I see it's all let's beat up on the old man hour.
I agree with him somewhat but there is just no way to tell. There isn't anyway to tell if those votes were purely protest votes or they were legit votes for Gary. Also, by policy standards someone that votes Libertarian would vote Republican since they are on the same side of the ideology square but that doesn't mean they wouldn't vote for Clinton. Maybe they think Gary is completely unqualified along with Trump and would vote for Clinton. This brings in a whole bunch of what ifs with no way to concretely prove anything. So let's not pretend like you guys jumping on Chula are anymore correct than he is.
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Originally Posted by The Batlord
OMG not at all looking forward to Thanksgiving with my right wing family. Either I'm gonna have to bite my tongue till it falls right out of my mouth or tell them that I hope their section of the country gets hunted down by ISIS.
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Why do you need to bite your tongue? Just fill your fat face with food. You shouldn't be talking with your mouth full.
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Originally Posted by Isbjørn
People are voting for third parties because they're tired of the neoliberal consensus, war in foreign countries, starvation wages, unemployment, lack of proper welfare services, debt, the endless money circus called American "democracy", and so on. It's not about protesting against the right and the left - the Democratic Party and the GOP are both right-wing parties that stand for the interests of the bourgeoisie. Clinton is not left-wing, just another neoliberal. Some left-wing candidates are Jill Stein and Gloria La Riva.
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Okay so, the unemployment, proper welfare services and national debt thing is way off base. At the end of Obama's turn, he will have decreased the national debt by . The unemployment rate is also in a good place, welfare services are also fine if you qualify to get on them it's pretty easy actually. The super PACs and money in politics would be the only thing I agree with in that mess of a statement.
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Originally Posted by The Batlord
I don't think a Norwegian communist is really qualified to say what Americans are voting against. We really are in fact sick of the actual parties.
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^This
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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
Those were purely "I hate Clinton and Trump" votes. Not "I agree with Johnson and want him as president" votes.
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As I addressed earlier in this post. There is no way to tell that they were purely those type of votes. I believe some where but there isn't any way to prove that without shoving a mic and a camera in every one's face that decided to vote for Johnson.
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Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle
I don't even know what he wants to do
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No one really does.
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