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SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES
#8016794 - 02/13/08 09:43 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Dear Governor Dean:
I write this letter as a former Democratic candidate for President of the United States and a civil rights leader who has fought his entire life for fairness and justice for all people regardless of the color of their skin. I firmly believe that changing the rules now, and seating delegates from Florida and Michigan at this point would not only violate the Democratic party's rules of fairness, but also would be a grave injustice.
As former Presidential candidates we both know that, whether we liked them or not, we adhered to the rules set forth by the Democratic party to select its nominee for president. For example, I would have much preferred starting the nominating process with caucuses and primaries in South Carolina and Washington D.C. than Iowa and New Hampshire. Nonetheless, I knew the rules, abided by them, and ultimately accepted the consequences. Changing the rules in the middle of a presidential contest is patently unfair both to the candidates (including Senator Edwards) and to Democratic voters everywhere.
Some have said that not seating delegations from Florida and Michigan disenfranchises Democratic voters -- especially African American voters -- from those two states. That claim, if true, should have been made many months ago before the decision was made to strip these states of their delegates, and, once the decision was made, it should have been vigorously objected to and contested by those who felt it disenfranchised voters. To raise that claim now smacks of politics in its form most raw and undercuts the moral authority behind such an argument.
As a civil rights leader who is neutral in this presidential primary season and who highly respects both remaining Democratic candidates, I think we have a responsibility to protect both candidates from charges that the process was tainted so that our eventual nominee does not start the general election campaign under a cloud. Clearly, the justifiably proud and intense passions of each candidate's supporters will be on full display in the months leading up to the convention. However, the Democratic Party and independent voices within must temper over enthusiasm by either side and the party must be resolute in ensuring that there is one set of rules by which we select our nominee.
In Progress,
Reverend Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: lonestar2004]
#8016847 - 02/13/08 09:54 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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1968 Dem convention in Chicago.
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: lonestar2004]
#8017038 - 02/13/08 10:45 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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wait...someone must have ghost written this thing.
it's far too balanced and logical.
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: afoaf]
#8017049 - 02/13/08 10:47 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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right:)
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: lonestar2004]
#8017171 - 02/13/08 11:21 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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> I ... has fought his entire life for fairness and justice for all people regardless of the color of their skin
... as long as it is dark.
> The Holy Racist Al Sharpton
Yup.
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: Seuss]
#8017353 - 02/13/08 12:21 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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He is right, though.
Ooooh fuck I need to go wash my keyboard out with soap.
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: zappaisgod]
#8017383 - 02/13/08 12:28 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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sharpten can be allright... he strikes me as far more reasonable than Jackson
Sharpton will say stupid and indefensible shit, but often when you you watch him in an interview (or a debate like in 04) he comes off pretty reasonable. Maybe its a facade, but the man isn't always a raving lunatic.
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: johnm214]
#8017392 - 02/13/08 12:31 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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You don't live where I live and you haven't heard all of his shit. He makes Jackson look like an Uncle Tom. He hasn't gotten people killed with his rabble rousing racist crap.
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: zappaisgod]
#8017524 - 02/13/08 12:58 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
zappaisgod said: He is right, though.
Zappa agreeing with Al Sharpton???????
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: lonestar2004]
#8017645 - 02/13/08 01:23 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Whooda thunk it? Generally if the cocksucker said the sun came up I'd check to make sure physics were still in order. But you can't change the rules in the middle of the game. Of course, I suspect it has nothing to do with Al's principles since they are not to be found in nature. He just thinks with his skin tone.
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: zappaisgod]
#8021082 - 02/14/08 05:14 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Don't seat the delegates. Hillary Clinton wouldn't be fighting for them if her campaign wasn't on the rocks. Everything about Hillary right now smells of desperate stress. She's on the verge of a nervous breakdown I think.
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: fireworks_god]
#8021086 - 02/14/08 05:19 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Exactly. While it's absurd that they were taken away to begin with, it would be unfair to give them to Hillary since Obama wasn't even on the ballot.
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES *DELETED* [Re: zappaisgod]
#8021103 - 02/14/08 05:41 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: Cubie]
#8021625 - 02/14/08 09:37 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
Cubie said: If some white guy went around doing what al does he would be publicly critasized and accused of being racist.
I get sick of hearing shit like this.
"If there was a white entertainment tv people would call it racist"
so what?
