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$1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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Re: $1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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I'm sure they did, as they both would have taken the exact same course of action. The PATRIOT Act itself was written by Sen Joe Biden ffs.

The same course of action? War with Afghanistan was certainly inevitable after 9/11 (assuming Gore, like Bush didn't follow up on the warnings, and the attacks still happened). The Iraq War, on the other hand, would not have happened.

Regime change in Iraq was the official policy of the Clinton administration, President Clinton initiated frequent air strikes and other military action against Saddam, Vice President Gore criticized George HW Bush for not removing Saddam in 1991 when he had the chance, and Sen Hillary Clinton voted to authorize the war in 2003 (while she is certainly an independent person, they have been very closely aligned in policy, both Hillary and Gore were/are self-styled continuations of Bill Clinton's Presidency), and there was broad support for removing Saddam from power even before 9/11.

Re: $1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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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.

I am also in the target demographic, and agree that it doesn't appeal to me. I would imagine that it would appeal to others our age. Most people I know aren't like you (presumably) and I, but I try hard to meet people with different interests and I could see some/many liking the simple message.
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