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Re: $1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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Post by gizmo »

lintiness wrote: post #48
gizmo wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

he didn't oppose the right to vote; he said not everyone should vote. and please, just because you think we'd never have heard of hillary if her husband hadn't been president does NOT make her "comically unqualified". let's leave the politics to the sensationalist 24/7 "news" machine, mkay?

I would never call somebody who has been appointed to high political office comically unqualified to run for president.

Re: $1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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Post by specialist »

rubidium wrote: post #27

"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 hard, to flip as many states as possible. The races to watch are down ballot, especially state houses and judges. This election is the set up for the 2021 redistricting, to win back the US House for a generation. REDMAP in reverse.

The GOP "establishment" (business friendly moderates) might even be okay with that. REDMAP worked too well. They probably want to wrest control of their party back (from the Tea Party).

Re: $1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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Post by foolfoolz »

gizmo wrote: post #30
gthtjtkt wrote: post #14

> 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.

this comment could easily be pro trump or pro clinton. keep an open mind to what the other side think

Re: $1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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Post by throwanem »

beamatronic wrote: post #60

By filling out this form ( for California ) does all of my information become public record?

Not the VotePlz sweepstakes form directly, as far as their privacy policy seems to state, but if you actually register to vote, then your information will become part of the public record along with everyone else on a voter registration list.

Re: $1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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Post by specialist »

lintiness wrote: post #53
colmvp wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Clinton and Gore knew. Their warnings were ignored.

Re: $1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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Post by bajsejohannes »

gthtjtkt wrote: post #49
gizmo wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

There are (at least) two comically unqualified candidates in this year's election. Thank you for proving my point.

I see this claim a lot, but I really don't get it. What is it that makes Hillary "comically unqualified"? She might not be your favorite, but unqualified seems like an exaggeration. Her opponent does seem unqualified (and dangerous). I'm not an American, so I might not follow it as close as you.

Re: $1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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Post by [deleted] »

gthtjtkt wrote: post #49
gizmo wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

There are (at least) two comically unqualified candidates in this year's election. Thank you for proving my point.

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Re: $1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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Post by makomk »

gizmo wrote: post #30
gthtjtkt wrote: post #14

> 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.

Unfortunately, the comically unqualified candidate is up against an embarrassing demonstration of what exactly "qualifies" someone to be President in the US these days. Which mostly seems to involve support from Fortune 100 CEOs, involvement in ill-conceived military interventions abroad, and sounding exactly like a Republican whilst running on a Democrat ticket. Oh, and lots of friends in the press. Not to mention the kind of connections and sharp political skills that let her blatantly race-bait against Obama in '08, publicly accuse people who pointed this out of being the real racists, wrangle the Senator of State position out of him afterwards, and then pretend the whole thing never happened.

There is no doubt that Hillary Clinton is eminently skilled and effective at being a politician. That's the problem.

Re: $1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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Post by chillwaves »

d0lph wrote: post #33
palakchokshi wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sorry are you saying that there are no student republicans? that's a very misinformed opinion if you believe that.

You know what they say, if you're not a liberal at 20, you have no heart, and if you're not a conservative by 50, you have no brains.

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.

Re: $1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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Post by lintiness »

hellogoodbyeeee wrote: post #54
toomuchtodo wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$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".

let me guess, romney was "too robotic" and "didn't stand for anything" ... ?
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