Will it come to this again? - The Battle of Athens (Tennessee 1946)

The Text:
http://patriotpost.us/alexander/13407
A Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-mYP25k...

You nailed a big part of the problem, Robbie, without even realizing it. All politics is local, but elections involving sending people to DC should be national. Yes, the voting should be by district, BUT it is perfectly reasonable for money to come in from other places because someone's rep from the Northeast cancels out my rep's vote.

Let's hope that this happens.

Thad Cochran needs to ride off into the sunset.

I think some may be missing the point of the article (as I read several comments). Open primaries are one thing, and if that is the will of the people then so be it. But the article plainly states that some (D) voters voted in their own primary and then voted in the (R) primary, which is a clear violation of voting law. On that basis, those (D) ballots would be rendered invalid at a minimum in the (R) primary.

Regardless, the Republican statist elites will certify this election on the fast-track.

Lol, stamp!

Exactly so. :-). (What's new Eud?)

I'm in California... not southern... actually, in Placer County, which is one of the two most conservative counties in California.

Dems (rats) in a Coke Bottle (red for Republican)

I first heard it from Tom McClintock actually.

That is the the strategy...

Or, as I call the squishes... Rat heads in a Coke Bottle.

Unless you are a D and intend to vote with the democrat challenger in the fall... that's what we're saying here.

It's a powerful tool for the opposition... engineering your anticipated opponent in the general election is just as good as picking your best candidate for your own... making sure the opponent is as weak as possible, or at least not that different from your own values. Is it right? Hell no, but it's a pretty strong campaign tool.

I knew it.

Once you vote in one party's primary in Mississippi, you may not vote in the opposite party's runoff in the same year.

The Cocnran people admitted they got thirty-five *thousand* Democratic votes. Now did all those cross over? Maybe not. But if enough of them did, that would flip the result.

It's more than that, R.

If the GOPe pulls this off, I can *very easily* see Tea Party voters staying home in any race for a GOPe type: Boehnor - gone, Graham - gone, etc.

If they want to play that Pyrrhic bullshit, we'll show them how it's really done.

Excellent example Bryan. I remember Rush Limbaughs operation chaos. In 2008 he had Republicans cross over and vote for Hillary to extend the Democratic primary. I thought it was funny but I also thought it would expose the stupidity of having open primaries.

Priceless!
Conundrum with the primary system: If I register with a party is that not revealing the secret ballot?
What could happen, possibly, is that you get to vote in only one primary but both parties would always have primaries. The incumbent would therefore always be at risk of losing the seat which is a good thing.
We have got to fix the presidential election primary system as well. All primaries need to happen on the same day all over the country. This would stop the situation whereby a few states set up who will eventually run against an incumbent president. Am I the only one who sees the current presidential primary process as a lopsided system?

We have a democratic friend in NC. She was registered democrat but since no democrats were running in a primary, she switched her registration for the primary and voted for the best candidate to lose against the sole democrat running in the general election. I'm not thinking that's the point of voting in a primary.

Thank you.

NMA is saying that CT has a closed primary.