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President Biden: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Jan 20, 2021.

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  1. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    I don't know. I still ain't votin' for Beto, though.
     
    doctorquant, Nov 2, 2022
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  2. Justin_Rice

    Justin_Rice Well-Known Member


    Exactly how much, "Look we're going to ignore elections that turn out like we don't like," will you tolerate before you would vote for Beto?
     
    Justin_Rice, Nov 2, 2022
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  3. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    The two parties are only as good as their ability to get people elected. If nationally, the Republicans pick up seats, it means that whatever it is they are selling is resonating more than whatever it is the Democrats are selling.

    If / when that changes so things swing to the Democrats, the messages of the Republican candidates will change.

    This has nothing to do with whatever right / left distinctions you all make. The country swings back and forth between the two parties. When people's lives still suck after one has power, they shift to whatever the other is promising, until it's time to vote them out because people's lives still suck.

    The type of government both parties give us -- with our government fiscally taking over more and more of our lives, something the same people who are constantly disaffected encourage them to do -- ensures that this ill-fated game just continues on.
     
    The Big Ragu, Nov 2, 2022
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  4. Regan MacNeil

    Regan MacNeil Well-Known Member

    We don't talk about Beto, no, no, no.
     
    Regan MacNeil, Nov 2, 2022
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  5. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    In Beto's case, it'd be a shitpile. But I'll be voting for Ken Paxton's opponent if Election Day happens to be on a day that ends in "y".

    But I reject the premise you're advancing, that my voting for (or against) Beto has something to with what "the" GOP is up to. If some GOP governor in, say, Virginia shows his ass about something, am I supposed to factor that in my weighing of the candidates for governor (or the House, or the Senate) in Texas? The guy running for overseer of elections in ... Arizona? ... how big an influence should his chances of winning have on how I vote for, say, Texas attorney general?

    Now if you want to say, "As for me, the fact that GOPers are doing this makes it impossible for me to vote for any of 'em," well, that's fine. You do you. But I ain't wired that way.
     
    doctorquant, Nov 2, 2022
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  6. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    Sharpen that stick on both ends, why don’t ya?
     
    swingline, Nov 2, 2022
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  7. Regan MacNeil

    Regan MacNeil Well-Known Member

    I know you think Beto's a big phony, but how has Abbott not left you wanting something else? ANYTHING else?
     
    Regan MacNeil, Nov 2, 2022
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  8. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Who says I'm voting for him?
     
    doctorquant, Nov 2, 2022
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  9. Regan MacNeil

    Regan MacNeil Well-Known Member

    Is there a third-party candidate? I guess.

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    Regan MacNeil, Nov 2, 2022
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  10. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

    So you can bring a long gun to a voting location, but you can't give water to people waiting to vote...

    The only person whose career ended because of Jan. 6 is....Liz Cheney

    The husband of the speaker of the House had his head smashed in with a hammer, wanted to break the kneecaps of the speaker....and GOP joke about it, spread lies about it and they clutched their pearls so firmly over Kathy F*ckin' Griffn

    SCOTUS says racism no longer a problem so it is okay to gut VRA and affirmative action even though a third of the justices got their job from a super-racist demagogue
     
    garrow, Nov 2, 2022
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  11. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    It's Texas ... the chances that my vote "matters" are about as close to nil as you can get.
     
    doctorquant, Nov 2, 2022
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  12. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    Don’t blame me. I voted for Kang.
     
    swingline, Nov 2, 2022
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