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Deleted User 173346
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
16169 Posts
October 05 2016 01:43 GMT
#106561
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OuchyDathurts
Profile Joined September 2010
United States4588 Posts
October 05 2016 01:44 GMT
#106562
I'm pretty sure ICE can't endorse anything
LiquidDota Staff
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United States13779 Posts
October 05 2016 01:45 GMT
#106563
Why exactly did Hillary pick this guy as VP again?
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8991 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-10-05 01:46:39
October 05 2016 01:45 GMT
#106564
On October 05 2016 10:41 TheTenthDoc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 05 2016 10:40 Nakajin wrote:
On October 05 2016 10:32 xDaunt wrote:
I'm not even sure why they're asking about law enforcement. It's not a federal issue.


As a non American, if a president present a certain general policy even if it is not supported by law, like "we need more community policing" is it generally follow by the states or at least the states that are governs by his party?

Or does the state feel independent enough to just whatever they want?


In theory there's literally no way for the president to do that-he doesn't have the executive authority. If the national legislature did grant him the authority and he tried to do it, the states could sue like they did regarding the Affordable Care Act.


I wasn't really speaking if he can do it himself, more if he can ask the state to do some policy, not force them to do it, just ask them like in a speech and expect a response for the governor. More of a influence, legitimate power-balance thing.
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Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
October 05 2016 01:45 GMT
#106565
On October 05 2016 10:44 OuchyDathurts wrote:
I'm pretty sure ICE can't endorse anything

Their union can, which is not the same thing. Don't let that get in the way of the sound bite Pence.
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ACrow
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6583 Posts
October 05 2016 01:45 GMT
#106566
On October 05 2016 10:41 LegalLord wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 05 2016 10:38 Stratos_speAr wrote:
The only thing I've gained from this is that there's a reason both of these men aren't at the top of the ticket.

They shouldn't be on the ticket at all.

I don't know, I think I'd prefer either one over the top of their respective ticket any day.
Get off my lawn, young punks
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States44286 Posts
October 05 2016 01:46 GMT
#106567
Kaine isn't even trying to do anything but remind people of what an asshole Trump is.
ModeratorThe angels have the phone box
GreenHorizons
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States24342 Posts
October 05 2016 01:47 GMT
#106568
On October 05 2016 10:42 Kickstart wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 05 2016 10:39 GreenHorizons wrote:
On October 05 2016 10:31 Kickstart wrote:
On October 05 2016 10:26 CorsairHero wrote:
On October 05 2016 10:25 Kickstart wrote:
Trump and Pence getting slaughtered over Trump's taxes.

what's there to be slaughtered about
he had a bad year and crystallized his losses

That not paying taxes makes him smart.
That his losses (potentially, since we don't know without him releasing his tax info) allow him to not pay taxes for several years to come.
That he lost nearly $1B in the casino industry.

Of course his supporters will explain how it was all legal and how it is for businesses to incur loses and continue to operate. My father owned his own business, at one point it was the 3rd largest residential roofing company in our state. He then did a job for a large hotel chain, who, like Trump, didn't pay any of the people they contracted work out to. After they strung him along to complete the job and got all the work out of him, he got nothing. Point being, what is 'legal' and what is morally correct are not always the same.


My question is do people think Democrats just found out about this now? They didn't care when he did it, just when he was in the way of them being in the white house.

This type of stuff has actually gotten worse under Obama.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/tax-advantages-landlords-married-real-estate-professionals.html

Frankly neither party has done enough to change it. You are right to be upset with the left though, because traditionally it would be a liberal principle to push to remove such loopholes. I don't think anyone is claiming that anyone just now found out that these things happen.


Like I said though, the left hasn't just sat on their hands, they've actively made it worse. If they aren't just finding it out, than why should anyone believe they are actually upset and not just pointing out the bad optics of something they helped create without taking any responsibility?

"People like to look at history and think 'If that was me back then, I would have...' We're living through history, and the truth is, whatever you are doing now is probably what you would have done then" "Scratch a Liberal..."
Nevuk
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States16280 Posts
October 05 2016 01:47 GMT
#106569
On October 05 2016 10:46 KwarK wrote:
Kaine isn't even trying to do anything but remind people of what an asshole Trump is.

I think it's an ok strategy. God knows neither of these two are shining examples of charisma
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United States13779 Posts
October 05 2016 01:47 GMT
#106570
On October 05 2016 10:45 ACrow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 05 2016 10:41 LegalLord wrote:
On October 05 2016 10:38 Stratos_speAr wrote:
The only thing I've gained from this is that there's a reason both of these men aren't at the top of the ticket.

They shouldn't be on the ticket at all.

I don't know, I think I'd prefer either one over the top of their respective ticket any day.

