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  • Re: POTUS 45.19: Being Douced by Irma makes me sad!!

    Originally posted by joecct View Post
    The important thing is the Federal state has no say in the matter. Keep it that way.
    I fully agree TX should go to proportional while the rest are winner take all.
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    • Re: POTUS 45.19: Being Douced by Irma makes me sad!!

      Originally posted by bronconick View Post
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      • Re: POTUS 45.19: Being Douced by Irma makes me sad!!

        Originally posted by burd View Post
        When I was in school in Grand Forks, the air base nearby had a "friends" kind of celebration with the local civilian population. They showed off all the toys, including the B1B, stealth fighters and regular fighter aircraft. The B1Bs basically stole the show.

        I felt a little like a betrayer, being more of a pacifist, but went out of curiosity. I completely understand why nearly all governments like to strut their military stuff. That kind of raw power has its effect on people.

        That was before the gulf war, and you could see most of those aircraft from the highway behind nothing more than chainlink fence. Now nobody gets close to those toys.
        If you want to see something steal the show, watch a F22 fly backwards. Air shows are a recruiting tool in a volunteer military
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        • Re: POTUS 45.19: Being Douced by Irma makes me sad!!

          Fine. Come to Howard.
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          • Re: POTUS 45.19: Being Douced by Irma makes me sad!!

            Originally posted by Handyman View Post

            Stop with the narrative "Fed bad, States good" because there is ample evidence every hour on the hour that the State is just as evil and stupid.
            Yeah, but at least when the state is stupid it's contained.
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            • Re: POTUS 45.19: Being Douced by Irma makes me sad!!

              Not when it affects federal elections.

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              • Originally posted by Handyman View Post
                No you cant have different rules for different states, they need to parallel. You cant make it possible that say California or Texas will change the rules at different times to ensure the proportionality they want. The fact that we allow that now is stupid. The Constitution needs to be changed...

                Stop with the narrative "Fed bad, States good" because there is ample evidence every hour on the hour that the State is just as evil and stupid.
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                • Re: POTUS 45.19: Being Douced by Irma makes me sad!!

                  You can't have every state making its own rules for federally elected officials. Especially when some are clearly rigging the system and have shown they can't be trusted. If the derp states want to be poor forever that's on them but when their stupidity affects the entire nation it's a problem.

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                  • Originally posted by trixR4kids View Post
                    You can't have every state making its own rules for federally elected officials.
                    Oh, I completely agree. If only there were actually such a thing as a "federally elected official."
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                    • Re: POTUS 45.19: Being Douced by Irma makes me sad!!

                      On a similar note, California just passed a bill requiring Presidential candidates release 5 years worth of tax returns to appear on their ballot.
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                      • Re: POTUS 45.19: Being Douced by Irma makes me sad!!

                        Originally posted by LynahFan View Post
                        Oh, I completely agree. If only there were actually such a thing as a "federally elected official."
                        Not sure what you're trying to say here but hopefully people get what I mean.

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                          • Originally posted by trixR4kids View Post
                            Not sure what you're trying to say here but hopefully people get what I mean.
                            They are elected from/by states, not from any federal entity or any federal citizens

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                            • Re: POTUS 45.19: Being Douced by Irma makes me sad!!

                              Originally posted by trixR4kids View Post
                              Not sure what you're trying to say here but hopefully people get what I mean.
                              He's saying the direct elections are held by each state, or district within each state, to send senators and reps to Congress, the same with the president.
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                              • Re: POTUS 45.19: Being Douced by Irma makes me sad!!

                                I mean I get what he's saying but who gets elected from each state (and especially IRT president) has an impact at the federal level and obviously impacts every single state collectively. If they're doing some gerrymandering BS to get a desired outcome that affects officials at the federal level then the states rights argument doesn't hold a lot of water.

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