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Originally Posted by Lil Dancer
But I'm sure SteveZ will be stepping in. He's made it so clear that people are entitled to state their views without being criticised.
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It tough to be so predictable...... Criticised is okay, but being demeaned is another thing altogether.
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Originally Posted by redwitch
Sorry, Steve, but I disagree. I see the DNC (and any other political party) as a club. A club has rules. The members have choices -- follow the rules, find a way to change the rules or leave. Florida and Michigan chose to break the rules and then whined when the DNC enforced the KNOWN consequences. Now, the DNC has come up with a compromise -- something they didn't have to do.
Why Florida and Michigan felt it was so important to vote earlier is beyond me. No matter when their election was, in a close race their vote would count. If it wasn't a close choice, it wouldn't matter when they voted -- the fair-haired party choice would be in regardless.
To me, it sounds like a bunch of egos screaming in the wind. A lot said, little done and who really cares?
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Yep, you are right. it is a club, and clubs can have all sorts of rules. However, when the clubs tap into the public purse to fund what they want to call "club business," that's another matter. I guess I feel that "if it ain't your money, then it ain't your rules." The DNC didn't pony up a dime for the Florida Primary election, so complaining that Florida "didn't follow the DNC-mandated rules" was hypocritical.
The DNC had all the opportunity to have a non-taxpayer-funded Democratic-only primary if it wasn't satisfied how the FL taxpayers had it set up - but just wouldn't put its money where its mouth was.
Again, it just shows that it doesn't matter who the candidate is - the candidate is a puppet with the DNC pulling the strings, now and after the election no matter how the election ends. How "democratic!"