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It should not come as a shock to anyone that politicians make statements that are usually without exaggeration, full facts or sometimes having any truth attached. But today takes the cake for false statements. This morning, in an effort to get the Florida delegation counted and seated at the convention, Sen. Bill Nelson sat in [...]

Posted by nytexan May 31st, 2008 | Category: Bill Nelson, DNC, Democrat, Florida, Florida Democratic Party, delegates | Comments (1)

Hillary Clinton along with all the other Democratic candidates pledged not to campaign in Florida, however Hillary will appear in Florida on Tuesday. How can anyone trust or believe what Clinton says. It’s obvious that Hillary doesn’t play or obey the same rules everyone else does.
The Nation:

Hillary Clinton has decided to rewrite the rules [...]

Posted by nytexan January 28th, 2008 | Category: Clinton, DNC, Democrat, Election, Florida, primary | Comments (4)

Hillary Clinton, who has been touting change and wanting to move in a different direction than Bush, seems to have a Bush affliction for breaking the rules. Clinton, who earlier in the year went against party rules by not requesting her name be removed from the Michigan ballot, now wants those stripped delegates back. [...]

Posted by nytexan January 27th, 2008 | Category: Clinton, DNC, Edwards, Election, Florida, Michigan, Obama, Politics, Primaries, delegates | Comments (46)

Well Florida should be very happy with their bone head plan to move their primary to January in violation of DNC rules. The lawsuit against the DNC was filed by Sen. Bill Nelson and it appears that the Florida judge believes in the Constitution; that pesky piece paper. Florida may now be headed down the [...]

Posted by nytexan December 5th, 2007 | Category: DNC, Florida, delegates | Leave a comment

VIENNA, Va. (AP) — Democratic leaders voted Saturday to strip Michigan of all its delegates to the national convention next year as punishment for scheduling an early presidential primary in violation of party rules.
In spite of the vote, some party leaders and officials said they believed the delegates would eventually be seated at the [...]

Posted by nytexan December 1st, 2007 | Category: DNC, Democrat, Election, Florida, Michigan, delegates, primary | Comments (2)

I decided to do a follow up on the recent Florida screw up of loosing their delegates and their sleeper convention this past weekend. While I was doing some research, I got distracted going down rabbit holes trying to find out about the Florida Democratic Party Chair, Karen Thurman. I was stunned to find out [...]

Posted by nytexan November 1st, 2007 | Category: Al Cardenas, Florida, Florida Democratic Party, GOP, Karen Thurman, Op-Ed, Politics | Comments (12)