One Small Step Against the Duopoly

[JohnStOnge]

Yes I just saw that as I revisited this thread just before I got to your post and changed it. I made a typo. I meant to type "open primaries make no sense."

I'm just impressed anyone around here is still reading your posts to that fine amount of detail.

He's high IQ.

[Ibanez]

I don't see any problem with Parties having closed primaries. I think they should be able to choose the candidate that represents their Party through whatever procedure they wish. And I also happen to think that, if they are going to have primaries at all, closed primaries make no sense.

If you're not a Democrat, why should you be entitled to participate in picking the Democrat nominee? If you're not a Republican....? Now, once you get to election that's actually going to select who serves everybody eligible to vote should have the right to vote. But all that's going on in primaries is Parties selecting who is going to represent them.

If you want to vote in a Party primary, become a member of that Party.

John, your post is internally inconsistent. In the last sentence of the first paragraph, you say that "closed primaries make no sense." Then, in the second and third paragraphs, you reverse that. So what gives?

He was against it, before he was for it.

[houndawg]

John, your post is internally inconsistent. In the last sentence of the first paragraph, you say that "closed primaries make no sense." Then, in the second and third paragraphs, you reverse that. So what gives?

He was against it, before he was for it.

[houndawg]

I'm just impressed anyone around here is still reading your posts to that fine amount of detail.

He's high IQ.

JSO and CID funny on the same day.


I sense a disturbance in the Force....

[houndawg]

I'm just impressed anyone around here is still reading your posts to that fine amount of detail.

John is one if this boards finest posters...
I'm part of his splinter faction of a splinter

It's just me (and myself)

...and all this time he was a secret lefty......that's a solid body of work. Playoff worthy.