Madfloridian's Journal - Florida, Michigan and the Jackasses That Overreached

Hat Tip to Ybor City Stogie for this find.

Yes, I know I have very intense about this issue. I guess it is because I am still amazed at the lies being told daily, and the lack of ability of any Florida Democrat to speak up and say what really happened. It has gotten to me way down deep in my soul.

It has convinced me that propaganda played over and over truly works. It does not have to be true. It only has to be said often enough and people believe it.

Real truth can not penetrate after such propaganda has taken hold.

Florida, Michigan and the Jackasses That Overreached

The Florida and Michigan Democratic Parties tried to improve their positions in the presidential primaries knowing full well the consequences. Now they’re scrambling to get their delegates reinstated with “do-over” primaries that would give both states an unfair advantage.

Maybe both state parties should pay a price for setting in motion this scramble to be among the first states to vote. Violating rules that you agreed to in order to go early shouldn’t be rewarded with the privilege of going last.

The voters in Florida and Michigan have been screwed, but not by the DNC. They were screwed by their shortsighted state party leaders.

With apologies to Aesop:

A donkey with an apple in its mouth once walked across a bridge. In the pond below, it thought it saw another donkey with a bigger, redder apple. The donkey reached down for the reflection of its apple, and dropped the real apple instead.

Moral: that’s what happens when jackasses overreach.

I am thankful for Governor Dean's leadership on this. If Terry McAuliffe were still chair he would be wanting to change the rules by now.

Florida has acted without concern for other states. They have acted only in their best interests. Any state in which the State Senate leader would wear a button to convention that says Size DOES Matter deserves some scorn.

And any state party which allows buttons at their convention which say Screw Dean...deserves scorn as well.

A bitterness will linger about this issue. It will not be easy to forget that no matter how many people we talked to in the media, no matter how often we called the state Democratic leaders...the truth was never told.