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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:40 PM Original message |
The Tyranny of Super-Delegates |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Quite The Contrary, Sir |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Why? And, who elected them to do so? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. They Are, Sir |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Therefore the public, being moved, must get 50 %, and the professionals, 10%, to select the nominee? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. The Figures Are A Little Different From That, Sir |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Three problems: |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. It Is Not Necessarily Sufficient, Sir |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Fifty percent plus one really does do in such a situation. It is democracy. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Insurgency, Sir, Does Not Succeed By Fifty Percent Plus One |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Actually, a true insurgency requires a much smaller vanguard. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Fine. Let them run, and be voted on, for their "expertise". |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. They Have Run, Sir |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Not in the primaries as declared delegates. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Meaningless, Sir |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Nonsense. They never ran to be a delegate. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. The 'People', Sir? |
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TheUniverse (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. The Supreme Court has stated otherwise in the past. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. unfortunately, both those processes seem to be undemocratic |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. You've GOT to be kidding, right? This outrage is the mark of tyranny raising the question, |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. As The Man Said, Sir |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. We are a "representative democracy" |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Undecided 'superdelegates' hold much power at Democratic convention" |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
21. This may explain why they're leaving Edwards out of a lot of the coverage, doesn't it? |
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DaLittle Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. WE MUST OVERTURN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ESTABLISHMENT! They Are Protectors of THE Fascist State! |
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