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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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Nah, he's a Democrat, so he wants to make sure everyone gets a free colonoscopy (the cleansing process is great for his line of work), but he's also corrupt, so he wouldn't want to fix the Flint, Michigan crisis because the tainted water is doing wonders for him as well.
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"Certainly true. Apathy and obstacles to voting are likely to feed into each other indirectly, as well. Damn negative feedback loops.
edited 9th Mar '16 1:49:40 PM by darksidevoid
GM: AGOG S4 & F/WC RP; Co-GM: TABA, SOTR, UUA RP; Sub-GM: TTS RP. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.Basically, the youth stormed the primaries. UAW votes were under analyzed/expected. And failure to grasp Sanders appeals across most racial lines for youth voters, it seems.
But then you'd get fraud of Democrats walking into poll stations with a beard and mustache. And then they come back without the mustache. And then everything but the sideburns. And then just their hair. And then shaved bald!
They'll stuff the ballot!
(Bloomberg) When Trump Steaks at a Trump Event Aren’t Really ‘Trump Steaks’
edited 9th Mar '16 1:56:48 PM by PotatoesRock
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"But mah freedoms!" The idea has been advanced, but it's far from proven to have beneficial results. We'll have to see. It could certainly never happen in our current political environment.
Krugman has a different take on the Michigan primary
, one based on the issue of protectionism, which Bernie Sanders advocates but Hillary Clinton does not, or at least not overtly.
Notably, he bashes both Sanders' aspirations to tear down global trade liberalization and the conventional, establishment view that it is Super Awesome (tm).
He also notes the same thing that I mentioned previously: globalization only helps the incomes of the little people if it's accompanied by significant wealth redistribution efforts, otherwise the benefits tend to be collected by the people at the top of the wealth pyramid.
edited 9th Mar '16 1:57:53 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Which makes the whole Neo Liberal argument of Deregulation, Free Trade and 'Entitlement' Reform basically the equivalent of Shmuck Bait. And like Krugman said, Hillary should give up on the TPP and TIPP.
But I can't help but feel that being in the Neo Liberal Elite Bubble, she thinks it's a good idea and tut tut we must proceed forward.
I don't know; I keep getting vibes from Hillary that she'd like to step out of the neoliberal bubble if she could, but feels constrained by her political obligations. Which is an argument in favor of Sanders, but only slightly. We need someone in the White House who doesn't need to spend half of their term building the connections and relationships that they need to make things happen. We also need someone who will make things happen that we generally agree are good for the country, even if those things go against the inertia of the system. Paradox.
edited 9th Mar '16 2:06:45 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"I get similar sort of vibe, but it rings more "Good intentions, but she's an upper class yuppie who might be a bit of a twit and never steps out of her upper class yuppie bubble, but she sort of gets it, but she's convinced of the good her bubble has told her is good."
Like she says, she's ultimately a decent human being who gives a damn, but the way she expresses it is. Well. An artifact of the New Democrats and the whole "End of History" milarky, and having gotten very very rich.
Though there's also an issue of a sort of "Rules don't apply to me" thing with the E-Mail Server and Clinton Foundation investigations that Owl keeps bringing up.
Neil Bush, brother of George and Jeb, joins Ted Cruz's finance team.
Trump is right in pointing out that Cruz was against this idea a few weeks ago. I think Cruz finally realized that he can't beat Trump without working together.
edited 9th Mar '16 2:46:28 PM by Demonic_Braeburn
Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.I personally would still wish for a Congressional reassurance that Hillary won't be able to flipflop on the International Corporation Handouts. Hence what I said before about a Sanders campaign on Congress.
I also wonder what the actual effects of renegating on the older ICHs would be.
And for the record, I am rooting for Trump over Cruz.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanAs an aside, here's the daily quote from my local newspaper:
So, I guess that rules out... everybody?
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Well, the problem (as is much with politics) is that just because it's underhanded doesn't mean it isn't effective, and there's an arms race going on between campaign strategies. Undesirable politicians are able to get away with "cheating", so the only way for "good" politicians to win is to cheat better.
So I've been trying to explain Fpt P voting and the damn-near inevitability of a two-party system under it to my libertarian friend for like two years, and was always met with a glazed stare and a shift to a different element of politics or current events. One video about it using colorful animals, and I finally got through! CGP Grey rocks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo
edited 9th Mar '16 4:59:30 PM by Artificius
"I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once."It just might. My precinct caucus discussed the issues with Fpt P after the older folks left, and the younger folks are with one exception the delegates to the state convention. It seems a bit like awareness of voting mechanics might be blooming among the general population and not just among the political science majors. To borrow another Dune quote: "Knowing there's a trap is the first step on the road to avoiding it."
edited 9th Mar '16 5:29:30 PM by Artificius
"I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once."
Kind of have to side with the judge on that one - Puerto Rico (and other "US Territories") are given the short end of the stick in regards to legal recognition, so why should US laws apply as stridently there? It'd be nice to see that used as a push to grant those territories Statehood, though.
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"

If they still don't want to vote even with automatic registration and I Ds, that's on them. You can't force the horse to drink.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"