Anyone else feel "Presumptive Nominee" is an oxymoron?

[whatchamacallit]

The term seems incompatible my notion of a democratic election.

[haikugal]

1. Yeah. The fiction that we are a democracy is getting thin.

[salinsky]

2. Have you always had a problem with this term? ...

... or is this something that just happened to occur to you during this particular cycle?

[hollysmom]

5. personally, in a last voting state

Yes, I have always had a problem with this term.
Thank you for asking.

[whatchamacallit]

6. Fair question

I suppose I never gave it much thought before. But this contest, where it seems we're not only fighting the republicans but also finally acknowledging and challenging the corruption in our own party, has brought a lot into focus.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. There are no facts, only interpretations. Friedrich Nietzsche

"Presumptive nominee" being an example.

[dchill]

4. Should be "Presumptuous."

[whatchamacallit]

7. Haha indeed

[Hiraeth]

8. lol ... gmta