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I said it before, Teatards only believe in electoral democracy when they win, otherwise they want armed insurrection to get themselves into power. Notice no one was calling for overthrowing the government by armed citizens when Republicans were in power.

"But this is about ME and what I want and how I'M going to get my way!!!" Basically, Teatards are indistinguishable from preschoolers.

Unfortunately, inhabitants of the political Narnia/cerebral void that is Teabagistan will never get it.

More people on a ballot is not some liberal dirty trick, it's the entire schism of democracy. If you oppose Ashijan because you're paranoid he'll take votes from Angle, then you cannot say that Angle deserves to be on the ballot either, without being intellectually dishonest; she's taking away votes from Reid -- but it isn't taking it away, because you cannot have stolen from you that which you have not earned.

Why is it not surprising that Nevada Republicans are all for someone's right to candidacy, but if they stand to lose (or just not benefit), then all of a sudden they cry foul?

You believe in electoral democracy or you don't.

There is no "but" or "except" just because things don't go your way.

How can MORE ballot choices lead to less fairness? The "but he can't win" argument is at best, intellectually dishonest and at worst, a total abandonment of democracy. Of course he can't win if he's not on the ballot. But think about this: third party candidates that get at least 5% of the vote will qualify on equal footing as the Democratic and Republican parties, will be included in debates, etc. It WIDENS electoral choices. Minnesota regularly elects third party candidates because of the fact that several parties now have "major party" status on the ballot.

But then again, only at a Mad Hatter's Tea Party does it make sense for more democracy to be unfair and sees it as perfectly logical that the more you suppress voter choices, the fairer it is. I wonder where all these Teatards were when long-shot Angle was on the primary election ballot with the candidates everybody expected to win?

I'm sure when the "Anybody But Reid" crowd came up with their slogan, they totally did not have Sharron Angle in mind.

It's like the girl who got dumped for her boyfriend and claims she'll sleep with the next man she sees. But then a bumbling, incoherent social leper approaches her, and she pauses for a moment before deciding she's not THAT desperate.

So instead of having an electable Republican in Reid's seat, voters would rather stick with Reid. It almost makes you wonder if Democrats sabotaged the Republican primary by making sure they don't stand a chance this November.

At least they'll know they did their best to ensure Reid's seat for another 6 years by running Angle.

You've got to be the best tool for Democrats that you can be.

@skerlahdee
"You just wait for Mama Grizzly. HaHahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahhahahhaha!"

To do what? For her to write on her facebook wall because no reputable news publication can talk to her without trying to hold back from laughing in her face?

Yeah, okay. Tell me when Mama Grizzly updates her facebook page. I'll be shivering in my boots.

Or maybe it should MAngle that's worried since Palin tanked the last two candidates she endorsed, losing votes and leads when Palin made public endorsements of them. See Fiorina, Ayotte, and Cece Heil.

@gbigs
"Angle is a christian. Reid is a MORMON.
Mormons think Jesus Christ came to America to charge up the indians.
Mormons think the Angel Maroni is special.
Why does Reid run from his faith?"

LOL

LMAO

ROTFL

Is that really the best you can come up with, some logical leap of faith that requires the vast stretch of all your mental horsepower?

You might as well ask, why Reid loves Joseph Stalin because they both have gray hair.

You make the case that the Jim Crow tests should be applied to EVERYONE before they can vote, to make sure you have the minimal mental capacity to understand what policies you're even voting for or where you are and what's happening. It's too bad GED courses don't include test critical reasoning skills.