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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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Heck, Trump's lead in Texas even wavered for a while, though there's no real chance it will turn blue this cycle. Changing demographics and all that.
edited 7th Nov '16 7:52:07 PM by M84
Oh God! Natural light!We must have.
Anyway, I had a question: can anybody give me a good list of progressive items on Hillary's agenda? I'm trying to present an argument to a few people, and I think it'd be best if I had some stuff to get behind her on.
Oh God! Natural light!... You seem to have. They're even sharing a post number. See what happens if you try to edit yours, Karkat.
But: here's the issues page on her website.
Probably you can find some progressive views there.
edited 7th Nov '16 8:03:06 PM by Gilphon
Yeah, you did post at the same time... Apparently, TV Tropes has a bug when two people post at the exact same time.
edited 7th Nov '16 8:02:20 PM by GameGuruGG
Wizard Needs Food Badly@Karkat: Well, here's her platform on jobs and wages: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/jobs/
and the environment: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/climate/
and education: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/k-12-education/
It includes dramatically expanded renewable energy, reduced oil dependency, massive infrastructure work, and increased college availability.
Claiming that his health care plan would save more money on prescription drugs than what the entire country pays total on prescription drugs is the most famous one.
The thing that made me glad that Sanders wasn't going to win the primary, as much as I think we need a major push in a socialist direction, is when he was asked a question about politics in South America and his reply was that he didn't care or couldn't answer because he was running to be President of the US, not a president in South America.
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That's almost the same answer he gave when asked about how Vermont nuclear policy would effect the town in Texas where the waste would get dumped. Response: "I'm running for reelection in Vermont".
However likeable he might be at the personal level, Sanders was bad at seeing beyond the end of his own nose, or outside the demographic he was trying to appeal to at any given time.
Bill Maher just killed it on The Tonight Show. No video yet, but it should appear here
soon.
I think even Fox (who has an irrational hatred of Sanders) would give that one to Sanders. Not only does he have policy but he also believes in science, isn't pro-Russia and lacks ties to big business.
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The Republicans have taken a likely razor thin lead in Colorado's early voting, however they are underperforming their results from 2012 (Romney did much better than Trump, but still lost the state handily to Obama) so its probably not much to worry about if people vote tomorrow.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/07/politics/colorado-early-voting-election-2016/index.html
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