Griper Blade: It's All Over But The Complaining

It's a measure of how screwed up this whole thing has become that the result of the Democratic primaries depended on the Rules and Bylaws Committee.

Of course, it didn't really depend on the RBC -- that was merely Clinton pretense. If the Florida and Michigan delegations had been seated as is, Hillary would've still been behind. Both delegations were seated, but with half the voting power. It was the solution to Michigan which really set Clinton supporters off. Seating the Michigan delegation as is would've been an expectation that lied somewhere between pretty unrealistic and completely insane. For all their arguments about democracy and the sanctity of the vote, the Michigan primary as it stood would've been a damned crooked and undemocratic contest. Barack Obama wasn't even on the ballot. McClatchy Newspapers said Team Clinton were "enraged" by the solution.

To give you an idea of how enraged, here's Clinton supporter Harriet Christian, who was thrown out of the committee meeting Saturday (video courtesy of firedoglake). Golly, I wonder why?



After a more than vaguely racist rant, she says she'll vote for McCain. In a previous post, I've already explained what kind of a voter Harriet is -- she's a dumbass...

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