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   From: noway@nowhere.com   
      
   On 8/16/2024 12:08 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:   
   > On 8/16/2024 12:00 PM, Josh Rosenbluth wrote:   
   >> On 8/16/2024 9:46 AM, Rudy Canoza wrote:   
   >>> On 8/16/2024 8:29 AM, Josh Rosenbluth wrote:   
   >>>> On 8/16/2024 8:19 AM, Rudy Canoza wrote:   
   >>>>> On 8/16/2024 5:34 AM, Gak, fucked up the ass by priests hundreds of   
   >>>>> times — and *admits* it — lied:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On 8/15/2024 9:20 PM, Josh Rosenbluth wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On 8/15/2024 7:25 AM, Gak, fucked up the ass by priests hundreds   
   >>>>>>> of times — and *admits* it — lied:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> 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.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> We don't take lectures from fascists about "fundamental hallmarks   
   >>>>> of democracy," especially when they put quotes of derision around   
   >>>>> "democracy," and especially when said fascists oppose democracy in   
   >>>>> every form.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> There is nothing "anti-democratic" about the way Harris has been   
   >>>>> chosen. Primary elections and caucuses were held, and the candidate   
   >>>>> who won a majority of delegates dropped out, meaning it is an open   
   >>>>> convention. The same thing happened in 1968. In 1968, the eventual   
   >>>>> nominee, Humphrey, had a minority of the committed delegates, but   
   >>>>> he ultimately was nominated by the convention.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 1968 was not the same as 2024. HHH chose not to run in most of the   
   >>>> primaries, with almost all of the votes being split between McCarthy   
   >>>> and RFK. Even if RFK had not been assassinated, HHH could have won   
   >>>> because most of the delegates were not chosen in the primaries.   
   >>>> That's a big difference.   
   >>>   
   >>> The point is Humphrey had a minority of committed delegates as of the   
   >>> night of RFK's assassination. That means he got delegates that he did   
   >>> not win in primary elections.   
   >>   
   >> HHH had a plurality of the delegates when RFK was assassinated.   
   >   
   > He still had 90 fewer than the combined total of RFK and McCarthy, and a   
   > candidate needed to get a majority, which he didn't have. It was, for   
   > all intents and purposes, an open convention.   
      
   Correct. That is, it wasn't like 2024 prior to RFK's assassination. 1968   
   is not a good comparison to 2024.   
      
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