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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:28 AM Original message |
A true Floridian's perspective: Why I am ultimately most angry at the DNC for the current mess |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. As a Democrat in one of the 48 states that followed the rulles |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Of course your vote counts. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Not if they count your vote, it doesn't |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #20 |
36. you might also note that the Tsarina herself |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
104. You need to educate yourself before slinging blame. |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #104 |
125. I like Madfloridian, and your advice is good here because I differ with her in part: |
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Independent-Voter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Exactly. If Floridians are too lazy to keep track of what their representatives are doing, well, |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Alright! Fuck Floridians they are stupid! |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. History proves |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #23 |
63. Then you need to take away their right to vote. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #63 |
72. Why do that? They already took their own votes away from themselves n/t |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 07:34 AM Response to Reply #72 |
268. LMAO. |
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Independent-Voter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Again, 48 states didn't seem to have the issue that FL and MI chose to have |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #37 |
65. hey take some of that unity, hope and change down to the sunshine state |
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mystieus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. I guess you haven't seen the entusiatic welcome for obama in the sunshine state |
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Independent-Voter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #65 |
121. Apparently they could use an education in how the primary process works. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 06:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
181. No... |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #181 |
211. Oh wow. bitter and full of hope, unity and change. |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
281. Well F-you too! The DNC wanted to count the votes in 2000, but now they don't give a shit, because |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. and with that logic, we got exactly what we deserved with bush |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 06:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
182. As a fact, in the collective we.. |
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VeraAgnes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
87. I totally disagree............. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #87 |
144. There is no inalianable right to vote in the Democratic primary. We do not choose our candidate ... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 01:23 AM Response to Reply #87 |
234. In general elections. The Constitution has nothing to say about political party internal affairs |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
93. I am sorry he did not deserve anything of the kind! |
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kerry-is-my-prez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
111. "If we count your vote, my vote doesn't count" |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #111 |
119. My vote was cast following the rules |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. But your vote still counts. It always counted. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #120 |
145. I second that WTF |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 01:24 AM Response to Reply #120 |
235. Most people's primary votes have been utterly worthless |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
122. A specific discussion of the rules from NH - interesting FYI |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. Interesting. n/t |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #122 |
147. A little bit of background for you ......... |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
128. I refer you to posts 122 and 125 |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
141. as a member of the 48 rules following state I agree. jeez. what is |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. The DNC perpetuates the problem of disenfranchising voters. |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. It is actually the DLC that has failed miserably... |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:44 AM Original message |
How Dare the DNC have RULES for the primary - there shouldn't be any rules at all |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
38. Elitists' rules that disenfranchise voter's votes. |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #38 |
47. How is it elitist to have rules... |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #38 |
70. Iam a Floridian, and this is by far the lamest response on this thread. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #70 |
226. I was expecting YOU say SOMETHING ELSE? |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:28 AM Response to Reply #226 |
244. And Harold Ickes and 14 other Hill Supporters VOTED |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:26 AM Response to Reply #70 |
243. and that's sayin' something! |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Why do you insist on blaming the DNC when it was the state of |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'll go with what madfloridian says on the matter. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
5. Time is teaching me that to vote is important, but to work for a |
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hokies4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. You should be mad at the state senator Geller |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I'm not. |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. BS...it's in the rules and bylaws. It's quite clear. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I've been through this over and over again. |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Nope. it's not. |
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Jen-MI (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #30 |
192. Which is exactly how it should have been done in the first place! |
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Heathen57 (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
148. I believe you are wrong. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
165. Because people were aware of the penalties, some didn't vote. |
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Jen-MI (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #165 |
193. The state party said that their votes would eventually count.... |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #193 |
198. A lot of them voted for Huckabee and in other ways to screw with... |
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hokies4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. The cop is to blame |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
