{"id":2361208,"date":"2024-10-29T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T21:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-democracy-wins-if-democrats-lose-the-election\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T17:42:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T21:42:30","slug":"op-ed-democracy-wins-if-democrats-lose-the-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-democracy-wins-if-democrats-lose-the-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Op-Ed: Democracy Wins if Democrats Lose the Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fop-ed-democracy-wins-if-democrats-lose-the-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2361208&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dei-disaster-petition-circulating-within-secret-service-community-warns-of-potential-insider-threats\/\" title=\"DEI Crisis: Secret Service Petition Raises Concerns About &#039;Insider Threats\">article discusses concerns<\/a> regarding Kamala Harris&#8217;s ascendancy as the Democratic candidate for the presidency, suggesting that her nomination was undemocratic and lacking the legitimacy of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-race-is-on-heres-what-trump-is-looking-for-in-possible-running-mate\/\" title=\"The race is on: Here\u2019s what Trump is looking for in possible running mate\">traditional primary process<\/a>. The\u200c author compares Harris&#8217;s situation to Donald Trump&#8217;s, who \u2062is presented as having secured \u2064the Republican nomination through a fair \u2064and competitive primary. It\u200d argues that \u200cHarris&#8217;s appointment lacked transparency and that\u200c she did not earn her \u2062position through a\u200d rigorous\u2062 electoral process, instead being &#8220;force-fed&#8221; to the Democratic electorate\u200b shortly before the party convention.<\/p>\n<p>The piece also reflects \u2062on\u200d Harris&#8217;s limited role in the Biden administration and how she has not actively \u2063addressed or \u200dtaken advantage \u2062of Biden&#8217;s declining political standing. The author\u200d suggests\u200b that significant Democratic figures had a more substantial role in the\u2064 decision to\u200b replace Biden than\u2063 Harris did, \u200cindicating that even \u200din a coup\u2062 situation, a more democratic approach was taken than in her\u2062 selection. <\/p>\n<p>The article concludes\u2063 by \u200cframing\u200d Harris&#8217;s campaign as irrational, characterized by fearmongering, and aligned\u200d against Trump, whom it portrays as a candidate representing a restoration \u200cof democratic norms. It posits that Harris&#8217;s nomination is an example of undemocratic practices within the Democratic Party,\u200b contrasting \u2064it with Trump\u2019s candidacy as a result of democratic processes. The author indicates that Harris&#8217;s failure could ultimately lead\u2062 to a reinstatement of genuine democracy in response to \u2063a chaotic campaign. The \u2062piece is clearly an\u200d opinion piece, emphasizing the author&#8217;s critical view of Harris&#8217;s legitimacy and political efficacy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>What happens when the presidential candidate for one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">major political parties isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t chosen by that party via the primary process? What results when that candidate is spared the bruises and jostling associated with the primary process? How is a sitting elected leader of that party replaced after a palace coup?<\/p>\n<p>The answer to those questions is, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hollywoods-heaviest-hitters-going-bat-kamala-not-making-much-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a>. Each question&rsquo;s answer undercuts any hint of democracy and\/or real &ldquo;choice.&rdquo; Harris is the quintessential undemocratic Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>In this &ldquo;bizarro&rdquo; world an abridged primary process by Democrats resulted in the unthinkable candidate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-obama-advisor-david-axelrod-sounds-alarm-kamala-harriss-town-hall-performance-word-salad-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a>, being force-fed to them mere weeks before their party convention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mike-johnson-sets-record-straight-little-secret-trump-says-already-big-impact-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a>, no matter what you may think of him, is appearing on election ballots on the first Tuesday in November as the result of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-could-make-announcement-on-run-as-independent-on-oct-9\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. may announce independent run on Oct. 9.\">fair primary process<\/a> in which he vanquished no fewer than seven opponents.<\/p>\n<p>He obtained the Republican nomination by campaigning for and winning the votes of Republicans across the nation.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Harris for her part lurked in the shadows of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamalas-failures-exposed-4-biden-admin-catastrophes-overseen-vice-president-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden administration<\/a>, doing nothing, saying nothing, and amounting to nothing for nearly four years.<\/p>\n<p>While she may not have been on Biden diaper patrol, she was certainly aware that Grandpa Joe was experiencing an undeniable mental decline. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-challenges-biden-says-cognitive-test-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden&rsquo;s mental deterioration<\/a> became the worst-kept secret in D.C. The administration, Democrats, and the legacy media kept it until polls indicated Trump would beat him because of that decline.