Trump gains MAJOR election advantage in Arizona, as Maricopa County caves in

[SevMax2]

https://www.ussc.edu.au/a-guide-to-the-2024-presidential-election-from-primaries-to-president

"When New Hampshire primary voters head to the polls on 23 January, one key name will be missing from the Democratic ballot: Joe Biden. In the culmination of a months-long dispute over primary rules, New Hampshire Democrats will not see the incumbent president’s name on their primary ballot and will not send delegates to the August national convention — all to preserve New Hampshire’s cherished status as the nation’s first presidential primary.

In December 2022, President Biden unveiled plans for South Carolina to kick off primary season instead of Iowa and New Hampshire, and ordered New Hampshire to repeal the state statute enshrining its decades-long first-in-the-nation status. Pushing South Carolina to the front of the calendar would elevate the state that resurrected Biden’s candidacy in 2020 (after he placed just fifth in the New Hampshire primary) and give Black and minority voters — a critical Democrat voter base historically shortchanged in the primary voting system — a “louder and earlier voice,” according to Biden, in the nominating calendar. Iowa Democrats reached a compromise to vote via mail-in ballot between January and March, breaking with years of tradition. However, New Hampshire Democrats refused to budge, meaning Biden will not appear on the now-unsanctioned ballot and potentially offering a break-through moment for one of Biden’s few intra-party rivals."
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/08/dean-philips-marianne-williamson-debate-00134405
And of course, let's we forget, the palace coup that pushed Biden out after, despite dubious primaries, he got fourteen million votes.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/vide...hing-biden-out-bloomberg-the-close-07-03-2024
And the anti-third party efforts....
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bi...bids-that-threaten-his-reelection-2024-01-18/
Especially with RFK Jr.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-quest-presidential-ballot-50-states/
And then when he wanted off the ballot....
https://nypost.com/2024/09/16/us-ne...even-as-rfk-jr-sues-to-get-his-name-off-them/

You wanted receipts? There you go. Now, let's drop it, or do you want to keep going at it and then blame me for derailing the thread? After I agreed to drop it if you would.

 

[SevMax2]

1. The primary wasn't closed to all but Biden. Marianne Williamson ran against him put dropped out early when it was clear she was losing.
2. RFK Jr. ran as a independent spoiler, trying to help Trump win by siphoning off Democratic votes.
3. The Greens also, only exist as spoilers, propped up by the right to reduce Democratic turn-out.
4 Donald Trump has said he wants to be a dictator and suspend the parts of the Constitution he doesn't like.

Putting up spoiler candidates is an example of how the Republican Party tries to subvert elections, even though it doesn't technically violate any laws.

So, ends justify the means. Attacking third-parties is fine if they hurt you instead of the other guy. Duly noted. Hypocritical, but duly noted. They have the same right to run as everyone else. It's not the GOP doing that. They are separate parties. You do know that they are distinct parties, right? It absolutely is election interference to try to keep someone off the ballot, as it robs voters of another choice. Also, since the states pay for the primaries, they should be able to decide when the primaries are held, not the DNC. You can call it a 'private club" all you wish, but in that case, pay for your nominating contests yourselves and don't expect people to take you seriously as "saviors of democracy."

Donald Trump says a lot of crap. Half of it one should just ignore. He might wake up the next morning and say something polar opposite. He's a bit out there. I just look at his performance last time and he didn't suspend the Constitution or dissolve Congress or ban the Democratic Party. I don't like the guy, I have never voted for him. But he lives rent-free in your head, not in mine. Deal with it. Get some therapy.

 

[RoryN]

There you go. You asked for it. You got it.

We did - and we got exactly what we expected from you: garbage.

 

[SevMax2]

1. The primary wasn't closed to all but Biden. Marianne Williamson ran against him put dropped out early when it was clear she was losing.
2. RFK Jr. ran as a independent spoiler, trying to help Trump win by siphoning off Democratic votes.
3. The Greens also, only exist as spoilers, propped up by the right to reduce Democratic turn-out.
4 Donald Trump has said he wants to be a dictator and suspend the parts of the Constitution he doesn't like.

Putting up spoiler candidates is an example of how the Republican Party tries to subvert elections, even though it doesn't technically violate any laws.

Every barrier possible was placed in her way, especially keeping Biden out of the debates between her and Dean Phillips. I'm no fan of hers, either. My one interaction with her ever was on X/Twitter and she was a bit of a smug, conceited, pompous fool. That being said, she had the right to the same primary process as all other candidates. Same with Dean Phillips.

