Politics "Black Lives Matter" - A New Political Party?

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  1. Hoopguru

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    Yep money and that money comes from media, lobbyist, huge donors and so many more. The 2 party system has been a lock and they want to keep it that way the last thing they want is additional parties with equal representation to compete against the elite on both sides of the RNC & DNC. I voted Gary Johnson too because I couldn't in good conscience for the DNC & RNC champions.
    Joe's got my vote now, unless he gets real wacko and sells his soul to the extreme rads on either side. The DNC & RNC are nothing more than country clubs for self serving, corrupt, win at all cost, politicians that have for the most part been bough and paid for.
     
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    Politicians and govt workers should get military pay grade checks...and not be able to profit until they leave govt in my view...that would change the type of person who'd follow that career path and vetting needs to be deep and thorough before a candidate can run for office...no pay for play and definitely no pending lawsuits ...how the fuck Trump slipped through those cracks baffles me..worst vetting job ever in American history
     
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    I honestly don’t care who the president is as long as it isn’t Trump. He has normalized hate and that can’t continue.
     
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    BLM will do far better for themselves by forming an interest group within the Democratic party. That's what the evangelists did within the Republican party--most Republicans aren't evangelical and don't share their far right-wing social views, but evangelists made themselves a voting bloc that the Republican party doesn't dare piss off for fear of losing a big chunk of votes.

    Splitting into a new party will just ensure Republicans win every election, which would be much, much worse for the aims of the "BLM party." On the other hand, I agree that they can't just accept status quo from the Democratic party. Black people (I'd add other minority voters, but often times different minorities have different visions) need to organize themselves into a unified bloc to demand a piece of the platform from Democrats.
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Any political party has to walk a tight rope or we'll wind up with another Trump.
     
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    Good points. I guess the only decent thing to come out of this administration is that serious changes need to be made as we have experienced corruption so obvious at the highest level. I would also like to see a bipartisan committee formed that decided judges rather than have one person (the president) to have that power as that kind of power (like we have now) has shown to be very dangerous. We have been exposed to the closest thing to a dictatior that we have ever seen.
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    Context matters.
     
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    Im with ya on the changes needed for sure and Im voting Joe however, Joe's comment is typical of a groomed lifetime politician in that they will say what people want to hear and never do it. Its the warm fuzzy effect they want to sell.
     
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    Yeah, if they're handing out tokens and yours is black and someone asks you what you are holding in your hand, and you say "token" and then they say what color it is, it's OK to say "black".
     
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    I completely agree. That's exactly why I responded instead of deleting the comment.
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    Deleting? For what?
     
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    So the Millionaire Marxist took the money and ran. Deserted her little army of middle-aged Caucasian spinsters, moved on up with all their Go Fund Me donations and retired from "activism" to a life of hedonism.
     
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    Welcome back, cup!
     
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    That post was almost a year ago Lanny
     
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    Still bringing up Hillary Clinton?
     
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    Did she take Baron with her back to eastern europe? In fairness her "activism" was pretty much spent redecorating and shopping with Don's money....I didn't realize she'd left Mar Lago already...thanks for the heads up! Putin will be so proud to have her back in the neighborhood
     
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    Exactly.
     

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