Posted on 04/17/2008 12:42:05 AM PDT by freerepublic_or_die
Last Thursday, about a year too late, I read the "2008 Delegate Selection Rules for the Democratic National Convention." Not a fun read, I must add, which may be the reason Sen. Hillary Clinton, or her people, and most of the press, did not read or understand its 25 dense pages.
Sen. Obama, or his people, obviously studied the thing, and that is the reason he will probably be his party's nominee for president of the United States. The document, adopted by the Democratic National Committee on Aug. 19, 2006, is filled with the kind of fairness rhetoric the party has been spouting for at least 40 years. Samples: "State Democratic Parties shall ensure that district lines used in the delegate selection process are not gerrymandered to discriminate against African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Asian/Pacific Americans or women." "Each state affirmative action program shall include outreach provisions to encourage the participation and representation of persons of low and moderate income, and a specific plan to help defray expenses of those delegates otherwise unable to participate in the national convention." That's nice. More important is the fine print: "Seventy-five percent (75%) of each state's base delegation shall be elected at the congressional district level or smaller ... "Delegates shall be allocated in a fashion that fairly reflects the expressed presidential preference or uncommitted status of the primary voters or, if there is no binding primary, the convention and/or caucus participants." In other words, using terms of political art, the Democrats have rejected "winner-take-all" elections in favor of "proportional representation." The best example of that is what happened in Texas: Clinton won 50.9 percent of the overall vote to 47.4 percent for Obama. But because of the way the votes were divided by counties, Obama won 99 delegates to 94 for Clinton.
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Hillary never thought she’d lose. She didn’t care what rules were passed. She’s insulated against all rule of law and any funny rules. Why would this year be different?
Her people paid no attention because she never thought the Democratic establishment would choose a different candidate. She hasn’t lost yet, but it has been entertaining to see the old hag sweating this thing.
Not me, my all time favorite was Chicago dems 1968. Talk about popcorn.
Do we have all women districts somewhere? Is there a sightseeing tour? Amazon or lipstick, that's got to be a sight to see.
Nope. Operation Chaos indeed puts her in the position of being able to steal the nomination ... but Obama's supporters are fanatical enough to make sure she WILL fail if she pulls that stunt.
The goal of Chaos is to ensure the convention is not a coronation. While McCain is actually running for president, those two are tearing each other - and the party - apart. No matter how well she does, she cannot achieve a lead; the best she can hope for is a practical tie, which (like Iraq) keeps the fighting "over there".
Yes, there is a risk that she may, in the end, get the nomination somehow. At this point it's pretty clear that both candidates are equally intolerable; we're going to end up facing one of them, so better to have them shredding each other as long as possible than push one off the stage and give 'em time to actually run for President.
Ultimately, none of the options are desirable. The best of the bad is our opponents engaged in a knock-down drag-out fight with each other instead of with McCain (like him or not, he's the only viable choice at this point, so best to keep him out of that fray as long as possible).
Whenever I ponder the possibility of Hellary being in charge of the greatest country on earth, I begin to feel nauseous. Like last night for example , I forced myself to watch maybe a total of 50 minutes worth of that ‘alleged’ debate while flipping around the channels. The wretched one sure got alot of face time, too much for my brief viewing dis-pleasure. Remember that she believes she is OWED this position and it isn’t over, like everyone is suggesting it is, until SHE says so. IT hasn’t even gotten ugly yet. Why would anyone think for a moment that she’s not going to pull this nomination off? She’s a Clinton, a sorry excuse for a human being that believes in nothing, stands for nothing, except keeping the welfare state status quo in place. She can’t annunciate about any issue, because if she did, she’d wind up like she did in her Health Care debacle back in 1993. She wants this position so bad she can taste it. Like I said, It isn’t Obama’s yet, until she says so, and the Clintons DON’T give in, cry uncle, or give up. The bag of tricks isn’t even fully open, YET.
So, you are saying Hillary is a narcissistic delusional power-mad vampire in a pantsuit?
I agree.
Yes, absolutely except for the mustache.
The other point is this:
OBAMA IS A LEFTIST.
For that reason - THE LEFT IS SUPPORTING HIM OVER HILLARY. IT’S THAT SIMPLE!
The Leftists in the Democrat party are rejecting the triangulations of the Clintons.
Moreover, she did think that she would have the nomination all wrapped up in a pretty in pink bow after Super Tuesday, February 5.
Makes me wonder just how much cosmetic surgery and other cosmetic procedures she has had.
"State Democratic Parties shall ensure that district lines used in the delegate selection process are not gerrymandered to discriminate against African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Asian/Pacific Americans or women." "Each state affirmative action program shall include outreach provisions to encourage the participation and representation of persons of low and moderate income, and a specific plan to help defray expenses of those delegates otherwise unable to participate in the national convention." ...The best example of that is what happened in Texas: Clinton won 50.9 percent of the overall vote to 47.4 percent for Obama. But because of the way the votes were divided by counties, Obama won 99 delegates to 94 for Clinton.
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