Iggy is so nice at moments like this. I don't need to worry about the BS coming from whoever that is. I haven't put Bright (if that's what one can call her at this point) on it yet, but she's welcome to put me on hers. I wouldn't get my feelings hurt. Too many people get butthurt over this kind of thing. I am past caring myself. I'm too old to give a shit.

 

[Lazaran]

Every barrier possible was placed in her way, especially keeping Biden out of the debates between her and Dean Phillips.

SevMax2 got their bluff called and lost…but SevMax2 still won’t throw in their hand…



Side note:

I’ll raise SevMax2 weak hand with republican voter suppression, fake electors, election lies, and an insurrection.

The infiltration of election boards in key swing states by Trump loyalists is my final raise:

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-election-boards-swing-states



Let’s see if SevMax2 will call.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

https://www.ussc.edu.au/a-guide-to-the-2024-presidential-election-from-primaries-to-president

"When New Hampshire primary voters head to the polls on 23 January, one key name will be missing from the Democratic ballot: Joe Biden. In the culmination of a months-long dispute over primary rules, New Hampshire Democrats will not see the incumbent president’s name on their primary ballot and will not send delegates to the August national convention — all to preserve New Hampshire’s cherished status as the nation’s first presidential primary.

In December 2022, President Biden unveiled plans for South Carolina to kick off primary season instead of Iowa and New Hampshire, and ordered New Hampshire to repeal the state statute enshrining its decades-long first-in-the-nation status. Pushing South Carolina to the front of the calendar would elevate the state that resurrected Biden’s candidacy in 2020 (after he placed just fifth in the New Hampshire primary) and give Black and minority voters — a critical Democrat voter base historically shortchanged in the primary voting system — a “louder and earlier voice,” according to Biden, in the nominating calendar. Iowa Democrats reached a compromise to vote via mail-in ballot between January and March, breaking with years of tradition. However, New Hampshire Democrats refused to budge, meaning Biden will not appear on the now-unsanctioned ballot and potentially offering a break-through moment for one of Biden’s few intra-party rivals."
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/08/dean-philips-marianne-williamson-debate-00134405
And of course, let's we forget, the palace coup that pushed Biden out after, despite dubious primaries, he got fourteen million votes.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/vide...hing-biden-out-bloomberg-the-close-07-03-2024
And the anti-third party efforts....
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bi...bids-that-threaten-his-reelection-2024-01-18/
Especially with RFK Jr.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-quest-presidential-ballot-50-states/
And then when he wanted off the ballot....
https://nypost.com/2024/09/16/us-ne...even-as-rfk-jr-sues-to-get-his-name-off-them/

You wanted receipts? There you go. Now, let's drop it, or do you want to keep going at it and then blame me for derailing the thread? After I agreed to drop it if you would.

I never agreed to drop it.

Biden letting South Carolina go first opened up an opportunity for other candidates to take him on, which is what you say you want.

When he stepped down it wasn't a "place coup". Biden did so voluntarily, and Kamala Harris is wildly popular with the party rank-and-file.

The Democratic Party is trying to win the election. It's not their job to help the third parties who are challenging them.

And none of this is evidence of the Democrats trying to undermine free and fair elections the way Republicans do. This is why I say that "both sides" arguments are always attempts to defend Republicans.

 

[Bray123]

Found the election fraud, but you all knew it was the Republicans all along.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/flori...trial-florida-ghost-candidate-case-set-begin/

former Miami state Sen. Frank Artiles, a Republican, masterminded a scheme to tilt the results of a tight race in Miami by recruiting and paying a straw candidate to siphon votes away from the Democratic incumbent. They’ll say Artiles puppeteered a machine parts salesman who never campaigned but still shaped the outcome of the race — garnering more than 6,000 votes as an independent thanks to anonymous financial support and his last name, which he shared with the incumbent.


After a recount, Democrat Jose Javier Rodriguez lost his seat to Republican Ileana Garcia by 32 votes.

 

[deckardB26354]

https://www.ussc.edu.au/a-guide-to-the-2024-presidential-election-from-primaries-to-president

"When New Hampshire primary voters head to the polls on 23 January, one key name will be missing from the Democratic ballot: Joe Biden. In the culmination of a months-long dispute over primary rules, New Hampshire Democrats will not see the incumbent president’s name on their primary ballot and will not send delegates to the August national convention — all to preserve New Hampshire’s cherished status as the nation’s first presidential primary.