124. The people who created the mess have not been punished at all!! |
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Jen-MI (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #124 |
194. Exactly....Nicely said! |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
246. According to Florida Hillbots, it's the DNC |
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hokies4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. DNC is partially to blame, but the legislators are also |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
135. I suspect that everyone saw the Recount movie on HBO, so you know... |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. little kid - Mommy you're bad for setting rules |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
133. Denial is not just a river in Egypt |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:36 AM Response to Reply #133 |
247. More cow bell!!!! |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
245. And Florida KNEW about it and went ahead anyway, so HOW |
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WonderGrunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 05:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
262. You do realize |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
9. As another democrat in one of the 48 states that followed the rules: |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. I live in Illinois |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Bingo...and if they were going by who had the most population |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
11. Who made the decision to break the rules? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
12. What I want to know is if you're angry at top Hillary deputy and |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
13. Didn't they only strip half the delegates? And Hillary would get the entire half.. |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
15. Since they will be deciding Saturday on how to seat FL at the convention |
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LeFleur1 (973 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. It's a Sad Day... |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I thought about that this weekend.... |
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SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
113. (1) This has nothing to do with Florida '00 ( 2) Who do you consider the 'untrue' Floridians? |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #113 |
127. Anyone who sits back and says it is perfectly okay for their vote not to count.... |
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SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #127 |
159. I think it's inflammatory to say that votes are not going to count when they are working to find |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #159 |
209. I just wish the DNC hadn't been so reckless in its "punishment" in the first place |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:45 AM Response to Reply #209 |
250. Then maybe your girl Hillary and Harold Ickes should have done something about it |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:41 AM Response to Reply #127 |
249. "supposedly did at some point in time" ?????? |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #28 |
48. Oh cry me a river. Do you even grasp the difference between a primary and a general election? |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #48 |
136. A good lesson about caging! |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:39 AM Response to Reply #28 |
248. I want LEGITIMATE votes counted, |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
17. As a 5th generation Floridian, I say "bullsh*t to your post! |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. It's not about any candidate. |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #26 |
49. More bullsh*t. |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
251. Please don't use big words that you don't understand the meaning of. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
45. it is about counting the votes |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
18. Sounds like what you really want is for your vote to change the outcome of the election |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
40. They're just grasping at post-facto justifications for ignoring their own state party's fuck up. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
32. Wow, Hillary's propaganda machine did its job on you. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Deleted post. |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
58. Some never want to look at the truth, only what they've been told by their idols |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
35. Re the primary |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. So you're telling me I should have gone to the local elementary school.... |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #41 |
59. I am asking a question |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
88. If you care about your vote counting, then YES! |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #35 |
137. Believe me, most of us in Florida could care less if we voted on 1/29 or 2/05! |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #137 |
174. I think if I lived in your state |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 06:36 AM Response to Reply #174 |
178. We love mail in ballots - especially from relatives in nursing homes! |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #178 |
203. I didn't know you guys had mail in ballots! |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #203 |
214. We can vote inaccurately by mail-in ballots or early at the election office. |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #214 |
228. Maybe I should beg the DNC to send me asap |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
39. kick - agree |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
42. how would you have the DNC enforce its rules? |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Not against the voters, that's for sure. n/t |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Ok well F it then...I am going to petition NY to move up our primary... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
134. Let's just have 2012 primary season start on Feb 3rd 2009 then |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
146. Please check out the whole story...not that simple. I talked to my local reps. |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #146 |
160. All of the dems but 1 voted to move it up. |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #160 |
162. They voted AFTER the GOP was going to move the date anyway AND |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #162 |
166. You need to go read madfloridian's journal and then come back. |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #166 |
167. No...I just talked to two Florida Representatives who were there and voted... |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #167 |
168. The protests are being paid for by the Clinton campaign |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #168 |
170. That is simply untrue... |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 07:41 AM Response to Reply #170 |
270. Funny how you managed to pull all of those links our of thin air |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #270 |
283. Try reading them, before you criticize! |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 06:45 AM Response to Reply #166 |
