Hillary Clinton's "Solemn Obligation"

Sometimes I just want to punch a wall over this issue. Wednesday afternoon I wrote about Senator Clinton's assertion to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce that the early, DNC-defying primaries in Michigan and Florida were fair elections:

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And several diarists, including Bobo2020, rightfully excoriated Clinton for repeating her claims the following morning on NPR's Morning Edition.

But Clinton isn't alone in making this claim. Her campaign manager Maggie Williams, too, has asserted that the results of the bogus Michigan and Florida primaries should stand.

But Saturday's logic-defying assertion by another surrogate really made me furious.

In Saturday's New York Times, Clinton spokesperson Mo Elleithee said of the Michigan primary:

Nearly 600,000 Americans participated in the Michigan primary in January, and we have a solemn obligation to ensure that their voices are heard. The best way to make that happen is to honor their votes, but if that isn’t possible there should be a new state primary that doesn’t leave taxpayers footing the bill.

Solemn obligation? How dare you. At a time when Americans are dying pointlessly in Iraq, hard-working citizens can't get decent healthcare or pay their bills, this is Senator Clinton's "solemn obligation?"
Anyone reading this diary can think of a hundred more solemn obligations a sitting U.S. Senator has than to prolong a desperate, shameless and mind-blowingly transparent attempt to win power by breaking party rules.

You want to save the taxpayers in Michigan money? Commit to getting us out of Iraq. Vote against bills that strip protections for people in debt rather than abstaining to have it both ways on the issue.

And now your wealthy supporters in Florida are threatening to pull their donations to the DNC because they want the results of the January primary to stand, a primary that was as fair as any of Saddam Hussein's rigged re-election votes.

This makes me sick. You've lost, Senator Clinton. Go back to the Senate and honor your solemn obligations to the American people.

That's all I wanted to say. Doesn't this entire fiasco piss people off? I came into primary season neutral and leaning towards Edwards. If either he or Senator Obama had tried to pull this maneuver in Florida or Michigan I'd feel the same way. Either we are a party that supports rules, laws and fairness, or we are not.