rights
Early states are more important than the others, and the last to vote generally have no say at all. On the Republican side Florida and Michigan were "punished" but still had more say than, say, Pennsylvania. They took a gamble: that voting early would give them more weight in the nomination process than voting when the nomination was already clinched.
Who could have known it would be a close race? Usually it's decided long before the convention.
Florida and Michigan may have lost this time (on the Dem side at least), but their gamble was a good one: they had 90% chance of vastly increasing their states' say in the nomination process, and they took it, as would I in similar circumstances - but the roulette wheel stopped on the 10%. It's none of my business, of course, but I don't see what all the fuss is about. When you gamble, you can lose.
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to the tune of..
ding dong you broke the rules, now shut the hell up, because you're not going to win.. ding dong you broke the rules shut up.
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Obama is a simpleton
Obama suggests giving each side the same number of delegates. The stupidity and self-serving cowardice of this idea, while he accuses Hillary of being self-serving, is appalling. It's equivalent to dealing with a frustrating problem by doing nothing.
It's equally appalling for the dem party to suggest that a re-vote is "impractical." This is insulting and crass gibberish, designed to promote Obama's spineless candidacy. It seems that everything Obama does and says, is either a lie, or stems from his lack of backbone.
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How stale and boring Hillary-hating has become, and how stupid
Stop with the Hillary hating. You people are becoming such a stupid and boring pain in the ass. You seem to be making two moronic points. "Hillary didn't think the votes should count a long time ago; now she wants to, that's cheating." No it isn't, bimbos. As another person said in a post on this list, when she said she didn't think it was necessary to count those votes, her lead was vast. Now the contest is razor thin; so naturally the votes make a difference. What the hell is so complicated about understanding this? Why are so many Obamagoons so shallow. You also argue that for a variety of "reasons," Americans should have their demand, that their votes count, taken away from them. The stupidity here, is just as appaling as it is the earlier case. Nothing, no one, no government offical, not Obama, not Hillary, not Dean, not the republican or democratic party, can take my vote away from me. If anything is "sacred" in our form of government, it is that nothing, absolutely nothing can subordinate my vote, and my right to have my vote counted. Re-do the vote, start from scratch, give people a couple of weeks to get acclimated, insuring that the vote is fair. Do what has to be done in both cases; do it quickly and get on with the contest. Stop this bullshit about "rules" and "practicality." Nobody cares about the rules, everyone is trying to force an advantage for their side. This is crap.
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@ johncp
...when [Hillary] said she didn't think it was necessary to count those votes, her lead was vast. Now the contest is razor thin; so naturally the votes make a difference. What the hell is so complicated about understanding this?
Thank you for admitting that Hillary couldn't have given less of a damn about the Michigan primary until she realized that her Super Tuesday strategy was a short-sighted and miserable failure. That sort of candor is rare among Clinton supporters, and I appreciate your honesty.