Madfloridian's Journal - Florida Democratic leaders get their pout on publicly.

You really have to read it to believe it. They sound whiny, and some Democratic leaders I used to respect have in effect lost their dignity supporting their candidate and defending the indefensible.

Steve Geller is very outspoken, more so than most. He threatened the DNC recently with "mutually assured destruction." He also has a lawsuit filed against the DNC, still pending.

Here are some of the words from Florida Democratic leaders who simply need to hush and sit down and accept what happened.

Many South Florida Democrats still unhappy about delegates

"There is still broad anger," said Florida Senate Minority Leader Steve Geller, D- Cooper City. Like many others, he spent the 24 hours after the Rules and Bylaws Committee decision talking about it via phone and e-mail.

..."Geller, a superdelegate who has not endorsed either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, said giving Florida only half its delegate strength is offensive. "Does that mean they only want us to turn out half as many Democrats as usual, or, when they come down here to raise money, they want us to raise only half as much money as we normally raise? It's just completely unacceptable.

Alcee Hastings, Clinton co-chair, calls the DNC "stupid".

Very classy, Alcee. Very classy.

U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D- Miramar, a Clinton backer who also represents parts of both counties, said he'd support whomever his party nominates. But he called the Democratic National Committee "stupid" for its delegate decision and said he wouldn't attend the convention in Denver.

A congressman calling his own party stupid. How low we have sunk.

But wait, let's hear from Clinton's other co-chair, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. She is the one who thinks paying too much attention to rules is "unproductive."

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, a national co-chairwoman of the Clinton campaign, said she's already received e-mails from unhappy constituents.

"There's some pretty deep dissatisfaction," she said. "The party's decision just created a bigger obstacle for us to climb in order to make sure that we can motivate these voters."

Getting them to vote will require a "Herculean effort," according to Wasserman Schultz.

This anger has been encouraged, and the Clinton surrogates here have used tactics and words to make it worse.

And of course leave it to Geller to get that same old threat into the mix. He said "some Democrats would either skip the election or vote for Republican John McCain because of the primary and delegate situation."

He further said "I don't think it's a possibility. I think it's a certainty."

There should be consequences for Democratic leaders like this.