As Democrats pivot toward the general election, there is still the unfinished business of the Michigan and Florida delegations. A point that Bill Clinton recently made on the campaign trail:
All [Hillary] has ever asked for is that everybody vote, that we count the voters that show up, this is about the people not the mechanism. If you wanna punish them fine, but don't pretend they don't exist. And don't pretend it didn't happen. And don't pretend that she wasn't willing to let them vote again and help them raise the money to let them vote again.
It's self-serving since Hillary desperately needs those votes and delegates. That said, it's mindboggling that Democrats are having a hissy-fit over HBO's dramatization of the 2000 Florida election debacle but are largely silent as voters in Michigan and Florida are disenfranchised and their voices silenced in this history-making primary season.
Democrats think Warren Christopher is unfairly portrayed as a wimp. Well, he was a wimp compared to James Baker who oversaw the Bush team's scorched earth strategy.
For more than a year, I lived and breathed the Florida election drama as the writer and producer of the documentary, "Counting on Democracy." One of Baker's Miami-Dade County street fighters, Roger Stone, told me:
I went there immediately after the election. Until I got there, it wasn't clear what our strategy would be or what the Democrats' strategy would be. It became clearer that once they chose not to challenge and ask for a recount in every county, that their strategy was simple. And that was to take that vast number of spoiled ballots which were not clearly and legally executed for Al Gore and convert them to Gore votes by divine intuition.The whole world knows how well that strategy worked out.
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By: Ms. Unique on 5/17/2008 10:02AM
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By: Greg Jones on 5/19/2008 10:14AM
Tomorrow is a big primary day in both Kentucky and Oregon. Although Clinton is expected to win Kentucky, Obama drew a record crowd at a rally in Oregon of 75,000 (and they say he can't draw white support). Following tomorrow, Obama is expected to declare his nomination (victory). That is when our work begins. We MUST help make sure that EVERY eligible black person REGISTERS TO VOTE. The Black vote has made the difference in these primaries...and the Black vote will surely make the difference in November. Help your friends, family and associates register to vote. EVERY Black should not only vote, but should make certain they are a part of this incredibly historic occurance.
Visit: www.Blacks4Barack.org
Say It Loud...BARACK & I'M PROUD !!!!!!!!!!!
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