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[winterbadger]

My friend JRC pointed out to me this rather astounding statement from Geraldine Ferraro (not surprisingly, given the tenor of the remark, a Clinton supporter)

"Besides, the delegate totals from primaries and caucuses do not necessarily reflect the will of rank-and-file Democrats. Most Democrats have not been heard from at the polls. We have all been impressed by the turnout for this year’s primaries — clearly both candidates have excited and engaged the party’s membership — but, even so, turnout for primaries and caucuses is notoriously low. It would be shocking if 30 percent of registered Democrats have participated.

If that is the case, we could end up with a nominee who has been actively supported by, at most, 15 percent of registered Democrats. That’s hardly a grassroots mandate."

Another sad, pathetic attempt by a Clinton supporter to rubbish the Democratic Party's own process in order to see their own candidate nominated.

I wasn't really expecting to find even more ways that I could be disgusted with US politicians, but it seems that there is always room for more.

Comments

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

I don't share your condemnation of her, and frankly, I'm a bit put off by it. You know full well she'd be a damn sight better than what we have now. By several orders of magnitude.

[winterbadger]

I don't really care whether you are put off or not; if you don't like my journal, you are under no obligation to read it.

And, no, I don't think she would be a notable improvement over what we have now--that's just my point. One power-hungry crook is the same as another IMO.

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

Why are you so quick to dismiss her as a power-hungry crook? She wants to be President, yes; so does Obama. I don't expect anybody would run for office if they didn't want it.

[winterbadger]

There's a difference between running for office and trying every dirty, cheap trick in the book to run down your opponent and cheat your way to a win.

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

You mean like making not-very-subtle references to PMS, or deriding someone's past experience as "tea parties"?

[winterbadger]

Oh, come off it. You're comparing comments that were misread by Hilaryphiles to her attempts to change the rules of the nominating contest in the middle of the game when she loses?

Thanks, you are uninvited from commenting here further. I prefer a little more intellectual honesty from my friends than you seem prepared to display.

[ginmar.livejournal.com]

Because of course there's no difference from a war-dodging rich daddy's boy who's fucked up every single damned thing he's done and a woman who's fought for everything she's attained. Yup, I can totally see the resemblance----if, of course, I were a twittish twentysomething with no real experience of war, life, childbirth, marriage, or politics. Go you!