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Originally posted by mookie1995 View PostOn the contrary
The point of being an elected official is to be re-elected
The main problem is that the constituents are dollar bills, now, not people. We need to change that.Cornell University
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Originally posted by Kepler View PostEven though I'm pretty sure this was intended as a BSABSVR barb,
I do think both sides are bad. But I don't think that means you should vote for the Republican candidate. You should vote for the candidate with whom you feel most comfortable.
But for those of you who mock or complain about BSABSVR, isn't it equally stupid or disingenuous to argue that Democrats aren't perfect, but Republicans are evil, and the only way to correct problems in this country is to vote Republicans out and Democrats in, when we all know (and history has shown) that there is virtually no chance that a Democratic majority is going to pass the sort of gun control, immigration policies or tax changes/income inequality legislation that has to be passed?That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.
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Originally posted by SJHovey View PostBut for those of you who mock or complain about BSABSVR, isn't it equally stupid or disingenuous to argue that Democrats aren't perfect, but Republicans are evil, and the only way to correct problems in this country is to vote Republicans out and Democrats in, when we all know (and history has shown) that there is virtually no chance that a Democratic majority is going to pass the sort of gun control, immigration policies or tax changes/income inequality legislation that has to be passed?
But even as we tolerate a half-baked Democratic party that will only nibble around the edges, I am 100% certain all of our most pressing problems will be exacerbated by Republicans because they want to do so. When Republicans make inequality worse they are doing what they intend, it is not a side effect. When they drive the debt up they want to do so, to starve the beast. Everything they do is intended to transfer power from democratic government institutions to plutocratic private institutions and individuals. They believe in that because they hold to a terrible, terrible ideology that should be completely snuffed out -- an ideology just as virulent as fascism, and closely akin to it.
The Republican party is not "conservative." They are the proponents of a radical plutocratic dictatorship, masquerading as a conservative party.Last edited by Kepler; 04-25-2018, 09:15 AM.Cornell University
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Originally posted by SJHovey View PostActually, my initial post was intended as the barb.
I do think both sides are bad. But I don't think that means you should vote for the Republican candidate. You should vote for the candidate with whom you feel most comfortable.
But for those of you who mock or complain about BSABSVR, isn't it equally stupid or disingenuous to argue that Democrats aren't perfect, but Republicans are evil, and the only way to correct problems in this country is to vote Republicans out and Democrats in, when we all know (and history has shown) that there is virtually no chance that a Democratic majority is going to pass the sort of gun control, immigration policies or tax changes/income inequality legislation that has to be passed?
I realize other factors have been at play over the last few elections, most notably voter suppression (other than gerrymandering all of that is on one party only). But voters gotta do a better job. We won't, because we're fundamentally lazy and as a society we're getting dumber. I think we have 2 elections left before there will not be a fix. 2018 and 2020. After that, we're fvcked if we don't get this right.
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As long as demographics hold voter suppression will eventually be overturned. It's ghastly, but just like Jim Crow the free states will eventually have the votes to elect the presidents to name the justices to end Jim Crow among the slave states.
It's a pain in the neck and I'd much prefer just kicking them out of the Union, but it beats a civil war and we will always need the South to stock our Strategic Cute Under-educated Daddy Issue Hooker Reserve.Cornell University
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Originally posted by Kepler View PostAs long as demographics hold voter suppression will eventually be overturned. It's ghastly, but just like Jim Crow the free states will eventually have the votes to elect the presidents to name the justices to end Jim Crow among the slave states.
It's a pin in the neck and I'd much prefer just kicking them out of the Union, but it beats a civil war.
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Guys, it depends on the voters. Ultimately if they care enough they have the power to confine the GOP to places where racist old people are predominate. That takes turning off American Idol and actually voting. As we've all said repeatedly, its the same 62M showing up to vote GOP since Bush ran for re-election. They're not growing, they're just turning out more consistently. Match their intensity over the same length of time and all the goodies you seek will be yours.Legally drunk???? If its "legal", what's the ------- problem?!? - George Carlin
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Originally posted by Rover View PostGuys, it depends on the voters. Ultimately if they care enough they have the power to confine the GOP to places where racist old people are predominate. That takes turning off American Idol and actually voting. As we've all said repeatedly, its the same 62M showing up to vote GOP since Bush ran for re-election. They're not growing, they're just turning out more consistently. Match their intensity over the same length of time and all the goodies you seek will be yours.
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Originally posted by Kepler View PostPreach.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indu...s_of_the_WorldCCT '77 & '78
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Originally posted by Kepler View PostPreach.
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984
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If you're R in CA, you're a D in Mississippi.
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2...ate-mississip/
It's probably true.CCT '77 & '78
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Originally posted by Rover View PostGuys, it depends on the voters. Ultimately if they care enough they have the power to confine the GOP to places where racist old people are predominate. That takes turning off American Idol and actually voting. As we've all said repeatedly, its the same 62M showing up to vote GOP since Bush ran for re-election. They're not growing, they're just turning out more consistently. Match their intensity over the same length of time and all the goodies you seek will be yours.
kep keeps claiming they will die off. but seems as they are dying, the roster replenishes and numbers remain steady. they as the old bubble drain is gone, all these new recruits will increase that number, and they get younger.a legend and an out of work bum look a lot alike, daddy.
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Originally posted by mookie1995 View Postyou don't think they are growing?
kep keeps claiming they will die off. but seems as they are dying, the roster replenishes and numbers remain steady. they as the old bubble drain is gone, all these new recruits will increase that number, and they get younger.
If the US goes into a permanent depression the Deplorables will grow -- they are a predictable sociological consequence of hopelessness. Reactionaries are sewn by poverty and harvested by displacement. Mussolini, Hitler, Dump: it's the same playbook.Cornell University
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There is nothing natural about not blaming others for any misfortune that falls upon a human.
You have your head in the sand, but that’s cool.
If anything, education teaches a human to keep their hate quiet, under a bushel.
Never forget the evolved black side right / black side left dudes on Star Treka legend and an out of work bum look a lot alike, daddy.
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