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Related: About this forumAnyone else feel "Presumptive Nominee" is an oxymoron?
The term seems incompatible my notion of a democratic election.
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Anyone else feel "Presumptive Nominee" is an oxymoron? (Original Post)
whatchamacallit
Mar 2016
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haikugal
(6,476 posts)1. Yeah. The fiction that we are a democracy is getting thin.
salinsky
(1,065 posts)2. Have you always had a problem with this term? ...
... or is this something that just happened to occur to you during this particular cycle?
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)5. personally, in a last voting state
Yes, I have always had a problem with this term.
Thank you for asking.
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)6. Fair question
I suppose I never gave it much thought before. But this contest, where it seems we're not only fighting the republicans but also finally acknowledging and challenging the corruption in our own party, has brought a lot into focus.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)3. There are no facts, only interpretations. Friedrich Nietzsche
"Presumptive nominee" being an example.
dchill
(38,532 posts)4. Should be "Presumptuous."
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)7. Haha indeed