Women's Work

Pugs , so true. This primary was no different. Our Republican controlled legislature added in the move up date this time in a bill that the Dems could not vote against. We were set up. All the NEW Democrats are mostly Republicans who switched parties . If Obama is the nominee these New Democrats will be switching back to their Republican party and voting for McCain. The stupidity of the Democratic party as followers this time is what I can no longer accept

The issue is as was said. Do we have a democratic process or not. Florida should count as a valid election. The voters went to the polls in good faith to express their preferences. It was state politicians and state Democratic leaders that made the choice to move the time of the primaries, and the people of Florida are being punished for what their parents did.

Michigan is a mess. So some compromise needs to be met there. Obama did not want this issue resolved till now. Otherwise this would have been resolved a long time ago, but that would have meant a much tighter race and a whole different psychology that the Obama camp, MSNBC, and other national media outlets would have had to deal with. They couldn't have run interference for Obama is quite the same way.

It is clear to me now that there is an agenda to have Obama be the nominee. it is not the will of the people, but the will of those that think they wield the power to make kings. Perhaps they do, but at least time it will have been a lot more transparent, and for that we can thank Hillary Clinton.

OK lets reverse the situation. Lets say Obama is slightly behind and that Florida and Michigan were "Obama" country , but the DNC refused to count thier votes , What do you think Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson would be saying on the news ? You think they would count the votes if it was Obama being deprived of the votes ? You ever wonder why women earn less for the same jobs ? Women get out your frying pans because you were asleep at the switch.

Following rules has never meant anything to the Clintons. Whether its taking "dirty" money for the campaign or in the case of ex-President Clinton "selling" pardons or carrying on with the staff.

I too am a woman who can't support Hillary. The day will come when a woman will be president - and it will be a great one. It's just not this woman. But it will happen. In the meantime, the Democratic Party must come together. The Clintons have come and one day they will be gone. It's not about them. It's about the Party.

As a long-time Clinton admirer (both Hillary and Bill), I was looking forward to Hillary's presidency. It wasn't because she was a woman, but because I thought she was the best person for the job. Then along came Obama. Being from Illinois, I had a bit of a head-start getting to know him. I knew people who knew him in the Illinois Senate. I had great respect for him, but didn't think he would get national traction. Through December, I assumed Hillary would be the Democratic nominee, but was enjoying the efforts of others, including Obama and Richardson. Following Iowa, I realized that Barack had the traction, could help change the dialogue in Washington, and was probably better equipped to heal the nation than Hillary. He became my pick over time. Hillary was a great candidate, but I found someone I think will be a better president for this time in our national history. He was a long-shot, but it turns out that he had a better organizaton. Given that both Hillary and Barack agreed with the DNC's rulings on Florida and Michigan prior to the voting, how could one or the other have a legitimate argument that they were being unfairly treated now. It appears to me that Clinton was beaten "fair and square." Her team's strategy had just underestimated the ability of her opponent. It is time for her and her team to root on Obama as he continues to the championship game against their common opponent. At least that was how I was raised in rural Indiana by my hero - a single mother, who would have proudly supported Hillary's efforts in a different election year.

Why would Obama supporters be "shouting the loudest" when everyone agreed in the beginning these votes wouldn't count? Bizarre.

Florida and Michigan held their primaries earlier against the DNC's rules. Unfortunately rules are rules and its unfortunate that the people whom resides in these two states feel their votes will not count. At the beginning Hillary Clinton publicly stated the votes would not count. Now as a counter action against Senator Obama she wants to change the rules to her benefit. From the very beginning this race has been scared by racism and and disc

Comment: You can never win a game playing by someone else's rules you have to change the rules. The Clinton's are aware of this.
I'm from Florida and come election time I'm not a proud Floridian. I wonder what will our officials do this time. Obama is right to want change, as well as most Americans.
The world today offers us: Killing of innocent people, molesting of children. backing our boss and being called a rat when we have a change of heart and realize that the lies caused the deaths of some fellow Americans child's life, the constant outsourcing of jobs in America which is blocking the the American Dream for oh so many.
This is bigger than The Clinton's desire to control the White House. This is about Your & my children. Now if Hillary is more important than your child go ahead fight to tear down the party. I only ask that when things keep getting worst and you lose your Dream. Don't complain remember your thoughts were cloudy and a guy who voted for bush twice tried to tell you so.

