Posted on 05/07/2008 7:32:54 PM PDT by Red Steel
BURBANK, Calif. (AP)— Former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday that delegates from Florida and Michigan should not be counted at the Democratic National Convention because they “disqualified themselves,” and he warned of a disaster if party insiders try to wrest the nomination from the candidate with the largest number of votes and state victories.
An attempt by so-called Democratic superdelegates to override the popular vote “would be an almost unacceptable thing,” Carter told Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show.”
If a candidate has a clear edge in votes, state-by-state wins and delegates claimed at caucuses and primaries, “I can’t imagine that the superdelegates would go against them,” Carter said. “It would be a catastrophe for the party.”
Carter’s comments came a day after the North Carolina and Indiana primaries, in which Barack Obama padded his delegate lead over Hillary Rodham Clinton. In the tight race the judgment of superdelegates — elected officials and party insiders who can vote as they like at the party’s August nominating convention — will almost certainly be decisive.
The former president appeared eager at first to steer clear of the disputed primaries in Michigan and Florida, saying their delegations “ought to be seated — for sure — in 2012.”
But when pressed by Leno if those delegates should participate in 2008, Carter said, “No, they disqualified themselves.”
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Jimmah Cahtah is still alive?
Hey Jimmuh.....SHADDUP ALREADY!!!
Jimmie,.. SHUT UP!
Jay Leno ought to win a grammy for having to act civil with some of the guests he has.
Hell MUST hath froze over as I thought I would NEVER agree with Jimmah Carter on ANYTHING. That is until now.
But hey! Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Whatever.
He is Nosferatu. The undead.
I hate this man. I truly loath this Son of a Horses ass.
Oops! Last comment in post #9 was meant for FlingWingFlyer.
This effing bastard has no standing to comment on the propriety of election practices.
THANK YOU, Commander Limbaugh, for your valiant and successful execution of Operation Chaos!
He isn't the son. He is the horse's ass.
Can I say it now?
What exactly did the voters do to disqualify themselves????
They don’t call them RATS for nuthin.
I remember President Carter’s cardigan sweater “maliase” speech.
If he stuck a moose on his head, it might’ve made an ounce of sense.
“Hi, ya’ll. I’m Jimmuh Carter. Take me to ya’ll leader, cause I ain’t it.”
Well somebody else to get on Hillary’s S$%# List
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