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Why Do Democrats Not Trust (Even Their Own) Voters?
Townhall.com ^ | February 2, 2020 | Kevin McCullough

Posted on 02/03/2020 5:24:40 AM PST by Kaslin

Why do Democrats mistrust voters?

Note that there exists zero doubt that they do.

But why?

After spending the better part of four years attempting to undo what the voters in 30 of 50 states clearly wished, they are back at it again attempting to taint and corrupt even their own party’s primary process to create an outcome they believe would be better.

But “who” is the “they” we refer to? And who pulls the trigger on such things?

When Democrats pursued “Russia collusion” they did so with a foundation of “evidence” that was debunked nearly as quickly as it was assembled. Yet someone believed it would be great to spend the better part of three years attempting to con the American people.

Not satisfied with that embarrassment someone else began running with the impeachment meme. But doing so on an even flimsier foundation. Thankfully that partisan sham of a process is exiting stage left.

For some reason, some people somewhere believed that instead of running against the administration with a set of ideas it would be better to merely repudiate the votes of the last election and through trickery attempt surgical removal of a president who was legally and overwhelmingly elected.

The vote of the people—in essence—means nothing to them.

This weekend the Bernie Sanders campaign got a second dose of these tactics.

Late Friday the Democratic National Committee waived a requirement for the upcoming debates. No longer does the candidate need to meet both a voter poll threshold and have a predetermined number of donors to qualify to participate. Sanders, Biden, and Warren have all met the thresholds.

Mike Bloomberg has not. Even if he meets the poll numbers before the Nevada cut off he still would not have come close to meeting the number-of-donors requirement. This is largely due to the fact that he is his own donor. He’s proven this by already blowing through more cash in just a handful of weeks on the campaign trail than President Trump spent for all of the campaign (both primary and general elections) of 2016.

But Mike Bloomberg (hopes somebody) might be the moderate candidacy that somebody believes can win the general election in the fall.

These somebodies believe they know better than the voters in their own primary. They cheated Bernie Sanders in 2016, and they have launched a new effort to cheat him in 2020.

In another development, over the weekend a story appeared in Politico that intimated that even if Sanders got to the convention with the votes needed, that there is already a move afoot to change procedures and rules there to stop him.

Similar to blind #NeverTrumpers that refuse to see what the president has done to keep his base intact (and is currently constantly welcoming new voters to the cause), these smug elitists in Democratic circles seem to believe they know what the voters want more than the voters themselves.

No one should really be shocked that such a band of disreputables would be caught trying to stab Bernie Sanders in the back.

The supposedly “neutral” Democratic pundits on television this week turned noticeably anti-Bernie as his poll numbers in five of the first six states have him ahead or tied.

The Democratic Party is fast chasing down anything and everything they can to bring him down, which I suppose is their prerogative.

If they wish to be the party that ignores the rights and voices of the voters it’s best to let the whole world see it. That they are still obsessed with taking the votes of 2016 away from the winner offers a glimpse. That they are ready to sacrifice their frontrunner by changing the rules in such a profoundly dishonest way should send a message to the people they are pleading with to support them.

Because for them it’s never been about trusting the will of the people to decide our nation’s future. Nope. For the left, the gaining of control is the most important priority.

To be in power, and to use that power to punish those who disagree with them, is their obsession.

They’ve tried every dishonest means in the book to wield this obsession against the president.

And now they willingly seek to massacre their own candidates and supporters in their crazed manic attempts to do so.

Contrast that with the claim of “promises made, promises kept.”

That contrast is the genuine choice this November and it is vital that we the people choose wisely!


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020demonrats; berniesanders; michaelbloomberg
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1 posted on 02/03/2020 5:24:40 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Totalitarians do not let voters decide anything.


2 posted on 02/03/2020 5:26:44 AM PST by precisionshootist
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To: Kaslin

Cause everything they do is based on lies.


3 posted on 02/03/2020 5:28:28 AM PST by Track9 (Air Force One should have red white and blue contrails. Troll city)
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To: Kaslin

Could it be democrats know who their voters are ?


