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rocketScience (not verified) says:
To Truth Teller ~
GET REAL!
By your own argument, "It is ridiculous for Obama supporters to insist that the "voters" in those states DESERVE to lose their voice because the State Party Organizations broke some rules...." your anger is misplaced. You are requesting that Howard Dean and the credentials committee play fair. They are playing fair. They adhering to the rules set down prior and agreed to by all parties.
Barack Obama didn't make the rules. Barack Obama didn't tell your state's party organization to ignore the rules set down and AGREED TO by all parties (including Hillary Clinton!) Your beef doesn't lie with Barack Obama, Howard Dean, the National Democratic party or even Hillary Clinton for that matter. Your beef should be with your state party officials who ignored the rules and went ahead and did as they pleased knowing full well what the consequences would be. To claim that somehow this is tied to the fact that the candidate winning at the moment (Obama) is black is disgusting. Would you make this claim if the leading candidate were asian? jewish? catholic? hindu? I doubt it.
To say that you and the voters of your state have had their "voice" taken away is false. You have not had your voice (ie, your vote) taken from you. Were you barred from the polling place on primary voting day? No. Will you be barred from your polling place on general election day in November? Of course not. What IS being done is that your state's delegates will not be allowed seating and balloting rights at the national convention due to the fact that YOUR STATE PARTY ORGANIZATION ignored the agreed to rules if they chose to proceed with primary voting early. Don't blame Barack Obama because the candidate you have chosen to support is not winning. Your anger and frustration are misplaced.
To Truth Teller ~
GET REAL!
By your own argument, "It is ridiculous for Obama supporters to insist that the "voters" in those states DESERVE to lose their voice because the State Party Organizations broke some rules...." your anger is misplaced. You are requesting that Howard Dean and the credentials committee play fair. They are playing fair. They adhering to the rules set down prior and agreed to by all parties.
Barack Obama didn't make the rules. Barack Obama didn't tell your state's party organization to ignore the rules set down and AGREED TO by all parties (including Hillary Clinton!) Your beef doesn't lie with Barack Obama, Howard Dean, the National Democratic party or even Hillary Clinton for that matter. Your beef should be with your state party officials who ignored the rules and went ahead and did as they pleased knowing full well what the consequences would be. To claim that somehow this is tied to the fact that the candidate winning at the moment (Obama) is black is disgusting. Would you make this claim if the leading candidate were asian? jewish? catholic? hindu? I doubt it.
To say that you and the voters of your state have had their "voice" taken away is false. You have not had your voice (ie, your vote) taken from you. Were you barred from the polling place on primary voting day? No. Will you be barred from your polling place on general election day in November? Of course not. What IS being done is that your state's delegates will not be allowed seating and balloting rights at the national convention due to the fact that YOUR STATE PARTY ORGANIZATION ignored the agreed to rules if they chose to proceed with primary voting early. Don't blame Barack Obama because the candidate you have chosen to support is not winning. Your anger and frustration are misplaced.