Wait. WHAT?

[geekchick]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/05/clinton-evokes.html
http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/05/her-own-private.html

[...]Hillary Clinton compared the plight of Zimbabweans in their recent fraudulent election to the uncounted votes of Michigan and Florida voters saying it is wrong when “people go through the motions of an election only to have them discarded and disregarded.”

“We’re seeing that right now in Zimbabwe," Clinton explained. "Tragically, an election was held, the president lost, they refused to abide by the will of the people,” Clinton told the crowd of senior citizens at a retirement community in south Florida.

Yes, indeed. The situation with Michigan and Florida's primary shenanigans is JUST LIKE what's going on in Zimbabwe.

Comments

[agnosticoracle.livejournal.com]

My sister lives in Florida, she was telling me the other day that "militias have killed eight people and wounded 30 others in the past two days." No that wasn't it. Oh yeah, she was complaining that it might cost a lot to fix her sail boat. So I understand how it is easy to mix things up like that. =)

[tisiphone.livejournal.com]

Yeah, because disenfranchisement sure is nicer when it's procedural instead of at the point of a gun.

[agnosticoracle.livejournal.com]

Don't tell that to me, tell that to the Florida legislature.

[crouchback.livejournal.com]

I have this odd memory of a time when Hillary Clinton agreed to that disenfranchisement. It wasn't too long ago, either.

Tell me, do you think that the Clinton campaign, or her supporters, would care at all about counting Florida and Michigan if she had a lead over Obama?

[tisiphone.livejournal.com]

No, but I think that if Obama had won those states and Clinton had a lead, the push to count those states would be coming from him.

[crouchback.livejournal.com]

I won't disagree with that.

But it still wouldn't make that push worth considering.

It's not like either of them didn't know what they were getting into when they agreed to the party's rules. Obama went a bit farther than Clinton did and was not on the ballot in Michigan-I seriously doubt Hillary Clinton would have done as well in the state if he'd been there.

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

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Oh no, she didn't!
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She did. *sigh*

You know, a few months ago I was on the fence as to which one I really wanted to support. HRC's campaign has cured me of that indecision. I mean, yes, if she ends up with the nomination, she'll get my vote, but I will still be pissed about it.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* I love it...