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How difficult is it to understand? They'll vote on policies they want the Democratic party to officially put forward. How on earth can you vote on something without knowing what it is?
People have quoted Pelosi to you out of context. If you don't check these things out for yourself, then you'll be fooled by what they say every time. Allow me to add the context for you. Her actual quote:
Gosh, I don't know. Maybe someone tells them. Perhaps it's Chinese Whispers. Maybe it's written down somewhere and they read it. Maybe someone gets on stage and raps the policies. Perhaps somebody mimes them. It's so difficult to know. And we should be told!
Yep. It's a complete mystery to me how anyone gets to know about what they're required to vote on. It's really got me flummoxed. My flabber has never been so gasted.
First the DNC selects a platform committee based on the DP bylaws. Then the platform committee meets to discuss various proposals on items and wording for the platform. They vote on those proposals and present the result to the full convention for a vote.
I read a quote recently to the effect that the GOP had gotten so weird partially because they're caught in their own information bubble. And the talking points have become so detached from reality that only those well versed in minutia of the "Republican cinematic universe" would be able to communicate with each other. This post, responding to a reasonable explanation of how parties enact their platform with a decade plus old meme, reminded me of that quote.
