Comments on: Senator Kurita of Tennessee Loses Lawsuit

By: 100% REAL

100% REAL — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:28:16 +0000

How dare Tim Barnes be a swore loser. Senator Kurita has a backbone and not a conformist, therefore she is paying for it now. I mean please we really know what this is about: because she decided to move a man out of office that was 2000 years old and was not changing for the good of Tennessee. I say pleeeeeeeaaaaseeee.

By: Old Whig

Old Whig — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:10:06 +0000

There’s a lesson here for those Ron Paul Republicans who think they can work within their party to effect change.

O.W.

By: Richard Shepard

Richard Shepard — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:01:19 +0000

Is there a link to the 6th circuit decision?

By: WILL BATES

WILL BATES — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:53:59 +0000

SAD DAY IN TENNESSEE,TO HELL WITH THE DEMICRAPS.

By: D. Frank Robinson

D. Frank Robinson — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:46:07 +0000

Since party hierarchies can disregard the outcomes of party primary elections, then such elections are reduced to mere publicity events like “televised debates”. Such being the case it would seem advantageous for candidates who are not selected by the party machine to run as Independents or affiliate with another party whose hierarchy does not have a veto over elections.

I speak as loser of a party primary election, but it was not the fault the party hierarchy – its was mine. But if the party officials had attempted to intervene on my behalf to overturn the result, I would have refused the nomination. Obviously, Ms. Kurita’s opponent has less integrity.

By: Michael Morrison

Michael Morrison — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:18:59 +0000

This is one reason, one more example of why so many people prefer to call that old party “the Democrat Party,” because it is not at all democratic.
I remember how, back in 1992, President G.H.W. Bush was hitting into the 90s in approval ratings and it seriously looked as if no Democrat would run against him.
Finally a mayor, whose name escapes me at the moment, who had been elected in a heavily Republican Orange County, California, town, threw his hat into the ring.
After he broke the ice, a few other Democrats decided to take a chance and entered the primaries, too.
Not only did that poor mayor never get any help from the national Democrat Committee, he actually got thrown into jail for trying to participate in a primary debate.
“Elitist,” maybe, “dictatorial,” yes, but “democratic”? No, it is a totally inaccurate name for that party.