I would like to more fully understand what you think a Democratic President would do better / fix / etc. such that you think voting for him/her is the best move to better the country.
04-07-2020 09:58 PM
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What do you like best about a Democratic President?I would like to more fully understand what you think a Democratic President would do better / fix / etc. such that you think voting for him/her is the best move to better the country. |
04-08-2020 12:09 AM
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What a loaded question. | |
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04-08-2020 09:42 AM
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What MMM said. The framing of that question shows that we have a monumentally different mindset. I don't care about the party affiliation of a president. | |
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04-08-2020 09:51 AM
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I could even see a soft party shift happening this primary. Trump sees how popular M4A is and Biden has worked himself in a corner on the issue. Trump won't make M4A happen, that would be too smart, but he could just lie and say he's behind it. | |
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04-08-2020 12:22 PM
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If Trump spent the time between now and election reforming the prison system, he'd get my vote. | |
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04-08-2020 02:02 PM
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You guys need a 3rd party. | |
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04-08-2020 03:09 PM
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The voting system is designed to disallow 3rd parties. | |
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04-08-2020 03:13 PM
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The green party has offered Bernie the nomination... for the second time. But he won't take it. | |
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04-08-2020 03:23 PM
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"A vote for Biden is a vote for his VP." | |
04-08-2020 03:41 PM
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We're a bit ass-backwards right now in terms of what we say we are vs what we are. | |
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04-08-2020 03:57 PM
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04-08-2020 09:16 PM
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04-08-2020 09:28 PM
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Like a baked potato. |
04-08-2020 11:32 PM
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I haven't heard anyone here saying much about Biden. Except me critising his lack of vision. | |
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04-09-2020 01:06 AM
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I'd also like to point out most people here aren't even 'murican and could care more about either party. | |
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04-09-2020 02:23 PM
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Generically, a POTUS Democrat means a chance at unstacking the court. | |
04-09-2020 04:43 PM
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The policy is certainly broken for the reasons you list. |
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04-09-2020 05:40 PM
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^^ Note that this is only for big ticket items. The court has final say because executive, legislative (and the people) let it have that final say. If we stopped letting the court have final say, the court couldn't do anything about it. |
04-09-2020 07:23 PM
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Speaking of the court, if RBG steps down during Trump's second term (very likely), it'll be the biggest political event of our lifetime. |
04-10-2020 11:03 AM
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I don't recall hearing anything about "serial" rapist. Just one accusation, not a pattern of facts. | |
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04-10-2020 12:43 PM
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Did I use the term "balanced"? My key point was that the supreme court, if it is not ideologically out of step with the public at this point, it certainly will be with another Federalist Society appointee replacing a swing or left learning justice. Either way, design intent and real world function are two different things. The founders didn't intend to design a two party system, yet here we are, two parties appears to be the only stable state of the system. | |
04-10-2020 12:57 PM
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Desperate times... | |
04-10-2020 02:25 PM
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I am skeptical that out of step with what you and I believe is out of step with the majority of Americans. It seems more likely to me that you and I are out of step with the majority. | |
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04-10-2020 05:50 PM
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I'm curious what leads you to believe this is more likely. Here's what informs my opinion: A significant voting block, but not the totality of the party which has consistently received a minority of votes in the last several presidential elections has been animated by the promise of judges that align with them. To maintain the vote of this demographic, this party has elected to only nominate justices that have passed a stringent ideological litmus test. By luck of the draw and by gaming the system (blocking the nominations of the other party) this party has been able to appoint more justices than an even distribution would allow. These justices have been selected by a subset of the minority party. | |
04-10-2020 09:06 PM
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I mean... you make excellent points, but you seem really invested in the R vs D thing as the right-and-good place to draw the line of who vs. who. | |
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04-10-2020 09:10 PM
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04-10-2020 09:13 PM
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I'm not really in line with your acceptance of the political narrative as presented in the media. | |
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04-10-2020 11:38 PM
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The court has become so politicized. |