PR Straight Talk

I am outraged.  I am a registered Democrat (though I will from time to time vote Republican or Third Party if I believe in the candidate).  I voted in the Florida Primary; and I voted for a Democrat.  But my vote fell flat, since the Democratic Party punished its fellow Democrats and Florida for having changed the date of the primary by removing the right to assign delegates to the winner.

Hillary Clinton won the Florida Democratic Primary decisively, but she takes with her not one delegate - just a psychological victory.

This is an outrage!  This is unAmerican!  This is a sapping of the power and rights of the voter!  I would say this irrespective of who the winner was in Florida.

The Democratic Party must restore the delegate count to the Florida Primary.  It must do so forthwith.   If necessary, Florida Democratic voters should appeal this decision in the Courts.  The matter could go to the Supreme Court for a final determination - though given what the Supreme Court did in the 2000 election, disrespecting the electoral system which should have awarded Florida to Al Gore - I have my doubts that this highest body would come to the rescue given its clear political bias.

Let us hope that the Democratic Party itself, upon appeal by the Clinton campaign - and all fair-minded Democrats - will correct itself and give to Senator Clinton the delegates she earned and deserves!