So, the DNC has finally decided how to deal with the Florida & Michigan delegate issue by seating 1/2 the delegates. This thing was a cluster-f&#k from the word go. If the morons running the show in Florida & Michigan had simply stuck with the schedule, their respective state voters may have had a major impact on the nomination choice. Instead, they have successfully given us a mess that solidifies Florida's place in voting history...and not in a good way.
I for one think that all these votes are tainted. For all practical purposes, Clinton ran unopposed in Michigan. How is that fair and democratic? And if I lived in Florida, I would have skipped primary day. Why waste my time? This is situational dynamics tainting results in the worst way. If this were a scientific study, these states would have been scrapped as sources of bad data. Instead, this is politics and we're somehow stuck with them. It almost makes me miss the good old days of the hanging chad.
Even if I were a Clinton supporter, I would not want these votes counted. Yes, the party-faithful in these states got screwed. Yes, an angry mob should run their committees out of town with pitchforks & torches. I recommend driving them into the Gulf & Lake Michigan. Rules, last time I checked, are rules. They were told not to vote early but they did anyway. The whole thing makes "us" look bad. We do want to win the election in Nov, right?!?
The only fair and just way to count these votes was (and still is) a recount. Yes, even a recount would be skewed by the events causing a different mix of voters. But, it's a lot better than the tainted, partial vote & divisive compromise we have now.
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Actually all the delegates are being seated but they are only counting each vote as 1/2.
You wouldn't want the nice party muckety-mucks to not come to the party, would you?
So, each delegate is from these two states are being treated like 1/2 a person? I guess it's better than 2/5. Hope nobody catches that unfortunate comparison.
Actually no. It is that their vote is equal to 1/2 of any other delegates' vote.
The distinction is important because you must remember that all politics is local.
The DNC couldn't seat just some of the delegates. These are real people and mostly people in power in their particular areas of states in question. The last thing the DNC wanted to do was piss them off more than necessary.
Would you want to be the person to say that the Mayor of Bumblef*** Florida couldn't attend the big party in Denver but the Comptroller of Florida could? That sets up bad feelings in the state and could undermine things even more.
The delegates are there for a big party for the Party. It is a HUGE networking experience. No one wants to miss out...this isn't about getting their votes counted (except for the diehard Clinton supportors). It is about getting to go to the convention.
What it's really about and what it's reported as being are two completely different things. You assessment was my take on it for a long while. Media hype portrays it completely differently. And the media controls our society now.
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