Anyone else feel "Presumptive Nominee" is an oxymoron?

The term seems incompatible my notion of a democratic election.

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Anyone else feel "Presumptive Nominee" is an oxymoron? (Original post)	whatchamacallit	Mar 2016	OP
Yeah. The fiction that we are a democracy is getting thin.	haikugal	Mar 2016	#1
Have you always had a problem with this term? ...	salinsky	Mar 2016	#2
personally, in a last voting state	hollysmom	Mar 2016	#5
Fair question	whatchamacallit	Mar 2016	#6
There are no facts, only interpretations. Friedrich Nietzsche	Tierra_y_Libertad	Mar 2016	#3
Should be "Presumptuous."	dchill	Mar 2016	#4
Haha indeed	whatchamacallit	Mar 2016	#7
lol ... gmta	Hiraeth	Mar 2016	#8

Response to whatchamacallit (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 02:55 PM

haikugal (6,476 posts)

1. Yeah. The fiction that we are a democracy is getting thin.

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Response to whatchamacallit (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 02:56 PM

salinsky (1,065 posts)

2. Have you always had a problem with this term? ...

... or is this something that just happened to occur to you during this particular cycle?

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Response to salinsky (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 03:01 PM

hollysmom (5,946 posts)

5. personally, in a last voting state

Yes, I have always had a problem with this term.
Thank you for asking.

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Response to salinsky (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 03:06 PM

whatchamacallit (15,558 posts)

6. Fair question

I suppose I never gave it much thought before. But this contest, where it seems we're not only fighting the republicans but also finally acknowledging and challenging the corruption in our own party, has brought a lot into focus.

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Response to whatchamacallit (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 03:00 PM

Tierra_y_Libertad (50,414 posts)