Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Majority of Votes Don't Count

I am a Hillary Clinton supporter. She won Florida handily. The DNC decided it would be better for the party if they did not count Florida and Michigan's votes. The DNC is made up of people who couldn't find their ass with both hands. Hillary argues that she has won more votes, this is indisputable, however ... this was never the measure of a "win".

Hillary won Florida by 294,772 votes.
Hillary won Michigan by 328,309 votes
Hillary won 150,000 more votes than Obama last night in Kentucky and Oregon. She won Kentucky by 249,224 votes while Obama won Oregon by 102,144 votes.
Let's add it all up:
Popular Vote Totals (w/FL & MI)Hillary leads by 174,047 votes (.48%.)
Popular Vote Totals (w/FL & MI and Estimate w/IA, NV, ME, WA): Hillary leads by 63,825 votes (.18%)


The stated goal was to win more delegates than the other guy. John Kerry lost the last election because he lost Ohio by approximately 170,000 votes. Yet, if he had won Ohio then he would have won the election by virtue of the electoral votes, but Shit-For-Brains Bush had won 3 million more popular votes than Kerry, doesnt matter -- Kerry would have won!

The good thing about this tight race is that it has shed light on this ridiculous system. We all now know about Super Delegates and proportional division of pledged delegates. Even if you lose a state by the popular vote, you can still pick up more pledged delegates depending on which counties you won , this is such bullshit. The candidates spend a full year campaigning in Iowa and New Hampshire -- give me a break! This whole election has been a giant cock-up by the DNC. We have had eight years of an administration that does not take responsiblity for anything! I am tired of this and I don't want the Democratic Party emulating the GOP, therefore Howard Dean must take full responsibility for this fiasco. The buck must stop somewhere.

We have four years to change the way we elect our nominees. This is my proposal: All 50 states vote for the Democratic Presidential Nominee on the same day. The candidates could spend six months campaiging, possibly visiting every state in the union. If any, or all of the candidates choose to spend their whole six months in Iowa -- good for them! Whoever gets the most votes wins! what a concept!

Let me know what you think.

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