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Stormtroper from Little Venice Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: I-It's not like I like you, or anything!
#134201: Aug 4th 2016 at 3:56:57 PM

How does a freaking Casino lose money?
The same way all other businesses lose money, presumably. Being a casino doesn't mean you don't have stuff to pay.

edited 4th Aug '16 3:57:26 PM by Stormtroper

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#134202: Aug 4th 2016 at 4:14:07 PM

All the money in the world can't save you if the place is managed badly.

flameboy21th The would-be novelist from California Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
The would-be novelist
#134203: Aug 4th 2016 at 4:18:21 PM

Casinos are expensive to maintain. Utilities like electricity are through the roof. Land, workers, food and drinks cost money too.

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Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#134204: Aug 4th 2016 at 4:49:05 PM

I'm not surprised that Utah is looking to flip. Previous Republican campaigns have been able to at least hold a fig leaf to family values, particularly if they added in a little hate for teh gayz. Trump can neither pretend to family values, nor credibly pretend to even think about gay people or give a shit about transgender people.

I am surprised that we don't see "family values" Republicans come out against Trump outside of Utah, though. Nobody's going to care about hypocrisy or a sex scandal with minor boys in a politician running on a family values platform, but there's a difference between hypocrisy and refusing to blow the usual dog whistles.

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#134205: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:12:12 PM

Well, I certainly can't see them supporting the Democrats, who have an unabashedly pro-LGBTQ platform. Where does that leave them?

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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#134206: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:13:16 PM

Constitution Party still a thing?

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#134207: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:21:12 PM

Yes, but has it ever won a state?

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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#134208: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:25:13 PM

No but I don't see why being doomed to fail would stop people voting for them, it hasn't stopped people voting for Trump. tongue

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#134209: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:27:01 PM

Yes, the Constitution Party is still around, but they do even worse than either the Libertarians or the Greens. At least people talk about Gary Johnson of the Libertarians and Jill Stein of the Greens, and both the Libertarians and the Greens have official colors, namely yellow and green, in case their candidates actually end up on an electoral college map. The current presidential candidate, Darrell Castle, wishes he was Gary Johnson.

edited 4th Aug '16 5:28:10 PM by GameGuruGG

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#134210: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:28:07 PM

The hell is the Constitution Party?

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#134211: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:29:37 PM

Bunch of far right isolationist crazies if I remember right.

Aren't they the ones who want us to back out of NATO and the UN?

Oh really when?
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#134212: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:30:58 PM

A party that's all about the Constitution and how they should interpret it

Which is to say,they only interested in how they read it,and no one else

edited 4th Aug '16 5:31:42 PM by Ultimatum

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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#134213: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:31:14 PM

[up][up] That's them, yeah.

Wonder how many of them Trump appeals to...

edited 4th Aug '16 5:31:44 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#134214: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:33:48 PM

I remember that the Reform Party was sort of a thing back when Ross Perot was active, and that Jesse Ventura was a party member. Whatever happened to them?

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pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
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#134215: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:34:34 PM

The Constitution Party are "paleoconservatives." They believe in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights... and the Bible.

And that's about it.

'Nuff said.

edited 4th Aug '16 5:35:55 PM by pwiegle

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GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#134216: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:35:16 PM

Yes, they are also Pro-Gun, Pro-Life, and Pro-Immigration Control. In other words, anyone still in the Constitution Party are the people who believe Donald Trump doesn't go far enough.

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AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#134217: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:36:54 PM

The party of paleoconservativism. Think Pat Buchanan. Hardcore isolationists, traditionalists, and nativists.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#134218: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:38:33 PM

Yeah, I get that now, I've kinda shifted to another question.

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GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#134219: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:40:06 PM

The Reform Party still exists and wishes it was as popular as the Constitution Party. They don't even have a candidate for president this election.

edited 4th Aug '16 5:40:29 PM by GameGuruGG

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AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#134220: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:41:42 PM

Yeah whoops, was a long time between typing it up and posted it. As far as I know the Reform Party is still technically around but they don't really have much of a platform or candidates to run anymore.

edited 4th Aug '16 5:42:07 PM by AlleyOop

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#134221: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:41:46 PM

So how many third parties have candidates in this election?

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pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#134222: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:44:02 PM

I might have voted for Ross Perot in '92 — if he had stayed the course during the election. Instead, he pulled out, changed his mind and went back in at the 11th hour, then conceded the race before the polls opened where I was.

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GameGuruGG Vampire Hunter from Castlevania (Before Recorded History)
Vampire Hunter
#134223: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:46:01 PM

Adric, it's really just Gary Johnson of the Libertarians, Jill Stein of the Greens, and Darrell Castle of the Constitution Party... At least, other than Clinton and Trump, of course.

edited 4th Aug '16 5:49:46 PM by GameGuruGG

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#134224: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:50:34 PM

Why do we even have third parties, again?

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#134225: Aug 4th 2016 at 5:51:53 PM

Because the mainstream parties are typically intolerant of loud idiots.

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