I've come across this talking point so many times it makes my head spin,"Obama doesn't want to count every vote!" and "He's the one disenfranchising MI and FL voters."
Well, not so. Wanna know who punished those states? The majority was Team Clinton, that's who.
From an article at Slate
On Aug. 25, when the DNC's rules panel declared Florida's primary date out of order, it agreed by a near-unanimous majority to exceed the 50 percent penalty called for under party rules. Instead, the group stripped Florida of all 210 delegates to underscore its displeasure with Florida's defiance and to discourage other states from following suit. In doing so, the DNC essentially committed itself, for fairness' sake, to strip the similarly defiant Michigan of all 156 of its delegates three months later. Clinton held tremendous potential leverage over this decision, and not only because she was then widely judged the likely nominee. Of the committee's 30 members, a near-majority of 12 were Clinton supporters. All of them--most notably strategist Harold Ickes--voted for Florida's full disenfranchisement. (The only dissenting vote was cast by a Tallahassee, Fla., city commissioner who supported Obama.)
Translation, Team Clinton had the opportunity to make them count and chose not to. It was a conscious choice. She went into it knowing full well what was going down and everyone agreed.
From Clinton -
We believe Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina play a unique and special role in the nominating process. And we believe the DNC's rules and its calendar provide the necessary structure to respect and honor that role. Thus, we will be signing the pledge to adhere to the DNC approved nominating calendar.
Seriously, does this need to be printed on formal letterhead? It's spin. I don't blame her for doing it, it's what she needs to do to try to convince supers to vote for her - which, you all do realize ain't gonna fly - but to see people fall for this hook line and sinker without question is unfortunate.
I understand supporters are passionate, but I think that when you back your candidate you have a responsibility to learn as much as you can about what it is they are actually saying. You should by all means put your passion behind them, but the "snark" you're getting from a lot of people - some of whom also supported Hillary - is coming from understanding not only what she is saying but also what motivates her to say it and how she contradicts a good deal of her actions.
I don't have Hillary hate, but I admit I'm growing weary of the spin, especially because it's preying on people who genuinely are supporting her for what they believe are the right reasons.
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