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Line 122: − − ===1968 & 1972 revisited=== − − In the hard-fought campaign of 1968 a candidate who never appeared on any primary ballot won the nomination. [[Vice President]] [[Hubert Humphrey]] was nominated in backroom deals that included keeping [[African American]]s out of the process. Sen. [[Eugene McCarthy]] campaigned hard on behalf of the Anti-Vietnam War movement, and after defeating [[incumbent]] [[President Lyndon Johnson]] in early primaries, forced President Johnson out of the race. [[Bobby Kennedy]], who illegally wiretapped [[Dr. Martin Luther King]], was assassinated in June 1968. At the momentous convention riot in July, President Johnson pulled enough strings to get his boy, Hubert Humphrey nominated by state delegations chosen in closed caucuses that excluded Blacks. − − Humphrey tried to court the far left Anti-War movement that Eugene McCarthy and Bobby Kennedy pandered to. Humphrey's boss, President Johnson said as the General Election approached that [[Richard Nixon]] was closer to his position on ending the Vietnam War than his own hand-picked successor. − − Four years later in 1972 the closed-door back room cabal again entered their choice on the ticket without consulting voters. After the convention ended, it was revealed that Democrat Vice Presidential nominee Sen. Thomas Eagleton of [[Missouri]] was a person who suffered from certain disabilities. He was unceremoniously booted off the ticket. Rather than recall all 3,000 delegates, DNC insiders, a select group of about 200 committeepersons, nominated an alternate candidate. − − Under DNC by-laws and by precedent, the DNC [[cabal]] has the power to dump whoever the voters choose, be it the people's choice through the primary process or through their chosen delegates. The DNC can circumvent the will of the voters, dump Biden, ignore the candidate with the next largest [[plurality]], say Sen. Bernie Sanders or Eugene McCarthy for example, and not even consult elected delegates about whom the DNC cabal chooses to place on the ticket. The system somewhat parallels the relationship between the Chinese Central Committee and the [[Politburo]]; while in theory the Politburo is elected by the Central Committee (bottom up), the Politburo hands the Central Committee a list of nominees (top down).
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Revision as of 04:17, August 23, 2020
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[[Federal Election Commission]] records show that Kyle Jurek was paid by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) during the [[2018 Midterm elections]].<ref name="washingtontimes.com"/>
[[Federal Election Commission]] records show that Kyle Jurek was paid by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) during the [[2018 Midterm elections]].<ref name="washingtontimes.com"/>
==Issues==
==Issues==