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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Meh. What's his platform?
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Are they actually dredging up Whitewater, a decades-old manufactured scandal, from the depths of the river it should have been buried in, or do they have something even slightly new?
Part of the problem is that only something like 20% of the electorate is capable of being swayed by actual facts, and/or of distinguishing them from the overwhelming media noise that assaults them from all sides. So Clinton's impassioned and high-minded speeches are lost in the wind of "OMG she lied once or twice", which, according to the media
, gives her equivalency with Donald "truth is for suckers" Trumpster.
edited 18th Jul '16 6:34:18 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Johnson seems to be following the Libertarian's standard
economic, ideas of property, and isolationism, along with being more openly social liberal than some of his self-proclaimed "Libertarian" adherents (advocating free access to abortion and marriage equality for all).
Essentially wants to abolish most government programs and safety nets(Federal Reserve, social security, medicare, environmental protection, etc etc), abolish all taxes in favor of a single flat sales tax sufficient enough to fund a bare-bones government, apply massive cuts to military funds and personnel along with abolishing all non-stateside military stuff/bases/nuclear programs and maintain it instead as a small self-defense force.
edited 18th Jul '16 7:11:38 AM by carbon-mantis
And Johnson, like many hardcore Libertarians, dimwittedly imagines that this would result in something other than a cutthroat world ruled over by the person with the biggest penis substitute.
edited 18th Jul '16 7:14:12 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"The former speaker of the House, who was widely considered one of the top three vice presidential contenders for Trump, made the comments today on “Good Morning America” in Cleveland, where the convention kicks off.
“The reason people nominated Donald Trump is because they weren’t happy and, frankly, I think the Bushes are behaving childishly,” Gingrich told George Stephanopoulos on “GMA.” “Jeb lost. Get over it.”
Mondays, Ya'll.
New Survey coming this weekend!

At this point the Republican party is completely reality proof. Nothing's gonna pop that bubble of theirs.
Oh really when?