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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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So not the worst we could get, by the sound of it. No Justice Roy Moore at any rate
@sgamer: Looking at the graph that 538 compiled on their website, very interesting, this Kavanaugh is basically as conservative as you can get, from the list of hopefuls, along with two other candidates. Hurray, just a smidge to the left of arch-reactionary Thomas!
Edited by Grafite on Jun 27th 2018 at 1:46:49 PM
Life is unfair...I've heard it said that Conservatives are much more willing to 'play dirty' and use underhanded tactics to win elections, while their Liberal counterparts are much more honest and concerned with ethics; which of course is part of their appeal, but may work against them at times. Not just America, I'd say it's probably true for Britain as well.
Those sell-by-dates won't stop me because I can't read!He's also hinted that he expects to still be President in 2026.
And also directly stated that we might try the "President for Life" thing sometime.
And the worst part is that Clinton was actually onboard with free college and was at worst neutral on weed.
Clinton supported a lot of policies that the Unicorn Brigade hated her for opposing. But they reconciled that logical disconnect by just saying that she was lying about all of her liberal platforms and was totally going to turn into Bush Jr. the second she got into office.
- Bernie Bros.: Hillary Clinton hates puppies.
- Hillary: I'm actually entirely in favor of puppies. I think puppies are great.
- Bernie Bros.: Hillary Clinton is so wicked that she would lie to people about liking puppies! That just shows how devious she is!
She just couldn't win with these people.
When liberals are sure they're going to win, be it because they think everyone is on their side, or that the right-wingers can't really be that bad, they lose. That's the attitude that got us Brexit. It's the attitude that got us Trump. It's the attitude that got us Doug goddamned Ford as premier of Ontario.
So whenever I hear people saying things like "after the Blue Wave we have to do x" I start getting pretty concerned. Because until there is a Blue Wave our job isn't thinking about what we do after it. It's making sure one happens.
Quoted for truth.
The reason why Republicans have so much power as a voting bloc is because they take every election as a life or death battle for the very soul of this nation. Even if they don't like the candidates, they turn up in lockstep and they always vote Red because they're afraid that any second, the liberal agenda is going to show up, take away their guns and Bibles, eat their children, and then sell their homes to Muslim Mexican Gays.
They never take an election for granted. If anything, they reiterate over and over again in each election cycle that if you do not vote, Satan will win. ONLY YOU AND YOUR VOTE can save America from the liberal agenda. And their voters take this to heart. All of that fear-mongering? They do it because it works. Scared people vote.
If the Left had half as much voting discipline as the Right in this country, this place would be a liberal wonderland by now. But instead, we have this situation. A Republican will absolutely make sure to vote because he doesn't want Hillary Clinton to come to his home and rape his children in front of him. Meanwhile, a Democrat might choose to stay home because voting is a lot of work and Hillary Clinton isn't inspiring enough and besides, Trump can't win anyway and even if he did, it wouldn't affect anything, so why bother?
Republicans need a ton of convincing to even consider skipping election day. Democrats need it to consider attending. That is why a minority of extremist lunatics have such a stranglehold on power in this country.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Jun 27th 2018 at 6:54:42 AM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.They also just don't have the same..."enthusiasm" the republicans have.
People keep going on about a blue wave, but I think it's becoming increasingly clear that that won't be enough? Most of the problems currently faced are largely structural— The way the supreme court is chosen, gerrymandering, the overwhelming power of the presidency, all of this is from or allowed by the constitution. America's political system needs an overhaul, not just better congressmen
That's the Catch-22. Better Congressmen is how you get that overhaul. We have to win with the deck stacked against us before we can start unstacking the deck.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Jun 27th 2018 at 7:01:09 AM
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And those structural problems will only be addressed with better congresspeople.
Ergo the importance of the Blue Wave.
Edit: Heh, I shake my fist at
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Jun 27th 2018 at 6:00:33 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangAnd that means people need to f*cking vote. So help me, if we need 70% of the vote to beat the Republicans, then we need to goddamn get it. We have 70% of the people. They just need to get off their asses.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Trump does think of the presidency as a dictatorship, as far as I can tell, and treats it like one. I'm sure he would like to be President for Life if he could.
I'm not sure how he could realistically get past the two-term limit, though - at the very least he'd have to wait for another candidate to fill out a four-year term after 2024 before running again in 2028, if I have the rule right - and that's a Constitutional amendment, which are historically not easy to change.
(Ironically, that rule was a response to FDR, IIRC.)
Yes, the good news about Constitutional Amendments is that at least on that front, we still have bulwarks. Controlling the federal government in all branches still isn't enough. You also gotta get the states to sign off.
Something so significant as Trump successfully ignoring term limits remains in the realm of "unlikely". But there's still a lot of harm he can do within the existing limitations of the Constitution.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Jun 27th 2018 at 7:06:32 AM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.The question is, do the Democratic politicians realize we need big structural change, and if they do are they will to actual campaign on it and/or implement it?
I think at this point they probably realize the former, but I'm not so sure if they are willing to do the latter because they think it might be too underhanded or a losing strategy.
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They're not a hive mind so I imagine some do and some don't, those that don't (know or care) can be made to know/care through sustained effort in the base.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Jun 27th 2018 at 6:26:13 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