In December 2022, President Biden unveiled plans for South Carolina to kick off primary season instead of Iowa and New Hampshire, and ordered New Hampshire to repeal the state statute enshrining its decades-long first-in-the-nation status. Pushing South Carolina to the front of the calendar would elevate the state that resurrected Biden’s candidacy in 2020 (after he placed just fifth in the New Hampshire primary) and give Black and minority voters — a critical Democrat voter base historically shortchanged in the primary voting system — a “louder and earlier voice,” according to Biden, in the nominating calendar. Iowa Democrats reached a compromise to vote via mail-in ballot between January and March, breaking with years of tradition. However, New Hampshire Democrats refused to budge, meaning Biden will not appear on the now-unsanctioned ballot and potentially offering a break-through moment for one of Biden’s few intra-party rivals."

That means exactly DICK. So what that they moved the primaries up? The DNC agreed to it.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/08/dean-philips-marianne-williamson-debate-00134405

Yeah, this is hysterical. Crazy shopping cart collector lady holds a debate in front of seventh graders and it goes over like a fart in church—AWESOME!

And of course, let's we forget, the palace coup that pushed Biden out after, despite dubious primaries, he got fourteen million votes.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/vide...hing-biden-out-bloomberg-the-close-07-03-2024

It was Biden’s choice to make and HE made it. Unless you have facts showing that he had a gun to his head to get out of the race, your argument holds no water.

And the anti-third party efforts....
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bi...bids-that-threaten-his-reelection-2024-01-18/

Yeah, so fucking what? RFK was never meant to be a serious candidate and it’s now obvious that he was doing all of this for Trump.

Especially with RFK Jr.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-quest-presidential-ballot-50-states/

See the previous statement. There’s no fucking way that anyone with a brain would vote for a guy that had part of his brain eaten away.

And then when he wanted off the ballot....
https://nypost.com/2024/09/16/us-ne...even-as-rfk-jr-sues-to-get-his-name-off-them/

Yeah, the stupid fuck was going to be a spoiler—for Trump—so he wanted his name off the ballots in case some drunk fuck voted for him as a joke—costing Orange Fuhrer votes.

You wanted receipts? There you go. Now, let's drop it, or do you want to keep going at it and then blame me for derailing the thread? After I agreed to drop it if you would.

Wow…such great work. So impressed.

 

[SevMax2]

I never agreed to drop it.

Biden letting South Carolina go first opened up an opportunity for other candidates to take him on, which is what you say you want.

When he stepped down it wasn't a "place coup". Biden did so voluntarily, and Kamala Harris is wildly popular with the party rank-and-file.

The Democratic Party is trying to win the election. It's not their job to help the third parties who are challenging them.

And none of this is evidence of the Democrats trying to undermine free and fair elections the way Republicans do. This is why I say that "both sides" arguments are always attempts to defend Republicans.

Wow, that's some serious Kool-Aid you're drinking there. Okay, whatever. Live in your own world. I'd counsel some therapy. That was some serious BS that you spouted, but okay. Believe what you want. I know that you will, anyway. Goodbye.

 

[SevMax2]

That means exactly DICK. So what that they moved the primaries up? The DNC agreed to it.



Yeah, this is hysterical. Crazy shopping cart collector lady holds a debate in front of seventh graders and it goes over like a fart in church—AWESOME!



It was Biden’s choice to make and HE made it. Unless you have facts showing that he had a gun to head to get out, your argument holds no water.



Yeah, so fucking what? RFK was never meant to be a serious candidate and it’s now obvious that he was doing all of this for Trump.



See the previous statement. There’s no fucking way that anyone with a brain would vote for a guy that had part of his brain eaten away.



Yeah, the stupid fuck was going to be a spoiler—for Trump—so he wanted his name off the ballots in case some drunk fuck voted for him as a joke—costing Orange Fuhrer votes.



Wow…such great work. So impressed.

What I say to (not so) Bright goes double for you. You asked for receipts. I gave you receipts. Go to hell. Apparently, it's only election interference when it interferes with your side's cause and candidates. Nice work at the double standards. May they keep you cozy at night.

 

[Lazaran]

Wow, that's some serious Kool-Aid you're drinking there. Okay, whatever. Live in your own world. I'd counsel some therapy. That was some serious BS that you spouted, but okay. Believe what you want. I know that you will, anyway. Goodbye.

Game.



Set.



Match.

