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Vote for the candidate who doesn't make you seriously question whether there will be another election in 4 years?

homonculus1 7y ago
The only thing that makes me question that is noting which candidates are trying to disarm every citizen who isn't on a police force.
newfriend 7y ago
No one who is grounded in reality is seriously questioning that. You are just being hyperbolic.
- mrguyorama 7y ago
  If Trump just didn't leave the Oval Office, who would stop him? The republican senate that doesn't care about him violating the constitution?
  - lolc 7y ago
    You know a lot can be said about deficiencies in the democratic process in the U.S. but the crazy guy would just be removed. He'd need decisive support from the military to stay and ride out the fact that he lost all democratic legitimacy. I don't see a coup on the horizon. Do you?
  - AlohaFractal 7y ago
    I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Trump's actions that you imagine to be constitutional violations are probably actions that you personally disagree with, but are not actually constitutional violations. Republicans as a group care deeply about the Constitution, and the Constitution is clear about when the term of the presidency ends. He would not have the support of the Republicans in the Senate if he chose to remain in office past the expiration of his term.
    - dragonwriter 7y ago
      > Republicans as a group care deeply about the Constitution Well, they say that a lot, I can't see any evidence that it's particularly true in general (it's definitely true that there are things that they care about that they cite their particular interpretation of the Constitution to support, though on issues like executive vs. legislative power their deeply held Constitutional beliefs seem to flip 180° when you flip which parties are in power in the respective branches; the Constitution seems to be more of an identity touchstone than a document whose actual content is of particular concern.)
    - monadic2 7y ago
      > Republicans as a group care deeply about the Constitution ...you mean power. It’s just a means to an end.

The only thing that makes me question that is noting which candidates are trying to disarm every citizen who isn't on a police force.

newfriend 7y ago

No one who is grounded in reality is seriously questioning that. You are just being hyperbolic.

mrguyorama 7y ago
If Trump just didn't leave the Oval Office, who would stop him? The republican senate that doesn't care about him violating the constitution?
- lolc 7y ago
  You know a lot can be said about deficiencies in the democratic process in the U.S. but the crazy guy would just be removed. He'd need decisive support from the military to stay and ride out the fact that he lost all democratic legitimacy. I don't see a coup on the horizon. Do you?
- AlohaFractal 7y ago
  I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Trump's actions that you imagine to be constitutional violations are probably actions that you personally disagree with, but are not actually constitutional violations. Republicans as a group care deeply about the Constitution, and the Constitution is clear about when the term of the presidency ends. He would not have the support of the Republicans in the Senate if he chose to remain in office past the expiration of his term.
  - dragonwriter 7y ago
    > Republicans as a group care deeply about the Constitution Well, they say that a lot, I can't see any evidence that it's particularly true in general (it's definitely true that there are things that they care about that they cite their particular interpretation of the Constitution to support, though on issues like executive vs. legislative power their deeply held Constitutional beliefs seem to flip 180° when you flip which parties are in power in the respective branches; the Constitution seems to be more of an identity touchstone than a document whose actual content is of particular concern.)
  - monadic2 7y ago
    > Republicans as a group care deeply about the Constitution ...you mean power. It’s just a means to an end.