Democrats Angry In Florida ~ LOL

Luis Miranda, deputy communications director for the Democratic National Committee, addresses a group of people rallying for Florida’s Democratic primary to be counted during a demonstration at DNC headquarters April 30, 2008 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
A small but very fired up group of Floridians rallied in the street outside the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters here today, demanding that their primary votes be counted and threatening to literally block the doors of the Democratic Convention if they aren’t.
Peacefully chanting “Florida Must Count!’ and “Count Our Votes!” while carrying placards and miniature Florida flags.

“We will shut down the convention!” exclaimed Rep. Corrine Brown. “If we are not seated, then nobody is going to be seated!”

Brown, a superdelegate pledged to Clinton, addressed a crowd of about 250 who had been bused up to D.C. from Florida this week under the auspices of LULAC, an Hispanic advocacy group. Though Brown and another super who spoke — Rep. Hilda Solis — are in the Clinton camp, organizers went out of their way to remove any hint that they favored one or the other Democrat in the race.

“We’re not supposed to talk about that,” confided Harriet Meltzer, 83, a member in good standing of the Del Ray Democratic Club, though she allowed that she was, in fact, a Clinton supporter. “What’s he going to do when he goes to the Middle East?” she asked of Obama, who she deems to be lacking in experience. “Charm them?”

But others were adamant that this was about right and wrong, not Obama and Clinton. “We’ve been robbed. I didn’t get a say,” said Glenda O’Laughlin of Clearwater. “This is a betrayal of our rights as citizens,” added Branford Fambro, also of Clearwater.

This is a civil liberties issue – not a campaign or candidate issue,” said Jose Fernandez, the Florida state coordinator for the League of United Latin American Citizens, speaking to the crowd.

Standing in the crowd, Fred Araque, 66, a truck driver from Spring Hill, Fla., pointed to his wife Adela, 65, and said, “She is for Hillary, and I am for Hillary.”

“I think most of the people here are for Hillary,” said Araque.

Protesters eventually turned their ire on Howard Dean, literally calling him out with taunting chants of, “Be a man, Howard!” and “Where is Howard!?”
After organizers went inside to meet with DNC officials, who they got outside to address the crowd was not Dean but Luis Miranda, deputy communications director for regional and specialty media.
His promise of Florida representation in Denver was greeted with shouts of “When?” and “How?”
He had no details to offer.

Wild Thing’s comment……..
LOL Gosh this is priceless!
Let’s see they have Superdelegates that can in one vote of their own take away an entire voting block of citizens. Then they have this stupid fight about Florida and Michigan just because of dates for primaries not making the DNC happy. Amazing!
And STILL these idiot democrat voters want to vote democrat. haha They must like to be abused by their party.