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#100901: Sep 16th 2015 at 12:45:00 PM

[up][up][up]I thought it was because he didn't give them moneytongue

edited 16th Sep '15 12:45:18 PM by Skycobra51

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#100902: Sep 16th 2015 at 12:46:40 PM

If he wasn't spouting so much racist crap he would probably win in a landslide now that I think about it, which is still scary.

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#100903: Sep 16th 2015 at 12:47:43 PM

If he wasn't spouting so much racist crap, maybe he could be a Democrat.

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#100904: Sep 16th 2015 at 12:49:00 PM

If he wasn't pouting so much, he might even not look like a duck.

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#100905: Sep 16th 2015 at 12:50:41 PM

Though I am beginning to wonder how racist he actually is, and if he's only playing it up to attract the nativists.

edited 16th Sep '15 12:51:07 PM by Skycobra51

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#100906: Sep 16th 2015 at 12:51:53 PM

If he wasn't spouting so much racist crap he would probably win in a landslide now that I think about it, which is still scary.

For the most part, his positions don't strike me as too loony, and frankly slides the Republicans back to the left in terms of the Overton Window.

Him and Sanders debating on Social Security and Medicare would be the most fantastically hilarious thing, tbh as the Kochs, Anderson and the Club scream. It would be literally "Let's keep SS and Medicare where they are" vs "Expand them."

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#100907: Sep 16th 2015 at 12:55:58 PM

Donald Trump on female competition.

Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president. I mean, she's a woman, and I'm not s'posedta say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?

I would not vote for this man.

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#100908: Sep 16th 2015 at 12:57:08 PM

You know, something I'd thought of from time to time. Most people focus on who will become president, but with Congress so damn gridlocked, whoever the president is will have a hell of a time trying to get anything done. I think people should focus a lot on electing a better Congress too.

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#100909: Sep 16th 2015 at 12:58:03 PM

[up] Yep, but the media doesn't find that to be nearly as sexy, so it doesn't make the national news, except for big races.

As it stands, gerrymandering will keep the House locked down for Republicans until at least 2020, and the Senate usually (but not always) goes with the presidential vote.

edited 16th Sep '15 12:58:55 PM by Fighteer

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#100910: Sep 16th 2015 at 12:58:27 PM

People should. Problem is, Congress consists of literally hundreds of people.

The Presidential race is a bunch of people vying to be the one guy rather than countless people vying to be one of the many, many guys. It's simple. Easy to follow.

It's like a reality show, narrowing down to that one contestant who wins it all! They wouldn't be half as successful if they were narrowing down to be one of the many contestants each of whom wins a portion of it all not to exceed the portions the other contestants receive in one of two winning groups both of whom are equally viable groups to be part of but whom have different selection options!

Most people couldn't even tell you what the difference between the Senate and the House of Representatives even IS, let alone who they think would be the best congressman to fill each role in both houses.

edited 16th Sep '15 1:01:08 PM by TobiasDrake

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#100911: Sep 16th 2015 at 12:59:03 PM

[up]x3 Until redistricting happens that is not likely to happen.

edited 16th Sep '15 12:59:47 PM by Memers

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#100912: Sep 16th 2015 at 1:03:38 PM

it is already hard to care and pay attention to what one guy proposes, let alone getting people to be interested in what hundreds of people think of and say.

Unless suddenly the Congress is filled with the kardashians, honey booboo and the duck dynasty peeps.

edited 16th Sep '15 1:03:46 PM by Aszur

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#100913: Sep 16th 2015 at 1:04:00 PM

Also, all representatives in Congress are representatives of a specific state. The President is national. So the presidential race has reason to advertise in Kansas and Alabama, but the next Alabama Senator has no reason to campaign in Kansas. This automatically makes the Presidential race a more widespread effort than senatorial elections.

edited 16th Sep '15 1:04:37 PM by TobiasDrake

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#100914: Sep 16th 2015 at 1:06:54 PM

[up][up]Sad thing is, they'd probably do a better job than the current congress.

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#100915: Sep 16th 2015 at 1:14:38 PM

Payday loan companies could serve a good purpose if they were required to be used as payday-only, and not longer term loan providers. Maturities of 1 month before full repayment and no longer.

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#100916: Sep 16th 2015 at 1:16:32 PM

It would help if failure to repay on time didn't lock you into a cycle of funding debt service with more debt. That's really how they make the majority of their profits; it's fundamental to the business model. Take it away and it is no longer worth being in that business.

Predating on poor people is a huge industry.

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#100917: Sep 16th 2015 at 1:25:42 PM

Though its mind boggling as to why anyone(those with a brain or even half of one) would actually fall for it.

Because for a lot of people the option is to take such a loan (and pray that nothing happens to stop you paying it back on time) or starve. Besides have you ever tried reading the fine print of something in the couple hour gap you between your two jobs and caring for your kids? I suspect that what's normally easy to pick up on is difficult when you're in an incredibly vulnerable and desperate state.

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#100918: Sep 16th 2015 at 1:29:39 PM

One problem with the "Obama won in spite of being a Muslim-Kenyan-Soialist" line. He acutely wasn't, and most people didn't believe he was. Bernie admits he's a Social Democrat and wears the label with Pride.

I just want a candidate that reflects my view and wasn't fucking the last president, is that to much to asksad For God's Sake Joe RUN!!!

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#100919: Sep 16th 2015 at 1:31:43 PM

Not really, Bernie knows he isn't an actual socialist and doesn't spout such bullshit. Even if he did, it wouldn't change the election anyway.

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#100920: Sep 16th 2015 at 1:35:45 PM

@100917: There are some people who have this "You should do ALL the research before you do or buy anything" mentality. There are problems with that: not everyone is smart/knowledgeable enough to understand it all, not everyone has the time to do all the research, and there is sometimes a lot of conflicting information out there.

This is why we need to protect consumers. Imagine if there was a high risk that any car you buy could crap out on you, any food you buy could be poisonous, any program you download could have a virus, any computer you buy could overheat, any loan you take out could have nasty terms that put you in infinite debt, any house you buy could be on the brink of falling apart, etc. We should have good reason to assume that nothing totally disastrous will happen to us as a result of buying the average product.

I used to have that "everyone should just research everything, the lazy fools" mentality back when I was in my conspiracy website reading phase over a decade ago. I grew out of that belief once I realized that human nature simply doesn't work that way and never will.

edited 16th Sep '15 1:36:46 PM by BonsaiForest

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#100921: Sep 16th 2015 at 1:41:45 PM

[up] This.

Fundamentally, businesses have access to more market information than consumers and have the power to control that information, denying one of the basic requirements for perfectly free markets.

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#100922: Sep 16th 2015 at 1:46:26 PM

[up][up]But people should be smart about what they buy as well. Like my cousin who's in the Army, the dumb ass took a dealership loan (or something like that) instead of going through the FCU when he bought a brand new car that he couldn't afford. Then again, he hasn't always made the best decisions...

edited 16th Sep '15 1:49:28 PM by Skycobra51

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#100923: Sep 16th 2015 at 1:47:54 PM

What people should be or do is irrelevant to their suffering.

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#100924: Sep 16th 2015 at 1:48:40 PM

[up][up] You may have time and energy to conduct extensive market research on the products you buy. A parent of four who works ten hours a day doesn't.

edited 16th Sep '15 1:49:06 PM by Fighteer

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#100925: Sep 16th 2015 at 1:51:16 PM

Yep. I'm betting that your cousin who got duped into that loan thought he was getting a good deal. It can be hard for people to sift through loan agreements and figure out the right one for them.

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