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The game has been exposed. There's no putting the genie back in the box now. Trump is/was the last chance to let steam out of the system as an outsider, even if symbolically. He is a brash talker, salesman and a businessman but has more democratic instincts than anyone else on the right. A New York Republican (so essentially a democrat). A man who can thread the needle if given a chance as he has no ideological underpinnings except for economic and security concerns.
If he loses, then everyone has reason to worry about fascists and what not next time out, mark my words.
The email affair has shown that H. is unfit for the Presidency.
As for the debate about people voting or not voting, I think it's a waste to throw it away. I used to be cynical about this, and thought nothing I could do would matter anyway, but over time that's changed. If everyone in the country thought like me and decided not to vote because they didn't think it would count, then all that would pile up to a big lack in votes, so I do it to offset those who don't see the point in it like I once did. That, and barely 50 years ago black americans were being beaten at the polls when they tried to vote, and in a world with so many more totalitarian minded governments, the right to vote is one that we take for granted. That we actually have choices, however slim or bad, is amazing, no matter how used to it we are now. Not voting is an insult to those who weren't or aren't able to do it either because of where in the world they are, or in their gender, the color of their skin or anything else.
The problem is that a Republican-controlled Congress will keep anything from happening. We will look at four more years of deep partisanship. It will be worse than with Obama, because it's likely that Clinton will not win more than 50% of the popular vote. Thus, Republicans will feel justified to obstruct even more.
The ACA will continue to be a problem. It's fixable, but the Republicans will not fix it; they will let people suffer needlessly just to be spiteful. It's the worst kind of childishness.
The SCOTUS seat may remain vacant indefinitely. And who knows: there might be another vacancy coming. The fight over this could turn very ugly.
Investigations will continue. I predict that articles of impeachment will be introduced by the House within six months of her inauguration. There are not enough votes in the Senate to impeach her, but the Republicans will do it for the political theater.
That said, it appears that Clinton will not win North Carolina. As if Republicans can't get any more disgraceful, there's this item out already: https://thinkprogress.org/north-carolina-gop-happy-suppression-worked-a4b3c06d1996#.13gbdlgx4
I'll throw my opinion in on this as one of those that is abstaining from voting today. For me, and I don't doubt that this isn't the case for a good number of people, the decision to abstain is not an easy one. I've been following this election since Ted Cruz announced his candidacy last year. I tend to find these kinds of things interesting, watching the debates and coverage of the election, and would generally rather watch that kind of stuff as opposed to whatever stupid sitcom the networks are running in the primetime hours. So, I feel like I have a decent understanding about what's going on out there, even if some of the more nuanced policy debate (not that there's been any this cycle) can go over my head from time to time.
That said, abstaining this time around, for me, is the only way to go (short of taking the time to drive to the poll and literally throw my vote away on a write-in for Mitt Romney). I've examined each of the candidates and I can't vote for any of them. The two major party candidates are both just awful choices and, the real sad part about all of this, the two third-party candidates have proven to be even worse. I would have gladly lined up for a third party candidate this time, but Gary Johnson has proven himself unfit for the office and when your own running mate endorses a competitor, that's not a sign that your a solid choice to lead the nation. The less said about Jill Stein's campaign, the better. She's run on a promise that is essentially a lie, as she doesn't have the power to cancel student debt. Seems millennials have picked up on that, since they would greatly benefit from such a plan yet Stein only polls at around 2-3%.
If there were a candidate fit for the office on the ballot, I'd vote for them. But, sadly, at least for me, there isn't. We're in trouble either way. I managed to bite the proverbial bullet back in 2004 and voted for John Kerry (although I regret that vote now), and I've voted for a small handful of Democrats at the Congressional and state/local level in years past, so it's not necessarily a partisan thing. I just can't get behind any of these candidates, so none of them will get my vote.
Then my work here is done. You're urging us to question our assumptions, but you never question your own.
And there's one of them. I saw John Allen's appearance at Democratic Convention when it was originally broadcast. Thank you for telling me what I already knew.
Not really. The Democrat has zero chance of winning my district in the House race. I did my part back in the primary to try to defeat him, but it looks like we're stuck with him now.
Here we go again. I said, you often answer with apples, when I was talking meat or whatever. Has nothing to do with questioning your assumptions. It has to do with - IF you care to answer to me, reply to my post and not with some topic, that goes into another direction and hence, has no impact.
So you did see THIS vid and it doesn't frighten you? WOW - if so, you didn't get the meaning.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/08/why-i-and-millions-like-me-will-vote-for-donald-trump/
I like playing devil's advocate and have been doing it a lot concerning Trump.
In the US I would be called a racist, stupid and sexist just for the fact not being totally against him.
That would probably trigger a counter reaction in form of actually voting for him.
I don't think you'd fit in well in the states, however. We're largely prudes that gawk at any mentions of sex and smut (love violence though), whereas you pride yourself on being an open book in that regard, you fiend, you. ;)
ENNNNH. Wrong guess Hans.
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you mean by being black?
No, absolutely not. I'm talking about the policies he chose to pursue and the tactics he used to get them (or tried to get them) through.
I did think that was pretty provocative to be fair. I mean, you have to realise that some people just weren't ready for a black president. It would have been polite to wait. May be 250 years or so? That would have been a lot less provocative.
I don't associate with the republican party for a reason. There are plenty of things about the party not to like, let's get that straight. But you making it personal by making judgement of me as an individual says more about you than I. If there is material out there that suggests that Obama successfully reached across the aisle, please show me. There just isn't any bipartisan bills of any major magnitude that Obama himself can claim credit for. Both parties are to blame for the divisiveness. Claiming one side is the problem, is the problem. Obamacare was shoved through and now the democrats are getting the obstructionism from republicans. There was a PBS? special about how divisive things have gotten and I think they hit the nail on the head. The explosion began from the hanging chad debacle and grew exponentially this cycle. Unfortunately, I believe the power struggle will just continue...