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Direct Democracy..A Tail of Irony

by gorgias, Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 09:31:55 AM EST

Funny I can't help but think of how shocked we dems were when Al Gore won the popular vote in 2000, but lost the election due to delegate allotment. These things happen every once in a while and demonstrate the utter sham of representative democracies. These elaborate facades filled with the superrich and designed to control the will of the people or direct democracies.

Now it's 2008. Once again a slight majority of the people supported one candidate, but the system so designed to recode the errors, changed the results.

Does the end (disenfranchisement of voters in two states,character assassinations, misogyny, ignoring popular vote) justify the means?

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Tags: omaba, sexism, misogyny, disenfranchisement (all tags)

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Re: Direct Democracy..A Tail of Irony (2.00 / 6)

What an interesting "tail" you weave there. Gosh, I'm certain you're not a troll at all.

yawns, goes back to sleep for thirty seconds until the baby screeches

Hooray for John McCain!

by ragekage on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 09:35:22 AM EST

Re: Direct Democracy..A Tail of Irony (2.00 / 4)

Wouldn't a tail of irony weigh down your butt?

by JoeW on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 09:57:22 AM EST
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Re: Direct Democracy..A Tail of Irony (2.00 / 1)

Hmm, good point.

Hooray for John McCain!

by ragekage on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 09:59:00 AM EST
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Re: Direct Democracy..A Tail of Irony (2.00 / 4)

I disagree with your basic premise. Have a nice day.

by whognu on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 09:37:08 AM EST

Ignoring that you're wrong. (2.00 / 1)

Let's just say this is yesterday's news. Only one question remains. Are you an Obama supporter, and consequently on the same side as Hillary Clinton, or are you a Republican.

John McCain supports privatizing Social Security.

by Travis Stark on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 09:38:01 AM EST

Argh. (2.00 / 7)

Primaries are not general elections.

Primaries aren't designed to display the will of the people, they're designed to show who the best campaigner is, and who the party wants to face the opposition in the fall.

Primaries are created by private, nongovernment groups called political parties, and they can give them whatever rules they want.

Primaries are not concerned with the popular vote unless they have rules which account for it.

The argument for changing the electoral college to a flat popular vote in the general election has much more merit with modern conditions. Please do not suggest otherwise. Concerns about the primary process by which Democrats choose their nominee should be directed to the DNC.

In this avalanche, the pebbles get to vote.

by Dracomicron on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 09:39:30 AM EST

Re: Argh. (2.00 / 2)

You think gorgias really wants an intelligentb discussion?

He's just a McTroll...and a pretty weak one at that. None of the style of, say, engels.

by JoeW on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 09:56:41 AM EST
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Yeah I know (2.00 / 2)

I write this stuff not for the diarist but for the unnamed multitudes that read these sites but don't participate.

Don't want anyone getting the wrong idea.

In this avalanche, the pebbles get to vote.

by Dracomicron on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 09:59:10 AM EST
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