Hillary renames superdelegates "automatic delegates" just like BUSH changes the name of things

[jenmito]

like the estate tax to the "death tax." Pathetic in their similarities.

[crispini]

1. Um, actually, that really is the proper term in the DNC rules.

The "superdelegate" coinage is a media thingy. Sorry. :hi:

[jenmito]

3. If so...

I sit corrected. :D

[crispini]

4. That said, it DOES look like this is a bit of Hillary spin

Just because it's the correct term doesn't mean it's not spin. The fact that she's making this correction now is telling:

In a sign that the spin war over the significance of super-delegates is underway in earnest, Harold Ickes told assorted Hillary supporters on a private conference call yesterday that the campaign wants them to start referring to super-delegates as "automatic delegates," according to someone on the call.

The person I spoke to paraphrases Ickes, who is spearheading Hillary's super-delegate hunt, this way: "We're no longer using the phrase super delegates. It creates a wrong impression. They're called automatic delegates. Because that's what they are."

The worry appears to be that the phrase "super-delegates" implies that "they have super-powers or super influence when they don't," the source says, describing Ickes' thinking. In other words, the phrase suggests that they have greater than average clout and that they have the power to overrule the democratic process, giving it the taint of back-room power politics.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/hillary_adviser_harold_ickes_t.php

[jenmito]

5. Thanks...

for giving my idea a LITTLE validity. :hi:

[crispini]

7. LOL. The fact that we've always used the incorrect term...

has irritated me no end (I'm such a pedant) but the fact that Hillary is starting to push it now is a sign that she's concerned and is increasingly directing their campaign towards ... guess who... the superdelegates. LOL.

Betcha nobody's going to start referring to them as 'automatic' in the media. Supers is just too easy.

[jenmito]

8. I guess you're right...

I just wish my OP was 100% accurate. I wasted a thread on it. :D

[Fearless]

2. I love euphemisms

[FlyingSquirrel]

6. agreed

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