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uh, you couldn't know what was going to happen a year later when voting in 2000.
Clinton and Gore knew. Their warnings were ignored.
The PATRIOT Act itself was written by Sen Joe Biden ffs.
> No one able to vote in the US should be sitting this one out I disagree. People who haven't taken the time to thoroughly research the candidates should not be encouraged to blindly push a button, especially this year. Most of them will probably be persuaded by fear mongering or partisan mud-slinging. That's not democracy, it's just mob rule.
It doesn't take a lot of research to choose when one candidate is comically unqualified. The people voting is the entire point of democracy. Smart people and dumb people. Policy wonks and random button pushers. It doesn't matter, everybody gets one vote. That way whatever the outcome is, it reflects the will of the people. To oppose this is to oppose democracy itself.
Your view assumes that there are no 3rd party options, which actually takes some time to research.
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There are (at least) two comically unqualified candidates in this year's election. Thank you for proving my point.
She is literally the most qualified presidential candidate in a generation. She has the bipartisan support of all five living presidents today. That's unheard of. And she's running against a con man who scams his suppliers, scams students with his fake university, and who is utterly ignorant of foreign policy.
She has the bipartisan support of all five living presidents because she is running against a con man who has either directly insulted and indirectly embarrassed those presidents and their families.
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Same. I'd argue the 2000 election was far more important especially given the creation of the PATRIOT act and the decision to invade Iraq, both of which were coincidentally voted for by one of the current candidates.
uh, you couldn't know what was going to happen a year later when voting in 2000.
Enter for a chance to win... jury duty. No thanks!
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$1M VotePlz is too little too late of that's the impetus; keep the cash and do something useful with it Sam, like fixing the DNC so they run a competent candidate next time.
You have been the victim of the conservative spin machine if you think one of the most experienced candidates that either party has fielded in decades isn't "competent".
She's a neoliberal who is just as bad as Obama (if not worse!) when it comes to military policy, US entitlements, environmental policy, trade policy, and so on.
No thank you. I'll take the moron first.
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Presumably you aren't the target demographic of the site. It's not meant to appeal to you.
I am the target demographic, and this doesn't appeal to us. > The 2012 election was decided by millennial turnout. And this election should be too. It’s up to you to vote and decide! Millenials see politicians and old people using emoji as contrived and duplicitous. They also hate the word millenial.
You know that word that Gen X hates, because the media constantly uses it to refer to us? Yeah, neither do I.
Just be glad that your generational cohort is large enough that people will actually pay attention to you as an advertising demographic or voting bloc. Even when the Boomer-controlled media is ridiculing you as special snowflakes in your safe spaces, at least they're talking about you.
"The 2016 US Presidential election feels like the most important one so far in my lifetime." -sama I'm the same age as Sam. But I must confess I don't see why he sees this one as the most important. Both candidates are terrible (for different reasons). It's quite damning of the entire political establishment. I just want to get through the next 4 years and hope that either party can finally find one good candidate.
"I don't see why he sees this one as the most important." This cycle realigns the USA. Like Reagan did in 1980, in reverse. Baring an Act of God, Hillary has already won. Ignore the polls. Everyone has their own reasons to pretend its close. Media wants a horse race and more advertising dollars. If Hillary's base thinks the election is in the bag, they might stay home. Donald is Donald. Hillary's campaign is pushing…
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Never wished I could downvote before today. Not even the (ridiculous) content of the post, so much as.. this is your contribution to the discussion? Spare us.
I'm sorry it wasn't to your liking. My point was moreso that in the US at least there is a pronounced difference in political affiliation based on age. Notably, that is an old quote, it just seems interesting it holds up.
It's saying that a 20-year old conservative is necessarily heartless, and a 50-year old liberal is necessarily stupid. I don't see how either of these follows; I know plenty of young conservatives who care deeply about other people, and old liberals who are very smart.
It's just a lazy meme.