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Re: Big day in the US

By jhartshorn
11/08/2016 6:04 pm
Thought might be thanks.

Re: Big day in the US

By murderleg
11/08/2016 9:53 pm
I'm watching now...very interesting


I live in Philadelphia, so i'm in a swing state. This is one crazy night!

Re: Big day in the US

By Tankerton343
11/09/2016 2:18 am
Aye. Trump is the racist, rapist, sexist. Pence is the racist, sexist, homophobe. Slight difference between the two. Mainly the LGBT thing and that Trump isn't responsible for a lot of AIDS deaths in Indiana, whereas Pence is.

Re: Big day in the US

By martinwarnett
11/09/2016 6:02 am
As an outsider my thoughts :-

1) You've such a lousy political system. What, two main parties? The lack of real plurality led to a presidential election where people voted for the "least worst" candidate rather than the "best" candidate.

2) Polling companies have no f***ing clue.

3) Liberal media look for easy excuses - voters are racist, misogynistic... maybe it's just because Hilary was a really s*it candidate? Forget the emails and Benghazi, going back there was Whitewater and Vincent Foster... she's zero personality or charisma, no connection to people. Put a better democratic candidate up there, different result.

4) People around the world are getting sick of "political elites" stifling any debate by throwing labels. Here in the UK, there's been no debate on immigration because if you think an Australian system is the way forward ( have job / can support self, points system ) you're "zomg RACIST XENOPHOBE".

5) America labels itself a democracy, opportunity for all yet political "power" tends to be concentrated in family dynasties? Clinton. Kennedy. Bush. What next, Chelsea to run in 2032?

6) Like the result or not, a democratic vote gave a democratic result.

Re: Big day in the US

By drogers
11/11/2016 7:53 pm
This country is not like others. We were built on rebellion and independence from tyranny and monarch rule. We are continuing to evolve into our next chapter. Reinvention is not always pretty or smooth.

Re: Big day in the US

By bgedgerly
11/14/2016 11:17 am
This was simply a backlash against the establishment. If Trump does well, we will continue to recreate our political identity (which, while I'm not a fan of Trump, I will admit is a wonderful thing). If he fails, we will go back to establishment Washington politics and continue our gradual decline into mediocrity.

Re: Big day in the US

By WarEagle
11/14/2016 8:38 pm
In most cases, given the choice of voting for a businessman or a politician, I'll take the businessman every time.

Politicians are the problem, not the solution.

We need term limits badly.