dakinikat

The fabulous dakinikat, an erudite writer on Economics, the elegant mistress of the blog Sky Dancing, and a frequent contributor at The Confluence, and famous for her iconic avatars, sparkles again!

This time the zen-maitresse writes lovingly, wistfully about the year that has passed. The year of the Puma.

It was a year ago during the Memorial Day weekend, that the Rules and Bylaws Committee of the Democratic National Committee dealt a final insult to Senator Hillary’s candidacy. It was a sheer act of perfidy. Masterfully engineered by the DNC honchos, valiantly fought against by Harold Ickes and team-Hillary, all to naught. The primaries of Florida and Michigan, embroiled in controversy and rule-breaking, manipulated ad nauseum by the ilk of Rep. Wexler et al, leading ultimately the Obamists to won. PUMA was born. NObama was born. Sarah Palin was yet unknown to most America. Has it really been only one year, it seems like so long ago!

Dakinikat’s post is a must read. A great look back, a sad lament, not to be forgotten:

One Person one vote is a bedrock of our political system.

That was until one year ago today, when the Democratic Rules and Bylaws Committee declared the voters of Michigan and Florida to be one half of a person. This decision, done in a closed room behind close doors, was done in the name of party unity and led to the famous “party unity my ass” uttered at The Confluence that led to the PUMA movement. [sic]

…we found out soon enough that the party leaders did have their agenda and it was to ensure that we had their Candidate. We’re still unraveling the reasons for this travesty. We endured sexism, misogyny, and race-baiting through out the entire election cycle. We will be paying for this most undemocratic of decisions for years to come. We could have had a President that supports Abortion Rights and Universal Health Care. We could have had a President that refused to vote for FISA. We could have had a President that wasn’t controlled by lobbyists, Wall Street Fat Cats, and was a policy wonk extraordinaire.