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moondust wrote
at 9:48 AM, Tuesday October 26, 2010 EDT
Every time I read about them and their policies, I wonder how people can even consider voting for them.
Am I right when I believe that they hate pretty much everything that's not white, male, straight, married, and rich? Also: what's the point of their obsession with God and religion? I don't think that religion should play a role in politics at all. And I think it's dangerous if politicians from the (still) most powerful country base their decisions on an ancient book. Do Tea Party candidates still live in the Dark Ages? But what I really want to know now: Why do so many Americans actually want to vote for those hateful people? Apart from the fact that I would (most likely) always vote for a democratic candidate, it would be still better to vote for a more moderate repuclican than for a Tea Party candidate. Comments from Americans (Thrax included ;-)) would be appreciated. |
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jurgen wrote
at 1:01 PM, Saturday October 30, 2010 EDT congratz to Chase, the new King of 200!
<--- proud and pissed at same time that he didn't do the 199 200 combo when he noticed the 198 posts for like 4 hours |
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MadHat_Sam wrote
at 1:20 PM, Saturday October 30, 2010 EDT While I despise almost all cable news, I would like to comment about how fucking awful and disingenuous FoxNews is, worst of the worst. Thank you.
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moondust wrote
at 5:55 PM, Saturday October 30, 2010 EDT European broadcasters keep reporting that Fox has (officially) turned into an openly anti-Obama channel that's anything but "fair and balanced".
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moondust wrote
at 5:59 PM, Saturday October 30, 2010 EDT Oh and not to forget:
Thanks guys for this nice dicussion, even though it showed that America's population has (probably) not been so divided since the Civil War (?)... I also wonder if it wouldn't be better if the two party system finally comes to an end? |
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MadHat_Sam wrote
at 6:46 PM, Saturday October 30, 2010 EDT The United States will always be a predominantly two party system. Well unlikely you could see the collapse and re-branding of one of the major parties but I think that age of American politics is gone.
Well American politics are at a crossroads most of that is because of the economy, which in all likelihood will get better eventually and as long as the economic stabilization is long lasting the cultural divide in America will become the main focus of polarization and while many on the right may not like it, America is becoming more socially liberal and the fundamentalist fringe will have less draw in the coming decades. Okay pretty sure this post is starting to go off the rails so I will stop there for now. |