Seem kinda strange to me

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  1. logical1

    logical1 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Again at the democrat convention they will have "super delegates". Yet they claim that their party is democratic!!!! Seem kinda strange to me.

    Any democrats here want to explain that to us???
     
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    Haven't you read Animal House? "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"
     
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    Would it seem strange to you if I told you that Republicans also have delegates in their convention that serve the same purpose as super-delegates. They are not called that.

    "At least in name, superdelegates are not involved in the Republican Party nomination process. There are delegates to the Republican National Convention who are seated automatically, but they are limited to three per state, consisting of the state chairman and two district-level committee members."
    https://en.wikipedia.org/

    However you may have a point if you choose to argue that that doesn't matter because they don't call themselves Democrats
     
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    It's all about centralized control of who becomes the candidate.
     
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    logical1 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    In other words you cant explain the inequality in the "democratic" party.
     
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    logical1 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Fifty years ago at the democrat convention, the powers that be would go into a secret smoke filled back room and then come out and tell us who the candidate would be. I guess now the super delegates serve that function.
     
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    No more than you have explained the same thing in the Republic party....
    "At least in name, superdelegates are not involved in the Republican Party nomination process. There are delegates to the Republican National Convention who are seated automatically, but they are limited to three per state, consisting of the state chairman and two district-level committee members."
    https://en.wikipedia.org/
     
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    Animal FARM!
     
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    Yup my bad thanks for the correction.
     

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