Thread: Hillary Clinton cares nothing for democracy
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Old 03-28-2008   #20 (permalink)
HazelGod
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Originally Posted by amhersthungboi View Post
Watch CNN, the story is running every so often.
You mean like this one?

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Obama camp reaching out to Florida, Michigan Democrats Posted: 01:32 PM ET
(CNN) – Representatives with Barack Obama's presidential campaign have reached out to Michigan and Florida Democrats to begin a "dialogue" about how to seat the delegations at the nominating convention that will be held in Denver later this summer.
“As we’ve said consistently, we think there should be a fair seating of the Michigan and Florida delegates. The Clinton campaign has stubbornly said they see no need to negotiate, but we believe that their Washington, my-way-or-the-highway approach is something voters are tired of,” Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said.
Or perhaps you were thinking of this one?

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...the Democratic Party altered a provision that required pledged delegates to support the candidate they had arrived at the convention to back.

Clinton advisers have cited the altered rule, which dates to 1982 and says only that pledged delegates "shall in all good conscience reflect the sentiments of those who elected them."


The same year, The Democratic Party created a new category of delegate -- the so-called "superdelegates" -- party leaders and elected officials who are free to support any candidate they wish, regardless of vote totals in their home states.
Maybe one could argue that her disgusting behavior doesn't technically violate the letter of the rule, but it definitely runs counter to its intent as well as to the notion of a democratic process in general.

But here's my favorite quote from that piece:

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The Clinton campaign has said that they had not been planning to try to actively convince the Illinois senator's pledged delegates to switch sides and would not do so in the future.

But on a conference call with reporters Tuesday, Ickes defended Clinton's Monday remarks and repeated his view that pledged delegates were free to switch their allegiance at any time.
As the call I received today proves once again, HILLARY CLINTON IS A LIAR.