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That guy's not a politician, he's a glorified MC. He might as well have been asking what pizza toppings they wanted- there's no actual political decision in tha
by evan_ 14y ago
That guy's not a politician, he's a glorified MC. He might as well have been asking what pizza toppings they wanted- there's no actual political decision in that video. The DNC is a private organization. This is not a governmental election. It's roughly comparable to the Miss America pageant, or American Idol.
If this was on the floor of the Senate or something there'd be massive protests.
- dllthomas 14y agoIt still should get those registered Democrat out of their seats and to their local party meetings.
- mturmon 14y ago"That guy" is also Antonio Villaraigosa, the present mayor of LA, and a reliable machine hack. (I should know, I voted for him.) It was no accident he was the one presiding over that particular proceeding, and not, say, Howard Dean. ;-)
- evan_ 14y agooh, honestly I didn't re-watch the video, I misremembered it as a DNC official. In any case he's not acting in his capacity as a politician. It's too late for me to edit the grandparent, unfortunately.
- mturmon 14y agoI'm not disagreeing with you at all; I upvoted your comment because I think you are correct. Antonio Villaraigosa was the chair of the convention, so I guess you could say he's a politician as well as convention MC and a party functionary to boot. He's termed out of his job as LA mayor this year, so he's looking for a new position and doesn't want to turn the party leadership off.