Posted on 02/12/2008 12:48:28 PM PST by SmithL
WASHINGTON — A prominent civil rights leader has told the Democratic National Committee that refusing to seat delegates from Florida and Michigan would disenfranchise both states' minority communities.
In a Feb. 8 letter to DNC Chairman Howard Dean, NAACP chairman Julian Bond expressed "great concern at the prospect that million of voters in Michigan and Florida could ultimately have their votes completely discounted." Refusing to seat the states' delegations could remind voters of the "sordid history of racially discriminatory primaries," he said.
The DNC penalized Michigan and Florida for moving their primaries to earlier dates in violation of party rules. Both states were stripped of their delegates, and the party's presidential candidates signed a pledge not to campaign in either state. Florida lost 185 delegates; Michigan, 128.
Since then, facing the prospect of a drawn-out delegate battle with Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign has pushed hard for both states' delegations to be seated. Clinton won Florida's primary Jan. 29 and Michigan's Jan. 15, but was the only candidate to appear on the Michigan ballot after the other candidates removed their names.
In an interview, Bond said the NAACP had taken no position in the race between Clinton and Obama and would not endorse either candidate. He sent the letter on behalf of the voters in Michigan and especially Florida, where the Republican-controlled legislature and governor changed the state's primary date.
"It struck me as making the voters, including minority voters in Florida particularly, victims of the Republican legislature . . .
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Looks like the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People isn’t.
NAALCP once again, prostituting itself for the Clintons.
You just can’t make this crap up. The dems are really showing their socialists selves for all to see.
How can they fairly apportion these delegates, when the candidates were instructed to not campaign in these states? It seems that since Hillary Clinton violated that instruction, that she should forfeit any rights to such delegates.
well, get popcorn.
Maybe somehow he has a point if Florida’s Republican governor changed the date. But what about the Dems. in Michigan, why did they move their date up like that? There’s a Dem. governor in Michigan.
I think any change would be called “rigging the election”.
Why isn't Julian Bond talking about how the primary in that state disinfranchised minority (and other) voters??
Funny how Bond characterizes it as so much worse when done by the state with a Republican legislature than the state with the Democratic one.
How could the decision to disqualify these delegates affect minorities any more than "non-minorities"?
And so it begins.
Hillary is going to get those pilgrims seated. This is going to backfire on her.
If the Michigan and Florida delegations are seated, you know that the fix is well and truly in. Hillary’s name was the only one on the Michigan ballot, and she still almost lost. For this, she is entitled to the delegates?
There are no delegates from Florida or Michigan. There were no primaries therefore no delegates.
The elections held are meaningless since they did not comply with DNC rules.
Yep, Julian Bond doesn’t want to remind voters about the history of racially discriminatory primaries that occurred in the days of the Democrats ruling the southern states.
And the Wench was the only one on the ballot.
Sleaze extreme.
“A prominent civil rights leader has told the Democratic National Committee that refusing to seat delegates from Florida and Michigan would disenfranchise both states’ minority communities.”
I was wondering how long the DNC was going to get a ‘pass’ on this decision. Apparently today’s Democrats aren’t too big on democracy.
That’s what I’m thinking. Maybe they should hold the primary again. Wonder if that beast would feel the same way if the outcome was just a little bit different?
National Association for the Advancement of Clinton to the Presidency.
Julian Bond blaming Republicans again. The NAACP is trying to give cover for Hillary should she win by the Super Delegates.
Absolutely not. If Hillary’s lackeys try to pull this, the Obama people should force MI and FL to hold their primaries again, since the first ones were not deemed valid by the DNC for choosing candidates and the only candidate breaking the rules by campaigning there was Hillary. If Obama caves on this, he’s not strong enough to be President of the USA.
Coupled with the guy “coming forward” with the drug and gay sex allegation with B. Hussein Osama, er, Obama from 1999, we can well and truly say that the ‘toons are at it again.
National Association for the Advancement of Clinton People.......the NAACP should not even be involved in this issue.....but, then again, they are known for overstepping boundaries.....
If these two states were to hold elections now, Hillary would be flattened like she was hit by a steamroller. Hey, it might be useful, getting her wrinkled yellow suit pressed. (Not to mention her wrinkled face.)