 

[SevMax2]

Congratulations. I will add (not so) Bright and Deck (or Dick) to the iggy list, along with Rory and Laz, who have been there for a while. I don't need to speak to hypocrites at the moment. I'm too old for that kind of irritation at this time. I need to go wait for my granddaughters as they get off the bus. Whatever helps you sleep at night, bitches!

 

[deckardB26354]

What I say to (not so) Bright goes double for you. You asked for receipts. I gave you receipts. Go to hell. Apparently, it's only election interference when it interferes with your side's cause and candidates. Nice work at the double standards. May they keep you cozy at night.

Yeah, right.

Mr. SevMax2, I need the receipt for the butt plugs you ordered and wanted to exchange for the strap-ons, but you gave me a receipt for cookies.

 

[Yarglenurp]

What I say to (not so) Bright goes double for you. You asked for receipts. I gave you receipts. Go to hell.

Dude just wants to be a contrarian. Sees no difference between a murderer and a guy defending himself, both are equally bad in his book.

Just stop engaging. He pretends he’s a centrist, but just wants to argue with sane people to make them mad. His entire schtick is pretending to be on both sides but then pound on the left because they’re not angels while forgiving every sin on the right.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Dude just wants to be a contrarian. Sees no difference between a murderer and a guy defending himself, both are equally bad in his book.

Just stop engaging. He pretends he’s a centrist, but just wants to argue with sane people to make them mad. His entire schtick is pretending to be on both sides but then pound on the left because they’re not angels while forgiving every sin on the right.

I think he's salvageable. He does acknowledge that Donald Trump is an idiot and a threat, but I think he's so invested in hard-left tropes about the whole political establishment being rotten and corrupt that it's hard for him to accept that the Democratic Party might be worthy of support sometimes.

 

[adrina]

1. The primary wasn't closed to all but Biden. Marianne Williamson ran against him put dropped out early when it was clear she was losing.
2. RFK Jr. ran as a independent spoiler, trying to help Trump win by siphoning off Democratic votes.
3. The Greens also, only exist as spoilers, propped up by the right to reduce Democratic turn-out.
4 Donald Trump has said he wants to be a dictator and suspend the parts of the Constitution he doesn't like.

Putting up spoiler candidates is an example of how the Republican Party tries to subvert elections, even though it doesn't technically violate any laws.

Additionally, by his standards, then RFK himself is committing election interference.

(I'd reply to him but apparently I'm a bit too direct for him to deal with. C'est la vie.)

 

[jomar]

1. They closed off the primaries to all but Biden, refused to hold debates, and put South Carolina ahead despite New Hampshire's law requiring it to be first.
2. They first tried to stop RFK Jr. from being on the ballot, and then they tried to keep him on there whenever he wanted off. That's very convenient, whether the NY one was valid or not. A bit too convenient.
3. They have consistently fought to keep left-wing third parties, such as the Greens, off the ballot. They succeeded in Arizona in 2020, I might add, limiting my choices to just three (write-ins being useless since they don't have pledged electors).
4. This oft repeated claim, despite a previous term in office to the contrary, that Trump would destroy the Republic. He's not my cup of tea and I've never voted for the guy, but I don't buy it anymore.

There you go. You asked for it. You got it.

Ya know, even if your gripes against Dems were true, there’s a difference between legal malarky (see Lee Atwater) and illegal shit like pressuring Zelensky by withholding funds in order to get dirt on a political opponent and unconstitutional shit like pressuring a vice president to not certify votes, and all trump’s bullshit in between.

 

[SevMax2]

"They do it, too, and worse." - the classic response of a five-year old. Sounds like my granddaughters or something.

 

[jomar]

"They do it, too, and worse." - the classic response of a five-year old. Sounds like my granddaughters or something.

Please direct your post to a poster’s post

 

[SevMax2]

This reminds me of what my father likes to say. "When you're in favor, you can do nothing wrong. When you're out of favor, you can do nothing right." That kind of tribal "Yay, Team Blue," "Slay, Queen," mania is a bit like limerence or something. Eventually, your infatuation fades and you notice that they don't floss or they pick their nose or something. If you find them doing something a lot worse, though, well, that's when buyer's remorse sets in.

Caveat Emptor.

 

[SevMax2]

Please direct your post to a poster’s post

My apologies for not quoting you, but any lick of common sense should have told you that it was directed at your comment. Grow up. In any case, I am mildly disappointed at the thin skin of the Blue Team, unable to take even slight criticism. That's part of the problem with you guys. Too much butthurt. You're hopelessly naïve, too, just like the rest of them.

