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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Aren't they, though? I mean, the Religious Right is a big part of why the Republican party has become so toxic. If someone is a religious fundamentalist, then that immediately means they support the more horrible and archaic beliefs of their religion (whether they be Christian, Muslim, Hindu, etc.). You look at what Christian fundamentalists are saying, you see that they're all enormous homophobes, so you really can't call it "stereotyping" or "othering".
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No, Inauguration Day is always January 20th (though it may be observed on the 21st if the 20th is a Sunday). It used to be March 4th.
Thanks. Sorry to sound off-topic with this, but I want to do something similar to the ending of Thirty Seven Days, but I don't know when to act like how that documentary drama miniseries. Election Day or Inaguration Day?
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Tell me about it. I'm currently getting dogpiled on Facebook by angry Sanders supporters who a) won't realise/admit that he's dropped out (seriously, they keep asking one another in prior comments about whether he's still in, but then go after me when I inform them that "no, he's conceded") and b) really want to push the idea that they're all going to vote third party. "Look at this polling. A third of us will never support Clinton." A third of the 100 or so of you left maybe.
It's more or less impossible to detach sentiments about Hillary Clinton from sentiments about Bill Clinton, for better or worse. Moreover, the two are very politically similar (which is probably part of why they're married); what's really changed since Bill Clinton's years in office is the political climate of America.
Yes, and Bill governed as he did (And I really wish people would stop pretending he didn't achieve progressive victories) largely because America faced a realignment under the Reagan years and subsequently, Carter, Mondale and Dukakis got their asses kicked in their elections for various reasons. Clinton was the one to rebrand the Democratic party and bring it back to the political forefront after twenty years of being set out in the political wilderness. Progressives have a bit of a tendency to forget that.
If Clinton was running today, it's highly likely he's govern far more to the left. Hillary is not going to govern like Bill did in the 90s.
So a couple reports have come out saying that Trump was very unsure about going with Pence
, and was still considering Christie up to the last minute
.
Honestly, props to whoever made that stick. Obviously this bodes well for the Republicans who want to the ones be pulling the strings, if Trump can be swayed away from his personal sycophant.

@Hallow Hawk: No, Inauguration Day is always January 20th (though it may be observed on the 21st if the 20th is a Sunday). It used to be March 4th.
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