CommieCanUCK
Ye Olde King of OT
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Post by CommieCanUCK on Oct 9, 2020 13:22:07 GMT -5
..."we're not a democracy we're a constitutional republic"... I love it when people say this, because it's a handy dandy way to instantly tell you are talking to either an (political) idiot or a liar. A constitutional republic simply means an elected head of state. Canada is not a constitutional republic because the Queen is (nominally) head of state. Do you vote? Then you are (some form of) a democracy, FFS.
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Post by semipotentwalrus on Oct 9, 2020 13:36:40 GMT -5
Do you vote? Then you are (some form of) a democracy, FFS.
If you're not careful the ghost of Giovanni Sartori will haunt you.
(Sartori's whole schtick was categorizing what counted as being a democracy and what didn't, with a focus on not diluting the meaning of "democracy" too much).
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CommieCanUCK
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Post by CommieCanUCK on Oct 9, 2020 14:04:45 GMT -5
Do you vote? Then you are (some form of) a democracy, FFS.
If you're not careful the ghost of Giovanni Sartori will haunt you.
(Sartori's whole schtick was categorizing what counted as being a democracy and what didn't, with a focus on not diluting the meaning of "democracy" too much).
And here I just thought he was a snappy dresser
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Post by Least censored on the planet! on Oct 9, 2020 19:11:47 GMT -5
I love it when people say this, because it's a handy dandy way to instantly tell you are talking to either an (political) idiot or a liar. How dare you suggest this about despic. Oh wait, he is. Nevermind then!
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Post by Emblematic Wolfblade on Oct 9, 2020 21:28:59 GMT -5
GOP rigging something? Say it ain't so!
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Post by Emblematic Wolfblade on Oct 10, 2020 3:55:15 GMT -5
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Post by Emblematic Wolfblade on Oct 11, 2020 12:45:18 GMT -5
I don't think this was posted here, but ‘Where are all of the arrests?’: Trump demands Barr lock up his foes including Obama, Biden, and Hillary. Remember when the GOP used to be the party of law and order? Me neither, but I remember when they weren't openly calling for the arrests of political opponents based on nothing. My favorite bit from it though:
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2020 13:55:30 GMT -5
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Post by Disciple of Fate on Oct 12, 2020 4:48:35 GMT -5
Well he didn't fire Fauci, but he gets punished by starring in the latest Trump propaganda video. One more line of BS from Trump to add to the pile. Hopefully Fauci will clamp down on this hard.
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Post by adurot on Oct 12, 2020 4:57:23 GMT -5
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Post by Disciple of Fate on Oct 12, 2020 6:02:51 GMT -5
Unfortunately, unless he keeps that up, he will be drowned out by endless re-runs of that video.
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Post by tannhauser42 on Oct 13, 2020 8:07:22 GMT -5
Early voting started today in Texas. I just swung by my local voting location 20 minutes before opening. Line was a bit too long for my taste (and cold outside). Full of older people who I know won't vote quickly and keep the line moving. Figure I'll try again in an hour or so after breakfast.
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Post by tannhauser42 on Oct 13, 2020 8:51:54 GMT -5
Well, I'm in line now. 15 minutes and moved about 20 feet.
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Post by semipotentwalrus on Oct 13, 2020 9:13:20 GMT -5
This is the part that I cannot relate to at all. Every time I've voted here in Sweden I've gone to my local polling station, voted, and then gone straight home. It takes me longer to go to the polling station than it takes to vote, and I only live 10 minutes away. It takes a special kind of ignorance and/or evil to create a system where you have hour-long queues simply to vote, and I just can't imagine who'd be that kind of...
Oh. Right.
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Post by tannhauser42 on Oct 13, 2020 9:15:03 GMT -5
I've passed the front doors and transitioned from the outside line to the inside line.
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