Written by Peter Serefine
The Democratic Party’s handling of its presidential primaries over the past three election cycles has raised significant concerns about the internal democracy of a party that prides itself on democratic principles. The cases of Bernie Sanders in 2016, Joe Biden in 2020, and Biden’s forced step aside in 2024 exemplify a pattern where the party’s leadership has moved against the will of its members, leading to accusations of undemocratic practices.
2016: The Sanders-Clinton Controversy
In 2016, Bernie Sanders mounted a formidable challenge against Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bernie Sanders, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Party, Donna Brazile, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Wikileaks
Executive Branch, Federal Issues | David E. Smith | July 26, 2024 4:00 AM | Comments Off on The Undemocratic Democrat Party
Written by Robert Knight
A week ago, President Trump unleashed a media firestorm when he accused former President Barack Obama in a tweet of wiretapping Trump Tower in New York.
The standard portrayal: Once again, the president has shot from the hip, right into his foot, “without any evidence” whatever.
These are the same media that excitedly accused the Russians of “hacking the election,” based on a report from the CIA, FBI and NSA in early January while Mr.… Continue Reading
Written by John Biver
Wikileaks has made a large contribution to the information war this election season.
The much admired Princeton Professor Robert George had this to say about the recently revealed emails from Wikileaks:
…I can’t say I’m surprised by the noxious anti-Catholic bigotry contained in emails exchanged between leading progressives, Democrats and Hillary Clinton operatives. These WikiLeaks-published emails confirm what has been evident for years. Many elites, having embraced secular progressivism as not merely a political view but a religion, loathe traditional faiths that refuse to yield to its dogmas.
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Tags: anti-Catholic bigotry, C.C. Pecknold, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, Catholics United, Center for American Progress, Dave Griffey, Hillary Clinton, Jennifer Palmieri, John Halpin, John Podesta, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Matt Barber, Patheos, Robert George, Sandy Newman, Voices for Progress, Wikileaks
Federal Issues, Religious Liberty | David E. Smith | October 24, 2016 3:00 AM | Comments Off on Emails Revealed: Anti-Catholic and Anti-Evangelical Bigotry