2016 Presidential Campaign
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Tilden would have run circles around Hayes. I am shocked you would disagree. I have become outraged thinking about it. Where is my paint, time to make a sign and start protesting this grave injustice.
Are you actually capable of making an intelligent post or do all of your comments deteriorate into mindless insults?
If you haven't noticed me complaining about the state of US politics it is only because you have not read all of my posts. But I would be pleased to outline the various flaws in the US system if you can be bothered to read them.
And here is a news flash for you, dimwit. Political scientist explain how political systems work. They do not tell their students how to vote or how to be politicians. That is up the them. And BTW - morons don't get a lot of respect either - try not to be one.
Not to mention the simple a$$holes, who are only capable of giving "thumbs down" but lack the gumption and sagacity to back it up with any logic. Hang in there D.M. there's still a few posters with a brain!
I for one would be interested in hearing them - I know there is at least one, the electoral colleges who have the ability to rule contrary to the desire of the electorate but never do.....................so what's the point of them?
Problem is you're Canadian, so by the time you finished nuancing and amplifying your message, and making sure it was politely phrased, either your sign'd be as big as a skyscraper or the lettering'd be too small to read from more'n five feet away.
Interesting that you answered three people who chose to throw logical fallacies at you, and declined to answer the one actually making an argument.
Trump is painfully new to the political scene and he's made it more obvious now with his need to hire Bannon in the face of his already growing adversaries. Yes, he might not care, but maybe he should start caring. As far as having some balance, his son in law, Krushner, a wealthy man is his own right, comes from a family where grandparents were holocaust survivors (I'm sure Bannon must be pretending to like this one !!), and a family who appears to be well entrenched US circles, might just be able to persuade Trump to fulfill his campaign promises, but willing to compromise on some of them.
I do not believe it is a perfect system but I would like to hear what you consider to be the flaws in the current system. I would also like to hear your solutions to fix them.
Well, I don't have a hell of a lot of use for Clinton supporters and even less for the Clintons. They are living fairly high on the hog at everyone else's expense. A couple of hundred years ago in some jurisdictions they'd have been fodder for the guillotine!
Well, at least with Republicans they may tend to be a little more realistic than the Dumbocraps!
Sometimes by tweaking a word or name a little you can get a little closer to the real meaning. It's not a new science!
Fine - here is a brief outline.
1. The Electoral College - it was never designed to be democratic and it certainly is not.
2. Gerrymandering - The US has the lowest turnover during elections of any democracy (less than 3% in most elections). That means the same politicians get elected again and again. This leads to a government almost completely devoid of new ideas and with no incentive to attend to any of the many problems the US faces. This is all caused by the deliberate distortion of electoral boundaries to insure the re-election of incumbents.
3. Ridiculously high levels of political spending. Incumbents spend so much on getting re-elected that they simply overwhelm any challengers. Again this leads to very low turnover in the US system - as I mentioned less than 3% on average. Compare that to Canada where an election may generate a turnover rate as high as 70%.
4. The two party system. Republicans and Democrats may pretend to be different, but two-party systems tend to pull parties toward one another, resulting in very little actual difference.
5. Election of lower level officials such as Sheriffs, judges, and district attorneys. This leads to a system where those who are supposed to impartially carry out the law are prone to catering to voters instead. This has led to a situation where the US has the highest prisoner population in the world. It also leads to judges and other officials being subject to bribes either in the form of campaign contributions or outright under-the-table payments.
There are probably a number of others, but this is a good start. The problem is that the US system is so inflexible that future reform is highly unlikely without some sort of grass roots revolution.
Check my above post.
No idea what you are talking about. Are you saying someone else actually made an intelligent comment?
No idea what that means either. I don't have a cell phone so I am not knowledgeable about text-speak.