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plasmidghost
Belgium16168 Posts
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
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? Of course it is, but he's undermining his cause with his presentation. It's hard to call a guy an asshole when you look like an asshole. | ||
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zlefin
United States7689 Posts
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. i think it's good ot have them; just for those elections where the vp's do matter. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States23305 Posts
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. That's the popular take, but for people who desperately don't want to vote for either, this could give them the out of voting "for VP" instead. Pence has done a good job so far of not saying anything that would make a typical American say "How could you vote for that guy!?" like trump seems to do daily. | ||
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OuchyDathurts
United States4588 Posts
That was 8 years ago. That has nothing to do with this election. | ||
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Introvert
United States4825 Posts
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Slaughter
United States20254 Posts
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oBlade
United States5672 Posts
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Dan HH
Romania9129 Posts
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
On October 05 2016 10:49 zlefin wrote: 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. Kaine looks more gruff and less charismatic, but is running circles around Pence in terms of actual policy by naming off specific plan points. Kane also making Pence look like a fool by forcing him to defend Trump. | ||
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LegalLord
United Kingdom13775 Posts
On October 05 2016 10:50 zlefin wrote: i think it's good ot have them; just for those elections where the vp's do matter. They are a way to cover for the weaknesses of the presidential candidate. Biden gave a "I'll keep this spring chicken on track" feel to Obama, Palin gave a "hope he doesn't die" feel to McCain. Pence is a Republican anchor for Trump. Kaine is... an uninspiring Hillary clone. | ||
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zlefin
United States7689 Posts
heck, just give an actor other than keanu reeves the same script and tell them not to interrupt and they'd do better. | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
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GreenHorizons
United States23305 Posts
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Toadesstern
Germany16350 Posts
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oBlade
United States5672 Posts
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
On October 05 2016 10:55 Toadesstern wrote: "Paris' 9/11", do people really say that? No, probably just to make it reliable to American. | ||
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Kickstart
United States1941 Posts
On October 05 2016 10:47 GreenHorizons wrote: 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? The point really isn't if 'the establishment left' is upset about it. The point is the average american who pays their fair share of taxes and doesn't use these loopholes are upset about it (or should be~). Yes we have problems because of the nature of our current two party system, one of them being the issues you brought up. But voting for the candidate that uses such loopholes and brags about it, and who wants to further decrease taxes on the top %es, over the candidate whose platform is on reform and not giving the rich further tax breaks, seems counter-productive at best. | ||
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plasmidghost
Belgium16168 Posts
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Introvert
United States4825 Posts
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