I put all these lengths and versions in because the point of this blog is to show all the tweaks, facets, and angles of this The Math is NOT the Math argument. To give you angles and fuel for your own thinking & conversations or -- more 'n better -- your own LTEs (Letters to the Editor) or Comments & Blogs Out There in the Ether. I've highlighted some of the new phrasings.
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profile on digg it, I think
The deplorable Caucus system has robbed Hillary's voters of 15% of their voice, of their share of pledged delegates and of popular vote. Without an Absentee Ballot, voters with a terrible fear of falling can not participate. A ride doesn't help. This Caucus Skew must be noted by the thoughtful fairness of the superdelegates and taken into account.
The deplorable Caucus system has robbed Hillary's voters of 15% of their voice, of their share of pledged delegates and of popular vote. Without an Absentee Ballot, voters with a terrible fear of falling can not participate. A ride doesn't help. This Caucus Skew must be noted by the thoughtful fairness of the superdelegates and taken into account.
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on wapo(Washington Post Comment)
aeparsons is utterly right that if Mr. Obama were being required to *quit* -- the press would be Orcs from Mordor in their slavering and howling for the evisceration of those possibly suggesting such an undemocratic action. There really are Obama Rules & Hillary Rules.
I used to scoff when the *Right* complained about a liberal media bias. Piffle, I thought. Whew, now that I've seen the relentless jackal ferocity against Hillary, I am dumbfounded. We've come further re race than we have re misogyny. Snideness against a woman doesn't hardly cause a ripple of complaint. Hillary is a champion for a lot of us similarly lambasted by probably unconscious but deeprooted prejudice. ["deeprooted prejudice" was BO's rather nasty slur at G.Ferraro]
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3-30-08 6:36:04 pm on washington post blog r
It is to be hoped that the superdelegates will take note that Hillary's voters were robbed of their voice by 15% in all those Caucus States. People infirm of body but keen of mind are prevented from participating because they have no Absentee Ballot. These are folks too off-balance to dare use a ride to the polls. Note that in Texas, Hillary's voters gave her +4 in the primary, but -12 in the caucus on the same day.
It is to be hoped that the superdelegates will take note that Hillary's voters were robbed of their voice by 15% in all those Caucus States. People infirm of body but keen of mind are prevented from participating because they have no Absentee Ballot. These are folks too off-balance to dare use a ride to the polls. Note that in Texas, Hillary's voters gave her +4 in the primary, but -12 in the caucus on the same day.
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on aol strawpoll 3-31-08 5:52:53 pm (8:56 p [edt] on aol ;
Note that in Texas, Hillary was +4 in the primary & -12 in the caucus on the same day. A 16% swing! (I found this shocking percentage in all my volunteer phoning in caucus states. 2400 calls is a good sample.)
Caucuses don't allow Absentee Ballots -- especially silencing older women who have a terrible fear of falling & do not dare go out to a caucus. "If I can't be there in my body, I don't count." The pledged delegates & popular vote that is stolen from these passionate Hillary supporters must be accounted for by the superdelegates in their thinking. Balancing out this kind of grotesque injustice is why they exist. Or maybe we mean only the will of the (healthy) people in America?
////Note that in Texas, Hillary was +4 in the primary & -12 in the caucus on the same day. A 16% swing! (I found this shocking percentage in all my volunteer phoning in caucus states. 2400 calls is a good sample.)
Caucuses don't allow Absentee Ballots -- especially silencing older women who have a terrible fear of falling & do not dare go out to a caucus. "If I can't be there in my body, I don't count." The pledged delegates & popular vote that is stolen from these passionate Hillary supporters must be accounted for by the superdelegates in their thinking. Balancing out this kind of grotesque injustice is why they exist. Or maybe we mean only the will of the (healthy) people in America?
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