BurtReynolds wrote:
Both sides have their share of idiots, racists, etc. so that argument is nonsense. One can always find the worst aspects of a political philosophy (or even just unrelated idiots) and pretend that they represent it. It's a political tactic as old as time.
And generally politicians on the right and left couldn't care less about poor people except as a gullible voting poll to be pandered to and a cheap labor force, hence massive support for immigration from both teams. Who else is going to clean their pools?
I agree about the cheap labour remark.
What's interesting to me about the US is that when it comes to racism in the past it wasn't something exclusive to one party by any stretch of the imagination yet it's the part of the electorate only the right is pursuing just like it happens in Europe where it was always a thing of the right.
I'm referring to strategies more to philosophies here.
I find it deplorable to use that to gain votes. It always brings the whole package of crazy ideologies along. I'm hearing antisemitism around Europe is rising which is crazy.
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Thu March 17, 2016 1:02 am
by B
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Thu March 17, 2016 12:37 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Have they called Missouri yet for either party?
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Thu March 17, 2016 12:58 pm
by Simple Torture
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Have they called Missouri yet for either party?
I don't think so; I imagine they're taking their time and getting everything in order, because the 2nd-place finishers (probably Cruz and Sanders) both have a right to ask for a recount if the margin of victory is below 1%, and I feel like both of them have reason to.
I forgot about this earlier in the thread when I said Sanders could benefit from a recount. I'm surprised Cruz hasn't called for one, thought, since it's clear he wants to keep every single delegate he can out of Trump's hands and he's a slime-faced lizard man.
