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qijackie Donating Member (238 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:08 PM
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Clinton supporters can join others on May 31 in Wash DC to make their opinions clear to the DNC.
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:10 PM
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1. You know they are going to decide to seat them at a penalty, right?
Edited on Sun May-25-08 07:12 PM by anonymous171
They did, after all, vote to strip FL and MI of their delegates in the first place.
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:11 PM
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4. Anything else
would show some very bad bad partisanship on behalf of the committee.
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:12 PM
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5. Yep. Now that would create some uproar.
Edited on Sun May-25-08 07:13 PM by anonymous171
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MindMatter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:32 PM
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16. Not just that. The committee has to think about the next election cycle.
If there were no penalty on FL and MI, then they would be inviting EVERY state to disregard their election rules in 2012. Florida's and Michigan's rule-breaking has made such a mess of this primary that they aren't going to let that go unpunished.

I predict we'll see the FL vote counted with each delegate getting a half vote, and the MI vote will count with Obama getting credit for all the Uncommitted votes, again with each delegate getting a half vote.
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:36 PM
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18. Yep
I wish they would strip the supers but these people are politians or party people and don't want to piss off other politians.

If it was up to me the MI and FL supers wouldn't even be allowed into the convention.
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:10 PM
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2. Should the Obama supporters
Organize a counter protest? I mean that area DC, MD, and VA went heavily for him or should we just let it sink?
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slinkerwink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:10 PM
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3. thank you. I'll be there as an Obama supporter.
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TheDoorbellRang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:13 PM
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6. Do you know if there's an organized effort for Obama supporters to attend?
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Pisces Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:19 PM
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11. I would attend if I lived closer and throw burnt toast at them. Childish I know.
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:20 PM
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12. We have to be nice to them in public
On here we can throw all the burnt toast we want.
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TheDoorbellRang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 09:03 PM
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19. Should be an interesting event, even without the flying toast
I think I read somewhere that it will be televised. I'm hoping they can clarify for Joe Q Public just what went on.
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DemsUnited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:15 PM
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7. Me too.
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tokenlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:15 PM
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8. As long as you all behave, no rumbling, and don't make us all look bad..
Tensions are so high right now. Remember who the real opposition is..McCain and his pals.
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rsmith6621 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:17 PM
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9. First photos of protest are here...






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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:18 PM
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10. Those bastards at the DNC are trying to impose rules 'n shit on the process
and the Clinton people aren't having any of it!

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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:20 PM
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13. It seems as though they have a good grassroots effort going.
I agree that I think there should be an Obama contingent there as well.

We want a FAIR resolution to this situation, and both sides should be represented.
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apocalypsehow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:26 PM
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15. There has already been a "FAIR" resolution to the situation: they knowingly broke the rules, and are
now paying the consequences. If the DNC wanted to send a very healthy message to future rule-breakers, they'd demand the two states hold a do-over or be seated without a delegate count, period. That is the only sincerely "FAIR" solution. But I know in Hillaryland rules are for other people, so they'll pout, whine and snivel their way to a solution that is inherently unfair to those who abided by the rules.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:33 PM
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17. You don't need to convince me --
I've never understood why they didn't do a 'do-over', once they decided not to stick to their guns about not seating the delegates. But what we're faced with NOW is that they will be meeting to come to some sort of 'solution'.

I'm saying that I don't want Hillaryland rules to sway the committee because of a presence during the meeting.
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smiley_glad_hands Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-25-08 07:20 PM
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14. Their opinion that rules don't matter? eom
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