Posted on 01/19/2008 3:37:15 AM PST by Puzzleman
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The elected delegates, though virtually unknown, are at least selected by the voters and pledged to the candidate those voters chose. Most of the super delegates aren't chosen by the general populace, and they are not bound by the votes in their respective states. If they end up making the difference in the nomination -- especially if the winner came into the convention in second place -- there is a strong possibility of disenchanting a good portion of the party's base, potentially costing the party the election...
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I sure hope so.
Unfortunately for us, I don’t think the RAT leaders are stupid enough to make this blunder. If Obama wins an outright majority or plurality of the primary vote, I think a majority super delegates will go with Obama.
After all, there isn’t a human being on earth who actually LOVES the Clintons. Not even the Clintons themselves.
Well, let me correct that. Hillary loves herself. Bill loves himself. I have no idea who Chelsea loves. But Bill doesn’t love Hillary nor does she love him.
(Now I have to go wash my mouth out with soap just for thinking about “Clinton” and “love” at the same time.)
When Billary gets the nomination the RAT party will be destroyed (crossing my fingers).
Democrats have already disenfranchised the whole state of Michigan. I am not sure why commentators are not pointing that out.
Actually, Super Delegates are a model of what the Democrat Party wants to bring to the Federal Government. They would like a permanent class of experts to control the Senate and the House, because you never know, what those pesky voters are liable to do. They could actually vote in Republicans, that's how stupid the voters are.
The rat perverts what he touches, doen’t he?
Dump the Hump.
I just can't WAIT for this. I wish the convention was tomorrow.
Actually, this describes very well the attitude of both major parties, all of the media, all of the lobbyists, and the entire permanent government represented by the civil service and the NGOs (we call them foundations here).
They all HATE, HATE, HATE elections, the very idea that one of them (or all of them) could lose the best job any of them will ever have over the uninformed actions of a bunch of rednecks and yahoos.
So, collectively, they do everything they can to control the elections they cannot (yet) prevent.
The People of the United States have ENORMOUS latent power, as much as the monarch in England - and almost as little chance of using it.
It is a bitter disappointment to me that the high water mark of the red-white-blue people power revolution came in 1994, and that we will not see such again in our lifetimes.
This farce of a "process" to select two loser candidates eleven months before OUR election, so that the maximum amount of advertising dollars can be extracted from the "two party system" while the people are deprived of any meaningful choice, again, is near collapse.
My hope is that there will be four or more candidates this year and that the President will be elected by the People's House, while the media melts down over the phony "Constitutional Crisis".
This would serve the function of a "Fully Informed Electorate Act", to teach our people how much power they really have.
Until the present rigged game is overthrown, nothing can change.
McGovern. And it's interesting that he was the first nominee after the Dems implemented affirmative action for their delegates after the Chicago riots.
Help. I’ve been disenfranchised. said the Obama supporters
Interesting. What makes you think there wouldn't be some pretty slimy dealmaking in the rooms of the House of Reps, if your scenario ensues? And I cannot recal, but does the Constitution require reps voting for the tied candidates, or can they elect anyone?
Its a natural fit. The Democrats already have unelected elites legislating from the bench.
Hillary only needs the Diebold vote to win...
Not to mention Senate and House Staffers that write the bills and see to their passage while a good majority of Senators and congressmen are clueless to the bills contents.
Only the diligent efforts of lobbyist groups who actually read the bills save us from many of their onerous proposals. I still believe that elected congresspersons only be allowed 2 staff, a chief and a secretary period.
“This fix is in for Billary. Obama could win the rest of the states wrt delegates but she will still get the nomination.”
How delicious this would be after all the whining the Dems have done since 2000 that Algore got the majority of votes, but Pres. Bush was “selected” president. Of course, the msm would work hard to cover up this irony.
It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.
—Joseph Stalin
Superdelegates represent fully 40% of all delegates to the Democrat National Convention. They include the states’ Senators, Congressmen, DNC members, and various other elected and appointed officials. That is a hugh percentage to overcome, should most of them go for Clinton.
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