I would like to point out that Hillary Clinton did NOT win the popular vote during the Democratic race for a presidential nominee – according to RealPolitics.com.
Barack Obama without IA, NV, ME, WA caucuses and without Michigan, ended up with 33,916 more votes than Hillary Clinton.
Barack Obama with IA, NV, ME, WA caucuses and without Michigan, ended up with 144,138 more votes than Hillary Clinton.
RealPolitics
Even if you include Michigan and the caucuses of IA, NV, ME and WA (giving Obama the Uncommitted in Michigan – remember, his name wasn’t on the ballot for voters to choose from, Hillary’s was – the State vote wasn’t suppose to be counted), Barack Obama still leads by 53,997 votes. The only way Hillary can CLAIM the popular vote is if she is allowed to count the Michigan primary and nothing from that race is given to Obama.
Voters in Michigan were told their vote would not count, so thousands more might have voted if they knew it would have counted. Barack Obama’s name was not on the ballot. He like the other Democratic candidates, except Hillary, removed their names from the ballot.
Think about Michigan’s primary vote as a sport event. You have two basketball players competing to see who can get the most free throws. During the 'official timing’, player one gets 22 baskets and player two gets 18. During a practice session however, player two gets 12 more and player one gets none.
Player one is announced the winner – player two says, "Whoa wait a minute, I got a total of 30 baskets. I’m the winner!"
Hillary Clinton is of course, player two. She's demanding something that didn't officially count and refuses to give Obama the same sense of entitlement.
I'll give Hillary this -- she did make history during the primary to be the first woman to have come 'so close' to winning and getting almost 18 million votes.
But the fact remains, Barack Obama won 242 more delegates and he won the popular vote.
UPDATE:
Hillary is CLAIMING to have won MORE votes then the first black man to have won the Dem nomination -- she wants to be put in History books as having beat Obama in popular votes, even tho he won the Delegate count.
She's also USING this fact of hers to claim RIGHTS to vp slot.
It's NOT a fact.
And it's never too late to CORRECT FACTS for historical purposes