They cried wolf so often by saying that Howard Dean and the DNC were not going to allow their votes to count...that now the first letter appears from a county chairwoman. Guess the early on propaganda sort of backfired.
Primary Votes Will Be CountedFrom the sheer volume of calls I have been receiving, there is a large number of Democratic voters who believe that their votes will not count in the Jan. 29 primary. It is easy to see how they could think this if they are paying attention to the highly inflammatory rhetoric covered in the news.
The truth is that every vote will count Jan. 29. The ballots will all be counted and the results reported. Whoever wins the Florida Democratic primary will get a huge bump in the polls for the following Tuesday when many other states vote.
Thanks, Ms Simmons for clarifying that.
Here are some of the early statements to the media, which of course they cheerfully went along with. No media here has been honest and open about it at all.
Nelson and others accuse the DNC of "disenfranchisement".Bill Nelson's words:
"We are quite concerned that Florida Democrats are going to lose their right to vote," Nelson said "And of all states, we have the sensitivity of this because of what we have gone through.
Let's see, if a senator tells you that you might believe it. Trouble is, now it is being left to the county chairs to speak up and say no one is being disenfranchised.
Here is one of Debbie Wasserman Schultz's statements:
Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was also on the conference call and said, "We should not be disenfranchising voters based on arcane political party rules and people stamping their foot and insisting on getting their way instead of making sure that we can move forward with an election that has a united party in one of the most important states in the country."
Bill Nelson uses the words "disenfranchisement on a massive scale" in his lawsuit, Nelson v Dean, filed this month.
WASHINGTON -Sen. Bill Nelson followed through on his threat to sue his own party, taking the Democratic National Committee to court today over his state’s right to help pick a presidential candidate.
In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Tallahassee, Nelson accuses the Democratic National Committee and its chief, Howard Dean, of voter ``disenfranchisement on a massive scale'' for stripping Florida of its 210 delegates to the national convention next summer.
Bill Nelson sues his own partyIn a rather sadly ironic and significant gesture...Bill Nelson and Alcee Hastings hire Kendall Coffey to sue the DNC and Howard Dean for "disenfranchisement on a massive scale".
Florida Dems pick Kendall Coffey to challenge the DNC..."Echoes of 2000"Nelson said the suit raises questions involving due process, equal protection, freedom of speech and the Voting Rights Act. Because the state Legislature voted to move the primary, Nelson said he believes it’s unconstitutional for the DNC to fail to recognize it.
"I believe the case law in our complaint will show that that supersedes the right of the party to dictate who does what," Nelson told Buzz this afternoon.
So, I really do thank Ms Simmons for her letter to the editor today. Although she is one who wrote an email hinting that people should go to the DNC contribution site and "tell them what you think"...numbers listed....she appears to be one of the ones who sees the harm done by the propaganda.