IN OCTOBER 2007, after pledging to abide by the Democratic National Committee rules concerning early primary states, Hillary Clinton was asked during a New Hampshire Public radio interview, "Why not just say, hey Michigan, I'm off the ballot?" Clinton responded, "Well you know, it's clear, this election they're having is not going to count for anything." In fact, Clinton's attack dog from Saturday's DNC rules committee debate, Harold Ickes, a member of the committee, originally voted to strip offending states of their delegates. Why didn't voter integrity matter to Clinton and her campaign earlier?
If she were leading in delegates or if she had taken her name off the ballot and Senator Obama won in Michigan, would she have called for the votes to count? The answer is no, and the reasons are simple. During the early stages of the campaign, she saw herself as the presumptive nominee and said anything to get votes in the states where she was competing at that moment. She is still saying anything and everything now to try to steal the nomination. I find this not only disappointing but disgusting.
NEIL LOVETT, Goffstown, N.H.
