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@dogmeat said in US Politics:
ould be nice to see a 2024 race between two sane, measured candidates who had real policies and who wouldn't polarise the nation.
As Kamala Harris is likely to be the Dem candidate, I'm not holding my breath...
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@frank said in US Politics:
@tim
Trump wins the nomination easily if he wants it.
Can't see him being re-elected though.Who are options?
Ron De Santis?
Ted Kruz?
Dan Crenshaw?
Nikki Haley?That's about the sum total of Republicans I can name ...
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@booboo said in US Politics:
@frank said in US Politics:
@tim
Trump wins the nomination easily if he wants it.
Can't see him being re-elected though.Who are options?
Ron De Santis?
Ted Kruz?
Dan Crenshaw?
Nikki Haley?That's about the sum total of Republicans I can name ...
Doesn't have to be someone that is a name, look at Obama for example.
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@snowy said in US Politics:
@dogmeat said in US Politics:
Would be nice to see a 2024 race between two sane, measured candidates who had real policies and who wouldn't polarise the nation.
Thanks. I needed a laugh.
You'd probably stand a better chance of a unicorn and the Loch Ness monster running for president in 2024...
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@windows97 said in US Politics:
@snowy said in US Politics:
@dogmeat said in US Politics:
Would be nice to see a 2024 race between two sane, measured candidates who had real policies and who wouldn't polarise the nation.
Thanks. I needed a laugh.
You'd probably stand a better chance of a unicorn and the Loch Ness monster running for president in 2024...
I'd vote for Locky
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@booboo said in US Politics:
@frank said in US Politics:
@tim
Trump wins the nomination easily if he wants it.
Can't see him being re-elected though.Who are options?
Ron De Santis?
Ted Kruz?
Dan Crenshaw?
Nikki Haley?That's about the sum total of Republicans I can name ...
Isn't Crenshaw born outside the US and ineligible?
But, yeah, there doesn't seem to be much of a talent pool.
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@booboo said in US Politics:
@frank said in US Politics:
@tim
Trump wins the nomination easily if he wants it.
Can't see him being re-elected though.Who are options?
Ron De Santis?
Ted Kruz?
Dan Crenshaw?
Nikki Haley?That's about the sum total of Republicans I can name ...
Polls of Republicans have Trump miles in front and then DeSantis in second by miles.
DeSantis is seen as the most Trump-like in his policies (and actually meaning it) without Trump's fucked personality. -
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@crucial said in US Politics:
This woman is either insane or a massive shit stirrer.
.....wouldn't the government already have all those things she said they'd come asking for....i mean...doesn't the government give out the social security numbers to start with
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@kiwiwomble hey, why let that get in the way of big Govt coming to take your freedom!
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@kiwiwomble said in US Politics:
@crucial said in US Politics:
This woman is either insane or a massive shit stirrer.
.....wouldn't the government already have all those things she said they'd come asking for....i mean...doesn't the government give out the social security numbers to start with
Reality doesn't come into it.
Supposedly intelligent people are happy to ignore facts and logic to preserve or harden identity (same on both ends of the political spectrum)Apparently these are volunteers doing a door knock to drop off fact sheets and see if asking people face to face about their vax status may offer a chance to get the numbers up. The big worry in the US is that they will provide breeding grounds in low take up states for variants. That should also concern everyone world wide. Anyway, suggesting that these volunteers should be met with firearms is mind boggling. "I'm going to threaten to shoot you because I disagree!"
What she goes on to say is even more crazy. Telling everyone that Fauci funded the creation of COVID-19 so he could create a worldwide experiment.
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@frank said in US Politics:
Why are some Americans so sensitive about govt mandates to wear a mask?
I can't think of a more obvious country when it comes to the IQ distribution curve.
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@frank said in US Politics:
Why are some Americans so sensitive about govt mandates to wear a mask?
I've heard it claimed masks don't hinder spreading of the virus. Is this true?
They are like strophe teenagers claiming it's an impingement on their freedom.Because every single fucking thing becomes a left vs right debate over there. Athlete pulls out of Olympics? Left vs Right. Wear a mask so you don't spread the virus to others? Left vs Right.
Well at least that's what it seems. Given more than half the population don't even bother to vote I'd say most people don't have a strong opinion on it.
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@no-quarter said in US Politics:
Given more than half the population don't even bother to vote I'd say most people don't have a strong opinion on it.
When you look at the choices they've been given in the last ten years or so, perhaps the average US voter is smarter than we think.
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