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In reply to the discussion: If she runs, I will Support Hillary Clinton from start to finish in 2016 [View all]fadedrose
(10,044 posts)First of all, Hillary didn't get Obama's votes. The DNC disallowed the illegal primary because it was held in January and was scheduled to be in August. Our genius Senators and Governor (Granholm, whom I love) decided on the early primary.
They were told well in advance, and the candidates were informed, that the primary votes would not be permitted to be counted at the convention.
So, Biden, Edwards, Obama, and somebody else, forget who, maybe Dennis K., all removed their names from the ballot. Hillary and one other, maybe Dodd, left their names on the ballot. The whole thing seemed contrived in some way.
To vote for any of the others besides Hillary, one would have to vote for "None of the Above" which an amazing number of people did. Me, for instance.
The head of the DNC, DWS - from FLA, I believe, distributed the "None of the Above" votes at the convention among ALL our candidates in spite of Clinton's protests. There were only two candidates on the postage-stamp sized ballot , but Michigan's votes wouldn't even have been counted except for the refusal of Clinton and supporters to adhere to the rules of the DNC. To me, this was unethical. This is not screwing the Reps, but only would have screwed Michigan Democrats (a lot of blacks and many unemployed). Unethical all down the line.
We preferred other candidates to Clinton with the same passion that you have for her. And I still prefer Biden to her - I woud have voted for him in the primary if he were on the ballot. Would not have voted for Obama even tho he was my heart's choice - my brain told me a black man couldn't win. Thank goodness I was wrong cause I still love the imperfect man.