I have had enough of the FL Dem leaders, their big egos, their false outrage...

madfloridian

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Thu Jun-05-08 11:18 PM
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I have had enough of the FL Dem leaders, their big egos, their false outrage...

I thought I would be through writing about the way they screwed our state, but I am not. Not just yet. They are still acting like pouting children. A few have straightened up enough today to endorse Obama, but they are still pushing him to include Hillary on the ticket.

So I am not done yet. I thought I was, but not quite yet.

They can not let go of their self-importance long enough to let things rest and calm down.

Geller and Hastings in turn called the national party leaders "idiots" and "stupid". That is so uncalled for, and it is like children playing games on the school playground. They need an intervention.

'An extraordinary day' or 'an embarrassment'?

"This is an extraordinary day for the Democratic Party,'' DNC Chairman Howard Dean said on ABC's This Week. "We have basically come together.''

..."But all is not well in the house of the Democratic party, as was evidenced by the catcalls at yesterday's meeting in Washington and the profanity-laced tirade unleashed by U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, who said in a written statement that he would boycott the convention.

Today, Senate Democratic Leader Steve Geller said he had no intention of dropping his lawsuit to try to force the national party to give each Florida delegate full voting rights at the convention.

"It was an embarassment. I agreed with the protesters there,'' Geller said. "I don't know why those idiots thought this would start a reconciliation...Do they wants us to make a half-hearted attempt to turn out half as many votes or raise half as much money as usual? There is incredible, incredible anger out there."

If you two shut up, the anger you mention might die down.

I am also very tired of Corrine Brown comparing the decision to "slavery", and sick to death of Victor Dimaio and his effing lawsuits. He even thought it was funny to talk about not liking to be a half person. Geez!

Floridian unhappy with compromise

One Bay Area Democrat is so unhappy with the National Committee's decision to give Florida Democrats only half a vote at the Summer convention, he plans to take his fight all the way to the Supreme Court. For months Democratic voter Vic Dimaio has been suing the Democratic National Committee for stripping Florida of its delegates to the national convention, and he's been losing.

This weekend, the party and the state reached a compromise - Florida delegates get half a vote each.

But that's not the end of it for Dimaio.

"No, absolutely not. I'm still very upset with the decision over the weekend. We deserve a whole vote. A full vote that's what Floridians did. I'm not half a person. I'm a whole person."

Some are actually becoming embarrassed about their political behavior, and they are starting a new talking point.

It was an act of "civil disobedience.

It was an act of civil disobedience, if you will, protesting the practice of letting a few small states, especially Iowa and New Hampshire, go early in the presidential voting every election. That gives these unrepresentative populations a wildly disproportionate influence over elections, at the expense of larger, more diverse states like Florida, with very different interests.

Alcee Hastings, co-chair of the Clinton campaign called the DNC "stupid."

U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D- Miramar, a Clinton backer who also represents parts of both counties, said he'd support whomever his party nominates. But he called the Democratic National Committee "stupid" for its delegate decision and said he wouldn't attend the convention in Denver.

Wasserman Schultz says it will be a "herculean effort" to get Democrats here to vote for Obama. That is just plain bull hockey, Debbie. You know it is.

"There's some pretty deep dissatisfaction," she said. "The party's decision just created a bigger obstacle for us to climb in order to make sure that we can motivate these voters."

Getting them to vote will require a "Herculean effort," according to Wasserman Schultz.

If you Florida Democratic leaders who have been seen on video mocking party rules and laughing an amendment you made off the Florida senate floor.....maybe if you guys hushed people would calm down and get on board.

Obama is already popular here, and certain Florida Democrats can't stand it.

As long as they act like Republicans and bash their own party, I will write about it. I am not done yet.