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   XPost: alt.politics.usa   
   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2024-08-16, Josh Rosenbluth  wrote:   
   > On 8/16/2024 12:36 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:   
   >> On 8/16/2024 12:12 PM, Josh Rosenbluth wrote:   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> They are alike in the sense that the ultimate nominee did not win enough   
   >> delegates in primaries to become the nominee. Republiscums/QAnon are   
   >> crying that if the nominee didn't win primaries, the nomination is   
   >> somehow "illegitimate." It is not.   
   >   
   > There was a good argument it was in 1968 (and hence after that, the   
   > primaries became paramount). It is not a good argument in 2024.   
      
   Hint: the argument is very much the same.   
   An unpopular war.   
   The nomination of an unpopular candidate or an unpopular party.   
      
   And Chicago 2024 is going to be epic because the authorities will not be able   
   to contain it.   
   Watch for the MSM to totally ignore whatever happens, big or small.   
   They can't have their golden showers girl Kamala's moment as queen tainted in   
   any way.   
      
      
      
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   pothead   
   Tommy Chong For President 2024.   
   Crazy Joe Biden Is A Demented Imbecile.   
   Impeach Joe Biden 2022.   
      
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