Daily Kos' Dirty Tricks
Apparently, the Daily Kos is urging Democrats to go and vote for Mitt Romney in the Michigan Republican Primary in an effort to mess with the Republican Presidential struggle.
Is it me or is this a gross and petty distortion of the democratic process? I am sickened by this pathetic move.
Their main arguments in favor of this is:
1) Republicans have done this before, so now it's payback time.
2) "Open primaries are stupid. Should we be meddling in their primary? To be honest, open primaries like this Michigan one are ridiculous. As far as I'm concerned, if someone isn't a Democrat, they shouldn't get to decide my party's nominee. If someone isn't a Republican, they shouldn't get to decide the Republican's nominee. So if this little campaign adds impetus for closing primaries, so much the better. But as long as the law allows crossover voting, there is nothing wrong with picking up the ballot you think best helps YOUR candidate."
I am not even going to waste my time arguing against point #1.
Now, point #2. This is why extremist organizations like Daily Kos are dividing the country. They want to hammer people into groups like Republicans and Democrats and ensure that you always vote party line.
I'm a proud liberal, but there's no one on the Democratic side who interests me. If I want to support McCain, I should have the freedom to forfeit my choice on the Democratic ballot and vote in the Republican primary.
That is one of the great assets of the open primary system. It gives supporters of a candidate, regardless of which party they belong to, a chance to support them through the primary process. To misuse this process is nothing short of spitting on the democratic values this country was founded on.
Let's hope, for the sake of the country, that Daily Kos' despicable dirty tricks campaign doesn't work.
Is it me or is this a gross and petty distortion of the democratic process? I am sickened by this pathetic move.
Their main arguments in favor of this is:
1) Republicans have done this before, so now it's payback time.
2) "Open primaries are stupid. Should we be meddling in their primary? To be honest, open primaries like this Michigan one are ridiculous. As far as I'm concerned, if someone isn't a Democrat, they shouldn't get to decide my party's nominee. If someone isn't a Republican, they shouldn't get to decide the Republican's nominee. So if this little campaign adds impetus for closing primaries, so much the better. But as long as the law allows crossover voting, there is nothing wrong with picking up the ballot you think best helps YOUR candidate."
I am not even going to waste my time arguing against point #1.
Now, point #2. This is why extremist organizations like Daily Kos are dividing the country. They want to hammer people into groups like Republicans and Democrats and ensure that you always vote party line.
I'm a proud liberal, but there's no one on the Democratic side who interests me. If I want to support McCain, I should have the freedom to forfeit my choice on the Democratic ballot and vote in the Republican primary.
That is one of the great assets of the open primary system. It gives supporters of a candidate, regardless of which party they belong to, a chance to support them through the primary process. To misuse this process is nothing short of spitting on the democratic values this country was founded on.
Let's hope, for the sake of the country, that Daily Kos' despicable dirty tricks campaign doesn't work.
posted by Vivek at 6:46 PM
2 Comments:
If you want to vote in a Republican primary, register as a Republican.
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