Clinton: Dispute Over Mich. and Fla. Votes "A Civil Rights Issue”
(CBS)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In her harshest words yet over the disputed votes in Florida and Michigan, Hillary Clinton called it "a civil rights issue" and said she plans on sending a letter to Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and Barack Obama urging them to support seating Florida and Michigan delegates and counting their votes.
Clinton and her campaign know that the road to victory for her must include a resolution to the Florida and Michigan votes, something that has been dragging on since both states voted in January in violation of Democratic Party rules. Later this month the Rules and Bylaws Committee of the DNC will meet to discuss the matter.
But despite rumors that Clinton may throw in the towel in her quest for the nomination Clinton told the crowd of 1,300 women at a fund-raiser, “I am in this race. I am staying in this race.”
The event was titled “Generations of Women for Hillary” that was hosted by Hillary, daughter Chelsea and her mother Dorothy Rodham. Clinton tried to put to rest growing anxiety that her candidacy was in its final days.
“There really is no cause for nervousness,” Clinton said. “There is no cause for alarm. Sometimes you gotta calm people down a little bit.”
Clinton said there is “plenty of time” to make a case against John McCain and made the point that after losing in Iowa in January, she landed in New Hampshire down 9 points on a Thursday and came back to win 5 days later. “You can turn an election around,” Clinton said.
The fund-raiser was interrupted briefly at the beginning when a protestor stood on his chair with a large sign that read “Obliterate Iran? Apologize.” The sign referred to some comments Clinton made in regards to bombing Iran if they attacked Israel with a nuclear weapon. The man tussled with the women at his table. Clinton looked on in silence. Eventually, Secret Service escorted the man out of the building. Clinton then joked, “I hope he didn’t step on any of the cookies.” Shortly after another woman stood in protest for the war in Iraq; she left the building without incident.
Michigan and Florida has had thier votes taken away as "punishment"
When other countries do this, it''s called Communism.
Obama has tried to keep citizens from voting for his own benefit.
That would make him a Communist. But that shouldn''t suprise his supporters because they know he quotes MalcolmX and praises him in his books.
If you''re White and you support Obama, you should read his books. In fact, its your obligation to read his books and find out just who you are voting for.
First of all, I do think the votes in MI and FL need to be counted. Regardless, your comments about Obama''s books are racist! Who cares that he might have quoted Malcom X? Why do you demand whites should read his books? It''s obvious based on what you wrote that you despite the man simply BECAUSE he is black. If you indeed proclaim to be a Democrat or for that matter a liberal, you are a fraud and a fake. I say this as someone who voted for Clinton.
meant to write "despise", not "despite"
When she was the huge leader in the polls she willingly supported penalizing Michigan and Florida and not seating their delegates due to rules infractions - Why?, because it benefitted her by reducing the number of opportunities for opponents to catch her.
Then, because she has fallen behind she "champions" the cause of these poor souls and "their votes must count" - Why?, because it benefits Hillary in terms of numbers of pledged delegates and popular vote.
Then the ultimate hipocracy - she routinely goes around having discussions with the superdelegates about ignoring the votes of the public all together - that they know what''s best for the country and that regardless of what the public has indicated they want the superdelegates should vote for her! Why, because if they don''t she can''t win.
Unbelievable, and the most amazing part is that people continue to buiy into the theory that she is actually doing this for "them" - she is the ultimate politican, kissing your baby while stealing their candy.
This country is WORTH it!
We don''t want Obama and his Nation of Islam cabinet!
You would not know the truth if it jumped up and bit you
You racist ***
The civil rights law was passed in 1965 why don''t you wake up
Obama is not any different than you or I except his skin color mine is white and yours is yellow
GET A LIFE
We need a courageous fighter in the Oval office.
Just say no to the flip/flopping hypocrite that has blocked the rights of voters-Obama.
We lost to Bush because of FL and OH--are they going to go for Obama this year? It sure doesn''t look like it. Especially after he has blocked the re-vote in FL.
Obama is political suicide for Democrats.
FOR THE PARTY, OF THE PARTY, BY THE PARTY.
THAT IS A COMMUNIST PARTY WITH SCUMBAGS LIKE JOE ANDREW, RICHARDSON, PELOSI, HOWARD DEAN AND THE CLOWNS OF NBC
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by nammyohoreng
May 10, 2008 8:33 PM PDT
- I''m sorry my post got on 5 times. I kept getting a message that read, "The Publish button will be enabled shortly. We have temporarily disabled it so everyone has an opportunity to comment." I didn''t expect it to get on 5 times. I kept pushing "Publish" because I thought I had to keep doing it because the other times didn''t work. i hope the folks at CBS delete all the others. So please excuse me.
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