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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 10:01 AM Original message |
Pardon me....but WTF is a Super delegate?? |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 10:02 AM Original message |
High ranking members of the Democratic party |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. Some can breath fire others have the power of flight |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Well, AFAICT, corporations and the MSM.. |
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Leeny (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Yes, but ... |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's some bullshit the national party uses to keep control out of the voters' hands. nt |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's a tool to rob you of your own choice. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. Superdelegates have been around for a long time |
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PDittie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Since 1972, IIRC |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. I was five years old; to me, that was a long time ago |
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Guava Jelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
6. a party hack |
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dmosh42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. Meets the formula- DLC+Big Corporations=Superdelegate n/t |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. SD = A Way to Make Certain the Establishment Candidate Wins, despite what the people want. |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
9. Now for a serious response, and none of the asshattery that has come so far |
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RethugAssKicker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Thanks.... but IMO .. this SD shit sounds like alot of BS to me |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. It is still an establishment tool of party discipline |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
10. The vast majority are elected officials |
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PDittie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. That's correct, and the number sometimes includes |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. It isn't secret. Please stop lying |
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PDittie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Really? |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. id like to see the list too |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Two links |
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PDittie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Thank you so much. |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Here's a link... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
17. After 1972, Carter and a few others changed how we nominate |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
18. Donna Brazille is a Super delegate. Says a lot. |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Your Senator's one vote carries more weight than your Representative's vote |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. No it's BS |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. If you don't like the party rules, then go form your own? |
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