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elizm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:38 PM
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Judge dismisses Nevada Lawsuit!
Edited on Thu Jan-17-08 03:40 PM by elizm
Hillary unable to disenfranchise voters of her own party.

By KEN RITTER, Associated Press Writer
53 minutes ago



LAS VEGAS - Democrats with ties to Hillary Rodham Clinton failed in court Thursday to prevent casino workers from caucusing at special precincts in Nevada.

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The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge James Mahan was presumed to be a boost for Clinton rival Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday because he has been endorsed by the union representing many of the shift workers who will be able to use the precincts on the Las Vegas strip.

"State Democrats have a First Amendment right to association, to assemble and to set their own rules," Mahan said.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080117/ap_po/nevada_caucus_lawsuit_2
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:40 PM
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1. And Bill will be on record for the rest of time for trying.
Edited on Thu Jan-17-08 03:40 PM by Bleachers7
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:41 PM
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4. Yep!
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JackORoses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:44 PM
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5. He has traded his presidential Legacy for the title "Bill Clinton, Vote Suppressor"
Enjoy it, Billy!

He went from "the Man from Hope" to "that Man can't Vote".

It's a crying shame.
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elizm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:45 PM
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6. You gotta wonder what their next desperate attempt will be. nt
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elizm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:10 PM
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14. Just heard Bill Clinton....
...Saying very angrily, "We had NOTHING to do with that lawsuit". It sounded eerily similar to another 'denial' he made a number of years ago.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:17 PM
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15. Is this from yesterday or today?
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elizm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:31 PM
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17. Probably yesterday....Don't think he has made a 'statement' on the ruling yet. nt
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DangerDave921 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:40 PM
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2. YAY!!!
How can anyone talk about disenfranchising voters in one breath, and then file a lawsuit like that?

Everyone deserves a voice; not just those who are more likely to agree with you.
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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:40 PM
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3. Good!
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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:47 PM
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7. Sounds like a judge who knows the Constitution. nt
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:48 PM
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8. I never doubted that this would be the outcome.
The lawsuit was a joke. Now it has been ruled a joke.
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:50 PM
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9. The Clintons just bought themselves a lot of bad publicity with nothing to show for it
Flawless.
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elizm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:03 PM
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13. Oh, but Bill says adamantly that they had nothing to do with it, right??
I wonder if the Culinary Union workers are buying that??
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 04:18 PM
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16. Apparently not enough, considering that bullshit story today...
About Clinton-supporters going nuts over that woman who was, according to them, disenfranchised by the Union for not pledging to support Obama. Who cares that the woman in question characterized it as a "misunderstanding" and points out that she was registered, after all.
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loveangelc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:50 PM
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10. haha
good.
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tritsofme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:51 PM
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11. If the state party wants to give these people's vote five times more weight, they can apparently.
It seems that the state party has complete control over delegate selection, and if they want some people's choice to be more equal than others, they are entitled.
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sunonmars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:57 PM
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12. I hope observers will be present at these caucuses to ensure .....

no voter intimidation occurs. It would seem only fair.
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