Hillary Compares Michigan And Florida Delegate Fight To Civil Rights Movement?
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Florida, Hillary, MichiganShe didn’t, did she?
“In Florida, you learned the hard way what happens when your votes aren’t counted and the candidate with fewer votes is declared the winner,” she said. “The lesson of 2000 here in Florida is crystal clear: if any votes aren’t count, the will of the people isn’t realized and our democracy is diminished.”Clinton, at times sounding like a modern history professor, praised the abolitionists, suffragettes and civil rights pioneers and talked about her own efforts to fight legislative redistricting and voter identification initiatives that she said dilute minority voting power.
“This work to extend the franchise to all of our citizens is a core mission of the modern Democratic party,” she said. “From signing the Voting Rights Act and fighting racial discrimination at the ballot box to lowering the voting age so those old enough to fight and die in war would have the right to choose their commander in chief, to fighting for multi-lingual ballots so you can make your voice heard no matter what language you speak.”
Yeah, boy, it’s JUST like all of those scenarios. Great comparisons Hill…*sigh*
I think it’s obvious that Clinton’s campaign is now pretty much constructed on Democrats’ naivete. That’s all this is. And for those who don’t pay attention and haven’t heard her previously agree that Florida and Michigan’s delegates shouldn’t count, all of this sounds stirring I’m sure.
So to all of you who fall into the group I’ll reiterate that she only started talking about Florida and Michigan when it was clear she was running into trouble. And then she really ramped up the rhetoric when Obama started racking up wins in those post-Super Tuesday states she had ignored because her campaign thought the contest would be over by then. And that’s the only reason folks. It’s on the record and her actions are clearly transparent.
In short, she’s playing very intellectually dishonest politics and that means she’s essentially lying to her supporters, the media, etc. Very discouraging, but there it is.
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May 21st, 2008 at 9:06 pm
[...] Re: Is Hilary being edged out? Earlier in the week, I predicted Clinton would leave the race by this Friday. What was I thinking? There is no way that is going to happen. I was just reading about how Clinton is out on the trail comparing Michigan and Florida not being seated to the civil rights struggle and abolitionism. What an entirely insane and absurd analogy. Seriously, at some point enough spineless superdelegates are going to have to step up and end this thing. If I was Obama, I would call her bluff and push to seat the Florida and Michigan delegations in full. The funny thing is that her entire argument is just nonsense, even with Florida and Michigan’s delegates she still loses. She is desperately clinging, but I still can’t quite figure out why. The best reason I can think of is just to turn so many women against Obama’s campaign that he loses the general as a result. The other day Bill Clinton was out on the stump claiming Hillary was the victim of "blatant sexism" from the Obama campaign. You be the judge as to what the hell that is all about. Donklephant Blog Archive Hillary Compares Michigan And Florida Delegate Fight To Civil Rights Moveme… [...]
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:07 am
[...] Justin Gardner writes: I think it’s obvious that Clinton’s campaign is now pretty much constructed on Democrats’ naivete. That’s all this is. And for those who don’t pay attention and haven’t heard her previously agree that Florida and Michigan’s delegates shouldn’t count, all of this sounds stirring I’m sure. [...]