What the fuck Hillary?
Also known as:
PLEASE FUCKING GIVE IT UP HILLARY!
From Hillary’s letter today, to the Obama campaign, about seating the democratic delegates from Michigan and Florida:
One of the foremost principles of our party is that citizens be allowed to vote and that those votes be counted. That principle is not currently being applied to the nearly 2.5 million people who voted in primaries in Florida and Michigan
Ummm ok….
Here is the NY times article from fall 2007, which discussed the breaking of the democratic primary rules by Michigan and Florida, and their resulting penalties, agreed to by all 3 major democratic candidates:
“Three of the major Democratic presidential candidates on Saturday pledged not to campaign in Florida, Michigan and other states trying to leapfrog the 2008 primary calendar, a move that solidified the importance of the opening contests of Iowa and New Hampshire.”
This is so important - please email me if you really need to see the pledge or the NYT article, or if the links above aren’t working…
UPDATE: it gets crazier!
Hardly mentioned is the fact that all 3 major democratic candidates signed a pledge last fall not to campaign in those states trying to jump ahead of the Democratic primary calendar rules (specifically, Florida and Michigan).
Then, from the Hillary Clinton Website, on the DNC nominating calendar, from 9/07:
Clinton Campaign Statement on the Four State Pledge
The following is a statement by Clinton Campaign Manager Patti Solis Doyle.
“We believe Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina play a unique and special role in the nominating process.
And we believe the DNC’s rules and its calendar provide the necessary structure to respect and honor that role.
Thus, we will be signing the pledge to adhere to the DNC approved nominating calendar.”