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Comments on: The Long Version https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/02/the-long-version/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:26:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/02/the-long-version/comment-page-1/#comment-35410 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:26:54 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/02/the-long-version/#comment-35410 The latest bit among bloggers is to go viral with a video prepared by the Florida GOP the “shows” that Florida Democrats weren’t serious about abiding by DNC rules.

No one mentions that the GOP has 65% of the seats in both houses of the state legislature. No one linked to the audio of what happened to Dan Gelber when he tried to introduce the change in the Florida house.

They they don’t give a damn about Florida voters, so they shouldn’t be surprised that many Florida voters have ceased to give a damn about the Democratic Party.

]]> By: Steve Bates https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/02/the-long-version/comment-page-1/#comment-35404 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:44:13 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/02/the-long-version/#comment-35404 FWIW, from this corner, Bryan, you are forgiven your Democratic non-vote in advance. In your circumstance, I would probably do exactly the same thing. There is no excuse for what the DNC has done in Florida and Michigan. (Yes, I understand the situation is different in those two states. Still…)

I shall vote for the Democratic nominee in November because I am long since pledged to do so. Indeed, when I voted in the primary and afterward caucused for a candidate, I almost certainly swore an oath to do so, though the process was so familiar to me from past years that I don’t remember for certain. I am content with that. It is my extended finger in the eye of the Bushists, and the GOP for allowing itself to become the juggernaut the Bushists ride as they roll over the American people.

But after November, I do not know what I will do next. An active Democrat… and by active, I mean a block-walking, phone-banking, money-contributing Democrat… for at least four and possibly as many as six presidential election cycles, I am rendered a whole lot less committed than I have been, largely by the incomprehensible stupidity of the DNC, especially in the situation in Florida and Michigan. IMHO, the Hillary/Obama, Obama/Hillary stupidity pales in comparison to the DNC’s (figurative) bible-thumping about the rules for the timing of primaries. If the Democratic Party wants my loyalty, my efforts and yes, my money, after November, they will have to earn it anew.

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