4 posted on 02/03/2020 5:29:23 AM PST by no-to-illegals ( Liberals, leftists, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die)
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To: Kaslin

in fairness the Republican party also has a LONG history of not trusting its base either.

Election after election, they would lie to us about what they would do if elected and then never even really try (especially when it came to abortion)

Trump is the first president of my lifetime that is actually TRYING to do what he said he would.


5 posted on 02/03/2020 5:31:42 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Kaslin

Who needs voters, when there are Super Delegates?


6 posted on 02/03/2020 5:34:21 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Kaslin

“Why Do Democrats Not Trust (Even Their Own) Voters?”

They don’t ‘mistrust’ their voters, they just don’t have enough of them. That’s why ‘additional measures’, as they seem them, are needed.


7 posted on 02/03/2020 5:37:38 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: Kaslin

The Left has always depended upon useful idiots.


8 posted on 02/03/2020 5:40:09 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: precisionshootist
Totalitarians do not let voters decide anything.

More proof 'elites' in DC are the true totalitarians...

9 posted on 02/03/2020 5:40:16 AM PST by GOPJ (Democrats stand for crime, corruption and chaos -Trump http://www.tinyurl.com/cvirusmap)
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To: Kaslin

:: The vote of the people—in essence—means nothing to them ::

On the contrary...
The people’s vote means EVERYTHING to “Democrats”.
It’s the people after the vote that mean nothing to them.


10 posted on 02/03/2020 5:43:25 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Men: We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches.)
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To: Kaslin
The vote of the people—in essence—means nothing to them.

Pelosi and Schiff-for-brains have both said that the selection of who is to be President is too important to leave to the will of the voters. If I were making campaign ads, I'd run clips of them saying that in every representative's ad. Remind voters that a vote for the DemocRAT in *any* house seat is a vote for those who would negate the vote in order to install the dictator of the DemocRAT leaderships' choice.

Also, I think the pushback against Bernie is not because of his policies. It is because he is open about what the DemocRAT/Socialist party wants. Most DemocRAT leaders know that socialism is about as popular as herpes, so mask it and lie about their intentions as much as they can.

11 posted on 02/03/2020 5:44:53 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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To: Kaslin
Bernie Sanders makes a point of serving in the U.S. Senate as an "independent," then changes his affiliation to "Democrat" every four years just to run for President.

I honestly can't blame the DNC for screwing the guy.

12 posted on 02/03/2020 5:45:47 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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To: Kaslin

cheaters and liars don’t trust anyone because they don’t trust themselves...


13 posted on 02/03/2020 5:46:25 AM PST by heavy metal (truth trumps lies...)
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To: Kaslin

Well, let’s face it... The dimorats are going full commie...


14 posted on 02/03/2020 5:47:15 AM PST by unread (A REPUBLIC..! if you can keep it....)
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To: Kaslin

Because they are elitists.

And elitists have reached the point where they don’t trust ANY voters.

Which means we are living through some very interesting times.


15 posted on 02/03/2020 5:52:57 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Kaslin

So even dem pol’s know their voters are insane?


16 posted on 02/03/2020 5:53:36 AM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken)
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To: Kaslin

Because they take advantage of them

That’s their whole political model, to prey upon the ignorant and the uninformed just look who their constituencies are

And why they want to import more Third Worlders


17 posted on 02/03/2020 5:58:57 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Guns up . . . We cominÂ’ PS: Eric The Blower Ciaramella. PASS IT ON)
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To: heavy metal

BINGO! Democrats are liars and cheats from the rank and file voter to their presidential candidates. None of them trust each other except to advance their common agenda of taking (money & power).


18 posted on 02/03/2020 6:05:20 AM PST by Varda
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To: Alberta's Child

Good point.


19 posted on 02/03/2020 6:05:55 AM PST by Track9 (Air Force One should have red white and blue contrails. Troll city)
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To: Kaslin

Because they are all narcissistic, dictators in training? Just a guess, of course.

JoMa


20 posted on 02/03/2020 6:06:01 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks.)
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