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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 10:03 PM
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As far as I am concerned, the situation with Michigan and Florida is resolved
The DNC established the rules. Florida and Michigan chose to break those rules. The party warned them that they risked their delegations if they did so.

They broke the rules anyway. The party then chose to enforce their rules and cancelled their delegations' seating. Situation resolved.

I believe we should seat delegations from those two states, but not based on the illegal primaries that they held.
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pnwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 10:08 PM
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1. Florida concerns me, because it was the Republican governor that made
the decision for Florida -- not the Democrats.

Should we have allowed him to be the one to lock Florida Democrats out?
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DAGDA56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 10:12 PM
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3. Actually, it was the Republican State Legislature...they cut a deal with
the Democratic minority; move the primary, and we'll have paper ballots.
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kdmorris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 10:14 PM
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4. Wrong...
It was NOT the Republican governor. The State Congress is majority Republican, but the Democrats went along with them happy as clams. The no votes to move up the primaries were... well...1. 1 person voted no and there were a HELL of a lot more Democrats in the State Congress than that.

This was done to us with the full support and urging of the Florida Democratic Party.

Florida delegates should NOT be seated. We broke the rules and, even when the DNC offered to give us 30 days to resolve it, the Florida Democratic Party said no.

While I may have been writing letters at the time and trying to convince my state senator and state representative to vote no on this, I still know that my party, the Democrats in Florida and the Florida Democratic Party, sold me up the river. And the primary was not valid.

Don't fall for the bullshit the Florida Democratic Party is putting out. Don't be part of the problem.
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texshelters Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 10:09 PM
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2. But wait!
Those are the two states that Clinton won by overwhelming margins, they have to count!

My precious, my precious...

Tex Shelters
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XOKCowboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 10:16 PM
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5. All the candidates agreed to accept the DNC ruling including Hillary
All did follow the rules but her. For her to claim both were fair elections is completely false.
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