Re: Bush Mark II?
Sloth <[email protected]> Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:48:55 -0400
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--2VRj9k98TjsUO0hFwWgxtrMJN9UCdC0BKDFpvX6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 10:38 AM, William Highfield (TopChoiceTees.com) < [email protected]> wrote: > > Closed party states mean that only Democrats can vote for Democrats. It > does NOT mean that the party can tell a voter that he cannot vote, just > that he must be a Democrat. I'll let you reflect on that statement for a moment. > I suspect if the parties put in literacy > tests before allowing votes, you'd hear more of an outcry, don't you > think? They already require an oath of allegiance in many open primary states - voters switching party to vote in the primary must often make a pledge of intent indicating that they fully intend to vote for the Party come November. > As for how the Democrats run their party, hey, you're right, it's their > business. They got themselves into this mess with a half-assed and > corrupt primary system, and now they have to figure their own way out. To be fair, when they tried doing it without the half-assed, elitist system, they got McGovern and Carter. Whoops. > Either they put Hillary on the VP ticket or piss off a bunch of her > voters. Eh, he'll piss off just as many people if he does put her on the ticket. -Joe [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --2VRj9k98TjsUO0hFwWgxtrMJN9UCdC0BKDFpvX6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> <body style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="width:655px; position:relative;"> <div id="ygrp-msg" style="width: 470px; margin:0; padding:0 25px 0 0; float:left; z-index:1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-text"> <p>On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 10:38 AM, William Highfield (TopChoiceTees.<wbr>com) <<br> <a href="mailto:williamhighfield%40adelphia.net">williamhighfield@<wbr>adelphia.<wbr>net</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> > Closed party states mean that only Democrats can vote for Democrats. It<br> > does NOT mean that the party can tell a voter that he cannot vote, just<br> > that he must be a Democrat.<br> <br> I'll let you reflect on that statement for a moment.<br> <br> > I suspect if the parties put in literacy<br> > tests before allowing votes, you'd hear more of an outcry, don't you<br> > think?<br> <br> They already require an oath of allegiance in many open primary states -<br> voters switching party to vote in the primary must often make a pledge of<br> intent indicating that they fully intend to vote for the Party come<br> November.<br> <br> > As for how the Democrats run their party, hey, you're right, it's their<br> > business. They got themselves into this mess with a half-assed and<br> > corrupt primary system, and now they have to figure their own way out.<br> <br> To be fair, when they tried doing it without the half-assed, elitist system,<br> they got McGovern and Carter. Whoops.<br> <br> > Either they put Hillary on the VP ticket or piss off a bunch of her<br> > voters.<br> <br> Eh, he'll piss off just as many people if he does put her on the ticket.<br> <br> -Joe<br> <br> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]<br> <br> </p> </div> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--> <span width="1" style="color: white;">__._,_.___</span> <!-- Start the section with Message In topic --> <div id="ygrp-actbar"> <span class="left"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAT23-Achat/message/16494;_ylc=X3oDMTM1azcyNXM0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM2MDI2MwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNTcxNDcEbXNnSWQDMTY1MDMEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDdnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMjEyNTkwOTQwBHRwY0lkAzE2NDk0"> Messages in this topic </a> (<span class="bld">10</span>) </span> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAT23-Achat/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJwbWc3MDg0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM2MDI2MwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNTcxNDcEbXNnSWQDMTY1MDMEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDcnBseQRzdGltZQMxMjEyNTkwOTQw?act=reply&messageNum=16503"> <span class="bld"> Reply </span> (via web post) </a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAT23-Achat/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJka21rc2FuBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM2MDI2MwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNTcxNDcEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDbnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMjEyNTkwOTQw" class="bld"> Start a new topic </a> </div> <!------- Start Nav Bar ------> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <div id="ygrp-vitnav"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAT23-Achat/messages;_ylc=X3oDMTJkbGI0cWJoBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM2MDI2MwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNTcxNDcEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDbXNncwRzdGltZQMxMjEyNTkwOTQw">Messages</a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAT23-Achat/files;_ylc=X3oDMTJlbDFyb2NlBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM2MDI2MwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNTcxNDcEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDZmlsZXMEc3RpbWUDMTIxMjU5MDk0MA--">Files</a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAT23-Achat/photos;_ylc=X3oDMTJkczJsczBuBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM2MDI2MwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNTcxNDcEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDcGhvdARzdGltZQMxMjEyNTkwOTQw">Photos</a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAT23-Achat/links;_ylc=X3oDMTJldTE1OHRkBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM2MDI2MwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNTcxNDcEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDbGlua3MEc3RpbWUDMTIxMjU5MDk0MA--">Links</a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAT23-Achat/database;_ylc=X3oDMTJia2xiZjcyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM2MDI2MwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNTcxNDcEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDZGIEc3RpbWUDMTIxMjU5MDk0MA--">Database</a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAT23-Achat/polls;_ylc=X3oDMTJlM3IxcDJ1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM2MDI2MwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNTcxNDcEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDcG9sbHMEc3RpbWUDMTIxMjU5MDk0MA--">Polls</a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAT23-Achat/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJkcnM3NGZrBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM2MDI2MwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNTcxNDcEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDbWJycwRzdGltZQMxMjEyNTkwOTQw">Members</a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAT23-Achat/calendar;_ylc=X3oDMTJjaDhxaTUyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM2MDI2MwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNTcxNDcEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDY2FsBHN0aW1lAzEyMTI1OTA5NDA-">Calendar</a> </div> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> <div id="ygrp-grft"> </div> <div id="ygrp-mkp"> <div id="hd">MARKETPLACE</div> <div id="ads"> <div class="ad"> <hr size=1 noshade><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=13r481uta/M=624381.12730922.13032918.10835568/D=groups/S=1705057147:MKP1/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1212598140/L=/B=ZW6HANFJq3A-/J=1212590940895758/A=5379723/R=0/SIG=14evd63no/*http://media.adrevolver.com/adrevolver/href?banner=189158&place=26143&url_=http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/display.com?cid=bbi00027">Blockbuster</a> is giving away a FREE trial of - <a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=13r481uta/M=624381.12730922.13032918.10835568/D=groups/S=1705057147:MKP1/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1212598140/L=/B=ZW6HANFJq3A-/J=1212590940895758/A=5379723/R=1/SIG=14evd63no/*http://media.adrevolver.com/adrevolver/href?banner=189158&place=26143&url_=http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/display.com?cid=bbi00027">Blockbuster Total Access.</a> </div> </div> </div> <!-- yahoo logo --> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <div id="ygrp-ft"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJjaDZybWQ4BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM2MDI2MwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNTcxNDcEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDZ2ZwBHN0aW1lAzEyMTI1OTA5NDA-"> <img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/yg/img/logo/ma_grp_160.gif" height="15" width="106" border="0" alt="Yahoo! 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