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merrily

(45,251 posts)
Fri Jun 5, 2015, 10:39 AM Jun 2015

Please sign Sanders' online petition to the Democratic Party for more debates.

As you may have been reading at DU and elsewhere, for whatever reason, the DNC has limited Presidential debates. One impact of this is to disadvantage candidates with less name recognition and/or less money to buy TV time. That description covers just about every Democratic Presidential primary candidate, with the exception of Hillary, who, going into the primary, had over 90% name recognition and hundreds of millions of dollars.

Another impact of limiting debates is depriving Americans of information about candidates and their positions on the issues.

None of those impacts seems very democratic (small d) to me. Therefore, I signed the petition. I hope that others will as well.

https://go.berniesanders.com/page/s/debates?source=em150605c



Coda: As some of you may know, I believe petitions to our elected officials are literally worse than useless. "Useless" because I don't think any elected official changes a single vote based on a smattering of calls, emails and online petitions. "Worse than useless" because some people see this as activism and also as evidence that government is responsive to them. I think both illusions are dangerous to the 99%. I do engage in such activities, but without any such illusions.

However, our online "signatures" may mean something to the DNC. Even if they don't, they'll mean something to Bernie and possibly to some of the other Democratic Presidential hopefuls as well. So, I signed.

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Please sign Sanders' online petition to the Democratic Party for more debates. (Original Post) merrily Jun 2015 OP
Good point. I too entertain no such illusions as effectiveness of petition signings. But your point 2banon Jun 2015 #1
Thanks for "signing." merrily Jun 2015 #2
Done! K&R! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2015 #3
Thank you! merrily Jun 2015 #4
My pleasure! Thank you! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2015 #5
I just signed and donated! KoKo Jun 2015 #6
Great, Koko. merrily Jun 2015 #7
 

2banon

(7,321 posts)
1. Good point. I too entertain no such illusions as effectiveness of petition signings. But your point
Fri Jun 5, 2015, 10:03 PM
Jun 2015

is a good one, and I so i'll sign.

We know why the TURD way has no intentions of allowing debates in the primaries, but I'd like for Bernie to know some of us do.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
2. Thanks for "signing."
Fri Jun 5, 2015, 10:46 PM
Jun 2015

Poking the illusion is dangerous. No one wants to let go of it. People get really pissed off when I mention it. Yet, I mention it. Maybe, one day, I'll dedicate an OP to it.

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