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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (67721)5/22/2008 1:20:25 PM
From: ChinuSFO  Read Replies (1) of 542148
 
OK choose, since you have not answered my question, let me attempt to put myself in your shoes and answer it for you.

Florida, through a vote in the Republican dominated House and okayed by the Republican Governor, advanced the primary date. This caused some sort of a revolt within the Democratic party wherein states like Iowa and NH wanted to advance their dates in light of Florida. So a mutually accepted solution at that time was to not count the Florida votes. These are what I consider to be my facts though I am open to correction.

Putting myself back in my shoes I say it was a mistake to do so then. I ask if now we should counter a mistake with another mistake where we change the rules of the game midstream. Instead, it would be OK to correct it by seating the delegates in such as way that they are counted and seated while at the same time not changing the results determined by other voters who voted according to the rules.

Mistakes were made by the Democratic party, mistakes were made by Hillary also when she signed across the line. It is certainly a very noble effort to seat these delegates, but it ceases to be as such when the effort is directed towards a personal gain instead of merely upholding people representation.
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