265. I've read Madflorian regularly. We pretty much agree on the timeline: |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #51 |
175. Fine, move it up. Get your delegates cut in half. That's what the rules provide. |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #43 |
52. how else would you have them enforce the rules |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Against the party officials, and not the voters at large. |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. getting closer |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #61 |
176. You are getting closer, as well. |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #176 |
185. the party does not have |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #61 |
229. One thing lost is the penalty compared to the crime. |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #42 |
85. I would have them enforce them as they are in the rules... |
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dbmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #85 |
117. The reason is |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #117 |
142. I wouldn't say they were "indifferent", just "accepting" |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #85 |
149. That is exactly correct. The answer is the same penalty that the GOP got. |
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Jen-MI (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #85 |
199. Exactly how I feel in MI...I was offended that the DNC called me for support too! |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
44. Thank you. Great post and highly recommended. |
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TeamsterDem (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
46. Well ... |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Democracy is ALWAYS what is at issue. |
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TeamsterDem (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. You're dissembling, however |
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dendrobium (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #50 |
75. Why should any State ever obey DNC rules after this? |
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TeamsterDem (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Good post and welcome |
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dendrobium (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Thank you for the welcome. |
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TeamsterDem (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. The Romans would tend to agree with you |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:56 AM Response to Reply #75 |
252. Exactly! |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
150. Were the rules muddied when the DNC "allowed" some states to go early? |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
53. I share the blame for the actions of my elected officials, as do you. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
54. Both you voters and the people who moved your primary date |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Seating 50/50 is not a remedy. It is not proportional to the vote. |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. It's called a campaign because people campaign. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #56 |
71. Assigning the same number of delegates to each candidate IS porportional! |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:59 AM Response to Reply #56 |
253. OK, and Obama gets all the Michigan votes because pink ponies are pretty. |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #54 |
151. That is a good compromise... |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
62. Boo Frickin' Hoo... |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #62 |
94. I don't remember this authoritarian stance in 2000. If you remember, the deadline for recounting the |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 01:36 AM Response to Reply #94 |
236. 2000 was not a primary election |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
64. How does your vote in Jan. differ from all the years when I voted |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Because the delegates still go to the convention and announce the results of their primary. |
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barack the house (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
66. One question why did Florida folk allow them to move it up?.. |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:01 AM Response to Reply #66 |
254. Yes, WHERE were the raging street protests then??? |
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DAGDA56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
68. I voted in Florida in 2000 and in 2008...the difference is a twist of similarity... |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #68 |
73. And it is a bad thing that your vote should count because.....? |
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DAGDA56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. My vote counted for the Property Tax issue...The Democratic Primary vote in Florida was determined |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:05 AM Response to Reply #73 |
256. Of course you don't understand... you are beyond the reach of reason. |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #68 |
86. I voted in the presidential primary in Florida in 2000 and 2004 and my vote didn't count |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #86 |
152. Hey, I got tossed from the polling area! My wife kept hitting a button and |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:04 AM Response to Reply #68 |
255. Hurrah! A voice of reason from Florida! |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
77. As a Michigander whose vote didn't count |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
78. If I was a Floridian, I think I'd be most pissed off at that weasely |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #78 |
153. Steve Geller |
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Iceburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
81. K&R |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
82. You know, your state party could have organized a caucus instead. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #82 |
237. Yes. A caucus system with universal absentee caucusing for any reason |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
83. I agree with you (as another Florida voter). |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
84. You are mad at the DNC for not choosing their nominee the way that you would like them to. |
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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
89. There is an opportunity to make your case to the DNC this Saturday in DC |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. I have joined in the petition to the DNC. |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #89 |
154. There is also a court filing in a Tampa court! |
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GihrenZabi (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
91. Be angry at your State Government |
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demokatgurrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
92. Very good post... I recommended it, but I disagree on one thing |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #92 |
