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Well done! If she wants to be Repub nobody is stopping her. She cannot have her cake and eat it too. Now she is free to do whatever she pleases. Good ridance.
they finally got some balls, if they would only stand up to this administration.
The puppetmaster lost control of one.
Freed just in time to enable her register for the Repug convention
I can't think of a better way to create a ...mole.
Now, she is on both payrolls.
Life..! Don't you love it?
Kinda like being on a jury. You can vote how you want, just don't tell. If they ask after the vote - tell them nothing. Perhaps smile. End of story.
The outhor of the article could do a little research and site the "rule" about "supporting" the candidate of the pledged delegate and what that means.
Also do the rules say "the party" can/must "strip" Debra Bartoshevich of her status as a delegate. How do they determine "support"?
How many pages of rules do the democrats have?
Does anyone but lawyers have them, or read them?
Apparently they are hard to get.
**Dems Oust Delegate? **
Well, its about time !......
She should have been given the boot, the minute she uttered her stupid words...
Exactly.
A delegate can vote for whom ever they wish. It has been done. Just don't utter words about your vote.
Is this a democracy or what?
Now we are making progress. This woman claims she was just speaking out during an emotional time. "POPPYCOCK!" I saw it on this site several weeks ago, where this woman has set up one of those ridiculous "Hillary or McCain" sites. I am glad she has lost her privilege to represent the Democratic Party. Anyone else?
MOBILIZE! OBAMA 4 PRESIDENT!
I absolutely agree with you. I remember when this story first broke. It should have been done at that time, but the end result is good no matter what. The woman is an attention seeking freak. Good riddance.