Hillary Clinton wants the voices of the people in FL and MI to be heard. She believes that the results of the already held primaries should count or that a new election to supersede the previous result.
In Florida it was the Republican controlled legislature under a Republican Governor that moved up the election, not the people of the state.
Obama wants people to abide by the rules that the DNC had set. The answer is obvious. Rules are important to every society but not every rule is just and we must be conscious to what their intention are.
At one time it was rules that prevented blacks, women from voting. It was rules that prevented women from legally getting abortions. It took great leaders like Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King to standup against the establishment against to fight rules that went against the values this country was founded on.
A presidential nominee’s failure to disregard this injustice and disenfranchise millions of voters in order to gain every advantage possible in order to pursue his own political agenda is not leadership, it’s not democratic, it’s not America, and it’s not hope.
Our constitution is amendable and so should some rules in this country, especially if they aren’t just. One would imagine a candidate such as Obama who sells himself on being a candidate of change and a candidate of the people to be at the forefront speaking out against what is happening to the people’s voices in Florida and Michigan.
As an African-American, Obama should be sensitive to the historical roots that prevented his own people from actively participating in the democratic system. Obama often references the accomplishments of leaders like King and sometimes even compares his movement to King’s. Is Obama campaign honoring the life of King and his movement? How does he explain this to the millions of African-Americans and millions of other Americans living in these states? Or is this the kind of hope through politics we can expect from an Obama Presidency?
Just my thoughts,
Felipe O. Infante
1 comment:
I'm certain you'd have the opposite opinion if your candidate was in the lead. You'd be going through a laundry list of reasons why rules are important and how everyone must follow them.
But I do see what you mean, primaries should be held in every state. What's so weird is that these states wanted early primaries and the DNC's, like, 'No! Or they won't count!' And then Michigan and Florida's, like, 'well fuck you.' So weird.
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