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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Lord Undies on June 02, 2008, 11:33:28 AM
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Bullet1987 (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-02-08 11:31 AM
Original message
The Superdelegate System Needs to be Trashed
I'm going to be pessimistic and say Obama won't get his storybook ending to the campaign unless the flood happens tomarrow. Here it is almost 11:30 on the east coast and only 2 SDs have endorsed Obama. I've come to the conclusion that the system that enables Superdelegates needs to be scrapped or their numbers severely decreased...because this is a waste of time and their timidness and unwillingness to endorse is dragging this on longer than it should.
The Democratic Party never envisioned a scenario like the one that has played out this year, and their flawed nomination system has been exposed. The SDs were never supposed to CHOSE a candidate to put over the top (at least that's not what it should appear like). They were simply there to reaffirm the victor. Now that the SDs have to actually make a powerful decision and DO THEIR JOBS...they're acting like scared children. I'm serious, if the Party doesn't do something after this election cycle...then they really are dumb as ****.
This DU thread has 18 replies. Not a one of them acknowledge that the superdelegate system was designed by the democrat party to specifially remove the chance that democrat voters will pick the democrat nominee.
These DUmmies are either completely clueless and don't mind showing it, or in complete denial about the manipulating and insulting process going on around them.
Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-02-08 11:58 AM
Response to Original message
15. I have to agree.
If they aren't going to do their job, why have them? They could have put an end to this mess in February, and should have, but they are too nutless to do anything until it is too late to matter, so who needs them?
:loser:
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This DU thread has 18 replies. Not a one of them acknowledge that the superdelegate system was designed by the democrat party to specifially remove the chance that democrat voters will pick the democrat nominee.
These DUmmies are either completely clueless and don't mind showing it, or in complete denial about the manipulating and insulting process going on around them.
This sums up what a DUmmy is all about.
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nomad1776 (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-02-08 11:34 AM
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2. I don't know, I think Rush Limbaugh's tampering with the process
is exactly why we need SDs. They have the ability of countering this and future GOP misdeeds.
:cheersmate:
bobbert (350 posts) Mon Jun-02-08 01:32 PM
Response to Reply #2
24. Exactly, the SDs are here to keep other parties from picking the nominee
Also, they are necessary if there is a close race between 3 candidates and nobody can get the 1/2 + 1 vote. There are a lot of them, but not enough that they will cause a disturbance in a rightly contested primary. Had an 'operation chaos' been conducted where Huckabee ended up with a ton of delegates, we would be very happy to have the Superdelegates help our presumptive nominee get their 1/2 + 1
Well...almost. They are there to make sure you don't pick the 'wrong' candidate.
PoliticalAmazon (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-02-08 01:43 PM
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27. I disagree. They are here to ensure that the party Elites will be able....
to override the votes of We the Peeps' voters and istall a candidate that the party Elites want.
This completely eunuchs rank-and-file voters, and holds the party completely unaccountable to its voters.
Someone gets it.
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A lady Democratic voter said as much on Rush today when she said the party bailed on women to get Barry Obama in.