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Rageneau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 10:48 PM
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2. If the DNC signs off on this and Obama won't, he is refusing to play by the rules.
Obamaniacs continually make the false assertion that Hillary wants to 'change' the rules she agreed to.

But that's misleading, because HRC had no choice BUT to agree to the rules the DNC made, even though those rules hurt her badly. It was NEVER Hillary's idea not to let Florida or Michigan vote. She supported both states' assertions that they have the right to set their own primary dates, regardless of what DNC party insiders want.

Thus, she has abided by the rules as they were set, even though she thinks those rules are unfair, and even though those rules damaged her chances of winning.

If the DNC now stages a new Michigan primary, that means the rules have been changed by the same party that changed them in the first place. That makes the new rules completely legitimate, and if Obama doesn't want to abide by them, then it is HE, not Hillary, who doesn't want to play by the rules.


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