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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
@Fighteer: Certainly, but I'm not going to denounce a good idea just because Republicans did it. If I did that, I would be acting just like them which is more unacceptable than giving credit where credit may be due.
Wizard Needs Food BadlyWe should give California back to Mexico if Trump ends up winning the Republican vote.
edited 29th Apr '16 6:05:56 PM by Bat178
California doesn't have enough military power to secede. Traveling and trading would be much more difficult.
edited 29th Apr '16 7:27:10 PM by flameboy21th
Non Indicative UsernameMy dad was sent a video about how Hillary Clinton is a corporate shill
, and it really upset him; not because he think it's full of shit, but because he plans to vote Democrat and is upset that he has to choose between, well, Trump, and a shill who may not be as bad, but is still in the pockets of big business.
He hopes Bernie Sanders, even after losing the nomination, remains a thorn in the Democrats' side, and pushes their policies to the left and forces them to at least make some kind of effort to actually do what the voters want.
Clinton has come out against the TPP, so that particular issue isn't a concern.
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's PlayYep. Many GOP congressmen/senators hate TPP because it doesn't give big pharma and big tobacco what they want, and the Democrats hate it in general, and it's one of the few issues most of the Democrats will refuse to compromise over. TPP pleases no-one, and trying to get it through congress would be a herculean task.
edited 29th Apr '16 11:26:22 PM by Cronosonic
~Ramidel a page back: Oi. Faithless and uncommitted delegates, not electors. These are completely different things.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

In the case of the US I think non-party members should be allowed to vote in either the republican or democrat primary (only one of those) because the way your electoral system is set up, as far as I can understand it, basically forces people to chose between those two options or nonenote . For that reason, I believe people should be allowed to choose amongst the primary candidates which one they feel represents their views the most instead of "do I want the kick in the stomach or the punch to the head?".
edited 29th Apr '16 5:40:58 PM by IFwanderer
1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV