Sharpton: Seating Fla., Mich. Delegates an 'Injustice'

As a Florida Democratic voter, I found it disheartening that just like the year 2000, my vote would not count on something that was beyond my control. I as well as millions of Florida Democrats (almost double the amount of Republicans at the polls) voted just for the merit of what our votes represented.

What I want to know is this, come November when Florida and Michigan delegates will be extremely critical to choosing the next President; will the Democratic party start campaigning and apologizing for treating us like castaways in January?

Sent by Moji | 12:49 PM | 2-13-2008

Well, Well, and another Well???
Tell me again what it means to be in a reprehensive -- woops, i mean representative democracy.
Thank goodness for President-elect Obama. Without him most of us would not know about this Super dilettante -- woops, I mean Superdelegate situation.
What i really mean is that i now really understand what HRC meant by us (not just Brother Barack) not having enough experience. Especially in smoozing folks since at least 2000 -- Guess we shouldn't even talk about all the chits her hubby is calling in.
Maybe we should end this farce we call a democracy "one vote and all- and call it what it is"___
Anyone want to fill in the blank?

Sent by audiodramatist | 6:09 PM | 2-13-2008

Julain Bond wrote a letter to Howard Dean at the DNC urging him to seat the delegates from Michigan and Florida, because it is reminiscent of black voters being disenfranchised.

It is so obvious that Bond as well as the NAACP board are Hillary Supporters. If Bond was so concerned about the minority vote not being counted in Michigan and Florida, why didn't he or the NAACP bring this issue up last year when the DNC announced that they were not allowing delegates from Michigan and Florida to go to the convention?

The residents of Florida and Michigan knew that they vote was not going to count, so who is Bond really trying to protect? Connect the dots and you will come to the conclusion that Julian Bond and most of the board members of the NAACP are Clinton supporters.

Even Al Sharpton is sounding off saying that seating the Michigan and Florida delegates would not be fair; because many voters did not vote because they were told that delegates would not be seating at the convention. Yes Al Sharpton is siding against Julian Bond and the NAACP.... lol

In my opinion, The Clinton campaign thought that after Super Tuesday that Hillary would have this election in her back pocket, but it backfired, which is why she replaced her campaign manager. They see her lead slipping away, so her supporters and pulling all the stops out to slow Obama's momentum down. Who does Bond think he is fooling?

Sent by Marcus | 9:18 AM | 2-14-2008

What about my father's vote, Al Sharpton? He voted in the Florida primary and through no fault of his own, his vote does not matter. Neither does the vote of any Florida Democrat count.

Ideally, there should be another primary, but I don't that would be practical.

Obama spent a lot of money on ads in Florida for someone who thought Florida votes would not count.

Sent by Susan | 8:27 PM | 2-16-2008