What a hypocrite: Clinton Campaign Chair Threatened to Strip Michigan of Delegates in 2004

[dkf]

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., has staked her path to the Democratic nomination on the officially illegitimate contests held in Michigan and Florida somehow being recognized, in opposition to Democratic National Committee rules.

What's so remarkable about this is that two of the Clinton campaign's most important strategists have in the past taken the stand that these states should abide by the DNC's instructions -- even if that meant stripping them of their delegates.

In direct contrast to the positions they hold now.

Senior strategist Harold Ickes as a DNC Rules Committee member in 2007 voted -- along with the other 11 Clinton supporters on the 30-member committee -- to strip Michigan and Florida of their delegates as punishment for disobeying the DNC primary calendar schedule.

Ickes now is a leader of the "count Michigan and Florida" rhetoric coming from the Clinton campaign, despite his previous position.

Now comes this curious find, on Daily Kos.

It turns out that irrepressible Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe once -- when he was DNC chairman -- threatened to strip Michigan of delegates if that state's Democrats carried out their long-time goal of disobeying the DNC calendar.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/clinton-campa-1.html

[krawhitham]

1. K&R

[nebula]

2. Hypocrisy is her middle name

Lying is second nature to the Clinton campaign, like breathing.

[Zachstar]

3. Glad to see this getting out.

[LaurenG]

4. I think politics really does show people for who they really are

there is an old saying "when you squeeze an orange you get orange juice and when you squeeze a person, it is then that you'll see who they really are."

We go around excusing the candidates for their nastiness instead of calling them out on it.

:shrug:

[nebula]

5. When you squeeze a Clinton

you get pus, like when you squeeze a zit.

[ForeignSpectator]

6. Eew, thx I was eating...

:puke:

[nebula]

7. I feel the same way

every time Bill or Hillary opens their mouth.

[ForeignSpectator]

10. You know what?

Sshh, come close..."me too"

But since this was no video thread I thought I was safe... until you came. ;)

[KaptBunnyPants]

8. That was different.

Counting Michigan didn't benefit him politically at the time.

[Forkboy]

9. I'm betting that even Florida and Michigan voters are smart enough to see how she's just using them.

To her they're pawns. Her, and many of her supporters, simply didn't give a shit about their votes until they needed them.

[dkf]

11. Actually, if we give Michigan and Florida 1/2 their delegates we will have remade

the entire primary season in their favor for perpetuity.

They can now be the first primaries and still have more delegate clout than all the current early states.

In fact, all the big states could move up knowing that the penalty really isn't very significant.

The party needs to not seat them at all, or there will be permanent future chaos.

[ForeignSpectator]

12. Lesson of the bush years, if the law doesn't count anything...

...fuck rules, no consequences after all.

[slinkerwink]

13. kicking for hypocrisy