Comments on: Will Republicans Pick the Next Presidential Nominee of the Democratic Party? http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/will-republicans-pick-the-next-presidential-nominee-of-the-democratic-party/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:34:32 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dissident Voice : Watergate II: The Republican Plan to Retain the White House http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/will-republicans-pick-the-next-presidential-nominee-of-the-democratic-party/#comment-19733 Dissident Voice : Watergate II: The Republican Plan to Retain the White House Sat, 03 May 2008 11:59:41 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/will-republicans-pick-the-next-presidential-nominee-of-the-democratic-party/#comment-19733 [...] to prolong the Democratic primary race to allow Obama and Clinton to clobber one another to help do the party’s dirty work for it. Of course the “dirty” Clinton campaign obliged and Republican bottom-suckers aided the [...] [...] to prolong the Democratic primary race to allow Obama and Clinton to clobber one another to help do the party’s dirty work for it. Of course the “dirty” Clinton campaign obliged and Republican bottom-suckers aided the [...]

]]> By: Mike McNiven http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/will-republicans-pick-the-next-presidential-nominee-of-the-democratic-party/#comment-16418 Mike McNiven Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:51:19 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/will-republicans-pick-the-next-presidential-nominee-of-the-democratic-party/#comment-16418 a view from abroad: http://www.counterpunch.org/uzma03152008.html a view from abroad:

http://www.counterpunch.org/uzma03152008.html

]]> By: Jerry D. Rose http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/will-republicans-pick-the-next-presidential-nominee-of-the-democratic-party/#comment-16047 Jerry D. Rose Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:54:23 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/will-republicans-pick-the-next-presidential-nominee-of-the-democratic-party/#comment-16047 One thing I like about these comments is that they give an author a chance to have some "second thoughts" about what she or he has written. Considering my three "reform" proposals to prevent "mischievous" intrusions of one party in another party's primaries, I think I would put a lot more emphasis on the 3rd of these: the holding of all primaries on a single day in all the states. As I said, gamesmanship of the type that's happening this year would be less likely to occur in those situations, since partisans of each party would almost surely prefer to vote in their "own" party's elections and wouldn't mess with trying to game the other one. "Open" primaries could still be a problem, however, as even the "semi-open" ones allow independents to choose to vote in a primary of their "choice" and many could have followed Limbaugh's advice as he gave it for Ohio and Texas. The problem with #1 and 2 is that they go against the right of each state to determine things like open, closed or semi-open and deadlines for registrations; so getting things changed across the political spectrum would be politically difficult. In the case of a national primary day, I don't know, not being a constitutional lawyer, what would be involved in doing this; but I do feel that you could get a groundswell of public support from both parties on grounds of their right to conduct their nominations from among their own members, and people of all parties and all registration statuses that are "sick and tired" of the extended exposure to vapid "campaigning" that is the unfortunate hallmark of our elections. Bottom line: the "how to do it" is very unclear, but I still feel pretty clearly that these reforms are needed and that now is the time to begin to institute them: not because they can be effective for this primary season, but because the freshness of the pain of confusion and injustice that we are now feeling may be a fertile ground to motivate changes on a "never again will we allow these travesties to come to pass." One thing I like about these comments is that they give an author a chance to have some “second thoughts” about what she or he has written. Considering my three “reform” proposals to prevent “mischievous” intrusions of one party in another party’s primaries, I think I would put a lot more emphasis on the 3rd of these: the holding of all primaries on a single day in all the states. As I said, gamesmanship of the type that’s happening this year would be less likely to occur in those situations, since partisans of each party would almost surely prefer to vote in their “own” party’s elections and wouldn’t mess with trying to game the other one. “Open” primaries could still be a problem, however, as even the “semi-open” ones allow independents to choose to vote in a primary of their “choice” and many could have followed Limbaugh’s advice as he gave it for Ohio and Texas. The problem with #1 and 2 is that they go against the right of each state to determine things like open, closed or semi-open and deadlines for registrations; so getting things changed across the political spectrum would be politically difficult. In the case of a national primary day, I don’t know, not being a constitutional lawyer, what would be involved in doing this; but I do feel that you could get a groundswell of public support from both parties on grounds of their right to conduct their nominations from among their own members, and people of all parties and all registration statuses that are “sick and tired” of the extended exposure to vapid “campaigning” that is the unfortunate hallmark of our elections. Bottom line: the “how to do it” is very unclear, but I still feel pretty clearly that these reforms are needed and that now is the time to begin to institute them: not because they can be effective for this primary season, but because the freshness of the pain of confusion and injustice that we are now feeling may be a fertile ground to motivate changes on a “never again will we allow these travesties to come to pass.”

]]> By: D.R. Munro http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/will-republicans-pick-the-next-presidential-nominee-of-the-democratic-party/#comment-16045 D.R. Munro Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:07:52 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/will-republicans-pick-the-next-presidential-nominee-of-the-democratic-party/#comment-16045 Why should the media stand in our way? Because people like Rupert Murdoch are allowed to create massive newspaper and media empires. You know that old quote from Citizen Kane? "Print the truth, Charlie." "The truth is whatever I tell them it is!" Replace 'Charlie' with Rupert or Ted and you've got the right idea. Why should the media stand in our way?

Because people like Rupert Murdoch are allowed to create massive newspaper and media empires.

You know that old quote from Citizen Kane?

“Print the truth, Charlie.”
“The truth is whatever I tell them it is!”

Replace ‘Charlie’ with Rupert or Ted and you’ve got the right idea.

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