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I also recall him writing (5.00 / 6) (#5)
by andgarden on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 04:49:05 PM EST
that "everyone knows" that Michigan and Florida will be seated.

Now Hillary is [Lambert's language] for suggesting the very same thing.

Obama obviously expected (5.00 / 2) (#15)
by sister of ye on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 04:56:06 PM EST
MI and FL to be counted, or he wouldn't have had his MI supporter pay for ads pushing the "uncommitted" vote as a vote for him. He must have expected a better showing, because only after Clinton got a clear majority did he push the meme of it being an unfair, sham election.


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Actually, he didn't do that. (5.00 / 2) (#65)
by inclusiveheart on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 06:00:24 PM EST
He came up with the idea that Dems should go vote for Romney and pushed it vigorously arguing that Michigan wouldn't matter in the Dem race anyway.

At the time, it seemed like he really believed that February 4th was going to be the final primary day.  Keep in mind that by the time Michigan rolled around we had only had a few primaries and caucuses and mixed results.  I thought it was odd that he continued to insist that Michigan wouldn't matter given the way things were going.

It was other Obama supporters and Edwards supporters who worked very hard to get the uncommitted vote out because they were smart enough to know that not voting could come back to haunt them in the end.  Had they not done that and only Clinton, Dodd and Kucinich voters showed up to the polls, Obama would be in a very disadvantaged position right now with respect to Michigan.  Lucky for kos' candidate somebody was thinkin'.

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Edwards and Obama weren't smart enough (none / 0) (#122)
by SantaMonicaJoe on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 08:59:18 PM EST
to realize Michigan would count when they dropped their names off the ballot.

They took their names off to make themselves look go to Iowa.

So, they have to deal with the consequences.

If Edwards were still in the race, I'd be voting for him.... but, you have to recognize political moves backfire.


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I thought Edwards was a fool to take (5.00 / 1) (#129)
by inclusiveheart on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 09:22:17 PM EST
his name off the ballot.  He was my guy, but I have no problem saying that his Dudley Do-Right schtick was often misapplied.

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Yeah well.... (5.00 / 1) (#131)
by SantaMonicaJoe on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 09:28:02 PM EST
I agree.

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I remember when Kos wrote that also (5.00 / 1) (#35)
by sonya on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 05:18:02 PM EST
I remember a lot of things about the supposed A-list bloggers.

I remember when they were all atwitter about having lunch with Bill Clinton in his office in Harlem.  They got very defensive when questions were raised as to why no African American or Latino bloggers were present at the lunch, and how disappointing it was that not one of those bloggers seemed to notice or comment on the omission of bloggers of color.   Now these same mofos hate everything Clinton and cry racism on the regular?  Give me a freakin' break.

Liars and hypocrites, the bunch of them.

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I never had a problem with that lunch (5.00 / 3) (#48)
by andgarden on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 05:26:51 PM EST
(after all Jeralyn and mcjoan were there).

Not everything that's political needs to be about race.

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I said it was about hypocrisy (none / 0) (#67)
by sonya on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 06:02:23 PM EST
never mind.

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Kos is Latino (none / 0) (#104)
by mexboy on Mon Mar 31, 2008 at 07:15:04 PM EST


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