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In reply to the discussion: Democrats Plan to Name Lobbyists, Operatives as Superdelegates [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)....that they expect people to "trust" what they do, it's that they accept, after I'm sure many meetings, interviews, examination of backgrounds, the decisions of members of the DNC who have gotten there by being active in their respective states.
Do you understand how someone becomes a member of the DNC?
In short, here's how: They are the chairs and vice-chairs of each state Democratic Party committee, and they are members elected by Democrats in all 50 states and the territories.
I have been a delegate to our last five Democratic State Conventions, and at each one we elect Connecticut's DNC members. They are ALL democratically elected to the DNC - the chair and vice-chair are elected by the members of the State Committee (who represent every town and city in the state) and by the the delegates at the State Convention, each of which represents every town and city in the state.
People are acting like there are a bunch of old cigar smoking men sitting in a back room choosing people. That's simply not true, and they just don't understand the process. The members of the DNC are all respected members of their respective state parties or chosen by members of those state parties.
I just don't understand why many who probably don't understand the process are denigrating how it works.