Irony Abounds in Clintonista Wolkenkuckucksheim

A post on Corrente by an ardent Clinton supporter complains that the DNC changed its procedural rules when holding private meetings to decide how to seat delegates from Michigan and Florida!

Of course, the only reason the DNC was even considering the issue was because Clinton and her supporters were insisting on changing substantive prior rulings governing the selection of the Democratic nominees. It was previously determined by the DNC and agreed by all candidates that the Michigan and Florida primaries would not count for purposes of selecting the Democratic party nominee as a consequence to their moving their primaries before Super Tuesday — agreed by all, that is, until Clinton and her supporters insisted that the rules must be changed after it became apparent that the only way in which Clinton could possibly hope to beat Obama was to change the substantive rules for nominee selection after the fact, and change them in a way which wildly favored Clinton’s candidacy!

This classic comment:

the key fact for me is that the dnc

changed its own rules,

“flexed its own rules”,

ignored its rules,

re-wrote its own rules, etc

Apparently changing substantive rules on nominee selection after candidates have acted in reliance on those rules is perfectly okay, but procedural violations (perceived or real) in resolving a dispute caused when one candidate later insists on changing those substantive rules ex post facto is a cardinal sin.

Hopefully, this craziness will stop today, after Clinton makes her endorsement.