98. You are delusional, the state party and state dems fucked up. eom |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #92 |
101. You also should educate yourself before slinging blame. |
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demokatgurrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #101 |
187. THE DNC CREATED THE STUPIID RULE!!!!! |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #187 |
196. I agree. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 01:40 AM Response to Reply #187 |
238. The purpose of the rule was to prevent states from deciding that 2008 primaries-- |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:09 AM Response to Reply #187 |
257. But Hillary Clinton did... so WHY aren't you all pissed at her??? |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
95. Why don't you learn how to vote for dems that know how to follow rules. |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #95 |
155. Then there should be no delegates from SC, NH, etc...by the rules! |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
96. Trust me, you don't know who you should be angry at. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. Trust me, I know.... |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #99 |
105. If you are so educated then why do you blame the DNC when it is not their fault? |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #105 |
200. Lucky guess, but maybe because.... |
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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #99 |
110. Considering it has been clearly documented on this board |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #99 |
114. You have delusions of certainty, |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #96 |
102. Do you want to share who the real names are and what the real agendas are? |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #102 |
107. Here ya go. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
97. Please get educated before slinging blame. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
100. The blame belongs to the FL State Legislature, not the DNC. |
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gal (534 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
103. The DNC is not the only party punishing these 2 states. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #103 |
188. The outrage is selective, isn't it? nt |
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Jen-MI (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #103 |
204. Because the GOP didn't add to the penality! They followed their own rules! |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
106. You can find the truth here. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. Those a one-sided Obama views (cut and pastes) |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #108 |
109. The video of Geller at the Fla legislature is not one sided. eom |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #108 |
130. madfloridian, as I recall, became an Obama supporter partly because of the Florida debacle |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #106 |
158. You can find the truth, but differ in opinions and values... |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:12 AM Response to Reply #158 |
258. You Floridians are to blame for electing MORONS to your state legislature. |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #258 |
277. Geller is not in my district, but instead I voted for people like Robert Wexler and Ron Klein |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #106 |
171. You can get the exact timeline of the bill that changed dates, etc. here: |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
112. Given that your state leaders not only lied but have continued to lie about their intent |
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SanchoPanza (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #112 |
206. Nothing |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
115. This thread smells like astroturf. eom |
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kerry-is-my-prez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
116. They're all a bunch of assholes - Obama included..... |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #116 |
118. Florida dissed themselves. Obama had nothing to do with it. |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
126. There's a difference between a primary and an election |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #126 |
129. Shouldn't the DNC respect the bedrocks of general elections.... |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #129 |
138. I repeat - a primary is not an election. You have no right to participate |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #138 |
161. Is your description best to put a Democrat in the White House? |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #161 |
215. You have the right to pick your government in an election |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #215 |
216. You hit the nail on the head! A smoke filled room in this case! Here's why! |
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SanchoPanza (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #129 |
207. Instead the DNC chose to respect the bedrock of its own rules, which are Constitutionally protected |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #207 |
217. See #216 ... read the links... |
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SanchoPanza (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #217 |
218. This Nonsense Again? |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #218 |
222. All you are doing is proving that the DNC has a smoke-filled room. |
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SanchoPanza (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #222 |
230. You have an interesting interpretation of events. |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #230 |
233. Exactly what FL did was documented and posted already... |
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SanchoPanza (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #233 |
272. Yes, a minute by minute record is available |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #272 |
274. Your version is ok along with some interpretation. I'm not opposed to that. |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #230 |
286. This is old news and we know that FL's plan was rejected. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #222 |
240. Nope. The DNC delegates are elected by state party members |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #218 |
288. You should read more and fuss less... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #129 |
239. No. Why should Repubs get to vote in Dem primaries? n/t |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
131. You should be angry but at your State's DNC |
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Hola (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
132. the leaders |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
139. Elections without campaigning= |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
140. A true Floridian's perspective: Why I am ultimately most angry at Hillary for the current mess |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #140 |
163. That is simply wrong.. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #163 |
202. I disagree |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #202 |
212. That's not the way the reps. who voted saw it... |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #212 |
