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StevieM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 09:08 PM
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37. Obama used the Michigan results to spread a myth about Hillary being unelectable by claiming that
40% of the voters would rather vote for nobody then vote for Hillary. This was, of course, a lie. The uncommitted vote was a pro-Obama vote, that he actively encouraged. He then took advantage of the election results to advance his campaign.

If there were results in Michigan for him to refer to, then there were results period.

Obama says he wants "a fair seating" of the delegates, but that is nonsense. The people of Michigan don't care about a few people from their state going to some convention in Denver.

He also says he wants "a fair seating" of the delegates from Florida, which also means a 50/50 split. But that is garbage--the people of Florida did not vote 50/50.

We could have resolved this with new elections, but Obama fought them every step of the way.

Steve
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