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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 08:57 PM Original message |
There is a far greater disenfranchsiment if Florida is seated |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think you have a good point, however, the people who did not vote |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I Agree That A Better Decision Should Have Been Made |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I agree. The whole thing stinks. But, as you said, the rules are the rules. |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I'd Go Along With That |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. "Do over!" :) .... n/t |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. I like the idea of a re-vote n/t |
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DaLittle Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
55. SEAT NOOO DELEGATES... BOTH CANDIDATES VIOLATED THE Agreement! |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. People should not have to upset their daily schedult to participate |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Why was there a record turnout? |
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NoBorders (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. People were coming out to vote on an important property tax initiative |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. And? |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. What about people who did not own property? |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Did they not have the right to vote? |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. They were told the cote woulod not matter...By the stte...By the party |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. So, in other words, they were not denied the right or opportunity. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Thet were told thatit would not count towards nominating the next nomiee |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Did you not know that people turned up at their polling places on Feb 5th to vote? That Floridians |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Its going to be hard to keep Hillary and her crew from stealing this nomination |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh Come on guys... |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. But The Candidates Didn't Get To Campaign There And |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. He campaigned there... |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Hillary Went In Person |
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ArkySue (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. Hillary DID NOT CAMPAIGN there |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Of course they do. but given the peole who did not show up |
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UALRBSofL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Perky I don't know where you got the idea we were told our votes didn't count |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Oh Please... People were told that Florida lost their delegates. |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. We Floridians were told last August that it was going to be just "a beauty contest." |
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thoughtcrime1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
59. Lie |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. there was a Constitutional Amendment on property taxes |
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jab105 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. The ONLY solution is to have a caucus for those two states at the end. n/t |
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ArkySue (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
46. NO CAUCUSES!! |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sure let's stand on formality |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. No, it was the highest turnout of democratic voters in FL history |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. does not matter if 17 or 1.7 Million voted |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. people can't vote in primaries all the time |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. They DID have the "right to vote" |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. and you are ingnoring th cact that every floridian who cvted or did not vote |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Once again, if you can demonstrate how people in Florida |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. They were told it would not count. That is all that matters. |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. If that's all that matters... |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. I never used "right to vote" |
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UALRBSofL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. OK, then in the GE we'll be sure not to turn out since our vote doesn't count |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
50. What A Crock Of Shit. |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. if Fl delegates are seated, then the DEM party colluded with Billary n/t |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. If The FL Delegates Aren't Seated, Then Obama Is An Alien Clone Here To Eat Our Children. |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. If the DNC allows FLA or MI to be seated... |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. It would also mean lawsuits from the disenfranchised Floridian |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. But we won't know if the votes really count until the convention? |
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mohc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. One of the great tragedies |
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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
30. A little more information about Florida's election |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. They were told the election was meaningless becuase the DNC has stripped FL |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
33. This makes too much sense |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
40. #1 It is incorrect for you to say everyone understood that the votes would not count |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
42. I think having new primaries would be the best solution |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
45. there was only one candidates commericals coming into Fla and those were for Obama. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. So what? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
48. There was an incredibly important property tax vote on that ballot |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
49. Oh What Utter Bullshit. |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
54. I know what is going on in DC do they not understand the word democracy. It should be re-voted. |
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