Private clubs pay taxes. Do political parties? The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. -- Winston Churchill
----- Original Message ---- From: notyours1973 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 10:48:56 AM Subject: [Libertarian] Re: Where Primaries Do Not Count, Consent of the Governed is DENIED If they where two country clubs or what not I would 100% fully and completely agree with you; however they are not actually private, in that their rules of membership affect who can run, where and how for public office, in a way that a truly, fully, and wholly private club does not. Moreover the public does not pay for a private clubs members to run for offices within that club, whereas through sundry laws and regulation we in fact do pay--in the end--for Dems and Reps to run for office and thus the rules should not be strictly speaking a private matter, as it has a massive public effect. Just my two cents worth. Oh, by th way my name is Curtis and I am very opinionated, than you. --- In Libertarian@ yahoogroups. com, "Bob Giramma" <evil_spock@ ...> wrote: > > The DNC and RNC are private organizations, and so they should be free to > make and enforce their own rules of membership. > > _____ > > From: Libertarian@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:Libertarian@ yahoogroups. com] On > Behalf Of Omar Khyam > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:03 AM > To: omarkhyam1951@ ... > Subject: [Libertarian] Where Primaries Do Not Count, Consent of the Governed > is DENIED > > > > Democratic National Committee members voted yesterday to strip Michigan of > its delegates to next year's national convention, making it the second state > to be punished so severely for holding a primary election earlier than the > national party allows. > http://www.washingt > <http://www.washingt onpost.com/ wp-dyn/content/ article/2007/ 12/01/AR20071201 0 > 0722.html> onpost.com/wp- dyn/content/ article/2007/ 12/01/AR20071201 00722.html > > By Michael D. Shear > Washington Post Staff Writer > Sunday, August 26, 2007; Page A01 > The Democratic National Committee sought to seize control of its unraveling > nominating process yesterday, rejecting pleas from state party leaders and > cracking down on Florida for scheduling a Jan. 29 presidential primary. > http://www.washingt > <http://www.washingt onpost.com/ wp-dyn/content/ article/2007/ 08/25/AR20070825 0 > 0275.html> onpost.com/wp- dyn/content/ article/2007/ 08/25/AR20070825 00275.html > > RNC Makes Punishment of Early-Voting States Official > The Republican National Committee has punished five states for scheduling > their primaries earlier than allowed, reducing the number of delegates they > can send to the 2008 convention by half. > > In letters that went out today, RNC Chairman Mike Duncan informed New > Hampshire, Michigan, Florida, South Carolina and Wyoming to expect that only > half of their delegates would be allowed to come to the convention. > > The action was widely expected in the wake of decisions by the states to > move their primaries into early January. With a few exceptions, the RNC had > insisted that all contests take place between Feb. 5 and July 28. > > Leaders in the five states have come to the conclusion that it's better for > their state to be more relevant by holding their nominating contests > earlier. Iowa and Nevada hold contests in January, but officially select > their delegates later in the year, so they were not punished. > > Strategists for the presidential campaigns have been expecting the action > and have factored the smaller-than- usual number of delegates from those > states into their planning. > > There's always the chance that the organizers of the convention could > reverse the punishments once the party's nominee is determined. But party > officials have said that woudl be a highly complicated, unlikely scenario. > > http://blog. > <http://blog. washingtonpost. com/the-trail/ 2007/10/22/ rnc_makes_ punishment_ of > _earlyv.html> > washingtonpost. com/the-trail/ 2007/10/22/ rnc_makes_ punishment_ of_earlyv. html > > The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the > inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. -- Winston > Churchill > > ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools. > <http://tools. search.yahoo. com/newsearch/ category. php?category= shopping> > search.yahoo. com/newsearch/ category. php?category= shopping > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
