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« on: September 15, 2010, 12:55:27 AM »
Please excuse my circumvention of the locked topic by deleting it and starting it again.  Please don't lock my account.

August West said:

"What if the independent candidate running in my local elections is a certifiable idiot?"

well then in that case I think you should write in the name of someone who's not an idiot.  Or you should try to get on the ballot yourself.  Unless your name is Asherdern.  ;-) 

I mean, this political process, of having just two choices, I don't think it's a good idea.  Everyone knows it's not a good idea.  But we're sort of trapped in it, because whatever party's base is the first to realize this is going to hand control over to the party's base that doesn't realize this.  So the bases of the two parties are playing chicken with each other, each voting for the least undesirable least evil least do-nothing primary candidate of their party, and in the end both parties lose this game of chicken.  It's obviously impossible for one guy to best represent the interests of 50% of the population, therefore, we should have more than two parties.  Instead of splitting representation 50/50, we need to split it 10/20/25/20/15/10.  Something like that.  Politicians would get a lot more done and public policy would be a lot less stupid if the balance of power resulted in a complex situation like a 10/20/25/20/15/10 split.  But no, we have a 50/50 split, and so politicians are playing simple games on a simple playing field.  When the political game is simple, everyone loses, because reality is complex. 

So fuck it, I'm voting independent. 
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« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2010, 02:08:05 AM »
I think they should probably make every elected office into like five different offices and make all those people work together, so more interests are represented.
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« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2010, 02:24:06 AM »
I agree that our current system is hell of fucked up.
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« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2010, 02:51:50 AM »
Quote from: Nabubrush on September 15, 2010, 02:08:05 AM
I think they should probably make every elected office into like five different offices and make all those people work together, so more interests are represented.
I think 5 or 600, all with pension and benefits.
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« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2010, 02:59:11 AM »
I would like it if Portland had like 19 mayors. I think that would be fun.
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« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2010, 03:30:16 AM »
Everyone should vote for themselves

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« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2010, 07:39:53 AM »
In Soviet Russia, votes count you.
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« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2010, 11:37:54 AM »
I dunno, there are so many certifiable idiots, maybe they deserve to be represented in government too?
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« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2010, 01:13:08 PM »
Quote from: wombat on September 15, 2010, 11:37:54 AM
I dunno, there are so many certifiable idiots, maybe they deserve to be represented in government too?

What do you think the Tea Party has been working so hard for this past year?
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« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2010, 01:15:11 PM »
How about that O'Donnell woman in Delaware?  The previous Republican senator was well-liked on both sides, but now that seat is likely to go Dem, because too many moderate Republicans won't be able to bring themselves for a Palin-esque Tea Party loon.

Also, she's on the record as being opposed to masturbation.
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« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2010, 01:29:06 PM »
Quote from: Carlos del Vaca on September 15, 2010, 01:15:11 PM
Also, she's on the record as being opposed to masturbation.

All I can think in response to this is to wonder how well a staunchly pro-masturbation candidate would fare.
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« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2010, 02:18:05 PM »
I think we all remember how well things worked out for that pro-masturbation woman under Clinton.
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« Reply #12 on: September 15, 2010, 09:32:48 PM »
Quote from: Carlos del Vaca on September 15, 2010, 01:15:11 PM
How about that O'Donnell woman in Delaware?  The previous Republican senator was well-liked on both sides, but now that seat is likely to go Dem, because too many moderate Republicans won't be able to bring themselves for a Palin-esque Tea Party loon.

Also, she's on the record as being opposed to masturbation.
Not quite right. Current Republican Rep. is the guy you're talking about. He was the presumptive winner and supposedly the reason that Beau Biden didn't run for his dad's former seat.
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« Reply #13 on: September 15, 2010, 10:11:02 PM »
Quote from: Carlos del Vaca on September 15, 2010, 01:15:11 PM
Also, she's on the record as being opposed to masturbation.

If she's holding that line she's gotta get her photo op's under control.



I mean, don't give me a grudge-nudge target like that lady!
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« Reply #14 on: September 15, 2010, 11:49:33 PM »
That's her "oh" face, you see.

Her "oh my God, I am the dean of all fuck*ng morons" face.
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