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->In [[CanadaEh Canadian]] politics, comparing universal medicine to [[GodwinsLaw a Nazi plot]] gets you thrown out of the party. In the United States, it makes you [[AchievementsInIgnorance the front-runner.]]
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->In [[CanadaEh Canadian]] Canadian politics, comparing universal medicine to [[GodwinsLaw a Nazi plot]] gets you thrown out of the party. In the United States, it makes you [[AchievementsInIgnorance the front-runner.]]
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->There was a time when calling the president un-American was a beyond-the-pale transgression; now it’s not even news when a [[YouMayPanicNow news anchor]] or an [[ChewbaccaDefense elected official]] does it. [John] Birchian conspiracies once left to fester at the lunatic fringe of our politics have encroached onto center stage.
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->There was a time when calling the president un-American was a beyond-the-pale transgression; now it’s not even news when a [[YouMayPanicNow [[MediaScaremongering news anchor]] or an [[ChewbaccaDefense elected official]] does it. [John] Birchian conspiracies once left to fester at the lunatic fringe of our politics have encroached onto center stage.
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->Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. [[NotSoDifferent You in America will see that some day.]]
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->Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. [[NotSoDifferent You in America will see that some day.]]
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->''I was twenty-one but couldn't figure out which party to vote against.''
-->--''Literature/GloryRoad''
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->''I was twenty-one but couldn't figure out which party to vote against.''
-->--''Literature/GloryRoad''
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->''The American left teaches minorities and women to think of themselves as victims, Republicans as victimizers, and Democrats as rescuers.''
-->--'''Larry Elder'''
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->''The American left teaches minorities and women to think of themselves as victims, Republicans as victimizers, and Democrats as rescuers.''
-->--'''Larry Elder'''
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->''I was twenty-one but couldn't figure out which party to vote against.''
-->--''Literature/GloryRoad''
->''I was twenty-one but couldn't figure out which party to vote against.''
-->--''Literature/GloryRoad''
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-->-- '''Trevor Noah''', '''Creator/TrevorNoah''', ''Series/TheDailyShowWithTrevorNoah''
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->''"Even crazier than golf, though, is modern American politics, where, thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, [[FalseDichotomy you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative]]."''
-->-- '''Creator/KurtVonnegut''', ''Cold Turkey''
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->'''Superman:''' I'm here to fight for truth, justice and the American way.\\
'''Lois Lane:''' ''[laughs]'' You're gonna end up fighting every elected official in this country.
-->--''Film/SupermanTheMovie''
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-->-- '''[[http://www.fark.com/comments/9393098/106197626#c106197626 Mentat]]''', Website/{{Fark}}, on the 2016 election
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-->-- '''[[http://www.'''Website/{{Fark}}''', [[http://www.fark.com/comments/9393098/106197626#c106197626 Mentat]]''', Website/{{Fark}}, on the 2016 election
election]]
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[[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy]]\\
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->American elections are like ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. They start slow, then they get great, but then they get tedious and, while you know it still exists, [[GivingUpOnLogic you just don't care anymore]].
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->American elections are like ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. They start slow, then they get great, but then they get tedious and, while you know it still exists, [[GivingUpOnLogic [[StoppedCaring you just don't care anymore]].
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->''"In June, President UsefulNotes/BarackObama did an interview with ''Businessweek'', in which he was congratulated for his stewardship of the economy and was asked 'what industries' he might choose to join upon his retirement from the White House. The president replied as follows: 'But what I will say is that--just to bring things full circle about innovation--the conversations I have with Silicon Valley and with venture capital pull together my interests in science and organization in a way I find really satisfying.'''
->''Venture capital! [[FullCircleRevolution The man Americans elected in 2008 to get tough with high finance and stop the revolving door was now, in 2016, considering taking his own walk through that revolving door and getting a job in high finance]]."''
-->-- '''Thomas Frank''', ''Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?''
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-> As the right doubles down on anti-anti-Trumpism, it will find itself goaded into defending and rationalizing ever more outrageous conduct just as long as it annoys CNN and the left.
->In many ways anti-anti-Trumpism mirrors UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump himself, because at its core there are no fixed values, no respect for constitutional government or ideas of personal character, only a free-floating nihilism cloaked in insult, mockery and bombast.
->Needless to say, this is not a form of conservatism that Edmund Burke, or even Barry Goldwater, would have recognized.
-->-- '''Charles Sykes''', ''If Liberals Hate Him, Then Trump Must Be Doing Something Right''[[note]]Ironic title[[/note]]
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->In many ways anti-anti-Trumpism mirrors {{Donald Trump}} himself, because at its core there are no fixed values, no respect for constitutional government or ideas of personal character, only a free-floating nihilism cloaked in insult, mockery and bombast.
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->In many ways anti-anti-Trumpism mirrors {{Donald Trump}} UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump himself, because at its core there are no fixed values, no respect for constitutional government or ideas of personal character, only a free-floating nihilism cloaked in insult, mockery and bombast.
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->Oh look, another edition of "racist people (or people who voted for racism) angry at being called racist."
->"He's politically incorrect" and "he says true things that are unpopular" is barely code for "he says racist things and I like it."
->But I get it. The important thing is that no one ever feels bad for being racist or enabling racism. That, my friends, is the real racism.
-->-- '''[[https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/843463149701480448 Jamelle Bouie]]''' on how people are asked to treat Donald Trump voters.
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-> As the right doubles down on anti-anti-Trumpism, it will find itself goaded into defending and rationalizing ever more outrageous conduct just as long as it annoys CNN and the left.
->In many ways anti-anti-Trumpism mirrors {{Donald Trump}} himself, because at its core there are no fixed values, no respect for constitutional government or ideas of personal character, only a free-floating nihilism cloaked in insult, mockery and bombast.
->Needless to say, this is not a form of conservatism that Edmund Burke, or even Barry Goldwater, would have recognized.
-->-- '''Charles Sykes''', ''If Liberals Hate Him, Then Trump Must Be Doing Something Right''[[note]]Ironic title[[/note]]
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->There is no clearer piece of evidence that our system is broken, no more thoroughly dead canary in the coal mine, than [[JerkassHasAPoint when Donald Trump is making sense]].
-->-- '''Creator/JohnOliver''', ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'', on how Donald Trump got fewer delegates than Ted Cruz during the Louisiana primaries despite the fact that Cruz lost the state in the popular vote.
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->I've always said that we have two party's [sic] in this country, [[ExtremeDoormat one with no balls]] and [[KnowNothingKnowItAll the other with no brains]]. This election did nothing to dissuade me.
-->-- '''[[http://www.fark.com/comments/9393098/106197626#c106197626 Mentat]]''', Website/{{Fark}}, on the 2016 election
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->''"To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil."''
-->-- '''Charles Krauthammer''', ''Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics''
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->The more I spend time in America, the more I appreciate UsefulNotes/{{Africa}}'s simplicity. Because in Africa, [[AtLeastIAdmitIt they still have the decency to call corruption "corruption"]].
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->The more I spend time in America, the more I appreciate UsefulNotes/{{Africa}}'s Africa's simplicity. Because in Africa, [[AtLeastIAdmitIt they still have the decency to call corruption "corruption"]].
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->The more I spend time in America, the more I appreciate [[DarkestAfrica Africa]]'s simplicity. Because in Africa, [[AtLeastIAdmitIt they still have the decency to call corruption "corruption"]].
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->The more I spend time in America, the more I appreciate [[DarkestAfrica Africa]]'s UsefulNotes/{{Africa}}'s simplicity. Because in Africa, [[AtLeastIAdmitIt they still have the decency to call corruption "corruption"]].
