EPTUS Politics Mega-thread - Page 2510
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Sermokala
United States14220 Posts
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Broetchenholer
Germany1970 Posts
 I just find it very strange that society allows for that kind of behaviour, that politicians are allowed to adjust their main form of income, being voted into office, by laying the rules for it themselves and the voters mostly agree with them because it's their side that is pinking the rules. In germany, the parties presented new laws how to reduce the size of our parliament, as the complex electoral process was creating more and more seats with more parties being elected. Surprisingly, the ruling CDU proposed a system that would only benefit them. It's weird to me how they can be that shameless and sometimes even get away with it. | ||
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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
On July 21 2020 00:43 Sermokala wrote: Right so you now have no excuse to say that the entire US has a joke of a voting system, because now you admit that you know that some parts of the country have better voting then others. Technically true. However, when a major problem occurs in nationwide elections because of any amount of bad voting systems, that throws the entire result into question. Any Democratic system can only be effective when the people voting into it have implicit trust in it, and that's hard if it feels like certain regions of the US have little, or very skewed, electoral representation. We are one nation, and states like Georgia, Alabama, Florida, etc. are very much weak links that need to be addressed. We accept so much handwaving when it comes to reasons why it's ok that voting is difficult, when it should be an unquestionable human right in this country. Voting should never be a challenge or, for some, a technical impossibility. | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22703 Posts
Have the dropping polls finally gotten through to him and could this herald a change in strategy going forward? | ||
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Broetchenholer
Germany1970 Posts
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Simberto
Germany12086 Posts
On July 21 2020 06:03 Broetchenholer wrote: This tweet is so absurdly comical, on so many different levels. How are there people following that guy religiously? :D I guess one should applaud Trump for moving slightly into the direction of not being the worst possible president during a pandemic? But it is indeed quite comical. "The invisible China virus" "No one is more patriotic then me" "Your favorite president" Also, of course, random capitalization. I assume UICV PPP doesn't mean anything? | ||
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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
How many people had to die for Obama's tan suit to be an outrage? Oh yeah, 0. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
On July 21 2020 00:43 Sermokala wrote: Right so you now have no excuse to say that the entire US has a joke of a voting system, because now you admit that you know that some parts of the country have better voting then others. When is our national holiday/convenient day the overwhelming majority of the populace for voting again? | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States24507 Posts
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RenSC2
United States1102 Posts
On July 21 2020 08:33 GreenHorizons wrote: Giving Republicans like Kasich a platform at the Dem convention seems like a terrible idea. Someone who has done so much to actively strip women of their bodily autonomy and workers of their rights/protections should probably be indefinitely banned from such an event, not given the mic imo. Kasich represents the "sane" Republicans. Certainly some major disagreements with guys like him, but bringing them over to the democrat side for this election can potentially swing the election without giving them anything except not being Trump. If you tell them to fuck off, some may go back to Trump because you're not willing to even give them the most basic amount of inclusion. Basically, not lose a thing by adding Kasich and potentially gain states like Ohio. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States24507 Posts
On July 21 2020 08:52 RenSC2 wrote: Kasich represents the "sane" Republicans. Certainly some major disagreements with guys like him, but bringing them over to the democrat side for this election can potentially swing the election without giving them anything except not being Trump. If you tell them to fuck off, some may go back to Trump because you're not willing to even give them the most basic amount of inclusion. Basically, not lose a thing by adding Kasich and potentially gain states like Ohio. I just see it as more evidence of Democrats continuing a several decades long move rightward to appeal to the ever so elusive 'sane Republicans' who just keep accepting the concessions for nothing in return. Patriot act, tax cuts, space force, concentration camp funding, on and on and on. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27478 Posts
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
On July 21 2020 06:06 Simberto wrote: I guess one should applaud Trump for moving slightly into the direction of not being the worst possible president during a pandemic? But it is indeed quite comical. "The invisible China virus" "No one is more patriotic then me" "Your favorite president" Also, of course, random capitalization. I assume UICV PPP doesn't mean anything? Don't worry, I'm sure Q will figure out how UICV PPP is a reference to Wayfair and freeing Britney in the next 12 hours or so. | ||
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Nouar
France3270 Posts
On July 21 2020 09:48 Gahlo wrote: Are... are Trumps hands photoshopped bigger in that picture? lol ?? It looks perfectly fine to me. | ||
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Neneu
Norway492 Posts
On July 21 2020 09:48 Gahlo wrote: Are... are Trumps hands photoshopped bigger in that picture? lol I think the angle of the photo makes them appear larger (read normal sized) than usual. Similar to how you can make the fish you just caught fishing seem larger than it is. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
On July 21 2020 19:07 Neneu wrote: I think the angle of the photo makes them appear larger (read normal sized) than usual. Similar to how you can make the fish you just caught fishing seem larger than it is. The hand in the foreground, sure, but the other one seems off to me. | ||
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Belisarius
Australia6233 Posts
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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