The rules committee writes those rules to insure the nomination of the stalwart establishment. That is why the baton is passed predictably to the next in the hierarchy.
If that isn't corruption, then what is?
The Democrats should be so organized. Example: 1988, first Governor Mario Cuomo declined. Then Gary Hart's sexual affair defeated him. Bill Clinton was tossed around, but, he remained in Arkansas when Hillary Clinton said no to the potential of becoming the Governor of Arkansas. Talk about insensitive. Nothing like breaking up a married couple by about a 1000 miles. Finally, Governor Michael Dukakis was nominated.
Then came 1992:
William Jefferson Clinton, (click here) the first Democratic president in six decades to be elected twice, led the U.S. to the longest economic expansion in American history, including the creation of more than 22 million jobs.
And then the world couldn't get enough of "Clinton."
After leaving the White House, President Clinton established the William J. Clinton Foundation, and today, the renamed Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, works to improve global health and wellness,...
Not every Democrat is an angel, but, there isn't that level of control at the DNC. Debbie has dreams of control, but, she knows better.
Isn't it time the Republican Party actually try to become the party of Lincoln again? Lincoln would roll over in his grave. Wait. Aren't they redoing the Lincoln Memorial in DC?
