Comments Posted By Juan Paxety
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SO MUCH FOR "PARTY DISCIPLINE"
Dean, you're not quite correct. In Florida, the State Legislature changed the primary date - not the parties. The parties were stuck in the middle - as were the voters.
But didn't Florida Dems and Republicans welcome the primary date? I seem to recall a meeting of the Florida Democratic Committee that voted not to try and move the date which is why they got the death sentence from the national party.
Ed
Comment Posted By Juan Paxety On 6.03.2008 @ 11:56
The Supervisor of Elections in my Florida county is throwing a fit. He says another primary would cost his office more than a million dollars - and that's just one county. Our local superdelegate, an African-American congresswoman who supports Hillary, wants the original votes counted. Our county is one of the few that went strongly for Obama - a fairly large number of African Americans and a large number of young people - so local polls show the idea of a revote is popular.
The Dems did something similar 40-years ago when they threw out the delegations of Southern states that weren't liberal enough for the powers that were. That was one of the acts that pushed the South into the Republican party.
Comment Posted By Juan Paxety On 6.03.2008 @ 11:02
THE TIMES CIRCLES THE WAGONS WHILE THEIR STORY UNRAVELS
I spent 15-years in the news business, most of it in TV. Even in market 136, I would not have let such a half-baked story on the air.
Comment Posted By Juan Paxety On 22.02.2008 @ 09:28
She also seems to be spending some amount of effort trying to get her Florida delegates seated. Over the weekend U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, a superdelegate, and a Hillary supporter, was in all the media ranting about how the people of Florida were being disenfranchised. Brown is pushing for the delegates to be recognized. Maybe Hillary thinks the 180 or so delegates here would be easier to get.
I also wonder what the people of Brown's district, which is one of those segregated districts the Voting Rights Act forces on the South, will think of her not supporting the first African-American with a legitimate shot at the presidency. Obama won her district by more than 2-1.
Comment Posted By Juan Paxety On 18.02.2008 @ 07:39
WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE PATIENCE OF JOB
I'm not sure why you trust McCain on Iraq when he obviously can't be trusted on anything else.
I have no idea what I will do in November. I guess vote for the candidate I think will do the least harm.
Comment Posted By Juan Paxety On 12.02.2008 @ 19:16
OBAMA'S SIREN CALL BEWITCHES THE MASSES
It reminds me more of the semi-religious fervor shown at sales meetings of multi-level marketing organizations such as Herbalife and that ilk.
Comment Posted By Juan Paxety On 8.02.2008 @ 10:22
Some of us are old enough to remember what being a Goldwater Republican means. As a result, I'm very disappointed with the entire lot of them.
Comment Posted By Juan Paxety On 4.02.2008 @ 18:23
Additionally, several unions are actively campaigning for Hillery here in Florida. The candidates are following their promises to not campaign here, but their supporters apparently think they can campaign without running afoul.
http://paxety.com/2008/01/24/the-fix-continues/I've long believed that the Clinton plan was to win Michigan and Florida, then hold those delegates in reserve until needed at the convention. And what will Obama supporters think about this, and what will they do in November if they feel cheated by Hillary?
Comment Posted By Juan Paxety On 27.01.2008 @ 10:02
Think President Logan inviting in former President Palmer in Season 4. There was a second level of executive function which gave the first level complete deniability.
I suspect the American people will be as accepting as you were of Palmer.
Comment Posted By Juan Paxety On 28.01.2008 @ 10:32
http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/03/the-chinese-gambit/
MY TURN TO MOURN FOR FRED (UPDATE: FRED OFFICIALLY OUT)
Here in northeast Florida, John McCain is making promises to bring more forces to the Naval base at Mayport, Mitt Romney is making personal appearances and buying TV ads, Ron Paul is buying radion ads, and I see more people organizing for Huckabee than anyone else.
I have no idea whether this actually means anything.
Comment Posted By Juan Paxety On 22.01.2008 @ 17:57