<\/p>\n<p>Harris wasn&rsquo;t even consequential enough to be part of the palace coup. She didn&rsquo;t cut Biden&rsquo;s brake lines or put poison in his pablum. Instead, she stood by and did nothing &mdash; even when doing so would promote her candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>More powerful voices in the Democratic Party, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deeply-offended-voter-tears-obama-apart-front-msnbc-host-slams-ex-president-scolding-black-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obama<\/a>, Pelosi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-crowd-erupts-as-trump-hilariously-skewers-chuck-schumer-while-standing-right-next-to-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schumer<\/a> and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/george-clooney-calls-biden-drop-race-just-weeks-hosting-glitzy-fundraiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Clooney<\/a>, pushed Biden&rsquo;s wheelchair down the White House stairs, not the vice president.<\/p>\n<p>An actor who pretends to be someone else for a living was more important than the vice president of the United States in ousting a sitting president. The decision to remove Biden, no matter how conspiratorial or sinister, was on its face more democratic than Harris&rsquo; coronation.<\/p>\n<p>In that dark star chamber, a straight vote was conducted when it came time to take Biden out. Thumbs up he stays, thumbs down he goes.<\/p>\n<p>Think about that. The suspects in the greatest political coup of modern times acted in a more democratic manner when deciding to undo Biden, than their party did in appointing Harris to replace him.<\/p>\n<p>The consequence of her appointment is Harris&rsquo; belief that she does not have to explain herself, her policies, or even how a Harris administration would differ from Biden&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>Why would she be answerable for anything when she obtained the nomination by coronation? In her mind, she is above the necessity of specifics or outlining a comprehensible agenda specifically because she was anointed instead of elected.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-stronghold-suddenly-becomes-battleground-state-trump-takes-lead-poll-shocker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polls<\/a> show her coming defeat, her campaign has devolved, along with her party and its endless procession of progressive minions, into an irrational screed of fearmongering and name-calling.<\/p>\n<p>Is there a better time of year than Halloween to try and scare the populace with accusations of fascism, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/holocaust-survivor-slams-harris-last-ditch-ploy-know-hitler-kamala-will-ever-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hitlerian finger-pointing<\/a>, and the vague threat of &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/election-worker-tells-cbs-reporter-democrats-real-threat-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the end of democracy<\/a>&rdquo;?<\/p>\n<p>Are there any scarier visages than Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s or James Carville&rsquo;s undead rising to warn of Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;threat to democracy&rdquo; or their impending imprisonment at Trump&rsquo;s orange hands?<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo; undemocratic campaign ends with a Trump victory and the restoration of democracy. Trump, for the first time in his political career, is the conventional candidate in terms of the democratic process.<\/p>\n<p>Harris stands uniquely outside the norm in the form of her undemocratic appointment. The undemocratic Democrat gets dumped, and the winner is democracy itself.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><i><b>The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either d or endorsed by the owners of this website. 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What are the implications for a candidate who avoids the challenges of that process? How does a sitting leader get replaced in such circumstances? The answer is Kamala Harris. Each of these scenarios reveals a lack of true democracy and choice. Harris embodies an undemocratic approach within her party, as she was presented to Democrats just weeks before their convention after an abbreviated primary process. In contrast, Trump secured his position on the ballot through a fair primary where he defeated multiple opponents and garnered support from Republicans nationwide. Meanwhile, Harris remained largely inactive during her time in the Biden administration, even as concerns about Biden&#8217;s mental decline became widely known. She played no significant role in any internal power shifts; instead, more influential figures like Obama and Pelosi were involved in decisions regarding Biden\u2019s future. Ultimately, while those orchestrating Biden\u2019s removal acted with more democratic principles than those who appointed Harris, her rise to power has led her to believe she need not justify herself or outline distinct policies for her potential administration. As polls indicate her likely defeat, her campaign has resorted to fearmongering tactics reminiscent of Halloween rhetoric about threats to democracy\u2014ironically positioning Trump as the conventional candidate within democratic norms while she stands apart due to her undemocratic ascent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2361209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamala-Harris-16.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5521,3685,3728,15322,5894],"class_list":["post-2361208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democracy","tag-democrats","tag-election","tag-op-ed","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamala-Harris-16.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2361208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2361209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2361208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2361208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2361208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}