So–Are Deuces Wild Or Aren\u2019t They?
\n by Gerald A. Honigman<\/p>\n
Hey, I need to get my mind away from international politics for a while\u2026especially the Middle East.<\/p>\n
How\u2019s a game of poker sound?<\/p>\n
Deuces wild, you say?<\/p>\n
Alright, let the game begin\u2026<\/p>\n
Nice–I\u2019ll bet a hundred bucks on my hand.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re seeing me and raising me another hundred?<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll, hey\u2026I\u2019m just a Florida teacher, with three of my four kids in college at the same time, and the other not far behind. Two \u2019Gators and a Seminole so far\u2026<\/p>\n
Okay… I\u2019ll pay to see you.<\/p>\n
Full House, Queen high?<\/p>\n
Ugh\u2026<\/p>\n
I have two pair, King high.<\/p>\n
Hey, Wait a minute!<\/p>\n
Where\u2019s the Full House, Chum?<\/p>\n
I just see two Queens, two sixes, and a two of hearts\u2026<\/p>\n
What…You say deuces are wild? <\/p>\n
Since when? Who says? <\/p>\n
What\u2026I agreed to that? <\/p>\n
Well, that was before you drew the deuce\u2026<\/p>\n
Forget about all the legal gobbledygook that went on until recently regarding the Florida and Michigan primaries. It all comes down to a poker game. <\/p>\n
Were deuces wild or weren\u2019t they?<\/p>\n
Well, all parties indeed knew the rules of the game prior to play time. If there were any questions, the time to have debated them was prior to the primaries. <\/p>\n
Sour grapes doesn\u2019t cut it afterwards. And if they do, then we’re all in for trouble down the road.<\/p>\n
I get a charge out of alleged liberals crying about disenfranchisement in the aftermath.<\/p>\n
Where were their worries when the rules were being expressed loudly and clearly to all parties prior to the vote? How about the folks who played by the rules and didn\u2019t even show up because of them…candidates and voters alike?<\/p>\n
The time to question or change the way the game is to be played is prior to its start–not when you don\u2019t like the hand you\u2019re dealt afterwards.<\/p>\n
The main issue here is not disenfranchisement (as real as it is), but chaos\u2026and it doesn\u2019t take a lawyer to figure that one out.<\/p>\n
If expressed rules and laws set up by legitimate representatives are allowed to simply be tossed aside by disgruntled parties after the fact, then watch out for any and all other types of agreements arrived at as well.<\/p>\n
Even I know that precedent is important in law.<\/p>\n
And the precedent even the compromise decision recently arrived regarding these two states, which knowingly and deliberately disobeyed the Rules and Bylaws Committee of the Democratic National Committee, stinks like a rotten egg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So–Are Deuces Wild Or Aren\u2019t They? by Gerald A. Honigman Hey, I need to get my mind away from international politics for a while\u2026especially the Middle East. How\u2019s a game of poker sound? Deuces wild, you say? Alright, let the … Continue reading