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NMMatt (523 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:30 PM Original message |
Contrary to the Clinton media manipulation caucuses are democratic |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think Caucuses are good for primaries. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. So folks deserve extra representation for their individual enthusiasm? How very democratic. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Active participants in the local party can participate, |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. That is insufficient |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Part of the problem is that you can't take care of party business in a primary |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. It's valid, legal and proper. Just not "democratic" as the OP suggests. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. The ancient Greeks (who invented this "democracy" stuff, after all) essentially caucused |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I think people are easily confused on the word democracy |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. "Democracy" and "Republic" are not exclusive |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. We agree |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. get up and go to one. that's how its done up here. its open and its |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. As has been pointed out: |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. I actually like the idea of caucuses. I loathe the fact that people ignorant of the basic facts |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Ignorant people don't vote any worse than anyone else |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. "Ignorant people don't vote any worse than anyone else" |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. You don't even realize it's grammatically correct, do you, you pathetic clod? |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. It is an utterly nonsensical statement |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. You really don't get it... |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. You're saying Democrats are helpless without the woefully uninformed and uneducated? |
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Seeker30 (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. You loathe the fact that people are allowed to vote? |
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Growler (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. I hate caucuses |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Another against the caucus system |
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joeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. It is really quite simple, the party activists and the more educated |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Unless you're joking, you are a really bad person. |
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joeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. No, I am a highly educated person that is brutally honest. |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. People who choose not to attend...you mean like |
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Altair (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. They have their place. Enthusiastic supporters are the ones |
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NMMatt (523 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. True - primacaucuses for every state! -nt |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. there are pluses and minuses to both |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. Caucuses are mean to Hillary and make her sad. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. If hilaryland hadn't counted on SuperTues |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
28. Caucases |
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Growler (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I've been |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
32. Caucuses are not democratic because of their limited participation. |
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