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Some Footprints in the DU Sandbox
Posted by TahitiNut in General Discussion: Presidential
Sun May 11th 2008, 10:31 PM
As a Michigan voter, I'm 90% likely to be voting for Obama ... BUT

(1) I take offense at the out-of-state vultures sitting around deciding how to take best ADVANTAGE of the January FUBAR ... a FUBAR in large part created by the state parties of four OTHER states (more out-of-staters) protecting a PRIVILEGED status granted for decades to conservative states that DO NOT demographically match the Democratic Party nationally.
(2) The citizens of Michigan spent MILLIONS on a primary and the candidates DIDN'T SPEND A DIME in the state suffering the worst unemployment and having the region with the highest foreclosure rate in the country.
(3) The Democratic candidates have not faced the voters of the state of Michigan and EARNED their trust or LISTENED to their priorities.
(4) At the same time that SPENDING was prohibited, COLLECTING FUNDS from the fat cats and more affluent people continued happily.
(5) The posturing about "delegates" doesn't do the first thing about correcting the above issues.

As far as I'm concerned, it makes not a whisker's difference at this point - fuck pretending to have ANY 'delegates' whatsoever. The FUBAR can't be undone. The political insiders of BOTH parties, but particularly the Democratic Party, both in-state and national, CREATED this FUBAR. What's particularly NOXIOUS is that they continue to be self-serving and ignore the people of the state themselves.

The FUBAR will cost, I estimate, about 5% of the vote in November. I don't see that changing - especially not with the bullshit, self-serving posturing. Every time some asshole with shit for brains shoots off his or her mouth and blames the VOTERS of the state of Michigan, they make it even LESS likely that the Democratic party will carry Michigan in November.



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