It's easy to pick unknown candidates over unpopular ones. But they would both suck.
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
Stratos_speAr
Profile Joined May 2009
United States6959 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-10-05 01:57:03
October 05 2016 01:48 GMT
#106571
Pence glossing over the ridiculousness of Trump's wall idea, deportation claims, and the horrific math behind his economic plan.

Kaine doesn't have the charisma of Pence, and his interrupting looks bad.
A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.
Mohdoo
Profile Joined August 2007
United States15743 Posts
October 05 2016 01:48 GMT
#106572
On October 05 2016 10:46 KwarK wrote:
Kaine isn't even trying to do anything but remind people of what an asshole Trump is.

He had a good mini speech about Clinton apologizing imo
OuchyDathurts
Profile Joined September 2010
United States4588 Posts
October 05 2016 01:48 GMT
#106573
At the end of the day this debate is pointless because not a soul on earth is going to change their vote because of the VPs.
LiquidDota Staff
Slaughter
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
United States20255 Posts
October 05 2016 01:48 GMT
#106574
Is Kaine's job just to try to bring up some of Trump's crazier stuff over and over again?
Never Knows Best.
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States44286 Posts
October 05 2016 01:48 GMT
#106575
Kaine isn't being strictly accurate but he is smashing this hard in this rant.
ModeratorThe angels have the phone box
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States44286 Posts
October 05 2016 01:49 GMT
#106576
On October 05 2016 10:48 Slaughter wrote:
Is Kaine's job just to try to bring up some of Trump's crazier stuff over and over again?

looks that way

Why attack Pence when it's so much more interesting to force him to defend Trump.
ModeratorThe angels have the phone box
GreenHorizons
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States24342 Posts
October 05 2016 01:49 GMT
#106577
On October 05 2016 10:43 plasmidghost wrote:
I like how both candidates added absolutely nothing of value to the topic of race and policing


No one thinks Kaine is bringing any support Hillary's way from BLM or their supporters, Kaine has to be the "don't worry white America, we won't let them get in charge again" guy. Also one reason why you won't here any critique on absurd religious stuff from Pence come from Kaine.
"People like to look at history and think 'If that was me back then, I would have...' We're living through history, and the truth is, whatever you are doing now is probably what you would have done then" "Scratch a Liberal..."
CorsairHero
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada9491 Posts
October 05 2016 01:49 GMT
#106578
On October 05 2016 10:48 OuchyDathurts wrote:
At the end of the day this debate is pointless because not a soul on earth is going to change their vote because of the VPs.

Palin?
© Current year.
zlefin
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
United States7689 Posts
October 05 2016 01:49 GMT
#106579
kaine definitely looking worse than pence;

pence has worse material to work with having to cover trump, but he's doing a better job overall.

nothing of real use on policy.
Great read: http://shorensteincenter.org/news-coverage-2016-general-election/ great book on democracy: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10671.html zlefin is grumpier due to long term illness. Ignoring some users.
WolfintheSheep
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada14127 Posts
October 05 2016 01:49 GMT
#106580
On October 05 2016 10:47 GreenHorizons wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 05 2016 10:42 Kickstart wrote:
On October 05 2016 10:39 GreenHorizons wrote:
On October 05 2016 10:31 Kickstart wrote:
On October 05 2016 10:26 CorsairHero wrote:
On October 05 2016 10:25 Kickstart wrote:
Trump and Pence getting slaughtered over Trump's taxes.

what's there to be slaughtered about
he had a bad year and crystallized his losses

That not paying taxes makes him smart.
That his losses (potentially, since we don't know without him releasing his tax info) allow him to not pay taxes for several years to come.
That he lost nearly $1B in the casino industry.

Of course his supporters will explain how it was all legal and how it is for businesses to incur loses and continue to operate. My father owned his own business, at one point it was the 3rd largest residential roofing company in our state. He then did a job for a large hotel chain, who, like Trump, didn't pay any of the people they contracted work out to. After they strung him along to complete the job and got all the work out of him, he got nothing. Point being, what is 'legal' and what is morally correct are not always the same.


My question is do people think Democrats just found out about this now? They didn't care when he did it, just when he was in the way of them being in the white house.

This type of stuff has actually gotten worse under Obama.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/tax-advantages-landlords-married-real-estate-professionals.html

Frankly neither party has done enough to change it. You are right to be upset with the left though, because traditionally it would be a liberal principle to push to remove such loopholes. I don't think anyone is claiming that anyone just now found out that these things happen.


Like I said though, the left hasn't just sat on their hands, they've actively made it worse. If they aren't just finding it out, than why should anyone believe they are actually upset and not just pointing out the bad optics of something they helped create without taking any responsibility?

You're conflating voters with politicians, and an arbitrary ideological group with a political party. It's dumb, please stop.
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