Does the Party discourage primaries and, if so, how realistic is populist reform?

[merrily]

29. I never saw anything like this in my life either.

Yet they keep trying to convince us that it happened spontaneously and organically and is totally consistent with the Party's modern history.



In a way, I am glad I saw the quotes from Schumer, Frank and Brown that I saw. In a way, I am horrified. Let me explain.

I had been posting for a year that it looked as though we were not going to have a real primary, maybe none, maybe a dog and pony show.

From a few of the usual suspects who post like they know the inner workings of the Party (and all said workings are, of course, wonderful and/or necessary), came assertions that we were going to have a primary and a real one, too. Obviously, I yawned.

Then, I found and posted the Schumer quote about no primary challengers to Hillary, please. Of course, I had already seen a lot of posts here about Lamont/Lieberman, Lincoln/whatever her challenger's name was, Sestak/Spector, etc. So, people were seeing the facts on the ground about the Senate without needing any direct quotes from real Party insiders.

After posting that link, though, of course, I got another denial. It was "only" Schumer." (LMAO. Shortly after that, he became Senate Party Leader. What would he know?) I replied no matter how many quotes I posted, his reply would be the same.

Then I found Brown and Frank, too. So, I posted all three. Sure enough, since when are Schumer, Frank and Brown the Democratic Party? At that point, I could barely contain my laughter.

So, at first, I was glad to have found the quotes. BUT, obviously, the Party does not mind this info coming out in dribs and drabs, here and there, from highly placed Dems in the know. That makes me worry that they may be gradually making it the "new normal," convincing us bit by bit to abhor primaries because they supposedly are bad for the Party.

From the bizarre posts I've seen here, I would not be the least bit surprised if "the swarm" posted about that like they do about every other party policy:

"We've always been at war with Eastasia."

"I love Big Brother."

So, stay tuned.