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he was quoting the rules and responding to Donna Brazile comments on the subject and context. This may not have been heard if you were watching on MSNBC, but was clear if you saw he CSPAN feed.
Ickes was right, they were not following the rules on MI and what they did was technically wrong.
It could have been remedied with a few well worded motions in support of the motion to grant Obama any votes which as noted was a conversion of UNCOMMITTED which by the rules is actually a real, almost human contender.
They need 3 votes taken, they took one bypassing a few steps that would have made it legal, this made Ickes right and gave him the ability to appeal, but there is no overturn because they were just technicalities, shortcuts to the same ends from a slightly abbreviated means.
I wish they had taken the few extra steps it would have removed the doubts, but in the longrun Ickes was right and they completely over stepped their bounds, and the ruling is against the very charter of the DNC and bad precedents, but it wont matter.
BTW I am an Obama supporter and love Donna Brazile and think she is on of our strongest democrats, not just strongest female democrats so my agreement with Ickes is based outside the emotion and only on the rules.
THEY BROKE THE RULES AND THREW OUT ALL OF THE CHARTER IN MAKING THAT MOTION FOR MICHIGAN.
They needed a motion to convert from a "court of law" as they were seated to a "court of equity", this required a 2/3 vote, then they needed a motion to classify only two remaindered candidates and that following motions were to divide a third candidates remaindered votes(uncommitted) for the sake of equatorial relief( because Obama did not have his name on the ballot ) again a 2/3 vote and then they could make the motion they made, a 2/3 vote which was 19-8 and a final house keeping vote by non objection to convert back to a seated "court of law".
Yes technicalities, but crossing your Ts and dotting your Is should be second nature at this level, they didn't and that made Ickes right and opened the appeal, but it wont matter.
On one last note as an Obama supporter I have to say on the race issue GET OVER IT Obama is a strong cadidate for president I support, not a strong african american candidate I support and the race issue is a glass jaw issue for that candidate if you dont realize that race is division and a crutch, and your incessant protection of Obama over race is just as racist as those idiots that will use it against him.
We will now have a strong democratic candidate and I will do everything I can to support him and that first step is to understand that hes got it covered when it comes to his perceived weakness, we dont have to protect him on it because it doesnt really exist, in a form that matters or we can change.
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