2016 Democratic Platform and Convention

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  1. theprunetang

    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    We don't need a cuckerspaniel in the white house.
     
  2. barfo

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    This is a 4 candidate race. It's just that 3 of the candidates are unqualified (which 3, of course, is a matter of some disagreement).

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    Yeah, I'll need to see SPD's free testosterone levels before I vote for him.
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    I had to go there. It wasn't much fun though. It felt like salting the snail. It was necessary, but I got no joy out of it.
     
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    pshhhh you enjoyed it and you know it... Everyone enjoys pop shots at Sly, almost as much as we enjoy HCP jokes.
     
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    bodyman5000 and 1 Lions, Tigers, Me, Bears

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    See, you keep opening this door. You said "laid by" not "I nailed" or something like that. Plus, I thought you went to Mags election party and I think he's part Korean (his hotness is not for me to judge). It's been so long I can't recall.


    I kid, I kid.
     
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    bodyman5000 and 1 Lions, Tigers, Me, Bears

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    Hey, yours was clever at least.
     
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    @magnifier661 is a 10, the glorious bastard!

    Come home big dog! We want you to join this low energy cuckfest (aka the OT section during June-October)!
     
  10. theprunetang

    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    I suppose it is a 4 candidate race. Just not sure 2 of them have any chance in hell to do anything aside from fucking up their own constituents. It is unfortunate and sad, but part of our current reality. I don't have the answers though and won't pretend to. I'm not sure how we get out of the current hole we are in.
     
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    I disagree. What will actually happen is that a lot of the platform won't be enacted, not because Clinton is against it, but because the Republicans are against it. So Clinton will have to make significant compromises, and you'll think that's proof she was lying. But reality is that Bernie would have had to make similar compromises if he had been elected. And objectively, he probably wouldn't have gotten as much done as Clinton will, because he's not as good (or bad, if you prefer) a politician.

    We'll never know, of course. But I think that if he saw a path to victory as a Green, he would have taken it.

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    I don't think a Trump presidency would be the end of the world, or this country. I'm absolutely not a fan of Trump, but I can say the exact same thing about Clinton. I'm going to be disappointed no matter which one of them wins.
     
  13. theprunetang

    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    Haha. I think the vagueness is what makes it funny. And it wasn't Mags. It was a shit show of a human named Brenda. That was, oddly, my third Brenda. Given my history of terrible garbage girls, maybe I should just be gay.
     
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    Of course Sanders would have had to make compromises, but I'm sure he'd try a hell of a lot harder to enact progressive policies than Clinton will.

    I don't think he could have won as a Green, I just think it would have made more of a splash in the waters of establishment politics.
     
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    This is probably not correct. If Sanders was on her left, the logical maneuver would have been to move to the center to peel off non-insane republican voters. She's doing that anyway, but if the left was committed to Bernie, there would be no reason to try to fight on that battlefield. She wouldn't be getting your vote over Bernie no matter what she did, right? So why bother?

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    It would look like he has principles. Enough that running as a democrat to win was for the same reason he'd continue to run as a Green.
     
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    You are probably right that he'd try harder. On the other hand, he'd likely be less effective. So again, do you want actual progress, or do you just want to make a statement?

    So you want him to lose to make a statement? Well, then I have good news for you! He's already done that, mission accomplished.

    But you seem dissatisfied somehow...

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    F that. I'm just jealous. YouTube Hot Korean girls try American BBQ for the first time.

    I'm not really into Asian girls but damn.
     
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    TIL Mag's lady boy stage name is Brenda.
     
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