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Clinton Aide Changes Mich., Fla. Stance (Ickes pressing for delegates to be counted)
AP ^ | 2/16/2008 | Hope Yen

Posted on 02/16/2008 4:43:43 PM PST by Uncledave

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1 posted on 02/16/2008 4:43:47 PM PST by Uncledave
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Top Clinton Adviser Says Superdelegates Will Decide Election, Obama's Victories 'Irrelevant'

A top Hillary Clinton adviser on Saturday boldly predicted his candidate would lock down the nomination before the August convention by definitively winning over party insiders and officials known as superdelegates, claiming the number of state elections won by rival Barack Obama would be "irrelevant" to their decision
2 posted on 02/16/2008 4:47:47 PM PST by boxerblues
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Honestly the only fair thing they could do is divide those delegates evenly between HillBama. Those who voted for Hillary would squeal like pigs but that’s tough noogies for them. After all they’re the ones who voted for the woman who thought she could cheat her way to victory.


3 posted on 02/16/2008 4:50:13 PM PST by cripplecreek (Just call me M.O.M. (Maverick Opposed to McCain.))
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To: Uncledave

Nice of the AP to take notice...


4 posted on 02/16/2008 4:51:02 PM PST by Tallguy (Tagline is offline till something better comes along...)
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He said millions of voters in Michigan and Florida would be otherwise disenfranchised

"Disenfranchised": A word used by Democrats which means "we didn't get our way."

5 posted on 02/16/2008 4:56:31 PM PST by GreenHornet
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“Ickes explained that his different position essentially is due to the different hats he wears as both a DNC member and a Clinton adviser in charge of delegate counting. Clinton won the primary vote in Michigan and Florida, and now she wants those votes to count.”

This is classic Clintons.


6 posted on 02/16/2008 5:01:17 PM PST by detective
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There is no depth...below which a Clinton aid is willing to sink, in order to further the cause of corruption, dishonesty, and incompetance.


7 posted on 02/16/2008 5:02:47 PM PST by Da Coyote
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Ickes explained that his different position essentially is due to the different hats he wears as both a DNC member and a Clinton adviser in charge of delegate counting.

Shamelessly admitting a gross conflict of interest in the matter...

8 posted on 02/16/2008 5:02:53 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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There is no depth...below which a Clinton aid is willing to sink, in order to further the cause of corruption, dishonesty, and incompetance.


9 posted on 02/16/2008 5:02:53 PM PST by Da Coyote
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Democrats is as Democrat does. Gotta hold a snake like Ickys real close the the head, or he’ll turn and bite ya.


10 posted on 02/16/2008 5:21:33 PM PST by flowerplough ( Obama smokes!)
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D-E-S-P-A-R-A-T-I-O-N


11 posted on 02/16/2008 5:40:45 PM PST by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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23 minutes ago. Hi, Harold. Enjoying Free Republic?


12 posted on 02/16/2008 5:44:48 PM PST by firebrand
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13 posted on 02/16/2008 5:46:14 PM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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He said millions of voters in Michigan and Florida would be otherwise disenfranchised - before acknowledging moments later that he had favored the sanctions.

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"So I told Obama he better stay up on the damn porch and keep his mouth shut if he knows what's good for him."

14 posted on 02/16/2008 5:48:55 PM PST by RoadKingSE (How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash?)
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If they allow the Mich. and Fl. votes to stand then the DNC will be disenfranchising those Dems who did not vote because they knew the votes would not count. plus Sickes knows if there were a re-vote that Osama would clean the Beast’s clock and sink her for good. I love a good RATFIGHT...pass that dang popcorn will ya?


15 posted on 02/16/2008 5:49:52 PM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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"I was not acting as an agent of Mrs. Clinton".


Sure, whatever you say.

16 posted on 02/16/2008 6:00:50 PM PST by Malone LaVeigh
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Paging Al Sharpton


17 posted on 02/16/2008 6:03:04 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (<I>)
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18 posted on 02/16/2008 6:22:57 PM PST by grellis ("Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all.” —Ronald Reagan)
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...before acknowledging moments later that he had favored the sanctions. Ickes explained that his different position essentially is due to the different hats he wears as both a DNC member and a Clinton adviser in charge of delegate counting. Clinton won the primary vote in Michigan and Florida, and now she wants those votes to count. "There's been no change," Ickes said. "I was not acting as an agent of Mrs. Clinton. We had promulgated rules and those rules said the timing provision ... provides for certain sanctions, automatic sanctions as a matter of fact, if a state such as Michigan or Florida violates those timing provisions. With respect to the stripping, I voted as a member of the Democratic National Committee. Those were our rules and I felt I had an obligation to enforce them," he said.
...he concluded, "There's been no change, just a complete reversal of my earlier view. Get over it. Move on. Where's the beef?"
19 posted on 02/16/2008 6:38:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________Profile updated Sunday, February 10, 2008)
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Ickes explained that his different position essentially is due to the different hats he wears as both an A-hole and a d!ck-head.


20 posted on 02/16/2008 7:45:34 PM PST by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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