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CatnHat (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:42 AM Original message |
Obama--Do Rules Count or Not?? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. what rule says supers are supposed to vote according to the winner of their state? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. There's no rule that says any such thing |
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CatnHat (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. I suggested |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:59 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. And your suggestion is based on nothing |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:07 AM Original message |
The vote was 49% vs 50% with Clinton winning 3,000 more votes. Not exactly a HUGH mandate. |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:24 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. No, |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. Is this a joke? Satire? Can anybody possibly really believe this? Stay tuned.. |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. You are grossly misinformed about the rules. n/t |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
5. how is it even remotely fair to count the MI ballots when Hillary was the only candidate to vote for |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. He took his name off the ballot. |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. per the agreement all the candidates, including Hillary, had struck . . . . |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. That's just wrong |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. what does an agreement to "not participate" mean if not that? [n/t] |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. to not campaign |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. It's fair because the other candidates weren't supposed to REALLY pose a challenge, silly. |
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CatnHat (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Obama was on the ballot |
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anamandujano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. Supers being bound by their constituents was a rule Obama made |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Oh good.. I can add another 12-year-old to my ignore list. I absolutely despise willful |
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anamandujano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Can you hear me noooooooooow? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
7. There is no rule stating Super Delegates must vote as their state did |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
9. There is no such "Rule" in the DNC. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
10. Do you know the rules? |
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IndependentDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. i agree with what you are saying regarding the super-delegates but... |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
12. I think maybe they are going by Hillarys' rules |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
13. Do Untruths Count As Lies? |
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culacano (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
15. Some rules count, some rules don't |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yeah. Some are actual rules, and some are shit people just make up because |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I thought the trollish ones were leaving.. did they send in replacements? |
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anamandujano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. You act more like a troll than anyone. The slightest bit of back talk |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. I think they must have a few sockies going. n/t |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. You're so uninformed it's hilarious! |
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CatnHat (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Save your comments for yourself |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
34. I'm trying to convince myself ... |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
28. Rules count. |
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CatnHat (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. You're right |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I'm trying hard to remain cordial here. |
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40ozDonkey (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:56 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. What a worthless, long-shot talking point. |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
30. Of course rules count. |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
37. This is why Dems have NOT taken it to superdelegates to avoid conflict of intrests. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
38. Rules are rules, and SD's should endorse the person who can win. |
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johnnydrama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
39. Bill Clinton is a superdelegate |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
40. If this is a rule then Hillary has just lost |
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