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It doesn't take a lot of research to choose when one candidate is comically unqualified. The people voting is the entire point of democracy. Smart people and d

by gizmo 10y ago

It doesn't take a lot of research to choose when one candidate is comically unqualified. The people voting is the entire point of democracy. Smart people and dumb people. Policy wonks and random button pushers. It doesn't matter, everybody gets one vote. That way whatever the outcome is, it reflects the will of the people. To oppose this is to oppose democracy itself.

lintiness 10y ago
he didn't oppose the right to vote; he said not everyone should vote. and please, just because you think we'd never have heard of hillary if her husband hadn't been president does NOT make her "comically unqualified". let's leave the politics to the sensationalist 24/7 "news" machine, mkay?
- gizmo 10y ago
  I would never call somebody who has been appointed to high political office comically unqualified to run for president.
gthtjtkt 10y ago
There are (at least) two comically unqualified candidates in this year's election. Thank you for proving my point.
- gizmo 10y ago
  She is literally the most qualified presidential candidate in a generation. She has the bipartisan support of all five living presidents today. That's unheard of. And she's running against a con man who scams his suppliers, scams students with his fake university, and who is utterly ignorant of foreign policy.
  - enraged_camel 10y ago
    >>She has the bipartisan support of all five living presidents today. That's unheard of. And she's running against a con man She has the bipartisan support of all five living presidents because she is running against a con man who has either directly insulted and indirectly embarrassed those presidents and their families.
- bajsejohannes 10y ago
  I see this claim a lot, but I really don't get it. What is it that makes Hillary "comically unqualified"? She might not be your favorite, but unqualified seems like an exaggeration. Her opponent does seem unqualified (and dangerous). I'm not an American, so I might not follow it as close as you.
  - sidlls 10y ago
    "Comically" is certainly an exaggeration. But her corruption, a resume lighter than GWB's, and dishonesty that makes other politicians blush (some with envy, others with shame), etc. make her qualifications at best questionable. Neither candidate would be a candidate if we had a functioning democracy.
  - gthtjtkt 10y ago
    She's a textbook demagogue whose career has been plagued with scandals and corruption since before she even set foot in the White House as first lady. Google 'Hillary Clinton cattle futures' if you want to start from the beginning.
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foolfoolz 10y ago
this comment could easily be pro trump or pro clinton. keep an open mind to what the other side think
makomk 10y ago
Unfortunately, the comically unqualified candidate is up against an embarrassing demonstration of what exactly "qualifies" someone to be President in the US these days. Which mostly seems to involve support from Fortune 100 CEOs, involvement in ill-conceived military interventions abroad, and sounding exactly like a Republican whilst running on a Democrat ticket. Oh, and lots of friends in the press. Not to mention the kind of connections and sharp political skills that let her blatantly race-bait against Obama in '08, publicly accuse people who pointed this out of being the real racists, wrangle the Senator of State position out of him afterwards, and then pretend the whole thing never happened. There is no doubt that Hillary Clinton is eminently skilled and effective at being a politician. That's the problem.
- gizmo 10y ago
  Yes, there is some truth to that. When Obama and Bush got elected they were very inexperienced (comparatively speaking) and therefore also less scuffed up by a life in politics.
CaptSpify 10y ago
Though I agree one is "comically unqualified", I also believe that neither majority candidate is an acceptable option. Your view assumes that there are no 3rd party options, which actually takes some time to research.

by gizmo 10y ago

lintiness 10y ago

he didn't oppose the right to vote; he said not everyone should vote. and please, just because you think we'd never have heard of hillary if her husband hadn't been president does NOT make her "comically unqualified". let's leave the politics to the sensationalist 24/7 "news" machine, mkay?

gizmo 10y ago
I would never call somebody who has been appointed to high political office comically unqualified to run for president.

gthtjtkt 10y ago

There are (at least) two comically unqualified candidates in this year's election. Thank you for proving my point.

gizmo 10y ago
She is literally the most qualified presidential candidate in a generation. She has the bipartisan support of all five living presidents today. That's unheard of. And she's running against a con man who scams his suppliers, scams students with his fake university, and who is utterly ignorant of foreign policy.
- enraged_camel 10y ago
  >>She has the bipartisan support of all five living presidents today. That's unheard of. And she's running against a con man She has the bipartisan support of all five living presidents because she is running against a con man who has either directly insulted and indirectly embarrassed those presidents and their families.
bajsejohannes 10y ago
I see this claim a lot, but I really don't get it. What is it that makes Hillary "comically unqualified"? She might not be your favorite, but unqualified seems like an exaggeration. Her opponent does seem unqualified (and dangerous). I'm not an American, so I might not follow it as close as you.
- sidlls 10y ago
  "Comically" is certainly an exaggeration. But her corruption, a resume lighter than GWB's, and dishonesty that makes other politicians blush (some with envy, others with shame), etc. make her qualifications at best questionable. Neither candidate would be a candidate if we had a functioning democracy.
- gthtjtkt 10y ago
  She's a textbook demagogue whose career has been plagued with scandals and corruption since before she even set foot in the White House as first lady. Google 'Hillary Clinton cattle futures' if you want to start from the beginning.
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foolfoolz 10y ago

this comment could easily be pro trump or pro clinton. keep an open mind to what the other side think

makomk 10y ago

Unfortunately, the comically unqualified candidate is up against an embarrassing demonstration of what exactly "qualifies" someone to be President in the US these days. Which mostly seems to involve support from Fortune 100 CEOs, involvement in ill-conceived military interventions abroad, and sounding exactly like a Republican whilst running on a Democrat ticket. Oh, and lots of friends in the press. Not to mention the kind of connections and sharp political skills that let her blatantly race-bait against Obama in '08, publicly accuse people who pointed this out of being the real racists, wrangle the Senator of State position out of him afterwards, and then pretend the whole thing never happened. There is no doubt that Hillary Clinton is eminently skilled and effective at being a politician. That's the problem.

gizmo 10y ago
Yes, there is some truth to that. When Obama and Bush got elected they were very inexperienced (comparatively speaking) and therefore also less scuffed up by a life in politics.

CaptSpify 10y ago

Though I agree one is "comically unqualified", I also believe that neither majority candidate is an acceptable option. Your view assumes that there are no 3rd party options, which actually takes some time to research.