Democrats do not want democracy
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Weird thing to say about a group that routinely takes majorities in national elections.
Surely a party that, on a good day, gets 1% of the vote, and on a bad day, can’t manage to file the right paperwork to get on the ballot, is really what the people want.
Oh man wait til you hear about the Workers Party of Korea if election success is your measurement of democracy support.
Yes, that’s definitely a relevant and insightful comparison to the US electoral system.
If electoral success is your standard, then yes. The US is way more comparable to third world fascist states than anyone wants to admit, and a dominant political party leveraging its power to ban competition is one such similarity.
I thought this decision was made by the Pennsylvania state Supreme Court because they didn’t follow that state’s rules for eligibility.
For extra context the PA supreme court is majority democrat
Are you arguing that the decision wasn’t made by the Pennsylvania state Supreme Court because they didn’t follow that state’s rules for eligibility?
Yes
You might want to read this.
This is just a long page of comments on this post on my end.
It’s a link to an article titled ‘Claudia De la Cruz slams Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision to kick her off 2024 ballot’.
Yes thats what we are currently discussing. They done the paperwork, they got the signatures.
But uh oh democrats decided those signatures arent allowed, in a challenge brought upon by democrats to a democrat controlled supreme court.
Just a reminder you are arguing against letting a political party participate in an election. The gravity of that is immense to me, i think it would be to you too if you were seeing it from an outside perspective. Like we see Russia banning candidates.
I thought this decision was made by the Pennsylvania state Supreme Court because they didn’t follow that state’s rules for eligibility.
Actually this is what I’m arguing.
It’s a couple comments up if you’d like to see yourself.
Yes they did. They jumped through all the hoops and got all the electors they needed.
following a challenge supported by the Democratic donor-funded, anti-third-party Clear Choice PAC.
Every story you ever see about a candidate being thrown off a ballot is prompted by a democratic effort to do so. There are multiple such stories posted today, ill let you go look into their context.
The Pennsylvania high court agreed with a Commonwealth Court decision to bar De la Cruz and her running mate, Karina Garcia, from the ballot.
That’s the rest of the sentence that you forgot about.
Every story you ever see about a candidate being thrown off a ballot is prompted by a democratic effort to do so.
Did you even read the second paragraph because it’s about a republican effort to remove a candidate.
Pennsylvania justices also ruled against the Constitution Party's James Clymer, whose name was listed as a placeholder for the party, delivering a victory to Republicans.
None of this addresses any of my accusations?
I’m pointing out that your accusation is fundamentally flawed.
Oh whoops, i did say only democrats do it. I didnt know there even were conservative third parties still around. I democrats and republicans are anti-democratic
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Yes, the Democrats don't want democracy at all because they follow the laws and regulations required to get a candidate into the actual elections, and aren't complete fools who show up late to the party accusing everyone else for being the problem.
It's clearly Democrats' fault that this ticket is incompetent. You ever wonder why they're only making noise in swing states and not bothering with the Bible Belt states at all?
Ever wonder why that may be?
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