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  • Libertarians might not be fit to govern, but they can highlight the ridiculousness of our two-party system pretty well:

    "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
    "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
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    • Originally posted by Northwestcoug View Post
      Libertarians might not be fit to govern, but they can highlight the ridiculousness of our two-party system pretty well:

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      • Originally posted by Northwestcoug View Post
        Libertarians might not be fit to govern, but they can highlight the ridiculousness of our two-party system pretty well:

        Lol. I after watching that it doesn’t matter who the libertarians run I will be voting for them.


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        • Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
          Lol. I after watching that it doesn’t matter who the libertarians run I will be voting for them.
          Even if it's Gary Johnson again? I voted for him last time just because I couldn't in good conscience vote for either of the major party candidates, but he was a pathetic choice too.

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          • Originally posted by Scott R Nelson View Post
            Even if it's Gary Johnson again? I voted for him last time just because I couldn't in good conscience vote for either of the major party candidates, but he was a pathetic choice too.
            I think Johnson came across as a solid, thoughtful candidate in 2012 in the things he said. Then I think he had too much weed in 2016 and sounded like a moron too many times. I voted for him anyway because I didn't like the other choices, and in Texas it was hardly going to matter anyway. In the long run for the Libertarian Party it was a good thing to get their highest ever vote total.

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            • Originally posted by Northwestcoug View Post
              Libertarians might not be fit to govern, but they can highlight the ridiculousness of our two-party system pretty well:



              Perfect
              "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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              • Originally posted by BlueK View Post
                I think Johnson came across as a solid, thoughtful candidate in 2012 in the things he said. Then I think he had too much weed in 2016 and sounded like a moron too many times. I voted for him anyway because I didn't like the other choices, and in Texas it was hardly going to matter anyway. In the long run for the Libertarian Party it was a good thing to get their highest ever vote total.
                You’re giving Johnson way too much credit. He said and did weird/dumb shit before then. Still an upgrade over Trump tho.

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                • Originally posted by frank ryan View Post
                  You’re giving Johnson way too much credit. He said and did weird/dumb shit before then. Still an upgrade over Trump tho.
                  I don't think he can be considered an upgrade. He might not do all the stupid shit Trump does, but he'd do his fair share of different stupid shit.
                  Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

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                  • Originally posted by falafel View Post
                    I don't think he can be considered an upgrade. He might not do all the stupid shit Trump does, but he'd do his fair share of different stupid shit.
                    Johnson didn't win so it's hypothetical. Trump actually does say and do crazy on a daily basis.

                    Also, Johnson wasn't considered a crazy governor for two terms in his state other than issuing vetoes whenever he thought the legislature was trying to spend too much money. For a fiscally conservative Republican that wouldn't be considered too crazy.
                    Last edited by BlueK; 06-05-2019, 07:12 AM.

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                    • "Early swing state polls suggest President Trump will have his work cut out for him to win reelection to a second term.

                      Trump's upset victories in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin propelled him to the White House in 2016. He was the first Republican presidential candidate to win any of those states since 1988.

                      Today, most polls show Trump behind former Vice President Joe Biden — the current front-runner in the Democratic race — in all of those swing states.

                      That's a problem, because if the 2016 map otherwise stays the same, a Democratic candidate who wins those three states will win the Electoral College.

                      Worse for Trump, polls also show him trailing Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in a number of other swing states.

                      A poll of North Carolina released this week showed Biden up 12 points on Trump and Sanders leading him by 8 points. Former President Obama is the only recent Democratic presidential candidate to win the Tar Heel State, with the previous Democratic victory there dating back to 1976.

                      Meanwhile, a trio of states that Trump won easily in 2016 – Texas, Arizona and Iowa – appear to be up for grabs, with some surveys finding Biden in the lead in all three states. A survey from Quinnipiac University Poll released Wednesday found Biden leading Trump 48 percent to 44 percent in Texas, with the other Democrats not far behind."

                      https://thehill.com/homenews/campaig...ning-for-trump

                      Losing in Texas and down by 12 points in North Carolina? Wow. His numbers aren't good at the moment and stand to get worse if he doesn't make a deal with China soon and insists on slowing the economy with across the board tariffs against Mexico.
                      Last edited by BlueK; 06-06-2019, 08:22 AM.

