That’s not very, um, democratic now is it?
So, I’ve been hearing on the news lately about those so-called “super delegates”, and how they are not pledged to any one candidate, and how this year’s Democratic contender may be picked by them at the convention. Something about this disturbs be greatly. If it was their own private club, I’d be inclined to just let them have any silly rules they wanted, but the (D)s and the (R)s are pretty much quasi-goverment agencies that state governments run elections for. Wikipedia says that these people get their super voting powers on virtue of them being “current or former elected officeholders and party officials.” Wow, that’s almost like royalty.
Henceforth, I hereby declare that anyone supporting anyone with a (D) after their name is forbidden to whine that their gal/guy ought to have won the election based on the popular vote. I also expect this little miscarriage of democratic principles to be corrected sometime before the next convention.
Philip Welch Says :
Hey, just because someone supports O’bama or Mike Gravel doesn’t mean they support the undemocratic Democratic machine.
Supporting Hillary does, though. She is the Democratic machine.
2008-02-13 14:38 PermalinkSevesteen Says :
On the other hand, I’m more than likely going to vote for Ron Paul in the Republican primary, and neither of us is really a Republican. Conservatives in liberal states are voting for who they think is the least damaging Democrat. I don’t know how a party keeps it’s votes to within the party, or keeps the party from being overrun by people with different beliefs.
2008-02-13 23:23 PermalinkDirtCrashr Says :
Wait till you get a load of Obama’s “Patriot Corporation Act” – Sorta like Super Delegates on Government Steroids – it’s not just Democracy “by any other means” it’s an entirely new (old actually) definition…
2008-02-14 14:40 Permalink