I thought there were candidates, and then people who voted for those candidates. And I thought that ultimately, it was the voters who were supposed to determine the direction of the party by voting for a certain candidate.
But apparently not. Apparently, there are these "grassroots" people, various "committeemen" and other party functionaries. And those folks are supposed to have the real power as delegates to do what they think should be done, rather than pay attention to the actual voters.
These party committee members, etc...do they run campaigns to be elected? Because I don't recall hearing about their platforms, or knowing their views. This sounds to me like the folks int he smoke-filled rooms want to toss out what the voters actually want, in preference for their own ideology.
And this has absolutely nothing to do with liberal or conservative, because the process itself is ideology neutral. It could just as easily be "RINO" moderate types at the state level trying to undermine voters who pick a more conservative candidate. If I vote for a candidate in a primary, essentially giving him/her my proxy, then why shouldn't that candidates delegates be from a slate he/she selected? After all, aren't those the folks whose views are most likely to align with the person for whom I cast my vote?
I think it was Stalin who said that “It’s not who cast the votes, but who COUNTS THE VOTES that matters”.
We’ve seen our last open and honest elections in this country.
We’ve gone Soviet.
Heck, I read that the November ballots are being counted in Spain at a company owned by George Soros.
Get a clue folks. What we know - is over.
It’s a Brave New World. And the rules are not what we are used to, unless you come from a place like Cook County where Soviet style power is every day.