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One of the few concrete functions of the Vice President once elected, is to serve as a more extreme alternative to the political positions of the President. Th
by mapt 11y ago
One of the few concrete functions of the Vice President once elected, is to serve as a more extreme alternative to the political positions of the President. That way, nobody opposed to the President's platform can assassinate the President in the hopes of killing that platform, because it will only be replaced with a worse version.
This is not the case in an across-the-aisle Presidency. There are lots of Paul supporters who would like to see Sanders dead, and a whole bunch of them have guns and are fond of out-of-the-box thinking about their liberty. I spent a few months participating in online communities associated with Ron Paul back in 2007; It was enlightening, though it left me feeling a little soiled.
- AnthonyMouse 11y agoThe broader problem is that the Vice President has no real power. You can't balance a Presidency with an across-the-aisle candidate because the Vice President can't meaningfully do anything without the President's assent. The interesting thing is if the Democrats nominate Sanders and the Republicans nominate Paul.
- brandonmenc 11y ago> The interesting thing is if the Democrats nominate Sanders and the Republicans nominate Paul. Interesting, if only due to its impossibility.
- JshWright 11y agoSanders is a long shot, but plausible. Paul is well outside the realm of possibility.