to vote or not to vote...
Oh, what to do...what to do...
Florida, the state that can't seem to get out of its own way when it comes to voting, is in yet another mess, and this time it's pretty much my party's fault.
Last time we went through this, with the hanging chad incident, the blame fell squarely on the Democrats of West Palm. They run elections down there, and they set up the voting system. The supervisor of elections there is a Democrat, as are most of the officials in the local government. Then when things went awry, they whined about it and said it wasn't fair., and held up the hanging chad. Well, whose fault is that?
This mess now though, belongs to the Republicans. This is an equal opportunity Lumberyard. We like to blame just about everybody. The Republican governor decided to move up Florida's primaries because he thought we were coming along too late in the process to affect who gets the nomination. Both parties balked, but the Democrats balked more. They said, don't do it, or we won't count your votes. He did it anyway, and they held their ground. Nobody made a big stink about it because everyone thought it was Hillary's nomination to lose, and doubted her ability to do that. Oh, ye of little faith. Now the Democrats are in a tight race and those votes could help swing things one way or the other if they counted, but nobody knows what to count or why. There were plans for a re-vote, but the word now is that's been scuttled. Some guy in Tampa is suing the Democratic party because he says he's being deprived of his right to vote. Well, no he's not. He's being deprived of his ability to vote for a candidate from a party who says they don't want his vote. No such conflicting constitutional right exists. Still, none of this mess would be here if we could have just left the primary where it is...or was...or whatever.
In the end, the Republicans will probably gain from all this, a bit unfairly. They moved the primary...which pissed off the Democrats...who are now pissing off their constituency. Only in Florida......
Florida, the state that can't seem to get out of its own way when it comes to voting, is in yet another mess, and this time it's pretty much my party's fault.
Last time we went through this, with the hanging chad incident, the blame fell squarely on the Democrats of West Palm. They run elections down there, and they set up the voting system. The supervisor of elections there is a Democrat, as are most of the officials in the local government. Then when things went awry, they whined about it and said it wasn't fair., and held up the hanging chad. Well, whose fault is that?
This mess now though, belongs to the Republicans. This is an equal opportunity Lumberyard. We like to blame just about everybody. The Republican governor decided to move up Florida's primaries because he thought we were coming along too late in the process to affect who gets the nomination. Both parties balked, but the Democrats balked more. They said, don't do it, or we won't count your votes. He did it anyway, and they held their ground. Nobody made a big stink about it because everyone thought it was Hillary's nomination to lose, and doubted her ability to do that. Oh, ye of little faith. Now the Democrats are in a tight race and those votes could help swing things one way or the other if they counted, but nobody knows what to count or why. There were plans for a re-vote, but the word now is that's been scuttled. Some guy in Tampa is suing the Democratic party because he says he's being deprived of his right to vote. Well, no he's not. He's being deprived of his ability to vote for a candidate from a party who says they don't want his vote. No such conflicting constitutional right exists. Still, none of this mess would be here if we could have just left the primary where it is...or was...or whatever.
In the end, the Republicans will probably gain from all this, a bit unfairly. They moved the primary...which pissed off the Democrats...who are now pissing off their constituency. Only in Florida......
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