This is a shame. How many people in West Virginia or Kentucky openly said that they would never vote for a woman? Many of the ones who outright refused to vote for an African American were still willing to vote for a woman. That alone tells me that Hillary's mountain wasn't even close to being as steep as the one Obama had to climb. Racism is much more evident in this election that sexism. If the roles were reversed I'd be willing to bet the farm that Hillary would be fighting for Florida and Michigan to not be counted. In the end I will support the candidate, whoever it may be, but this circus is a stain on the party.

Hillary Clinton had no desire to count these votes until she saw she would need them to possibly get the nomination. She agreed just as the other candidates did to these rules and signed her name to it. This is not an Obama choice, this is about changing the rules to suit your political needs. I am against seating any of the delegates because both states broke the rules and they knew they were doing it. Now Hillary Clinton in a last minute, desperate effort is using the cause of the "ignored woman" to plead her case and women are falling for it! THIS IS AMAZING! I can almost got for counting half of the Florida delegates because there should be some kind of punishment for knowingly breaking the rules but Michigan? How can you claim victory when you were the only one on the race track...OF COURSE SHE WON, OBAMA WASN'T EVEN ON THE BALLOT! He played by the rules througout this process and got his delegates the right way not because Hillary Clinton is putting on a show and breaking the rules to get what she wants he may be penilized. Yea sure this is the president we want...another politician playing with the truth and breaking the rules.

To Valadez
You are parroting Hillary with that Zimbawe crap. You are being hyperbolic. In this environment, it is extremely unattractive and unhelpful!

This is why women are so often labeled as back-stabbing conniving manipulative b___!. HRC signed the paperwork and took the oath not to campaign there and has recorded comments that she knew they would not count because they broke the rules. Just like a woman to whine about it without acknoleding the facts. It is what it is. What about all the women who didn't vote because they knew it wouldn't count and couldn't afford to take time off from work. You clearly demonstrate the type of women who are supporting HRC and those who don't. I work hard to teach my son to follow the rules and suffer the consequences of his actions, I get to be the cheerleader and the disciplinariian and work full-time; I don't have the luxury of taking time off to be June Cleaver and cry about the mistreatment of women. Obama knows my situation because he was raised by a single parent; a woman who truly stood her ground and knew how to be a strong woman without whining.

Hillary is a conniving, vindictive, dishonest person. How these women can't see that, I don't know. These are probably the very same people who sat in front of their TVs nodding like good little drones when King George told us all that Iraq had WMD and Saddam was sleeping with bin Laden. At this point, the smart Dems are trying to get rid of her because even the Republicans know she's their best hope of winning the White House again. Karl Rove hasn't told the truth a day of his life, and any analysis he puts out in support of her should be a 800-ft red flag. Then again, she is very much like the Republicans that 51% of this country know and love.

I am a 29 year-old white woman--who is sick of beginning every comment with that phrase--and I am voting for Barack Obama. These women do NOT speak for me, and damn them for monopolizing the name "women" for their political agenda. These are idiotic women who cannot see the world through a different lens than the one between their legs. This is not about democracy for them. This is about revenge. There are women DYING and being abused across the Middle East, in Africa, in Asia, yet they would rather funnel their feminist outrage into this shoddy mess of a campaign in debt that continues to beg them for money and continues to fuel their outrage with inaccurate and leading statements. These are women who claim they would rather vote for 4 more years of the GOP, for a man who voted against equal pay for women, for a man who is against so many women's rights, for a man who promises to keep us stagnated in a war while our sisters and brothers are dying...
I am a 29 year old woman, and these women do not speak for me. Unlike them, I am free to CHOOSE who I vote for--and I choose Senator Barack Obama.