Monday, August 4, 2008

This Floridian-turned-PUMA says NO DEAL to opportunist-in-chief

The One has graciously asked the DNC Credentials Committee to reinstate the delegations of Florida and Michigan and restore their voting power in full:
“As we prepare to come together in Denver, however, we must be -- and will be -- united in our determination to change the course of our nation. To that end, Democrats in Florida and Michigan must know that they are full partners and colleagues in our historic mission to reshape Washington and lead our country in a new direction. Accordingly, I ask that the credentials committee... pass a resolution that would entitle each delegate from Florida and Michigan to cast a full vote."
Thanks Barack! How generous of you to allow us wayward voters back under the big tent just in time to witness the circus and spectacle of your coronation! I’m so glad that we can be considered “full partners and colleagues” now that the primaries are over and you have nothing to lose from our votes being counted. You are the very embodiment of voter rights and political courage!

Hey Barry, you know when a statement like this would have been helpful? During the primary season when it still mattered. Or on May 31 at the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee hearing. Just sayin’.

Seriously, Senator Sweetie, if you didn’t want our votes while they were still meaningful, and, you know, could actually affect the outcome of the race, why should you expect that we give them to you now?

You shouldn’t.

You allowed us to be shut out of our party’s nominating process simply because the results weren’t in your favor.

You could have held revotes to make us whole.

You could have allowed the RBC to recognize the primary results and grant the delegates full voting power back in May.

You did neither. Instead, you did what was politically expedient and were rewarded for it by getting votes and delegates that you didn’t earn.

Thanks, but no thanks. This Floridian says NO DEAL, and she has a suggestion on where you should stick that olive branch.