tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post6329636295895436248..comments2023-10-19T09:36:41.506-05:00Comments on A Mormon Enigma: DisenfranchisedAbelard Enigmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166049686152203530noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-75043515018667824802008-02-21T17:54:00.000-06:002008-02-21T17:54:00.000-06:00Why not simplify the costs of running a primary by...<I>Why not simplify the costs of running a primary by just having it done nationally in September and then the national election in November and be done with it?</I><BR/><BR/>Whoa there pardner! You're sounding like one of them flaming liberals!<BR/><BR/>. . .<BR/><BR/>[blush] OhAbelard Enigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166049686152203530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-89423946861278180712008-02-20T10:06:00.000-06:002008-02-20T10:06:00.000-06:00Abelard,If you do end up voting for Obama, especia...Abelard,<BR/><BR/>If you do end up voting for Obama, especially in the upcoming March 4th primary, your vote <A HREF="http://mohohawaii.blogspot.com/2008/02/baracksploitation.html" REL="nofollow">won't be wasted.</A>.MoHoHawaiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086670779804942122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-34732370809490276262008-02-20T06:42:00.000-06:002008-02-20T06:42:00.000-06:00Further... why are Iowa and New Hampshire consider...Further... why are Iowa and New Hampshire considered so "special" as to be "first" to make their choice of all candidates while Texas (or Utah) do not? Because of "tradition" or "that's the way it's always been done" isn't good enough anymore. What is the problem with a national primary? What is wrong with standarizing the distribution of delegates? Why is it so party-driven with Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159223254071653666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-2213391453473494532008-02-20T06:37:00.000-06:002008-02-20T06:37:00.000-06:00The Primary system is broken. It is party-driven ...The Primary system is broken. It is party-driven and forces good men out of the race. I have a European foreign-exchange student who wrote me questioning our process of electing a president and why some states vote earlier than others, why some have caucuses verses primaries, why some states are winner-take-all and others are not, what the electoral college is, etc. etc. Believe me, after Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159223254071653666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-12698332096844378492008-02-19T23:56:00.000-06:002008-02-19T23:56:00.000-06:00In all honesty, I haven't totally ruled out the po...In all honesty, I haven't totally ruled out the possibility of Obama getting a vote from me.<BR/><BR/>It would be the first time I haven't voted for the republican presidential candidate in ... ever.<BR/><BR/>But, there is precident - I once voted for Mark White, the democratic candidate for governor, because I didn't like Bill Clements (he was too much of a 'good ol boy')Abelard Enigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166049686152203530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-51971562179129306832008-02-19T23:44:00.000-06:002008-02-19T23:44:00.000-06:00i'm secretly voting for Obama :)Don't tell my fami...i'm secretly voting for Obama :)<BR/><BR/>Don't tell my family.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01226208429329312021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956057989227103850.post-8507104376626592062008-02-19T11:02:00.000-06:002008-02-19T11:02:00.000-06:00I believe in the movie "Bruster's Millions" they h...I believe in the movie "Bruster's Millions" they hit upon an answer regarding political disenfranchisment....which was "none of the above."<BR/><BR/>LOLSeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828931862423178491noreply@blogger.com