Comments on: The BIGGER, bigger picture… https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=4109 The Blog of BartCop.com Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:36:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9 By: macrobank https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=4109&cpage=1#comment-25891 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:39:35 +0000 http://bartblog.bartcop.com/2008/06/02/the-bigger-bigger-picture/#comment-25891 But was this not inevitable from the moment the rules committee decided to change the rules? For the record, I disagree with the decision to “appoint” votes to Barack just as much as I disagree with the decision to change the rules mid-contest.

But Barack didn’t make the rules and Barack didn’t change the rules. Once the door was opened for change, though, one can hardly blame the Obama camp for trying to garner as many votes as possible and “fair” doesn’t enter into the question since “fair” goes out the window with a mid-race rule change…

Stupid DNC…

]]> By: zenferret https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=4109&cpage=1#comment-25848 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:45:17 +0000 http://bartblog.bartcop.com/2008/06/02/the-bigger-bigger-picture/#comment-25848 Turns out the stupid move was the smart one.

If Obama’s name had been on the ballot he would have received those delegates proportional to his vote count.

Instead he received more delegates proportionally than he would have if he’d been on the ballot as we would have been beaten pretty soundly. If the other candidates at the time had likewise remained on they would have taken some of Obama’s more than some of Clinton’s.

Great deal, the quitter wins…

]]> By: Danger Bear https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=4109&cpage=1#comment-25837 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:34:32 +0000 http://bartblog.bartcop.com/2008/06/02/the-bigger-bigger-picture/#comment-25837 The RBC changed the rules in the middle of the game. They awarded Obama delegates that he didn’t earn based on exit polls, people who already voted for Repubs, and warm fuzzy feelings. Donna Brazile’s momma says that’s cheating.

I’m glad I don’t have to defend that. Especially when Obama’s slim 100 pledged delegate lead depended on millions of people being shut out of all those red state caucuses.

I can’t lie and say Obama’s shit tastes like sunshine. What would my momma say?

]]> By: Bart https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=4109&cpage=1#comment-25833 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:04:01 +0000 http://bartblog.bartcop.com/2008/06/02/the-bigger-bigger-picture/#comment-25833 But why would any politician with a brain take his/her name off a ballot?

So the Rules Committee could help him snatch the votes of a state he couldn’t win?

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