Don't blame Florida for the delegate problems.... [View All]

[Blue State Bandit]

I have the highest respect for my Floridian friends. I've spent a lot of time in Kissimmee, Daytona, and Ebor City. No blame should be sat on the doorsteps of the rank and file Sunshine State voters. They've been through enough ridicule and electoral repression.

It is my hope that Florida can show it's political prowess in the GE with the help of the entire National Democratic Party. But the primaries have been fouled up. If we deny your delegates, Florida is disenfranchised, but if they are counted as they are, the country itself will be disenfranchised.

It's a catch 22, and the only remedy that I see is either a caucus (money and time) or a proportional division using the national popular vote. Beyond that, all I can say is that I am truly sorry for the situation that Florida, as well as Michigan, has found it selves in.

That being said...

This cluster-f@#k is the product of Alcee Hastings and Bill Nelson. Both supported moving up the primary, both knew what the rules were, and both are early endorsers of the Clinton Campaign.

In his speech to the convention, Nelson said the DNC edict violates voting rights of Florida Democrats. He also said it was wrong for candidates to raise money in the state while refusing to publicly campaign at rallies or conventions.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2007-10-28-democratsflorida_N.htm

It also seems that it was only "wrong" to raise money in his state when it's not "his candidate" raising the money. What's worse, is that it was he and Hastings, who flagrantly disregarded the primary rules, that not only denied Floridians the chance to be a critical stop one the road to Denver, but set the stage for this disaster that disenfranchises not only those who voted in Florida, but the rest of the country as well; the states that played fair.

If Florida had kept the date given, they would probably be the "King/Queen maker on the next Super Tuesday. Now they are the broken cog in the democratic nomination machine.

Nelson said in October last, that our party is making a tactical mistake in refusing to recognize delegates. I say it was his tactical mistake trying to throw off the math set up by Dr. Dean....

or was it?