XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.elections, alt.politics.democrats   
   XPost: alt.politics.usa   
   From: NoOne@private.corp   
      
   On 8/16/2024 9:00 AM, Josh Rosenbluth wrote:   
   > On 8/16/2024 5:34 AM, Yak wrote:   
   >> On 8/15/2024 9:20 PM, Josh Rosenbluth wrote:   
   >>> On 8/15/2024 7:25 AM, Yak wrote:   
   >>>> On 8/15/2024 12:42 AM, Gronk wrote:   
   >>>>> Ubiquitous wrote:   
   >>>>>> Vice President Kamala Harris got enough delegate votes Friday in the   
   >>>>>> virtual roll call process to become the official Democratic nominee.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Biden dropped out and Harris stepped up. Your problem?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> But...but...but...democracy!!!!   
   >>>   
   >>> Biden dropping out is fully consistent with a democracy.   
   >>   
   >> Biden's dropping out is; Harris' coronation less so. A fundamental   
   >> hallmark of 'democracy' is the will of the people to select their   
   >> candidate. In 2020 they made that perfectly clear when they wholly   
   >> rejected Harris in stunning fashion and selected Biden. They didn't   
   >> get that chance this time around. The choice was made for   
   >> them...almost in dictatorial fashion. So much for 'the right to vote.'   
   >   
   > There wasn't time for the voters to weigh in. The same thing would have   
   > happened had Trump been assassinated: a replacement not chosen by the   
   > voters. In neither case, is it anti-democratic.   
      
   Exactly.   
      
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