See Ya Dubya

OK, so is it me or does it seem that Hillary is grasping at straws to build her delegate count? As soon as Obama pulled ahead of her in the count, she started calling for the Michigan and Florida primaries to count. If it’s truly important to her, she should have been calling for it earlier while she was still ahead in the count. Or even better she should have tried to convince the Democratic party in those states to follow the rules so that their votes would count when the primary dates were being set. They all knew going into those primaries that the votes and delegates wouldn’t count, but she couldn’t be bothered with it until she fell behind.

There has been fairly consistent coverage of her demands (not requests, mind you, but demands) In the latest CNN Article, she’s quoted as saying the results in both states are “fair”. Maybe someone ought to get Hillary a dictionary.

While I admit I want the weakest Democratic nominee as possible to run against McCain, but let’s not throw fairness and common decency out the window. There are a couple of reasons why those primaries shouldn’t be counted now:

1. Let’s start with the obvious… there are consequences for actions. Neither state’s Democratic Party played by the rules. They knew what the consequences would be scheduling their primaries early, but they went ahead and did it anyway. Fairness dictates they should live with the consequences of their actions. If Democrats in Florida and Michigan have a problem with it, they need to become more active in their party to prevent it from happening again.
2. Obama wasn’t even on the Michigan ballot because of the sanctions against the Michigan Democratic Party by the DNC; and he didn’t campaign in either state. He was paying attention to the rules and their consequences; and decided to use his resources elsewhere as any decent strategist would. That alone would make counting Michigan votes now unfair, no matter what Hillary says.

If Hillary truly wanted fairness in this matter, she would abide by the decisions already made by the DNC.

However, if the Democratic Parties in these states call for a new primary there are a couple of things that should be required:

1. Both candidates should be on the ballots and campaigning in those states. That’s the only way for the voters in those states to truly have their voices heard. Only one candidate on the ballot when two or more are running is no way to have voices heard.
2. No taxpayer funds at all should be used to pay for the do-over vote. The Democratic Parties in Michigan & Florida are the ones who messed it up, so they should be the ones to pay for fixing it.

Like I said earlier, if Hillary was truly interested in fairness, she would have, and should have taken action prior to the primaries, and definitely before she fell behind in the delegate count. This whiney, pre-adolescent crying “it isn’t fair” when things don’t go her way is no way for a presidential candidate to act. I wonder if she learned that tactic from Al Gore. Hmmm…

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