Posted by
reasonmclucus on Saturday, May 31, 2008 12:35:13 AM
In Nazi Germany and the old Soviet Union a political party offiicial
could be more powerful than government officials. In communist states
the head of the communist party is often the most powerful person in
the country because he determines who holds the government offices. In
the United States, government officials elected by the people are
supposed to be more powerful than political party officers.
At
one time in the U.S. political party leaders chose political candidates
in secret to insure the candidates would serve whatever special
interests controlled the party. State governments created the
political primary system to eliminate this form of corruption and
insure popular control over the candidate selection process.
The
Democatic Party is attempting to circumvent the popular selection of
candidates by claiming it can tell states when they can hold
presidential primaries. Allowing political parties to order state to
follow party orders rather than the will of the people in the
respective states is a direct assault on the idea of government by the
people and a movement to the type of political system of Naxi Germany
and the Soviet Union.
The states of Michigan and Florida need
to tell the Democratic Party to seat their delegates or face the
prospect of not having a presidential candidate on the November
ballot. Allowing the a small group of Democrats to deny voters in
their states the right to participate in the candidate selection
process would a violation of the oath state officials take to defend
the Constitution.