On May 11, 5:02=A0pm, "Jim E" <YD639...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "blue_collar_worker" <GeraldCNew...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 11, 2:48 pm, James Of Tucson <james0tuc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On May 11, 3:29 pm, jerry <GeraldCNew...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > This has happened all
> > > over the USA in many other States and that is why Obama is winning,
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> > > won with the caucuses.
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> > And they don't take excuses.
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> > And if there is a "hard working person" who did make the effort to be
> > part of the party
> > process, they probably aren't amused at the way you dismiss them.
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> > It's a political party. It's not an arm of government. You either
> > participate in its process,
> > or you don't, but you aren't being disemfranchised by some government
> > because you choose
> > not to participate.
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> > Elections are different. If you are forbidden from voting in the
> > general election in November, we
> > very much want to hear about that.
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> > If you want to be involved in a political party, now is the time to
> > start getting involved, on a daily basis, if you want to be part of it
> > for 2012.
> > They people you are complaining about, all made an effort, and they
> > don't necessarily care that you didn't, or couldn't make the same
> > effort.
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> > You admit that you didn't even know how the Democratic Convention
> > Delegates were selected in your state.
> > You probably don't even realize that there is no law that says they
> > have to vote one way or the other -- that the caucuses and in most
> > states, even the primary elections are considered mere suggestions.
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> > What other parts of your life did you miss because you were "too busy
> > working?" You must be very wealthy indeed now, having spent so much
> > time working that you had no time for other things.
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> Imagine, 406 people electing the nominee for over 600,000 people.
My God, you get dumber by the day.
The entire population of Alaska is around 670,000 and more than 60%
are registered Republicans.
Remove all the other parties in Alaska, and Democrats make up less
than 32% of registered voters.
http://2008.electiondata.org/states/AK.pdf
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