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TheZug (886 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:10 PM Original message |
Why bother with primaries at all if party leaders will just pick who they want anyway? |
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BlueJac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. It is unreal... |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Funny...a family member asked that VERY question yesterday! |
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TheZug (886 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Seems like a pretty good argument to me, even if I do say so myself. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I'm serious. One of my family members really asked that VERY same question. |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. For the illusion of control. that way we blame ourselves when the powerful fuck everything up-Bush |
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TheZug (886 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Exactly. |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. Contemplate... |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. And not just Superdelegates, but elected Pledged Delegates as well! A scholar of this obscure |
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leftrightwingnut (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yep. And some wonder why Clinton hangs in there. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. Please Educate Yourself On The Process First, Since You Obviously Don't Know It Well Enough. |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. you don't like superdelagates, you want new rules. |
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milkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. Think of voters--us--as advisors to the supers. They listen to our advice and then decide whether to |
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