Comments on: What is a Delegate?

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:25:30 +0000

Sara- Yes it is upsetting, Upton Sinclair once said that there are two things you don’t want to see made in life “laws and sausages.”

Democracy is a way overused word in the United States, by people and politicians, we’re a Republic, not a Democracy. And in a Republic it is “those who know best” that ultimately make the decisions.

It’s possible to get rid of the electoral college and the party delegate system but I’m not sure we’ll ever see it happen. In 4 years the Dems may even switch to a Republican style delegate system where the states are winner take all and the process is more likely to have a swifter conclusion with less states getting to vote prior.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:10:28 +0000

So now that I’ve read all of this information, I’m SUPER PISSED!! My question is, “How can we eliminate all this Delegate/Electoral bullshit? Is it possible for us to ever get rid of the extra baggage and just let the PEOPLE vote already?” How depressing, our votes really don’t matter at all. I feel like I just found out Santa Claus isn’t real.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:48:32 +0000

Stacie, you answered some of your own questions. First one, yes.

Second, yes Gore would the popular vote in 2000 but lost in electoral votes-which is the ultimate Decider (no pun intended).

The popular vote doesn’t mean much with the republican delegates because most states are winner take all for them. It matters more with the democrats since most states portion delegates based on the percentage of votes (perhaps you were talking about this).

By: Stacie

Stacie — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:03:17 +0000

I guess my question is regarding the delagates, what is the difference between the delegates and the electoral vote. Is delegates for the nomination and electoral for the presidency? Also, I have really been researching ALOT more about the way the voting system works this time around, and is it me, or am I finding out that the popular vote doesn’t mean that much? so, to me, the popular vote is really determining the delegates which are awarded (depending on the state). Like for instance in 2000 with Gore. He won the popular vote, but lost the electoral? I was confused, can someone explain?

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:23:18 +0000

I meant they’re only “useful” not useless with the strings attached

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:22:02 +0000

Butch Rosal-Thanks for the comment. Yeah, puppets are only useless with the strings attached, once the strings come off they are worthless.

By: butch rosal

butch rosal — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:07:31 +0000

Something stinks in Washington District of Criminals! When pass administrations were supporting Sadam, this govenment couldn’t care less how many people Sadam was torturing or murdering, it’s only when Sadam decided NOT to be a well behaved puppet that Bush family and others, not finding any wmd, said it is a ‘humanitarian cause.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:03:24 +0000

You’re very welcome Californian, thanks for leaving a comment.

By: Californian

Californian — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:09:28 +0000

Alex, you are right, the dogs are the “super delegates” because they do not work and we pick up their shit. LOL

And Adam, your definition of a delegate was simple and quite helpful. Thank you both.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:18:53 +0000

Nathan-American politics is cyclical. The last 7 years have generally been a disgusting failure and it will take time to undo the damage, that’s for sure.

But I don’t think the American people will stand for another highly corrupt administration, regardless of who wins in Nov.

It’s going to be difficult to fix the problems we face now and will face in the future, but that’s civilization for you. It’s always been this way and will continue to be this way, unless the Earth is no longer habitable of course