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subbie Member (Idle past 1280 days) Posts: 3509 Joined:
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Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate ...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist
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Boof Member (Idle past 272 days) Posts: 99 From: Australia Joined: |
I have been reading this thread with interest, much in the same way one watches a bus crash in to a child care centre with interest.
Straggler writes: Could a bunch of Democrats have signed up to vote in this caucas in order to make a different Republican candidate win and thus throw the cat amongst the pigeons? Read this in a news article over here in oz:
quote: I wonder how accurate these figures are? If true a 10% voting bloc could have significant sway in some of the closer elections.
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nwr Member Posts: 6410 From: Geneva, Illinois Joined: Member Rating: 5.3 |
I wonder how accurate these figures are?
I'm a bit skeptical. To put this is perspective, in the 2008 Democratic primaries, some Republicans were calling on their membership to do similar "mischief" voting. The turnout in primaries is often small enough, that a small determined group can get enough votes to have some impact. If there really were 10%, that might mean that many Republicans chose to sit out the primaries, perhaps because they are disgusted with all of their candidates.Jesus was a liberal hippie
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Perdition Member (Idle past 3264 days) Posts: 1593 From: Wisconsin Joined: |
If true a 10% voting bloc could have significant sway in some of the closer elections. This would only be possible in an "open" primary, where people can vote in either (but not both) of the primaries being run (the Democratic and the Republican). In "closed" primaries and caucases, you have to be registered with the party in order to vote. So, in theory, a Democrat could register as a Republican in order to vote in the Republican primary and cause mischief, but they would then be barred from voting in the Democratic primary, which would let them choose between the candidates that they may actually want to win, rather than just the person they think would be easier to beat.
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Coragyps Member (Idle past 760 days) Posts: 5553 From: Snyder, Texas, USA Joined: |
Which would be no big deal here in Texas, where most Democratic primaries are so poorly populated by candidates that they're approximately meaningless.
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onifre Member (Idle past 2977 days) Posts: 4854 From: Dark Side of the Moon Joined: |
I have been reading this thread with interest, much in the same way one watches a bus crash in to a child care centre with interest. Probably one of the single most interestings thing ever. That, and 9/11.
I wonder how accurate these figures are? If true a 10% voting bloc could have significant sway in some of the closer elections. No more than it always is. This is not something new they're pointing out, it happens every election. At every level there is funny business taking place in elections. They're only complaining to get sympathy for their party. - Oni Edited by onifre, : No reason given.
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Perdition Member (Idle past 3264 days) Posts: 1593 From: Wisconsin Joined: |
Which would be no big deal here in Texas, where most Democratic primaries are so poorly populated by candidates that they're approximately meaningless. For local and statewide elections, I have no doubt, but for a national election, such as President, or even Senate, that's probably not true. I know Austin is a bastion for Democrats in a very red state, so around there I would assume there would be more going on in a Democratic primary. Besides, if there are so few Democrats around the state, in general, then there aren't too many Democrats to covertly register as a Republican in order to facilitate shenanigans during the primary.
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Phat Member Posts: 18335 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
Apparently Rick Santorum has some radical views that go against the majority view in the US. He once said that Satan had his sights set on the US, way back in 2008, but now says they are not relevant to the race for president.
Personally, were I running for president, I wouldn't bring stuff like that up unless I were trying to capture the bobblehead bloc.
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Dr Adequate Member (Idle past 310 days) Posts: 16113 Joined: |
So, Newt Gingrich won Georgia, I always knew them folks were funny down there. Santorum won North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. And Romney won everywhere else. Ron Paul, of course, didn't win anything.
However, winning isn't what it used to be, because delegates are appointed proportionally rather than on a winner-takes-all basis. No-one has dropped out. And it's a big yawn from us here at Adequate Towers, where we say, ah, who really gives a damn?
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1431 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
same old same old ... I thought it was stupor tuesday.
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foreveryoung Member (Idle past 608 days) Posts: 921 Joined: |
That isn't what santorum meant by "intellectual diversity". If you look at the context of his statement, he was talking about university faculty. He also wasn't talking intelligence either. He was talking about the lockstep, party line thinking of academia. Although there is some leeway in what is acceptable for faculty to openly believe, there are some things you must never be let known that you believe, let alone teach to your students. This is the opposite of diversity. This is intellectual totalitarianism. This forum is a perfect example of it. There are a set of beliefs that are acceptable here. If you openly suggest that reality may swerve in the slightest from the acceptable beliefs here, you are mocked, ridiculed, and your reputation level kept in the basement.
Academia and this forum are little fascistic, totalitarian groups. The only diversity alllowed here is skin color, and sexual persuasion. Edited by foreveryoung, : No reason given.
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foreveryoung Member (Idle past 608 days) Posts: 921 Joined: |
It is true. Contraception leads to a false sense of security. If you think you are safeguarded from pregnancy, you are less likely to think twice before having sex outside of marriage. A person who has sex 365 days in a year outside of marriage is more likely to cause pregnancy than a person who has sex perhaps one time a year outside of marriage. The contraception is more likely to fail with more times of use. If you are not sure contraception will keep you safe from pregnancy, it is less likely you will engage in extra marital sex 365 days a year.
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NoNukes Inactive Member
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Although there is some leeway in what is acceptable for faculty to openly believe, there are some things you must never be let known that you believe, let alone teach to your students. This is the opposite of diversity. This is intellectual totalitarianism. Hilarious. The idea that ideas are banned in university is right wing paranoid fantasy. Some ideas are held by far fewer academics than others, but mostly because those ideas have lost out based on their merits. As for this board, you are free to have any opinion you want. But if you hold a minority opinion, by definition, that opinion is not going to be supported by a majority of posters. Not sure how things could be different. Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison
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foreveryoung Member (Idle past 608 days) Posts: 921 Joined: |
If it is so hilarious, just try openly saying a few taboo points of view on campus and see what happens. You deny that?
Those ideas have only lost their merit because their proponents were ridiculed, mocked and generally given a hard time. If their time at university can be made more difficult in any imaginable way, it will be done. Edited by foreveryoung, : No reason given.
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Panda Member (Idle past 3739 days) Posts: 2688 From: UK Joined: |
NoNukes writes:
Surely some ideas are banned? The idea that ideas are banned in university is right wing paranoid fantasy. For example, if a faculty member was to openly advocate child rape, then he would probably sacked.The same applies to Holocaust denial, racism, homophobia, etc. Maybe these are the kind of views that Rick Santorum wants to see more of in universities.But academics viciously mock people that hold those opinions. If I were you And I wish that I were you All the things I'd do To make myself turn blue
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