Like sharpton isn't called a racist every time he's brought up?
I'm sure there are those w/ unwavering support, but I don't know any of em.
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: johnm214]
#8021833 - 02/14/08 10:36 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
johnm214 said:
Quote:
Cubie said: If some white guy went around doing what al does he would be publicly critasized and accused of being racist.
I get sick of hearing shit like this.
"If there was a white entertainment tv people would call it racist"
so what?
Like sharpton isn't called a racist every time he's brought up?
I'm sick of it too. It is annoying and whiney. Just cause Sharpton is annoying and whiney most of the time doesn't mean you should follow suit.
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: Cubie]
#8022212 - 02/14/08 12:19 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
Cubie said: If some white guy went around doing what al does he would be publicly critasized and accused of being racist.
Absolutely irrelevant to the conversation.
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: Redstorm]
#8022904 - 02/14/08 03:42 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Redstorm said: Exactly. While it's absurd that they were taken away to begin with, it would be unfair to give them to Hillary since Obama wasn't even on the ballot.
I'm curious of where everyone is hearing this pro Obama bullshit? Obama and Edwards were both on the ballot in Florida.
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: d33p]
#8022991 - 02/14/08 04:03 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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By the DNC rules there were no primaries in Florida and Michigan.
No primary, No winner, No delegates.
But..... Bush v. Gore Supreme Court again?
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: d33p]
#8023828 - 02/14/08 06:37 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
d33p said:
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Redstorm said: Exactly. While it's absurd that they were taken away to begin with, it would be unfair to give them to Hillary since Obama wasn't even on the ballot.
I'm curious of where everyone is hearing this pro Obama bullshit? Obama and Edwards were both on the ballot in Florida.
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I'm talking about Michigan.
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: Redstorm]
#8023924 - 02/14/08 06:55 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Sharpton threatens march on DNC
OH please!
Watching a bunch of disenfranchised African-Americans marching on the Democratic National Committee headquarters would be Priceless
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/02/14/sharpton_threatens_march_on_dnc/6476/
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: lonestar2004]
#8024099 - 02/14/08 07:28 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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So what is the fuss about? Doesn't the party, well the delegates, pretty much do whatever they want in the democratic party? Last I checked, almost 40% of them didn't need to justify their vote whatsoever.
So what's all the fuss? Do they just want to have an excuse to nominate hillary, rather than alerting more people to the fact that the democratic primaries are pretty much nothing more than a taxpayer-financed poll, a facade?
I really think they want to act like the democratic primary is more democratic than it really is... why else would this even be an issue?
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: johnm214]
#8024328 - 02/14/08 08:18 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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No, you're thinking of superdelegates, and it only goes to them if a candidate does not get a majority of regular delegates, who are bound to vote as result of the primaries and caucuses.
Superdelegates are Democratic governors, Congressmen, and other party leaders. Its quite likely that they will vote for Obama. Hillary is going to fuck her party up if she keeps doing this desperate grab for any power she can reach. The fact she is calling for these delegates to be seated (because they are hers) shows just how desperate she is - she knew the rules when she began.
I see more reason for the superdelegates to go the way of Obama anyways - the party is afraid of splitting the party by Clinton continuing to fight agansit the flow like this. They also fear giving McCain the advantage of months in a national campaign. They know that Obama is far more capable of beating McCain than Hillary is. They pretty much know that either candidate, all the Democrats will vote for them, but they want to bring in the Independents, which is something that McCain has some advantage of doing apparently (he'll take Huckabee as Vice President to win over the social conservatives ).
I would expect to see Obama/Daschle. Daschle is already speaking to these superdelegates on Obama's behalf, and I think he's the natural choice for Vice President.
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: fireworks_god]
#8024673 - 02/14/08 09:37 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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well I cited the 40% number previously, but wikipedia has an apparently sourced figure of 20% superdelegates in the democratic convention at the moment
either way, its enough to win.
And they can change the rules at any time prior to the election. They could add 50,000 superdelegates if they wanted. The primaries are an expensive government-funded poll, any support of the party for the popular candidate is an acquiescence
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Re: SHARPTON CALLS ON THE DNC TO NOT SEAT MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA DELEGATES [Re: johnm214]
#8029100 - 02/15/08 08:29 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Well, luckily, Obama has a lot of support of his party.
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