Clinton Asks Obama's Pledged Delegates to Switch

[keep_it_real]

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Sen. Hillary Clinton made a blunt appeal to North Dakota delegates to switch their support to her, despite the fact that Sen. Barack Obama handily defeated her in the state's caucus in February.

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Clinton made it clear to North Dakota Democrats last night that she believes there is no such thing as a pledged delegate and highlighted that stubborn streak in her appeal for delegates to switch from Obama to her when the Democratic national party holds its nominating convention this August.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=4596305&page=1

[GarbagemanLB]

1. but the people in FL and MI HAVE TO BE HEARD!!!!

:rofl: :rofl:

[HockeyMom]

14. I will be heard all right

I will sit home come November.

[ericgtr]

2. Witch sides or I'll kick your ass!

She is pathetic and going to ruin herself like this.

[Cooley Hurd]

3. And there it is...

Shameless, undemocratic, in all its misery.:thumbsdown:

[bluestateguy]

4. She has the right to ask

And I'm glad she did, because that will only strengthen the delegates' resolve to show up and vote for Obama.

[ericgtr]

6. Excellent point

this is exactly the type of thing that has her negatives at an all time high.

[99th_Monkey]

7. I guess I disagree that she has the right to ask pledged delegates to vote against The Voters

you know, we the people who elected them to support Obama.

It reeks of desperation though, for her to even ask in the first place, regardless of whether she "has a right" to ask.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

18. Yes, she has the right to ask

but it really does call into question whether she really cares about the will of the voters. Not that we didn't know this already, but it's that much more obvious now that all her noise about FL and MI voters being disenfranchised wasn't sincere.

[still_one]

5. For the very reason you gave, Obama "handily defeated her", why would they do it?

[99th_Monkey]

10. I'd certainly hate to be one of Barak's pledge delegates if they DID switch to Hillary

especially when they return to their respective states to face the voters who entrusted them
to support the voter's choice.

[still_one]

22. I hear ya, I just don't think they will do it. It is a very rare occurence when a delegate

changes their vote from who they are suppossed to vote for

It would also guarentee our loss in November, because the party would go nuts

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[jaysunb]

9. I'm glad she did & hope she keeps doing it.

I want the whole world to see these people ( Clintons ) for who they really are. :evilfrown:

[Hieronymus]

11. Hillary has lost all semblance of integrity.

[C_U_L8R]

12. Did it get a laugh?

[maddiejoan]

13. What?

She can't ask?

:shrug:

[tabatha]

21. only if she did not say that people's votes/voices should be heard...

[wileedog]

24. Uh, no, she can't

Well actually I mean she can, but then again I can also ask a widow to sleep with me at the funeral of her husband.

Its technically kosher, she's not married anymore right?

But maybe not the best form.....

[MannyGoldstein]

15. The Brittney Spears Of Politics Today

Just nuts.

[Yael]

17. Brittney Spears, Tanya Harding, Forrest Gump

At some point, she will be so far beyond National Disgrace that we will start comparing people to HER.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

19. Naomi Campbell: The Hillary Clinton of the modelling world

:hide:

[woolldog]

16. She doesn't want to disenfranchise Florida and Michigan voters

but she doesn't mind disenfranchising the voters of ALL other states by saying that pledge delegates should switch to support her.

What a hypocrite.

[Samantha]

20. Desperate times call for desperate acts

and she is definitely desperate. These acts give us all an idea, despite the things she and Bill say, of the status of the situation. She is definitely losing in this quest and is grabbing for whatever lifeline she perceives might be available. I am hoping none of Obama's pledged delegates perceive themselves to be "available."

[Zhade]

23. LOL!

Yeah, right. Never gonna happen.