Excuse me?

Sometimes, a political decision doesn't make sense to me.  It doesn't matter that the person making the decision is in the party opposite the one I belong to.  It's just that, for whatever reasons, their decision defies logic and sense.Take Hilary Clinton's decision to not pull out of the Michigan primary, despite the fact her most worrysome opponent, Berack Obama, and most others decided to pull out, and for fairly good reasons.  Not Clinton.  To quote her spokesman from an article in today's Washington Times, "We're honoring the pledge, and we won't campaign or spend money in states that aren't in compliance with the DNC calendar," said Clinton spokesman Jay Carson. "We don't think it's necessary to remove ourselves from the ballot."

 

That strikes me as being like someone saying "I won't allow this magazine to interview me, or publish advertisements with my likeness, because they violated one of my personal beliefs, but I don't think it is necessary to remove myself from the cover of the magazine."

 

Perhaps this is a weak analogy.  I'm not sure, but it is the best I can do.  My point is this.  You either show compliance all the way or not at all.  This also applies to Christopher Dodd, who doesn't wish to deprive the voters of Michigan by removing his name from the ballot.  Instead, apparently, he wishes to deprive himself of a little bit of integrity.  Don't misread that statement, I am not saying he has no integrity whatsoever.  I am saying that he is choosing not to have that one bit of integrity that would provoke him to remove his name from the ballot.

 

Michigan violated DNC rules by changing the date of their primary.  Obama and others felt that they should respect their party.  Not Mrs. Clinton Or Mr. Dodd.  To tell the truth, I am not surprised by Hilary's choice.  She strikes me as just arrogant enough, just egotistical enough to think herself above the wisdom of her own party.  If the DNC feels that Michigan violated the rules by making the primary date too early, that is a decision I can respect, all partisan politics aside. Hilary Clinton and Chris Dodd might as well be thumbing their noses at their very own party.

 

Here's the Washington Times article:

www.washingtontimes.com/world/20070517-014838-8942r.htm -