Obama wants a 50-50- split in MI--stealing the votes!!

[rodeodance]

Forum Name General Discussion: Primaries
Topic subject Obama Opposes Revote In Michigan
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5050394#5050394
5050394, Obama Opposes Revote In Michigan
Posted by Karmadillo on Wed Mar-12-08 09:00 PM

http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/3/12/17353/7404 \

Obama Opposes Revote In Michigan
By Big Tent Democrat, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 04:35:03 PM EST
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By Big Tent Democrat

So say his MI Campaign Co-Chair:

State Sen. Tupac Hunter, D-Detroit, said a mail-in caucus "is clearly the wrong path. "We don't like it one bit," Hunter said. "It disenfranchises people who need to participate and there are many questions with regard to security."

Hunter said the Obama campaign will accept nothing but a 50-50 split of Michigan delegates between Clinton and Obama, who removed his name from the January ballot here in protest of the early date.

(Emphasis supplied.) I guess the Obama MI Co-Chair does not agree with Obama's previously held positive view on mail in voting, agreeing instead with Obama's newly minted distaste for mail in voting. Oh and a 50-50 split is the ONLY thing Obama will accept in Michigan. Hope we are clear now on how Obama feels about the will of the people of Florida and Michigan.

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[anamandujano]

1. They must have done a little polling and know he won't win.

[libbygurl]

8. Gotta be the only reason he wants to just steal those votes. Jerk, he is! nt

[durrrty libby]

2. No surprise. He is a blatant thief.

[judaspriestess]

3. well who told the idiot to remove it in the first place.

Here is the answer...........


Michigan held its primary on January 15th. Since Obama and Edwards voluntarily pulled their names from the ballot beforehand, the votes for Clinton cannot be said to represent a mandate. However, there's more to this story than the mainstream press has reported. According to an October 11th article by Lynda Waddington of the Iowa Independent, "The campaign for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, arguably fearing a poor showing in Michigan, reached out to the others with a desire of leaving New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as the only candidate on the ballot. The hope was that such a move would provide one more political obstacle for the Clinton campaign to overcome in Iowa." In other words, the candidates' pledge to the DNC not to campaign never actually required them to remove their names. Along with Clinton, Chris Dodd, Mike Gravel and Dennis Kucinich appeared on the ballot

http://www.thecityedition.com/Pages/Archive/Winter08/2008Election.html

[anamandujano]

4. OMFG! How do you like that. Since it was at his f'ing instigation, he

he should have to split the vote with whoever signed on to the plan. F' em.

edit to add-- :nuke: not that it's needed.

[anamandujano]

6. DID YOU POST THIS INFO IN THIS THREAD?--LINK

Sorry for the caps, I just want an answer. If you haven't I will.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5050394&mesg_id=5050394

Edit to add--It deserves a thread of its own.

Will you start one?

[anamandujano]

7. I just started the thread. Hope you don't mind.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5051986&mesg_id=5051986

[judaspriestess]

9. no of coures not

its all in the is obama the Frankenstein of Rove thread further down.

[rodeodance]

5. JERK

[LadyVT]

10. AND in Florida, according to the AP tonight

[rodeodance]

11. he has tasted the brass ring--and want to wear it now.

[MoonRiver]

12. Then I hope Obama doesn't mind losing 50% of the Democratic vote.

Scum.

[rodeodance]

13. he says he is opposed to have them count, yet he wants half the votes. No one is

fussing about his takeover. but hIll. is still getting beat up for doing all the work of trying to get them counted. damm!