DNC tells Florida Dems to change primary plan (or lose all of its delegates to the convention)

The Hill ^ | 8/25/07 | Sam Youngman

[tdewey10]

lawsuit incoming.

[Old Sarge]

Can you imagine the Vader-esque voice from the ivory towers of the Left?

“You failed us eight years ago. You will not have the chance to fail us again...”

[TheBattman]

Looks like the Dem party has learned a lesson from the Union thugs that “support” them...

[Vermonter]

From the party that wants every vote counted... /s

[BlessedBeGod]

DNC strips Fla. of delegates -- primary wouldn't count

DNC Strips Florida Of 2008 Delegates

[em2vn]

You had to reach a long way to come up with a statement so lacking in intelligence.

[denydenydeny]

I get the feeling that the Democrats would love to do this in the general election as well, to “de-commission” states like Texas that always vote the wrong way.

[vetsvette]

Howard Dean’s a little Eichmann, but he’ll be forced off his high horse if he keeps this up.

[stm]

Wow, they managed to disenfranchise an entire state. We were only able to disenfranchise those too criminally stupid to properly fill out a ballot.

Hanging chad anyone?

[TheBattman]

So which are you - a Democrat, or a Union Thug? The reason I asked? Your questioning my “intelligence”.

Just because you fail to see the semi-humorous (I guess not to you), tongue-in-cheek stab at the Democrat party thugs, then I guess you probably shouldn’t read about 20% of the posts here on FR.

Lets see - let me explain this to you in language that MAYBE you might understand, and not be offended...:

Which political party most directly benefits from the big unions?

And what is one of the classic strong-arm tactics of the big unions? Do what we demand “or else”.

And finally - what is the DNC telling the Florida party? Do what we say “or else”...

[Jean S]

Come one guys, lighten up. This is important news, your little spat isn’t.

[newzjunkey]

They tried doing that in Florida then considered it in Ohio, stole a gubernatorial election in WA. They cannot be trusted.

I hope FL tells the DNC to pound sand. Just remember in 2000 they were crying about "democracy" and "intent of the voter" and "count ever vote" and who can ignore their rushing to the courts in St Louis (and other places) to keep the polls open for an unfair advantage?

[Caipirabob]

You had to reach a long way to come up with a statement so lacking in intelligence.

I don't think he was so far off. Didn't the unions recently attempt to get a law passed that basically eliminated the "anonymous ballot" meaning that all votes were identified and tied directly to the voter? This was a major problem due to the recorded history of union intimidation and corruption that infests union activities. Sadly, many unions have been infiltrated by the same likes that run civil rights groups and other branches of the unified socialist movement.

I think "battman" was simply insinuating that there's a history of intimidation to influence or rather "savagely curtail" any independent thinking outside of that which the DNC dictates. And I use the word "dictate" in the worst sense. All these folks need is a symbol a little harsher than the donkey and they can begin goosestepping parades and we won't be able to tell the difference from now and 1939 Berlin.

The consistency between the DNC and the unions referred to in Battman's post is simply the heavy handed techniques used to influence votes and election outcomes. I suspect that threatening to deprive the Florida Democrats of electoral representation in a Presidential election may (ah-hem) motivate them to reconsider their position.

I mean, you might be leaning towards defense of union activity. Yet that's an issue of public relations, and flaming him isn't going to help any...

At any rate, I didn't understand the contention there.

[CounterCounterCulture]

If I was a Florida Democrat, I’d feel disenfranchised.
Of course if I was a Florida Democrat, I’d have my head up my butt, but I digress. ;-)

[Jean S]

This I don’t get. Florida is such a split state, why tip the balance towards the Republicans by doing this?

If I were a dem voter in Florida, I would be really pissed by this.

[mkjessup]

This is truly hilarious, the ‘Rat Party is already headed for a massive fissure between the Clintonistas who believe Mrs. Bill Clinton has some sort of birthright to the nomination, and the ‘ABC’ faction (Anybody But Clinton), and here we see Howard Dean basically telling Florida to G.F.T. and ‘obey or else’.

There is a reason for this, and it’s not complicated:

Howard Dean despises the Clintons. He will deny it, he will say all sorts of nice things about them, he will grin that insane grin of his and swear they are the best thing that ever happened to the Party, but don’t you believe it.

Dean hates ‘em, and his choosing to alienate Florida does not surprise me one bit.

[Baladas]

They ARE serious there, aren’t they?

Democrats are ruthless when it comes to an election time, they are the real party of dogma.

[Natchez Hawk]

I guess Howard Dean’s “50 state solution” does not include the Sunshine State South. Good logic: If you don’t want “stolen” just piss it away.

I love this guy!

[doug from upland]

The California Primary really starts on Jan. 7. During the first week, there will be massive early absentee voting for Hillary. That will be reported to pollsters and the news media. Hillary’s gang is creating a tsunami before Iowa or New Hamspshire.