US Politics Mega-thread - Page 3079

On March 01 2016 10:32 Plansix wrote:
The law is in place to protect kids and I can't think of that last time it was brought against to consenting adults.

On March 01 2016 10:34 xDaunt wrote:

Drudge should be a go to place. All you really need is to supplement it with something that skews more left.

On March 01 2016 10:38 iPlaY.NettleS wrote:
Probably old news to some but i just found out Bill Clinton is a superdelegate.

Fair and balanced right?

On March 01 2016 10:43 oBlade wrote:

It was only 13 years ago that SCOTUS ruled sodomy laws unconstitutional, and if I were you I would consider how you would feel about someone who had said what you just did back then in the context of homosexuality.

On March 01 2016 10:44 zulu_nation8 wrote:


Could you give some recommendations?

The crux of Ted Cruz's campaign has long been mobilizing the Christian right to his side, working to galvanize enough evangelical voters to topple Donald Trump.

The Texas senator even launched his campaign at Liberty University, which claims to be the world's largest Christian college, declaring that "God isn't done with America yet."

Cruz talks with the cadence of a megachurch pastor, and exhortations of his faith are a mainstay at every campaign rally. His strategy in targeting the most conservative religious voters worked in Iowa, but the wheels came off in South Carolina and Nevada.

Now, if he can't fully convert religious voters in many critical Southern states set to vote on Super Tuesday, his campaign could be beyond resurrection.

"I think for him to continue to lose evangelical votes to Donald Trump is a fatal blow to the rationale for his campaign," said Bruce Haynes, a GOP strategist and president of the bipartisan consulting firm Purple Strategies. "He speaks openly of the relevance of his candidacy in churches and has openly identified that a key part of their winning strategy is evangelical voters. That's his base, but he's not carrying that base."

The so-called SEC primary runs through states that are likely to have even more evangelical voters than the states that have voted so far. Cruz himself has only raised expectations about Super Tuesday, calling it "the most important day in this entire cycle."

According to 2012 exit polls, in Alabama 80 percent of GOP primary voters described themselves as evangelical. In Tennessee, 68 percent of Republican voters were born-again Christians. And in Georgia, 68 percent of primary voters four years ago were evangelicals.

On March 01 2016 10:56 Deathstar wrote:
People with large influence in the democratic party are superdelegates, so as a former President Bill would be a superdelegate. Barack Obama, Al Gore and Carter are also superdelegates.

These are people who are overwhelmingly Democratic and are invested in the party as opposed to the common voter who sways from right to left. That said, it's only ~700 superdelegates in total. While it's a large number, these are elected Democratic officials.

On March 01 2016 10:56 Deathstar wrote:
People with large influence in the democratic party are superdelegates, so as a former President Bill would be a superdelegate. Barack Obama, Al Gore and Carter are also superdelegates.

These are people who are overwhelmingly Democratic and are invested in the party as opposed to the common voter who sways from right to left. That said, it's only ~700 superdelegates in total. While it's a large number, these are elected Democratic officials.

On March 01 2016 11:06 Deathstar wrote:
WaPo is liberalish but they're not sucking Bernie's dick that's nonsense.

On March 01 2016 11:07 travis wrote:


I am curious, what does it mean for them to be "overwhelmingly democratic", in comparison to the 'common voters' ? I don't think there is any merit to a claim that your average democrat "sways from left to right" - not that it should matter, at all.

On March 01 2016 10:53 Plansix wrote:

If you're super invested in boning your cousin or something like that, go for it as long as they are into it. I don't think a DA is going to press charges if they find out.

On March 01 2016 11:07 travis wrote:


I am curious, what does it mean for them to be "overwhelmingly democratic", in comparison to the 'common voters' ? I don't think there is any merit to a claim that your average democrat "sways from left to right" - not that it should matter, at all.

On March 01 2016 11:14 oBlade wrote:

You should be able to come out against laws where the government interferes with the sexual privacy of adults in any context, not just in circumstances that don't seem taboo to you. Otherwise, you aren't for the principle, you're just for what's fashionable - which gay pride now is, in contrast to the law's treatment of incest or sex work.

On March 01 2016 11:08 ticklishmusic wrote:


The Daily 404 (their newsletter) was jizzing over him for the last month or so, and they did a full 180 from Hillary to "Bernie is srs bsns and super legit" awhile ago (IIRC after one of the debates, I think pre-NH). I would wake up every morning, check my email on my phone and see headlines about feeling the bern.

On March 01 2016 11:08 ticklishmusic wrote:


The Daily 404 (their newsletter) was jizzing over him for the last month or so, and they did a full 180 from Hillary to "Bernie is srs bsns and super legit" awhile ago (IIRC after one of the debates, I think pre-NH). I would wake up every morning, check my email on my phone and see headlines about feeling the bern.

Though I guess a fair assessment is that they've dropped any pretense of journalistic integrity and are blatantly milking the nomination races for views.

Oh BTW Travis: the thing about Bernie being the amendment king... well turns out most of those amendments he got tacked on died along with the bills they were part of.

On March 01 2016 11:13 Plansix wrote:

It is extremely unlikely that they would use their influence to overturn a popular vote. It is a good way to lose an election. The electoral college is technically not required to vote the same way their state did either. Part of politics is based on a respect for the process, rather than creating rules to force the process to be "fair".