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                      • "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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                        • Originally posted by Moliere View Post
                          Nice, but among the dems right now Biden is running away with it.

                          https://www.realclearpolitics.com/ep...tion-6730.html

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                          • Originally posted by Moliere View Post
                            "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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                            • Lol, Trump would welcome listen to whatever dirt foreign countries say they have on his opponents help in the 2020 election.

                              President Donald Trump may not alert the FBI if foreign governments offered damaging information against his 2020 rivals during the upcoming presidential race, he said, despite the deluge of investigations stemming from his campaign's interactions with Russians during the 2016 campaign.

                              Asked by ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in the Oval Office on Wednesday whether his campaign would accept such information from foreigners -- such as China or Russia -- or hand it over the FBI, Trump said, "I think maybe you do both."

                              "I think you might want to listen, there isn't anything wrong with listening," Trump continued. "If somebody called from a country, Norway, [and said] ‘we have information on your opponent' -- oh, I think I'd want to hear it."

                              Trump disputed the idea that if a foreign government provided information on a political opponent, it would be considered interference in our election process.


                              "It's not an interference, they have information -- I think I'd take it," Trump said. "If I thought there was something wrong, I'd go maybe to the FBI -- if I thought there was something wrong. But when somebody comes up with oppo research, right, they come up with oppo research, 'oh let's call the FBI.' The FBI doesn't have enough agents to take care of it. When you go and talk, honestly, to congressman, they all do it, they always have, and that's the way it is. It's called oppo research."

                              President Trump lamented the attention on his son, Donald Trump Jr., for his role in the now-infamous Trump Tower meeting in June 2016. Stephanopoulos asked whether Trump Jr. should have taken the Russians' offer for "dirt" on then-candidate Hillary Clinton to the FBI.

                              "Somebody comes up and says, ‘hey, I have information on your opponent,' do you call the FBI?" Trump responded.

                              "I'll tell you what, I've seen a lot of things over my life. I don't think in my whole life I've ever called the FBI. In my whole life. You don't call the FBI. You throw somebody out of your office, you do whatever you do," Trump continued. "Oh, give me a break – life doesn't work that way."

                              "The FBI director said that is what should happen," Stephanopoulos replied, referring to comments FBI Director Christopher Wray made during congressional testimony last month, when he told lawmakers "the FBI would want to know about" any foreign election meddling.

                              But on Wednesday, the president refuted Wray's sentiment.

                              "The FBI director is wrong, because frankly it doesn't happen like that in life," Trump said. "Now maybe it will start happening, maybe today you'd think differently."
                              https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/...mpression=true

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                              • Wow. Suddenly Elizabeth Warren looks like a lock to be the next president, elected in 2020. First, I've been assuming that those two goofy old men who have been 1 and 2 in the democratic race certainly will fade. In fact, BS is totally played out; old news. If he's not on top he's not going to rally and get to the top. Second, now she's running third, and in a dead heat with BS in some polls. Third, she's nimble enough to out-BS BS on the left, and move to the center in the general polls. She's been smart enough to deny she's a socialist. Fourth, she's a woman. Huge advantage in the democratic primaries, as democrats feel nominating a woman is a moral imperative. And the other women running seem to be terrible politicians. In the general election, it seems a super majority of women will vote for her. Fourth, New Hampshire is next to Massachusetts. Fifth, Trump's polling number are terrible. Warren will crush him in the general election.

                                Fortunately, she seems to be totally unprincipled and will probably moderate in office like democratic presidents have done.
                                Last edited by SeattleUte; 06-12-2019, 11:14 PM.
                                When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

                                --Jonathan Swift

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