From Howard Dean today on Paul Hackett being forced out of the Ohio Senate race by the national party:
"I admire Paul Hackett... I consider him a great friend... The Democratic Party was very lucky to have two outstanding candidates in the race for Senate in Ohio."
"Now that the possibility of a bitter primary that inadvertently benefits a Republican incumbent is behind us, I want to urge everyone to come together in support of Sherrod Brown."
Translation: 'Now that the powers that be in Washington have decided that the citizens of Ohio shouldn't be allowed to choose their own candidate, let me introduce the person we want as your senator.'
Dean admires Hackett so much and considers him to be such a fab friend and the Dems here in Ohio were so lucky to have such a good candidate that the DNC cut off his funding and support in order to force him out of the race.
So this is democracy, hunh? Taking away our choices. How exactly does allowing the citizens of this state to choose their own candidate in the primary benefit the Republicans? In case you're wondering, it doesn't.
Since the Dems can't actually articulate a plan for much of anything these days, they've apparently decided to take away all possible choice and force candidates on their constituents.
It is absolutely beyond me that the DNC could do this to us right now. Do they think we don't have enough problems in Ohio? Do they think we haven't had enough political nightmares lately? Do they think of anyone besides themselves and their own power plays?
I get it: The Repubs take the elections away after the fact and the Dems rig them from the get go.
Ah democracy in action. Is this what we've been fighting for all these years? The right to have politics and politicians foisted upon us? The right to sit still and be quiet? The right not to be heard, not to be listened to, not to even be given the opportunity to pick a candidate in a state primary?
Makes me want to skip right on past the ballot box for the first time in a long time.
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