Posted on 04/09/2016 12:28:00 PM PDT by McGruff
When it comes to nominating presidential candidates, it turns out the world’s foremost democracy is not so purely democratic.
For decades, both major parties have used a somewhat convoluted process for picking their nominees, one that involves ordinary voters in only an indirect way. As Americans flock this year to outsider candidates, the kind most hindered by these rules, they are suddenly waking up to this reality. And their confusion and anger are adding another volatile element to an election being waged over questions of fairness and equality.
In Nashville a week ago, supporters of Donald J. Trump accused Republican leaders of trying to stack the state’s delegate slate with people who were anti-Trump. The Trump campaign posted the cellphone number of the state party chairman on Twitter, leading him to be inundated with calls. Several dozen people showed up at the meeting at which delegates were being named, banged on the windows and demanded to be let in.
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We are not a democracy, we are a republic. A democracy would be like two wolves and one sheep deciding on what’s for dinner. A republic would be the wolves have one vote each and the sheep two votes.
“A republic would be the wolves have one vote each and the sheep two votes.”
No, a Republic would have the wolves shot dead by the sheep for infringing on the sheep’s rights.
So the way the Party Chiefs see it is like this:
They and a few others are “The Party”. Every now and then they get together and engineer some “candidates”. The primary voters are just expressing a preference; their vote is not really important except as a gauge...a little bit of marketing research. Who Can Win.
So once they’ve done a little testing like this they put up a candidate. And then they see if people like the brand, and buy it. If not, Oh Well...the other guy’s brand wins.
Not much changes. But anyone who believes the fiction that they are part of the Party who isn’t in the Inner Group is simply deluded.
De-register, go independent. They’ll market to you anyway.
The United States of America is a Republic not a Democracy.
In a democracy it’s one person one vote.
plural de·moc·ra·cies
1 a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
2 : a political unit that has a democratic government
We are not a democracy, we are a republic.
The New York Times thinks real democracy is that their Editorial Board gets to pick the winner.
A pure Democracy is going to be rule of the masses.
A pure Republic is not going to have individual voting members at all, but a committee — with an executive — figuring out how to properly represent all constituents.
Founded as a republic (”If you can keep it...”), but one no longer. We are a decadent nation-state. Why decadent? Only decadent governments pass legislation without reading it.
“The New York Times thinks real democracy is that their Editorial Board gets to pick the winner.”
Yep.
And no, the central government, i.e. the federal government does not have unlimited powers. They are limited by the Constitution; it's the people that grant certain powers to the fed's although of late they've chosen to ignore a great part of it.
If you doubt this, read the Constitution.
Voters voting for a voter that votes in their interest.
Quote:
“The United States of America is a Republic not a Democracy.”
And this is germane to disenfranchising voters in what way?
There is no “voting” in a pure Republic. The act of “voting” is a leak from Democracy. Hence, you must have heard the phrase “Democratic Republic”.
What the Constitution says, and what the government does are two entirely separate things.
” If the majority is to be taken seriously, the Federal Government may now regulate quilting bees, clothes drives, and potluck suppers throughout the 50 States. This makes a mockery of Madison’s assurance to the people of New York that the “powers delegated” to the Federal Government are “few and defined,” while those of the States are “numerous and indefinite.” The Federalist No. 45, at 313 (J. Madison).”
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/03-1454.ZD1.html
Wow, so let me get this straight. All voters are equal but some voters are more equal than others. “Cause “we’re a republic.”
Some fat ass delegate’s “vote” outweighs my and my neighbor’s vote and that’s ‘cause “we’re a republic.”
The Republic of North Korea evidently.
“Full Definition of democracy”
Mob rule!
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