Washington, D.C. (rightcommentary.com): As I watched the “rules” committee (should have been called the “circus” in my view) make its proclamation on the status of the Democratic delegates for Florida and Michigan, I knew that somehow Republicans would be blamed for the mess. Sure enough - I was correct.

First, of course, Republicans were to blame because their evil minions in the State Legislatures of both Florida and Michigan dragged the DNC delegates off a cliff by forcing them to have their contests earlier than “King Howie” Dean decreed. The best was the discourse between Terry McAuliffe and Fox News’ Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday this past Sunday (yesterday):

WALLACE: This week Senator Clinton compared the decision to strip Florida and Michigan of all of their delegates to slavery, to the election in Zimbabwe where a dictator is trying to hold onto power, to the recount in Florida. Does she really see parallels there?

MCAULIFFE: What she sees is 2.5 million people who went to polls, who voted, who were certified at the county and at the state level. We are not a nation of 48 states. We’re a nation of 50 states.

We have to make sure - they have already paid a price, these two states. The rule worked. Other states didn’t move up. We got to protect the sanctity of Iowa and New Hampshire. They paid a huge price. Nobody campaigned in their states.

Now we need to look toward the November election. We have to win Florida and Michigan. These are key states for us in the electoral college. We can’t have 2.5 million people who went and voted.

It wasn’t the Democrats’ fault in Florida, Chris. It was done by the Republican governor and the Republican legislature. They denied the Democrats…

What McAuliffe said, I heard over and over, during the Rules hearing on Sunday. The rhetoric is all too familiar - President Bush was “C-lected” not “E-lected,” the travesty of Florida, the hanging chad, the disenfranchisement, the evil Republicans denied us - we shall… over come.

Okay - fine. Evil Republicans in the Florida legislature once again threw your party off a cliff. They stole your votes - and disenfranchised all 2+ million of you who voted. Let’s assume that for the sake of argument. I don’t think it’s true - but let’s presume they did.

Howard Dean decided that the best thing to do was punish your state. Republicans didn’t disenfranchise you - your own party did. There is Sen. Bill Nelson, telling the Rules committee about how millions of Floridians voted - and your partisan leaders just ripped into him. Treated him like he was some sort of rabble rouser preaching sedition! I don’t get it - applaud Rev. Wright - boo Senator Nelson? The news media are being “polite” in saying it was adversarial. Personally my jaw was on the ground - for the DNC leadership to treat a sitting Senator that way who is merely asking a simple thing - let a duly elected democratic process COUNT. Congressman Wexler was also treated poorly by what I found to be just some sanctimonious board of inquiry.

This is how the DNC governs itself - with no respect to the public servants apparently on the front lines. Wow - what a party.

And when it was all done - you get half a vote. Might as well have been 3/5ths - that might have been more fitting for the character of the Party.The deal was reached after committee members deliberated for nine hours, including three where they met privately and argued fiercely over their eventual deal, according to several people inside. They voted in front of a raucous hotel ballroom that frequently interrupted proceedings and reflected deep divisions within the party.

“How can you call yourselves Democrats if you don’t count the vote?” one of the many hecklers in the audience yelled loudly and repeatedly before being escorted out by security. “This is not the Democratic Party!”"We just blew the election!” a woman in the audience shouted. The crowd was divided between cheering Obama supporters and booing Clinton supporters.

“This isn’t unity! Count all the votes!” another audience member yelled.

Jim Roosevelt, co-chair of the committee, tried repeatedly to gavel it to order. “You are dishonoring your candidate when you disrupt the speakers,” he chided.

Yes - indeed - don’t listen to the “party” - the leaders know better.

I’m sorry - I don’t want to hear anymore from Democrats about the election in 2000. Bad process or not - the DNC purposefully decided to disenfranchise the voters of Michigan and Florida. That is way worse than any injustice they perceive they suffered in 2000.

Here is the thing I don’t get - and perhaps the Democrats and enlighten me - what would be the big deal by giving them full voting? I mean - it ultimately would NOT affect the outcome on delegates - Obama has Hillary boxed in. The party has decided it doesn’t matter if he lies - it doesn’t matter if he associates with terrorists - it doesn’t matter if his pastors are insane - it doesn’t matter. It’s about hope - and change - and a better tomorrow. Hope - Change -Tomorrow.

So why not count all the votes? Hillary would get a smattering of votes… nothing big. The gap would close a little bit. So what? You could take the high ground - say in the interest of democracy - etc., evil Republicans, etc., votes in Florida must count, etc. Instead - you punch the people of Michigan and Florida in the eye…

I’m convinced the only thing we have going for us in the Republican party right now is - as bad as we are - the Democrats are way way way worse in terms of party implosion.\

Praise King Howie - and all his glory… because… we’re gonna take michigan, and florida, and take their votes… and flush them down the toliet…

YEEAAAH!