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Re: What's up with Super Delegates?

by "Wayne" <mygarbagecan@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 8, 2008 at 02:43 PM

"James Of Tucson" <james0tucson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:7080107e-1036-43b8-9496-21f70d221fa6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On May 7, 8:43 am, "grin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <nob...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Tim Crowley" <timmyturm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>
>>
news:63b8d613-aaf7-4912-bdec-4ddbe1e1193e@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On May 7, 7:54 am, "grin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <nob...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>> > I think they are not casting their votes because they love the 
>> > attention.
>> > Over 30 million people have voted. Yet a little over 200 super 
>> > delegates
>> > want us to think they still don't have an opinion? If they don't have

>> > an
>> > opinion by now a more appropriate term may be "dim delegates."
>>
>> hint: you're dumb. you're post simply shows you have no understanding
>> of the process.  Regardless, the Democratic Party is a private
>> organization, they make the rules to choose candidates, no name trolls
>> like you have no say in the process. You're dismissed.
>>
>> groups trimmed - spamming sucks.
>>
>> Nice try skippy.  Maybe you think the 518 super delegates who HAVE 
>> committed
>> don't understand the process.
>
> What makes you say "committed?"
>
> They aren't really committed until they actually cast their vote at
> the convention.
> And they aren't "super" delegates.  They are "unpledged", seated
> because they have
> been appointed by the party itself, as opposed to those delegates who
> are seated because
> the party allows (yes *allows*) states to seat delegates based on the
> results of elections
> or caucuses.
>
> People seem to think that the Democratic Party is part of the
> government and is subject to
> some kind of rules other than their own.  Yeah, in the case of
> elections and caucuses, those are
> subject to whatever rules the various state legislatures hold them
> to.  That's about all.
>
> The Democratic Party can flip a coin at the convention, if the party
> board decides to do that.

True.  And of concern to Obama is that the flipped coin may have been 
supplied by the Clintons political machinery.   You know....a coin with 
Hillary on both sides.
 




 19 Posts in Topic:
What's up with Super Delegates?
"grinder@[EMAIL PROT  2008-05-07 07:54:43 
Re: What's up with Super Delegates?
"Carl" <crot  2008-05-07 11:13:43 
Re: What's up with Super Delegates?
Tim Crowley <timmyturm  2008-05-07 08:18:07 
Re: What's up with Super Delegates?
"grinder@[EMAIL PROT  2008-05-07 08:43:29 
Re: What's up with Super Delegates?
Rudy Canoza <pipes@[EM  2008-05-07 08:44:18 
Re: What's up with Super Delegates?
"grinder@[EMAIL PROT  2008-05-07 11:29:06 
Re: What's up with Super Delegates?
Rudy Canoza <pipes@[EM  2008-05-07 11:43:23 
Re: What's up with Super Delegates?
"Bob Eld" <n  2008-05-07 08:59:48 
Re: What's up with Super Delegates?
"Dennis Kemmerer&quo  2008-05-07 10:22:54 
Re: What's up with Super Delegates?
"NoSpam" <fa  2008-05-08 15:55:40 
Re: What's up with Super Delegates?
Zeno <Zeno@[EMAIL PROT  2008-05-07 13:39:34 
Re: What's up with Super Delegates?
James Of Tucson <james  2008-05-07 15:01:26 
Re: What's up with Super Delegates?
"Wayne" <myg  2008-05-08 14:43:34 
Re: What's up with Super Delegates?
James Of Tucson <james  2008-05-08 17:01:52 
Re: What's up with Super Delegates?
James Of Tucson <james  2008-05-08 17:06:46 
Re: What's up with Super Delegates?
"NoSpam" <fa  2008-05-09 10:26:37 
Re: What's up with Super Delegates?
James Of Tucson <james  2008-05-09 11:54:31 
Re: What's up with Super Delegates?
"Lamont Cranston&quo  2008-05-09 12:08:14 
Re: What's up with Super Delegates?
"NoSpam" <fa  2008-05-10 05:52:31 

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