Hey Michigan and Florida,
There’s no crying in baseball. And there’s no do overs in politics.
Do I agree with the Democratic Party’s decisions to penalize Michigan and Florida for moving up their primaries? NO!
Do I think they should get a do over? HELL NO! It was a bad decision to punish either state but now we’re stuck with it. For you GOPers to relate…. It’s kind of like Bush going into Iraq.
Do I think I should pay for their do over? ABSOLUTELY NO!
As a parent, we all know that we set boundaries and then when kids test them, we must give them consequences. Florida and Michigan were told not to move up their contests. They did so anyway. How can the party go back now?
Besides, how in any way would do overs be fair to either candidate or any of us who have voted already? For the candidates, their strategies have been based on neither state counting. Think Barack Obama is going to be a happy to campaign in Michigan when he took his name off the ballet there the first time?
And take me. In my state, I voted for the losing candidate. I think I’d like to have a second chance too at seeing my candidate win.
There is crying in politics. But there aren’t any do overs.
Catch ya in 2012 Michigan and Florida. Rest up!
2 Comments
March 7, 2008 at 1:34 am
They want an electoral mulligan. The big complaint I keep hearing it that the people of FL and MI deserve to have their voices heard. Damn straight they do AND they actually have. The democratic voters in both those states elected people to represent their interests who saw fit to ignore the rules of the national nominating process. The voters of FL and MI should have their say. They did and will. The next time they vote they ought to vote for people other than the knuckleheads that decided to disenfranchise them. 48 out of 50 states managed to get it right.
March 7, 2008 at 3:25 am
Amen brother