By party rules, they do not have to apportion these delegates, as the delegates will not be seated. As for Hillary, she is above all rules and laws, so she should not be affected by any party disciplinary measures.
Also, note that Mr. Bond did not mention the affiliation of all those discriminatory primaries. Wonder why??? Brought to you by Democrats, the party of Dred Scott, the Ku Klux Klan and Jim Crow.
‘Maybe somehow he has a point if Florida’s Republican governor changed the date.’
Isn’t “change” supposed to be worshipped?
Didnt Rush say the other day she would find a way to steal it?
If only Julian Bond and the NAACP knew what Hillary calls blacks in the privacy of her own home.
lesse, don’t count the military vote, count all votes for Pat Buchanan as votes for AlGore (because they couldn’t possibly have voted for PB), recount cherry picked counties, substitute a new candidate for the old one when it becomes clear that the old one can’t possibly win.....
And now change the way delegates are counted. Tell me again, why I should vote for the Democratic Party?
Amen to that!
While I fully expected there to be a push to get the Florida and Michigan delegates seated, I did NOT see it coming from the NAACLP.
This will only fracture the dems further. It will separate old blacks from young blacks. This will completely discredit the NAACLP by both blacks and whites.
The Clintons must really be turning the screws pretty hard.
Obama has to win by a number greater than the number of MI/FL delegates and super delegates in order to win this thing. He just may do that, though.
A very good conclusion. This may be fun to watch.
Now this is the fun part :)
The other candidates were not there. The delegates should not be allowed for Hillary’s benefit alone.
This is a Good Thing! Hillary won both states, Obama wasn’t even on the Michigan ballot. We will beat Clinton in November!
If the Dem’s are going through this much trouble to screw up their own primary and convention, I can only wonder what they have in store for us in November...
Who’d think that the NAACP would try to thwart a black man getting a major party presidential nomination?
They should disenfranchise the NAACP
Did I miss something in this list of events?
1. DNC warns FL and other states, “Don’t move up your primaries, or you will lose your delegates at the convention.”
2. FL and some other states move up their primaries in defiance of the DNC.
3. DNC duly announces that such states’ delegates shall NOT be credentialed/ seated.
4. ALL major Dem candidates, including Hillary, agree IN WRITING that the DNC’s decision is binding. They agree further not to campaign in the blacklisted states.
5. Hillary wins in blacklisted states. (She also campaigned in FL, after pledging in writing not to do so.)
6. Now SOMmmmmmmmmme folks are trying to get the overwhelmingly Hillary-supporting delegates from those states seated.
Cui bono? (Pardon my Latin)
The pubbie governor had no say in when the RATs hold their prinmary. South Carolina had the pubbies on a Tuesday and the RATS on a Saturday. The RATs set their own date. It's more pimping by juli bonds, he so wants to lewinsky bill.
“Who’d think that the NAACP would try to thwart a black man getting a major party presidential nomination?”
Wow...that didn’t occur to me. Wow...
This is definitely an attempt to try and shift the news from Obama’s expected victories today. Hillary will claim that if the delegates from MI & FL count then despite today’s results, she still leads the delegate count.
Another black-on-black crime
I know we are (mostly Republicans here), but better Clinton than Obama- Better the “devil” you know, than the “devil” you don’t..
She’s less liberal than him (I believe)!
No one other than Clinton X2 campaigned, knowing that the delegate’s wouldn’t count. The fix IS in. Boom..shackah..lackah..lackah!
Poppycock! What a load of irrationality! Earth to Julian Bond, earth to Julian Bond - the primaries are a selection process which follows the rules of the party. Republicans had nothing to do with any decisions the DNC made or did not make regarding their party's primary/caucus.
I cannot wait for the eventual play out of Bill Clinton pulling every string in the universe to get Hillary nominated. And you know the shenanigans that this will mean with respect to the super delegates.
Please back of the semi-load of popcorn!
Weren’t these the rules the dems made up for themselves? How is it a Republican problem?
Very true. And those who voted (and those who decided not to vote) were informed that no delegates would be seated from their states. The results are invalid. Now, they could always have a do over in Florida and Michigan, and seat the delegates based upon THAT vote. Then again, that makes too much sense. I wonder if the MSM will ever notice that it is the Dems who create these voting scandals? (Doubtful)
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