Changing the Rules of the Game

While I am not one who feels that all rules are fair or made in the interests of all parties subjected to be ruled, I do believe that one should follow the rules of the game IF they agreed to them in the beginning and middle.

Now we have Senator Hillary (lost the Rodham once running for President) Clinton who agreed with the DNC that any state found in violation of early Primary Voting (Pre Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada) will lose all of their delegate (pledged and uncommitted aka Super) counts and further more, the votes would not be a part of the nominations as well as the potential Democratic nominees would not campaign in said states. When Florida went to the polls, their Primary was guarded as nothing more than a "beauty contest," it was one that's not going to effect the DNC nomination. Hillary Clinton, on NPR in New Hampshire (pre or post tears) said the votes in Michigan would not count. What changed?

Iowa (57 Delegates) - Obama
New Hampshire (30 Delegates) - Clinton
Nevada (34 Delegates) - Clinton/Obama
South Carolina (54 Delegates) - Obama

After the four Pre-Super Tuesday States held their primaries and caucuses, Senators Clinton and Obama were *tied* in victories and Barack Obama was ahead in delegate count (63/48).

February 5, 2008 "Super Tuesday"
At the end of Super Tuesday's votes, Barack Obama won 13 and Senator Clinton 10 of the states' races. This increased Sen. Obama's lead in delegate counts to 847 over the 834 delegates Senator Clinton held.

Suddenly, the once deemed by all "Beauty Contests" in Florida and Michigan were now valid votes by Senator Clinton Supporters and the Senator herself. Every one's vote now counted and the disenfranchisement of voters became the new cause. Hillary Clinton became the voice of the people and the moral meter for the Democratic Party. Where was she when Carl Levin said Iowa and New Hampshire should not have the undisputed privilege of being first to say who the nominee should be and thus setting the tone for the election primaries? Where was this voice when she said that the elections in Michigan and Florida do not count? Was it held hostage? Did it go on vacation?

Senator Clinton has a long history of not standing by her word or agreements. Peter Paul is a victim of her deals gone bad and being thrown out to the wolves when the agenda changes. Now to Senator Clinton, the black vote doesn't count, only hard working white workers are the voice of the Democratic Party and are the key to victory for the Democratic Nominee. Let me correct that, this week the Hispanic vote is the flavor of the day since Puerto Rico is voting.

Both Hillary and William Clinton have a long history of not only looking out for their own interests over the interests of the country, government and people they say they serve, they are also known backstabbers to those whom they've sought and received support. What would Ron Brown say, what would Vince Foster say if they had lived to speak the truth. What does Peter Paul say? What can David Rosen say?

I'll say what Donna Brazil so pointedly stated during the DNC Rules Committee meeting "when you change the rules in the middle of the game, it's called cheating."

On another note, there were 30,000 votes in Michigan that were not counted because they were Write In, where is Mrs. Clinton's voice when it comes to those unheard votes? I guess it went on vacation again and is now replaced by the you're cheating me because I'm a woman voice.