Mahmoud held on to his power in last week’s Iranian Parliamentary elections in main part because his hard line political cronies manipulated the candidate vetting process to eliminate several thousand opposition candidates from the ballot. Hillary would love to eliminate Barack Obama through the same cronyism provided by the DNC superdelegate rules proving that whether a democracy is 30 years old or 230 years old, power hungry politicians will choose to thwart the peoples’ choice when given an avenue to do so.
The Preamble to the Charter and Bylaws of the Democratic Party of the United States of America states, “….we acknowledge that a political party which wishes to lead must listen to those it would lead, a party which asks for the people’s trust must prove that it trusts the people…” The Charter goes on to state that the Democratic Party seeks “… political freedom in the framework of meaningful participation by all citizens.”
Furthermore, the Charter states that, “The delegates shall be chosen through processes which… (b) Assure that delegations fairly reflect the division of preference expressed by those who participate in the Presidential nominating process…”
In spite of these lofty “every vote counts” aspirations, the Democratic Charter, as well as the Delegate Selection Rules for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, provide for the so-called superdelegates. These PLEO delegates (unpledged party leader, elected official delegates) are apparently the guardians of the nomination, ostensibly available to insure that the nominee is electable and has the support of the party leadership—two highly subjective requirements to say the least. In other words, the Superdelegate mess stems from the ill-conceived, knee-jerk and undemocratic “solution” to the annihilation of Jimmy Carter and McGovern in order to save the rank-and-file Democratic voters from themselves.