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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Spin Cycle: The Fix Is In, And There Was No Fix Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 17:15:58 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 36 Message-ID: <100g72f$c8fs$20@dont-email.me> References: <100fh6e$1m7uc$1@dont-email.me> <100fm0a$c8fs$8@dont-email.me> <100fo91$1nl2g$1@dont-email.me> <100fr5s$c8fs$9@dont-email.me> <7i2n2klm9fbdf5mtg9qcr5uajvsj35c695@4ax.com> <100g6d5$1qe5t$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 23:15:59 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="fb50581347a6a223fa972f3ed3432fff"; logging-data="401916"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX194rTZXRu6EWs/vltzXjUS7SkdHCwZqmwc=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:V4ZpK8MNVHnMDvqcbKIze6egfx8= X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 250519-2, 5/19/2025), Outbound message In-Reply-To: <100g6d5$1qe5t$1@dont-email.me> X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Content-Language: en-CA Bytes: 2990 On 2025-05-19 5:04 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > On May 19, 2025 at 12:52:27 PM PDT, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> > wrote: > >> On Mon, 19 May 2025 13:52:59 -0400, Rhino >> <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote: >> >>> On 2025-05-19 1:03 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote: >>> >>> But then, rather than having a proper convention to choose a new >>> candidate from among several prospects, they essentially appointed >>> Harris. I don't really understand how that happened and can only >>> speculate that none of the other potential candidates thought they had a >>> chance of winning from a start that close to Election Day and just >>> decided to give it to Harris unopposed. They raised a bunch of money and >>> gave it to her, she blew it all, but failed to impress as a candidate. > > She (and the Democrats) seem to believe that being the candidate celebrities > like is what wins you elections. No one I know gives a shit who George Clooney > or Oprah or Taylor Swift is voting for when they step into the voting booth to > fill out their ballots. If they think of celebrities at all, it's usually as a > red flag about who *not* to vote for. > >> The timing is why I always assumed they went with Harris. She already >> had a campaign set up for her by taking over the Biden campaign.Good > > And she was the only one who could legally take the millions in the Biden war > chest. Anyone else would have had to start out from scratch fundraising. > > Good point; I'd forgotten that. So what would have happened to the money in the Biden/Harris war chest if there'd been an open convention and she lost? Would it be returned to the donors? -- Rhino