Madfloridian's Journal - St Pete Times has credentialed as a convention blogger the Dem who is suing the DNC

I have never had anything anger me so much as to read the other day that a Democrat named Victor Dimaio had his lawsuit against the DNC reinstated. This lawsuit was first filed in August of 2007, dismissed, refiled in October 07, dismissed, refiled in April 2008, found for the DNC, then refiled again in June 2008.

Florida lawsuit against DNC refiled on August 14.

One lawsuit by a Florida state senator, Steve Geller, was just dropped. He dropped it because Barack Obama agreed to seat the delegates from Florida with a full vote. More on the case is here.

But the case against the DNC by Victor DiMaio of Tampa has been refiled, reinstated for the umpteenth time. I lost track. It was reinstated on August 14, according to this to this website

I wrote a lot about this case because the person who filed it and his lawyer actually were amused when they talked to the media about its basis. It was that ridiculous to them.

But it was reinstated.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008
DiMaio v. Democratic National Committee:Michael Steinberg Argues Constitutionality of DNC Rules Before Federal Appeals Court. The Democratic National Committee is violating the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment by allowing only four states to hold caucuses or primaries before the first Tuesday in February, a Florida attorney argued March 17, 2008 before a federal appeals court.
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Michael Steinberg, the lawyer, is/was the chairman of the Democratic party in Hillsborough County...the Tampa area.

They are, believe it or not, suing the DNC because they jokingly, grinningly, say that it is discriminating against white people in Florida.

Suing the DNC because two more diverse states got to go first, thus discriminating the white people in Florida.

South Carolina and Nevada were allowed to hold their primaries before February 5th because the high percentage of blacks and Hispanics in those states helped compensate for the pasty complexion of Iowa and New Hampshire.

That's the basis for an amended legal filing planned by Tampa Democratic activist, Victor Dimaio and attorney Michael Steinberg who are suing to have Florida's entire Democratic delegation seated at the National Convention in Denver this summer. DiMaio's original lawsuit claimed the DNC's punishment of Florida violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment, but that suit was kicked back by the federal appeals court in Atlanta. Steinberg had a brainstorm when he read discovery papers in a similar lawsuit filed by Senator Bill Nelson that showed the DNC put South Carolina and Nevada's primary dates ahead of 46 other states to give minorities more of a voice in the nominating process. Since the DNC receives federal money to hold their convention, the party is subject to federal civil rights law.

What an interesting turn of the worm. Sometime next week, we may have democrats suing democrats for carrying out a very democratic policy of advancing minorities. Steinberg and DiMaio acknowledge with a grin that their reverse racism accusation will ruffle feathers, but hope the conservative judiciary will be delighted to strike a blow against affirmative action and rule in their favor. Their only objective, they claim, is to see all of Florida's delegates seated based on the January 31st primary election.

And now he gets to go to convention as a credentialed blogger for the St. Pete Times. I have looked and looked for his blog, because it must be very good. Perhaps he uses an alias. I simply can not find anything.

From the Florida Progressive Coalition blog:

Short and sweet statement.

What a surprise

In their continuing efforts to stir up controversy and divisiveness in the Florida Democratic Party, the St. Pete Times has given blogger credentials for the Denver convention to Victor DiMaio. Remember Vic? He’s the Tampa political consultant who sued the party over the primary.....

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There is just something so wrong with this. Sending a blogger who has been suing the DNC since last year, who has just had his suit reinstated, to the national convention for the party he is suing.

There is just so much wrong in Florida. There is no way to address it. There is no way to heal from the ugly divisive primary as long as stuff like this is going on.