 

[jomar]

My apologies for not quoting you, but any lick of common sense should have told you that it was directed at your comment. Grow up. In any case, I am mildly disappointed at the thin skin of the Blue Team, unable to take even slight criticism. You're hopelessly naïve, just like the rest of them.

Yes, one might think, but we have posters who don’t quote but are responding to something upthread.

But no, I’m not doing whataboutism. You’re placing false equivalency on run of the mill but bad stuff that both sides have done like gerrymandering and filing blocking lawsuits, with actual illegal stuff trump has tried. If you can’t see he has wildly raised the bar on stressing the constitution, institutions and our democracy by not only his actions during his administration and the 2025 project (which he denies, but then again he’s a liar), and is a threat to democracy then it’s you who are the naive one. Dig deeper and educate yourself.

 

[SevMax2]

Yes, one might think, but we have posters who don’t quote but are responding to something upthread.

But no, I’m not doing whataboutism. You’re placing false equivalency on run of the mill but bad stuff that both sides have done like gerrymandering and filing blocking lawsuits, with actual illegal stuff trump has tried. If you can’t see he has wildly raised the bar on stressing the constitution, institutions and our democracy by not only his actions during his administration and the 2025 project (which he denies, but then again he’s a liar), and is a threat to democracy then it’s you who are the naive one. Dig deeper and educate yourself.

Well, the feeling is mutual about the need to educate yourself. Maybe branch out from CNN and MSNBC a bit. Just a thought. It's a convenient belief that you have, but so be it. Most beliefs are convenient. I maintain that you're being hopelessly naïve about the dangers of the political, economic, and social elites and the way that they are doing real harm to constitutionality, the rule of law, personal freedom, the balance of power, etc. You're also naïve about the unsustainable nature of this present political framework and this civilization. It won't last because it's beyond redemption and these are the very people tearing it down. The fact that they were fine with Trump until not that long ago and he basically became their enemy only once he ran for office, well, that's very telling. I give it, max, six years, before civilization shatters entirely.

That being said, Trump's no friend of mine and no hero of mine. I never voted for him in the past and all of my financial donations have been to Democratic candidates, both in 2016 and in 2020. I voted for the Democratic nominee in both election cycles, despite extreme reservations about both Hillary and Biden (especially about Harris, to be frank). I also donated to Democrats in the 2018 mid-terms and voted for the Democratic nominees for Governor and the Senate, and further down the ballot, I might add. I formally left the Democratic Party in the spring of 2020 in disgust, but as stated, I voted for Biden later in the fall. I voted for Tulsi Gabbard in the primaries in that year, though I originally backed Mike Gravel (he dropped out and endorsed both her and Bernie).

I've been an independent ever since. I didn't vote in 2022 due to red tape and complications of my cross-country move (or half-country, given that it was from Arizona to Texas). I am weighing the positives and negatives, and yes, this is an agonizing decision for me. I actively despise both Harris and Trump, as individuals (I think that he's a bully, a crook, and an opportunistic demagogue, and that she's a corrupt, easily manipulated, and servile, albeit functioning alcoholic) as well as mistrust both parties intensely by now. As Jay Leno once stated, "Every time I think that I'm a Republican, they do something greedy, and every time I think that I'm a Democrat, they do something stupid." Or as Lewis Black put it, "the Republicans are a party of bad ideas and the Democrats are a party of no ideas."

Ironically, Republicans will say, "both sides arguments help Democrats," and Democrats say the same thing about Republicans. That is very instructive to me. It tells me that neither camp is all that confident of victory. Time to head desk here. If I still drank, I'd get plastered at seeing what a train wreck awaits my country, no matter what happens in November. Fuck my luck. I hate what has happened to America. It wasn't perfect before, but now the body politic is off its rocker. We've lost our ever-loving minds.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Well, the feeling is mutual about the need to educate yourself. Maybe branch out from CNN and MSNBC a bit. Just a thought. It's a convenient belief that you have, but so be it. Most beliefs are convenient. I maintain that you're being hopelessly naïve about the dangers of the political, economic, and social elites and the way that they are doing real harm to constitutionality, the rule of law, personal freedom, the balance of power, etc. You're also naïve about the unsustainable nature of this present political framework and this civilization. It won't last because it's beyond redemption and these are the very people tearing it down. The fact that they were fine with Trump until not that long ago and he basically became their enemy only once he ran for office, well, that's very telling. I give it, max, six years, before civilization shatters entirely.

