Your political compass

Paul Smeenus · 03-08-2015, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Briks

^ Who's that?

Faux News

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

Xurtio · 03-08-2015, 03:44 PM

For some reason, I remember turks being as bad as faux.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 03-08-2015, 08:11 PM

putin is awesome

~~James~~ · 03-08-2015, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

putin is awesome

Please be a joke.
I was actually at the pub last night, and ended up debating with this bloke outside about Putin. I didn't go too far, because he mentioned his last discussion about Ukraine ended in him throwing a guy down the stairs. I'm not too well versed in the Ukraine situation, but the way Russia treats gay people and basic political freedoms is unforgivable in my eyes.

Pet_Sounds · 03-08-2015, 08:16 PM

I've never been more proud of being Canadian than when I read the news story about Stephen Harpee refusing to shake Putin's hand at the G20.

Wpnfire · 03-08-2015, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Well we also live in a country of 300 million people. I imagine it's not too hard for some random party in your country to mobilize a relatively significant portion of the population in order to gain some kind of influence. But that same amount of people in America would be irrelevant. Our voting blocs are monolithic, and influencing them takes the kinds of campaign resources that only the major parties can afford.

It also takes money to put your name on the ballot in a primary election. I think Newt Gingrich wasn't even in a primary for Kentucky (I believe it was Kentucky) because he either couldn't raise the money or simply missed the deadline--which was ridiculously far in advance of the primary compared to every other state.

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

i got 95% green party and democrat as well from what i remember

which would seem to suggest the green party and the democrats are pretty much identical

The Batlord · 03-08-2015, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Wpnfire

It also takes money to put your name on the ballot in a primary election. I think Newt Gingrich wasn't even in a primary for Kentucky (I believe it was Kentucky) because he either couldn't raise the money or simply missed the deadline--which was ridiculously far in advance of the primary compared to every other state

I seem to remember that, and I think he or his staff were just morons and somehow forgot to get the necessary amount of signatures to be eligible. And then of course of the Republican pundits were all, "Well he would have gotten them if he'd just remembered so he should be allowed to run in Kentucky anyway. This is all just a liberal plot!"

Wpnfire · 03-08-2015, 08:49 PM

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I seem to remember that, and I think he or his staff were just morons and somehow forgot to get the necessary amount of signatures to be eligible. And then of course of the Republican pundits were all, "Well he would have gotten them if he'd just remembered so he should be allowed to run in Kentucky anyway. This is all just a liberal plot!"

... And Republicans are normally in favor of making it hard for people to run for election, and hard for people to vote (or at the least, opposing bills making it easier to do so), so the fact that Newt didn't make it is both hilarious and ironic.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 03-08-2015, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by James

Please be a joke.
I was actually at the pub last night, and ended up debating with this bloke outside about Putin. I didn't go too far, because he mentioned his last discussion about Ukraine ended in him throwing a guy down the stairs. I'm not too well versed in the Ukraine situation, but the way Russia treats gay people and basic political freedoms is unforgivable in my eyes.

i dislike the homophobia as well but he's honestly just using it as a tool to harness the popular support of the ignorant masses in russia. i know that's unpleasant but its not his personal bigotry its the country as a whole and he's just tapping into it like the nazis did with anti-semitism in germany

i just admire his geopolitical swag tho i don't support homophobia and **** like that

he is certainly a cold hearted bastard

but then again so was every single ruler of russia that was ever worth mentioning

Wpnfire · 03-08-2015, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

i dislike the homophobia as well but he's honestly just using it as a tool to harness the popular support of the ignorant masses in russia.

Wait, House of Cards is based on reality?

I'm giving up watching that show now, it's educational.

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