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To: Recall
I don’t understand how it would be legal to seat them? You can’t change the rules you all agreed to at the beginning when you realize your losing (unless your under six).

I agree.
Everyone knew the rules going in.
It isn't fair to change the rules by seating the delegates or to have a do-over election either.

This is the typical democrat approach to life - if you don't like a rule, a law or a tradition you just twist it, stomp on it, ignore it, or manipulate it until you get the result you want.

A do-over election isn't fair because the situation and voter attitudes have changed since the original election date.
Back then voter percept ons and attitudes were different, there were more than two candidates running for the nomination and the votes were spread among them.
Today with only Hillary and Obama running and fighting over the nomination down to the wire the vote would be entirely different.

And what would happen if the outcome changed significantly and one candidate lost a lot of delegates?
Wouldn't they want to challenge the do-over? File a lawsuit?

In Florida eight candidates names were on the ballot and the playing field was level - none of the candidates had campaigned in the state.
Here are the original Florida results.
You can see why Hillary would like the delegates seated.

Florida Democratic Presidential Primary

Clinton -- votes: 870,986 -- delegates: 105
Obama -- votes: 576,214 -- delegates 67
Edwards -- votes: 251,562 -- delegates 13
Gravel -- votes: 5,275 -- delegates: 0
* Biden -- votes: 15,704 -- delegates: 0
* Richardson -- votes: 14,999 -- delegates: 0
* Kucinich -- votes: 9,703 -- delegates: 0
* Dodd -- votes: 5,477 -- delegates: 0
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Total votes: 1,749,920 Total delegates: 185

* Biden, Richardson, Kucinich and Dodd had dropped out before the Florida election but their names were still on the ballot.
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26 posted on 03/08/2008 3:02:34 AM PST by Iron Munro (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.)
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To: Iron Munro

while Hillary did not campaign in Florida. She had the Teachers unions do it for her. She is a cheater but no surprise. As for the many votes in Florida, they had a property tax amemdment on the ballot thats the only reason so many dems voted.


27 posted on 03/08/2008 3:06:52 AM PST by scooby321
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To: Iron Munro

Just substitute The Constitution for The Democrat primary rules and the reaction to something in it they dont like and you get the Gist of the democrat style of running the Government.
This is where you get abortion as a right ,separation of church and state ,affirmative action,Multiculturism ,you get the Idea


44 posted on 03/08/2008 6:04:24 AM PST by ballplayer
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To: Iron Munro

She is bent on being president by hook or crook. She could care less that in the process she is destroying her own party. I have been reading about all kinds of possible fraud in the elections. Funny how no black people in Harlem voted for Hillary, and now I hear they are calling some of the voters in Texas to see if they wrote Hillarys name in.
They had three people who said No, Hillary was not their choice.


49 posted on 03/08/2008 11:23:50 PM PST by Recall
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