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In reply to the discussion: Kobach expert witness: Carlos Murguia sounds foreign. ACLU attorney: Thats a federal judge [View all]Sophia4
(3,515 posts)80. I live in the real world where super delegates dilute my vote in presidential primaries.
The Democratic Party should not be doing this to voters within its own ranks while trying to rectify wrongs toward minority voters in Republican states.
Super delegates were created in order to dilute the vote of people who sacrifice in many cases to go to the polls and cast their vote in Democratic presidential primaries.
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Kobach expert witness: Carlos Murguia sounds foreign. ACLU attorney: Thats a federal judge [View all]
Gothmog
Mar 2018
OP
It is not a good sign when the judge tells you to read the Rules of Fed. Civil Procedure
Gothmog
Mar 2018
#4
Here is the interesting part of this, because of fucking NOSE HOLDERS and whiners
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2018
#12
Kobach is going a great job of proving that it is the GOP who is committing fraud
Gothmog
Mar 2018
#31
In California, the number of delegates pledged to a candidate is voted on in the
Sophia4
Mar 2018
#32
So, you're saying that the Democratic party nominee selection "a lie and a sham?"
ehrnst
Mar 2018
#62
My thread points out that votes can be watered down in more ways than one and that
Sophia4
Mar 2018
#46
Not only are you are wrong as to the math, you ignore how offensive your comparison is
Gothmog
Mar 2018
#47
The ACLU is great. But if the Democratic Party wants the super delegates to have
Sophia4
Mar 2018
#48
Why are you making clearly false claims that have nothing to do with the topic of this thread?
Gothmog
Mar 2018
#49
All good points. The items you raised all paint a singular picture of a person
stevenleser
Mar 2018
#56
It's interesting that there were indeed superdelegates who have supported candidates
ehrnst
Mar 2018
#59
I live in the real world where super delegates dilute my vote in presidential primaries.
Sophia4
Mar 2018
#80
Legal Team Led by David Boies and LULAC Files Lawsuits Challenging Winner-Take-All Approach to Selec
Gothmog
Mar 2018
#86
Changing the winner take all aspect of the electoral college will not make it fairer
Sophia4
Mar 2018
#88
At least Boies is living in the real world and is attempting to solve a real problem
Gothmog
Mar 2018
#90
Boies' theories with which I am very familiar, do nothing to solve the injustice
Sophia4
Mar 2018
#94
I am very happy that you are working on the voter suppression that you are working on.
Sophia4
Mar 2018
#110
Your hurt feelings about super delegates being mean to your candidate are not relevant
Gothmog
Mar 2018
#123
Thanks for confirming this is about Bernie, which was obvious. Your doublespeak is
R B Garr
Mar 2018
#112
Guess what! You weren't there at the "California primary". California is a huge state,
R B Garr
Mar 2018
#114
I was there. I was at two polling places. I saw the provisional ballots and the many
Sophia4
Mar 2018
#115
You should take your own advice. Your posts are full of aggressive and unfounded insults
R B Garr
Mar 2018
#124
And it's interesting how their voice is dismissed entirely among some in the discussion. (nt)
ehrnst
Mar 2018
#58
If the Democratic part is so corrupt, as you describe, "putting thumbs on the scale"
ehrnst
Mar 2018
#54
Your hijacking of this thread to change it to one where you bash the Democratic party is noted. (nt)
ehrnst
Mar 2018
#60
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Gothmog
Mar 2018
#17
Ho should have said "A federal judge whose family has been US citizens for X generations".
Blue_true
Mar 2018
#20
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Gothmog
Mar 2018
#119
Kobach's Behavior During Recent Trial Prompts Ethics Complaint From Overland Park Lawyer
Gothmog
Mar 2018
#129
This flew completely under my radar last week, but Kobach has picked a running mate,
stranger81
Mar 2018
#130