220. I am talking about the Rules and Bylaws committee |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #220 |
223. The number of delegates didn't matter, and especially if you support Obama! |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #223 |
271. That was incomprehensible |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #271 |
275. Well, I was trying to say that campaigning was an important issue here...not |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #220 |
225. Technically, Obama got away with running ads. |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
143. I am wondering how you count the votes in a flawed election. |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #143 |
164. In Florida we often count votes in "flawed elections"! |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #164 |
282. It's the way they "do business" in FL! For Dems and Repugs alike there's no difference! |
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Elmagoo (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
156. Who cares? |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
157. A true floridian's reply |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #157 |
169. This is all correct. I would only suggest that one thing is missing... |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #169 |
172. As most flacks would, |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #172 |
173. I would agree completely with a settlement such as you describe. |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:21 AM Response to Reply #169 |
259. Hey, guess what? I live in a state that's been solidly red for the past twenty years you |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 07:33 AM Response to Reply #259 |
267. You're preaching to the choir and getting mad at Florida is not useful. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
177. I do not care to have my vote minimized and discounted |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 07:08 AM Response to Reply #177 |
183. I did those things! (not for Hillary or any particular candidate) |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #177 |
210. How is your vote being "minimized and discounted"? |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #210 |
219. But you leave out all |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #219 |
227. If the DNC would have allowed campaigning, there may have been a deal. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #227 |
232. If the FL DP would have made arraingments to comply with the rules |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 05:54 AM Response to Reply #232 |
261. I think that is where the problem occurred... |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #232 |
285. Hmmm...I think we're going in circles here. Yes, punish the bad guys! |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
179. One good thing (maybe?); a few more threads like this & I'll reach 1000 by Nov. |
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DemVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
180. "Count Every Vote"....yeah, right. |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
184. Call the waambulance. Look if you want a real primary, organize and pony up the money |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
186. You had me up until "They at least have the decency to be fighting for me" |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #186 |
197. Hey, they say my votes should be counted. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #197 |
201. Your concern is selective, as usual. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #201 |
208. I'm not a member of the Republican Party... |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #208 |
213. Then as a member of the Democratic Party, you abide by the DNC rules. |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #201 |
224. There was one BIG difference between the GOP and DNC reactions! |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 04:27 AM Response to Reply #197 |
260. Voting in a primary is NOT A RIGHT. |
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SeaLyons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
189. K&R |
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jasmine621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
190. The DNC has just nullified any legitimate claims of "stealing" the 2000 election. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
191. did you say something? |
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JackORoses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
195. I see you are competing for your own Squirrel Award. Congratulations |
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muryan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
205. FL/MI will not be stripped of all delegates when all is said and done |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
221. I don't like it when responsibility is deflected. Florida is responsible for Florida. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
231. Oooh...speaking ill of Dr. Dean and the rulemakers. Tsk tsk. |
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davidpdx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
241. After Saturday it's going to be a moot point bitching about this |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 06:01 AM Response to Reply #241 |
263. Maybe, but once courts are involved you can't put the genie back in the bottle. |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 03:19 AM Response to Original message |
242. You knew your vote in the illegal primary was rubbish when you cast it. |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 06:24 AM Response to Reply #242 |
264. Look at what Fl voters were being told in 2007 before the primary. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 07:38 AM Response to Reply #264 |
269. but people are willing to deny all the coters that didnt go out, because their vote wouldnt count |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #269 |
273. That's not true here in Tampa... |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #273 |
278. Not true in South Florida either!!!! ( Mami-Dade, Ft. Lauderdale-Broward & Palm Beach!) |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 06:07 AM Response to Reply #269 |
292. So you are correct, Hillary is the better politician? Smarter and tougher? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #242 |
280. Deleted message |
seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
266. mad at dnc, not the people that purposely broke rules knowing your vote wouldnt count |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #266 |
279. Fuck the DNC & Fuck the Rules, I want my vote counted period!!!!!!!!!!! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #279 |
284. and fuck all the people that didn't vote cause it was clear it was illegitimate |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-29-08 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
276. As a Floridian, I agree and I want my vote counted FOR ONCE!!!!!! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
287. A "true" floridian, huh? That's cute. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #287 |
289. That I am. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #289 |
290. I'm sure you are. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-30-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #290 |
291. Anyone who sits by and argues their own vote should *not* be counted... |
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