Народовластие, Да!*
Democracy is like sausage. You really don’t want to know how they make it. Shut up and eat your cabbage. CNN’s Political Ticker:
(CNN) — As predictions of a convention floor fight from the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama continue to mount, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said the party would likely intervene to prevent that scenario.
Dean said Democrats would look to “get the candidates together to make some kind of an arrangement” before the party meets in Denver this August to officially select its nominee.
In an interview on NY1 on Tuesday, before the outcome of the day’s votes was known, Dean said he thought the Democratic Party would have a nominee by mid-March or April.
“The idea that we can afford to have a big fight at the convention and then win the race in the next eight weeks, I think, is not a good scenario,” he said.
If there is no nominee selected by his predicted mid-spring date, or by Puerto Rico’s June vote – the last presidential primary on the Democratic calendar – Dean said the party would likely bring both sides together to work out a deal.
“Because I don’t think we can afford to have a brokered convention,” he said. “That would not be good news for either party.”
Правительство людей, людьми и для людей никогда не будет погибать от этой земли! **
Ha ha, just kidding. Seriously though, Florida and Michigan Democrats don’t get to have delegates because they defied the Politburo and changed their election date, and now the apparatchiks are talking about cooking up a backroom deal. A former president campaigning for his wife raises serious and legitimate questions about the qualifications and experience of his opponent, and is accused of racism. OK, that was pretty funny. Not only does the Democratic leadership in Congress ignore the mandate of the people for an entire year, it turns out they’re torture enthusiasts. Yeah, that was funny, too.
Оно достаточно люди знают было избрание. Люди бросают вотумы не решают ничего. Люди подсчитывают вотумы решают все. ***
Ha ha! I crack myself up.
Gateway: Rock, Scissors, Paper
Blue Crab: Smoke-Filled Room
Protein Wisdom: Dean’s anti-McCain talking points, also lame.
Democratic Daily: Народовластие, Нет!****
Footnotes:
* Democracy, Da!
** “Government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from this earth.” Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States.
*** “It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.” Joseph Stalin, Soviet Dictator, Monster.
**** Democracy, Nyet!
Topics: pols
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:05 am on Thursday, February 7, 2008
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February 8th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
I would love to see a genuine floor fight at the convention. I love the bit where he says that a brokered election was not in anyone’s interest. HA! All that means is that he doesn’t want to see the brokered deal that he advocates acted out openly on the convention floor.
You crack me up, too, Jules, on a regular basis. Thanks.