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Don't worry, 11 year olds can't vote.
by gsaga 8y ago
Don't worry, 11 year olds can't vote.
- SerLava 8y agoBut when he's 35, those 11 year olds will be voting age and will crack up when someone mentions that idea. And that's the danger. Weirdly.
- toomanybeersies 8y agoPeople always worry about joke candidates getting enough votes to actually gain a seat, but how often does this actually occur?
- tinym 8y agoWell, at least once, recently
- paulcole 8y agoI’m assuming you mean Trump? If so, you’re doing yourself a disservice by dismissing him as a joke. I hate the guy as much as anyone but he does deserve some credit. He saw the way he could win when everyone else thought he was a joke. By the time anyone realized he was going to win it was way too late.
- allenz 8y agoPerhaps he wasn't prescient, just lucky.
- paulcole 8y agoIf the Democrats think like that Trump’ll win again in 2020.
- SerLava 8y agoHe's not saying Trump is just a joke now, I think. But Trump really did start off as a mostly joke candidate- wouldn't it be funny? Can you imagine? Etc. And then he used his racism and psychopathic tendencies to win the race. And Mr. Paul here has both.
- Stranger43 8y agoBack in The 90ies a danish comedians PR stunt of an pretend campaing based on absurd promises led to him bring elected to parliament as an independent. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Conscientiously_Work-Shy_Elements https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Conscientiously_Wor... And that’s was an actual joke candidate who newer took the campaign seriously, an serious candidacy from a known celebrity have a high cance of success at a time when the establishment looks incompetent and corrupt.
- namdnay 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coluche#Presidential_bid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coluche#Presidential_bid
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