That being said, Trump's no friend of mine and no hero of mine. I never voted for him in the past and all of my financial donations have been to Democratic candidates, both in 2016 and in 2020. I voted for the Democratic nominee in both election cycles, despite extreme reservations about both Hillary and Biden (especially about Harris, to be frank). I also donated to Democrats in the 2018 mid-terms and voted for the Democratic nominees for Governor and the Senate, and further down the ballot, I might add. I formally left the Democratic Party in the spring of 2020 in disgust, but as stated, I voted for Biden later in the fall. I voted for Tulsi Gabbard in the primaries in that year, though I originally backed Mike Gravel (he dropped out and endorsed both her and Bernie).

I've been an independent ever since. I didn't vote in 2022 due to red tape and complications of my cross-country move (or half-country, given that it was from Arizona to Texas). I am weighing the positives and negatives, and yes, this is an agonizing decision for me. I actively despise both Harris and Trump, as individuals (I think that he's a bully, a crook, and an opportunistic demagogue, and that she's a corrupt, easily manipulated, and servile, albeit functioning alcoholic) as well as mistrust both parties intensely by now. As Jay Leno once stated, "Every time I think that I'm a Republican, they do something greedy, and every time I think that I'm a Democrat, they do something stupid." Or as Lewis Black put it, "the Republicans are a party of bad ideas and the Democrats are a party of no ideas."

Ironically, Republicans will say, "both sides arguments help Democrats," and Democrats say the same thing about Republicans. That is very instructive to me. It tells me that neither camp is all that confident of victory. Time to head desk here. If I still drank, I'd get plastered at seeing what a train wreck awaits my country, no matter what happens in November. Fuck my luck. I hate what has happened to America. It wasn't perfect before, but now the body politic is off its rocker. We've lost our ever-loving minds.

lol, your post's have been a fun read.

You claimed voter fraud in the Presidential Election, and when asked for proof, pivot to Primaries....before you spout off your mouth on Primary fraud, you need to read this...

https://www.usa.gov/primaries-caucuses

Now, I've no dog to fight in your politics, you (currently) live in a free country and you're allowed to vote for whatever idiot(s) you choose to.
That said, what the Democrats did to pick their candidate for President, is their choice. They like you, can do whatever the fuck they want, those are the rules. Disagree? Well go get me the statute, or law, or point out where in your constitution it says otherwise.

To me, you're just whining about Biden not getting the nod, which points to sour grapes over a candidate that A: might beat Trump, B:is a woman, and C: is of mixed race.

 

[SevMax2]

lol, your post's have been a fun read.

You claimed voter fraud in the Presidential Election, and when asked for proof, pivot to Primaries....before you spout off your mouth on Primary fraud, you need to read this...

https://www.usa.gov/primaries-caucuses

Now, I've no dog to fight in your politics, you (currently) live in a free country and you're allowed to vote for whatever idiot(s) you choose to.
That said, what the Democrats did to pick their candidate for President, is their choice. They like you, can do whatever the fuck they want, those are the rules. Disagree? Well go get me the statute, or law, or point out where in your constitution it says otherwise.

To me, you're just whining about Biden not getting the nod, which points to sour grapes over a candidate that A: might beat Trump, B:is a woman, and C: is of mixed race.

I don't recall anyone voting for Harris to be the nominee, but say whatever you want. The truth is that, if the Democrats want to run their party like a private club, they need to start funding their own primaries and caucuses themselves. Ditto the GOP, I might add. Trump did something similar in 2020, undermining his opponents as well. Nobody has clean hands. Yes, I'm aware that this is how politics operates. I'm a history buff and probably know a lot more about historical elections that you do.

The point is less to whine about the process than to cut through the sanctimonious BS and trite platitudes about "saving democracy," and whatever, and face the reality of this election as it is. Not as they wish to frame it. As it actually is. I have no use for hypocrisy, no matter who does it. Hypocrites can go fuck themselves, no matter who they are. I'm a cynic these days, and yes, that's a perfectly valid philosophy. Nothing wrong with cynicism at all. One of my favorite cynical quotes, though I can't remember who originally said it, is this, "In capitalism, man exploits man. In communism, the opposite is true."

By the way, the things that I know about Harris are enough to make anyone shake their heads, but that's another matter. Sex and race are frankly immaterial to merit, one way or the other. People should always be judged on their personal, individual merits, and nothing else.

Now, get off my lawn (I couldn't resist, given that I'm a grandpa these days).