Answer: None
However, a funny thing happened after the Democrats began crying that Bush was selected (by the Supreme Court) rather than elected by the people. The Democrats have now selected (by way of the Super Delegates) their nominee rather than electing him via the people. Hillary Clinton won more of the popular vote and if the Democrats had allocated their delegates the way the Republicans did, she would have run a long time ago. Yes, Clinton won the popular vote and Obama won the delegate count sp he was selected and not elected.
How many Democrats have you heard crying about the illegitimate nominee? How many Democrats have bumper stickers that read “Selected, not Elected� How many of them will refuse to acknowledge Obama as the legitimate candidate because he was selected by a small group of special people rather than the voting public? How many will proclaim that every vote should count and that the will of the people is important? How many will talk of disenfranchisement?
My answer? None.
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1Karen
wrote on 5 June 2008 at 9:16
Ann Coulter has a funny column out this week on the selected not elected theme, too.
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2Big Dog
wrote on 5 June 2008 at 9:41
I beat Ann to the punch??? Wow, next I need to write a best selling book and become rich….
Thanks for the quote Jo!
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3Redoubt
wrote on 5 June 2008 at 13:58
Hillary Clinton is not the most popular person in conservative circles but, if I may, I think there is something that we can take in common with her and her army of 16 million voters…
One of the founding fathers (or maybe, uncles, I forget whom) once said that American politics was more like a tavern brawl than a meeting of august statesmen. We fight like cats and dogs, scratching and clawing for survival. The strongest of each polling will win the right to govern.
In 2008, Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama went to do battle but in this Democratic primamry, there was an extra player: the media. For reasons we may never know, Hillary was sacrificed for Obama and the process subverted. The main scream media played a pivotal role in this subversion.
On the horizon are 16 million angry and disenchanted Clinton supporters who have far more in common with McCan and the Republican Party that Obama and his hay ride into who-knows-where.
I would suggest that the GOP and the McCain campaign work to secure those votes before Obama and his unholy propaganda machine has a chance to erase their anger and turn them into liberal cows.
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