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.
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.
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.
The first primary elections were in 1921, and the constitution does not provide for the selection of electors by popular vote either. States could choose electors and presidential candidates by whatever means the state legislature sees fit.
When you refuse to allow voters a voice, the country is dead. We are seeing both parties having establishment picking our candidates. Truly a disgusting situation for America.
This is not a democracy.
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"It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this.
The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny; their figure deformity."Alexander Hamilton
Speech in New York, urging ratification of the U.S. Constitution (1788-06-21)
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We The People have OUR means of election as called out in that little pesky thing called The U.S. Constitution.
It is the BACON-WRAPPED SHRIMP CLUB, THE GOOD OL’ BOYS CLUB, THE CLUB THAT SAYS ‘WE ARE’ AND ‘YOU ARE NOT’ IN CHARGE.
THEY WRITE THEIR OWN RULES, not pursuant to the U. S. Constitution.
“Especially relevant with what’s going on in Colorado right now.”
And Indiana. The GOPe can go to hell in my book.
