May 31, 2008
WELL, IT IS A PARTY PREDICATED ON THE IDEA...
Officials Say Fla., Mich. Delegates Will Get Half-Votes (NEDRA PICKLER, 5/31/08, The Associated Press)
Democratic Party leaders agreed Saturday seat Michigan and Florida delegates with half votes into this summer's convention with a compromise that left Barack Obama on the verge of the nomination but riled Hillary Rodham Clinton backers who threatened to fight to the August convention."Hijacking four delegates is not a good way to start down the path of party unity," said adviser Harold Ickes.
...that some people aren't fully human... Posted by Orrin Judd at May 31, 2008 9:19 PM
The party who 8 years ago had the slogan "count every vote" now can't even count them as three-fifths of one.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at May 31, 2008 10:20 PMThe strangest part is that Obama got a heap of free delegates out of Michigan, despite the fact that nobody there voted for him.
Posted by: Timothy at June 1, 2008 7:24 AMIt's amazing to watch how the Dems abuse their own voters year after year. This gerry-rigged half vote (your vote sort of counts) and giving one candidate votes they never got (hey, we'll tell YOU who you voted for!), as a great view into the soul of the Democratic Party - they're Commies! Heaven help us if they win in November.
Posted by: KRS at June 1, 2008 10:04 AM