At 10:58 AM 2/20/2008 -0600, Ed Leafe wrote: >On Feb 20, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Charlie Coleman wrote: > > > It just struck me as odd that a political party, that supposedly professes > > it is better at "democracy" than the opposition (Republicans), ... > Are you reading too much into the name of the party, and ignoring > its >historical derivation?
Nah. Based on my experience with the democratic party, they do not believe in the rule "of the people" - so, generally, I don't consider Ds to be "democratic" (which I realize is pretty harsh, and why I was surprised to find "evidence" in regards to superdelegates). My assertion about D claims of democracy-superiority comes from people I personally know who always vote democrat, and continually tell me their party is pro-normal people, and Republicans are pro-elitist groups. That's a generalization of course, but it seems to be the common thinking of the Ds I know that don't track politics very close. Historical derivation? Are you alluding to something specific in the history of the D party? Did they get their origins in Facism or Communism or something like that? > > set up this kind of "elitist group" in determining who gets the > party's nomination. > > That is, a group that isn't chosen by the people to determine who they > want > > to be president. > > That's kinda funny, since you don't get to choose your delegates in >any case. The party selects delegates for each candidate. You vote for >the candidate, but what you get is the party-selected delegate. That ... Ah. Probably "designated" is a better term than "elected". In other words the delegate's vote is supposed to reflect the poll results (based on the rules of the state - e.g. proportional or winner-take-all). And yep, just like the electoral college, actual delegate votes in the end could be anything. -Charlie _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
