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The phrase I am referring to is this;
Additionally, consider this.
1. The Democratic Party has disenfranchised the voters of Florida and Michigan wholesale -- "No Delegates FOR YOU!"
2. The media has helped encourage the current stalemate between Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton because they failed in their primary job of vetting candidates. (Question; Who would have won in all the states that have already voted if the Wright chickens had come home sooner - as they would have if media had done their job.)
3. Now the media (in this case Joe Klein and Time) are encouraging the Democratic Party to reverse the decisions of the entire Democratic electorate so far - by putting forth someone who hasn't appeared on a ballot yet this season.
It just seems to me that the rule-set that permits this type of back room deal is from an age long gone - yet the Democratic Party leadership are consciously floating this trial balloon to see if it attracts criticism. Unfortunately, their enablers in the media are not going to vet the idea properly, just like they didn't vet the candidates properly until this point.
My belief: Putting Al Gore on the top of the Democratic ticket would be the ultimate voter disenfranchisement. So, how many votes in the general election will the Democrats give to the Republican nominee if they disenfranchise those who have voted in primaries so far?
The phrase I am referring to is this;
"Which is not to say that Clinton's candidacy is entirely withoutWhich leads me to the question, if a Democrat is pursuing a "race gambit" doesn't that make it Democrat-style. At what point does the Democrat use of race become a 'style'?
purpose now that she is pursuing a Republican-style race gambit,
questioning Obama's 20-year relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah "God
damn America" Wright."
Additionally, consider this.
1. The Democratic Party has disenfranchised the voters of Florida and Michigan wholesale -- "No Delegates FOR YOU!"
2. The media has helped encourage the current stalemate between Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton because they failed in their primary job of vetting candidates. (Question; Who would have won in all the states that have already voted if the Wright chickens had come home sooner - as they would have if media had done their job.)
3. Now the media (in this case Joe Klein and Time) are encouraging the Democratic Party to reverse the decisions of the entire Democratic electorate so far - by putting forth someone who hasn't appeared on a ballot yet this season.
It just seems to me that the rule-set that permits this type of back room deal is from an age long gone - yet the Democratic Party leadership are consciously floating this trial balloon to see if it attracts criticism. Unfortunately, their enablers in the media are not going to vet the idea properly, just like they didn't vet the candidates properly until this point.
My belief: Putting Al Gore on the top of the Democratic ticket would be the ultimate voter disenfranchisement. So, how many votes in the general election will the Democrats give to the Republican nominee if they disenfranchise those who have voted in primaries so far?
