IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoWin? Move further right. Lose? Move further right.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1345arrow-down119
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minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41arrow-down2·2 months ago do you risk nominating candidates who then can’t appeal Here’s a wild idea. Let the voters nominate their own candidates in a primary without tons of interference from the DNC and super delegates. Or you know, just allow a primary at all.
minus-squareWanderingVentra@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 months agoNooooo, can’t have that. Then you guys might pick the wrong candidate, you see?
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoExactly. They’d rather lose with their chosen candidate than win with ours.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoThey pulled Biden out of retirement to beat Bernie.
Here’s a wild idea. Let the voters nominate their own candidates in a primary without tons of interference from the DNC and super delegates. Or you know, just allow a primary at all.
Nooooo, can’t have that. Then you guys might pick the wrong candidate, you see?
Exactly. They’d rather lose with their chosen candidate than win with ours.
They pulled Biden out of retirement to beat Bernie.