democracy makes it possible for the majority to persecute minorities. America was not created as a democracy for a good reason.
On Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 11:27:34 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > By Kyle Smith <http://nypost.com/author/kyle-smith/> > > November 15, 2015 | 6:00am > > Modal Trigger > <http://nypost.com/2015/11/15/why-do-democrats-hate-democracy/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NY%2520Post%2520Newsletter&utm_source=Sailthru> > [image: > Description: Why do Democrats hate democracy?] > > Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders during the Democratic presidential primary > debate on Nov. 14. Photo: AP > > It’s right there in the name: “demos” means people. The Democrats are > supposed to be the party of the people. Whatever happened to that? > > In the race for 2016’s top prize, the Republicans are currently engaging — > writhing, even — with internal debate. Their best-funded and most-connected > candidate, Jeb Bush, is scrambling to retool his bid because polling > suggests the people are lukewarm on him. Taking their positions to the > people, the Republicans are staging a robust series of debates where they > know they will be confronted by skeptical questioning. > > Last night (you may have missed this), the Democrats finally got around > to their second debate > <http://nypost.com/2015/11/14/democrats-reveal-foreign-policy-split-during-presidential-debate/>, > > after the Republicans had already had four. > > Who schedules a debate on a Saturday night? A party that hopes you won’t > watch. The People’s Party is engaging in a slow-motion coronation of its > chosen candidate, who became a leading politician solely because of her > husband in much the same way that Cristina Kirchner took over from her > husband Nestor in Argentina. > > As recently as 2008, the Democratic Party presented 26 debates, which we > mainly remember as the venues that presented Barack Obama with the > opportunity to promise that he, unlike Hillary Clinton, would never support > anything as preposterous as “the individual mandate,” a k a fining people > who don’t have health insurance. > > [image: Description: > https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/debbie.jpg?quality=100&strip=all&w=300&strip=all]Debbie > > Wasserman SchultzPhoto: AP > > Now the Democratic National Committee is led by Debbie Wasserman Schultz, > who was the chair of Hillary’s 2008 campaign. Any doubts about which > candidate she wants to win this time? She declared that any candidates that > participated in debates outside of the tightly controlled DNC framework > would be punished. Indeed, even someone who was caught questioning > Wasserman Schultz’s wisdom was punished: DNC vice chair Tulsi Gabbard, a > Hawaii congresswoman, said that after she called for more debates, > Wasserman Schultz’s chief of staff called hers and told her she wasn’t > welcome at the October debate. > > DNC spokesbot Holly Shulman innocently told Time > <http://time.com/4072459/democratic-debate-dnc-tulsi-gabbard-debbie-wasserman/>, > > “All that was asked of Ms. Gabbard’s staff was to prioritize our > candidates.” Make that candidate. > > In the state capital, where each new leader comes in carrying a broom and > exits wearing handcuffs, the man who replaced Sultan of Sleaze Sheldon > Silver is making it clear that his priority, like Silver’s, will be to > maintain his GI Joe grip on power. > > Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie of The Bronx is, The Post reported > exclusively this week > <http://nypost.com/2015/11/12/assembly-democrats-plot-to-back-incumbents-in-primaries/>, > > preparing to direct the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee to start > financing primaries, not just general elections. > > [image: Description: > https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/carl.jpg?quality=100&strip=all&w=300&strip=all]Carl > > HeastiePhoto: Kristy Leibowitz > > That’s an awfully big weapon that Democrats in power will henceforth be > deploying against Democrats not in power. > > The Republican influence in the Assembly is sort of like New Zealand’s > influence in NATO: The lower chamber is gerrymandered in such a way as to > guarantee Democratic Party control, and the Democrats have controlled it > since 1975. Currently they have a typically huge majority: 102 to 42. > > This isn’t a case of the Assembly Democrats using dirty tricks against > Republicans but of using every tool at their disposal to make sure their > coven is completely impenetrable to any reformist Democrats out there who > might want to introduce some good-government ideas. > > The party is in charge in Albany as surely as it was in The Bronx — where > recently retired DA Robert Johnson held off announcing he was stepping down > until after he had won the Democratic primary, meaning the Democrats could > simply ease into place their chosen candidate — Darcel Clark. > > Get ready for more corruption trials like Sheldon Silver’s, meaning more > misuse of your money to line the pockets of powerful officials. > > > For putting the party first, Johnson was subsequently rewarded with > another juicy gig, a $174,000 judgeship which, combined with the > astronomical $142,000 pension he is due as a retired DA, means he figures > to collect $316,000 next year. > > In Albany, Heastie’s move means that, once won, an Assembly seat will turn > into the kind of lifetime gig generally associated with decadent European > monarchies. And like monarchies, members of a government that has only the > most attenuated connection to the will of the people tends to forget about > “public service” and instead turns to imposing its will. > > A top Democratic operative told The Post this week that the move would be > even worse than a monarchy: it would give Heastie “Soviet Union-type power > in that members would know it’s best not to cross the establishment.” > > So get ready for more corruption trials like Sheldon Silver’s, meaning > more misuse of your money to line the pockets of powerful officials. > Heastie has been in office only since February. You’d think he would have > spent a decent interval — a year, say — pretending to be a reformer instead > of yet another machine pol. > > These days the pols may be chewing Dentyne and sipping decaf, but Albany > is just the same as it ever was: all decisions are made by self-serving > power brokers in a smoke-filled room. > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbnR1N2N0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NDc2MDY4OTU-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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