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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:02 PM Original message |
Primary elections are NOT private functions........ |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Which participants were manipulated? |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Manipulated? The argument around here has been that presidential primaries..... |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yes, "manipulated." Your wording. |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Do I need a bouncing ball? Their votes were ignored and no delegates were allocated....nt |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. That is a fact. No argument there. |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. In MI the candidates filed to remove their names, DK screwed up the paper work twice so he remained |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I think we're mostly in agreement. |
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mohc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. "National party rules regarding delegate selection take precedence over state laws" |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Hillary seems to respect the DNC as much as Lieberman did |
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elixir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Agreed, thank you for posting this. |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. That was a 14th Amendment claim, I don't think Florida or Michigan have a similar claim. |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Fourteenth Amendment? Very broad in its protection. |
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mohc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. In fact it does |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Incomplete extract....... |
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mohc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. It does not need to be the *same* question. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
39. Where is the discrimination within the group? |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. so the states that broke the rules are more important than my state, North Carolina |
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Independent-Voter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I could not agree more about NC |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. Utter Crapola... |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Exactly. |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. "All voters in Michigan and Florida were treated equally -- " Yes, they were..... |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. But as long as they were treated equally under the rules |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. We're talking to a wall. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I've definitely decided to get a new one... |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. That was a funny post and thread. |
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themaguffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. The become invalid once FL & MI BROKE THE RULES THEY AGREED TO |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. More from a link upthread......DNC rules ..... |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. You really should read the whole article before linking to it... |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Sorry, don't buy it. 2 million voters thrown under the bus? |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. It's not yours to buy... |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. The DNC cannot "make up rules" that designate members' rights unequally. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. They didn't... |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. The right to participate in an election cannot be forfeited. Give them a fine or whatever else.... |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. The right to vote most certainly can be forfeited... |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. No state caucuses - they are unconstitutional and must be stopped. They do not maximize attendance. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 02:01 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. You might want to let the Supreme Court in on your little secret... |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 02:21 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. They broke the "law" as it were |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. OMG! That is hysterical |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
33. I wish this whole mess would make it's way to the Supreme |
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