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originally posted by: nwtrucker
a reply to: yuppa
Yep caught him on the radio the other day all over that battery charge on Trump's political man. Spent 3/4's of an hour spinning that against Trump.
First and last time I listen to that Schlumiel(?)
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originally posted by: nwtrucker
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: yuppa
If you vote for whom the radio people tell you to, then we deserve our mess of a government.
Yessir, all the 'Conservative' talk show hosts are now members of that 'comfort zone' of all rhetoric....their money is made..
originally posted by: Monger
a reply to: xuenchen
Firstly, your post is the ATS equivalent of 'The wall just got ten feet higher. Trust me.'
The 'trump legions' well has run dry. He has been drawing from a very limited pool of angry contrarians and reality TV obsessed 'low educateds' (who Donny loves, as we all know). They represent 15-20% of the population and cannot carry an election, but as we've seen these last few months they sure can punch above their weight when it come to destroying their own party.
Which is fitting, I think, because that party convinced them to consistently vote against their own best interest for decades.
originally posted by: yuppa
Y aknow MOst of the Delegates have been bought out from under trump AND the populace. Essentially making it plainly obvious YOUR VOTE dont COUNT. If they only want the delegates maybe they should pay all th e taxes in place of every american who voted who i s not a delagate.
The people need to stand up someday and say if you wont do as we want you dont get our taxes any more.
originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: yuppa
Y aknow MOst of the Delegates have been bought out from under trump AND the populace. Essentially making it plainly obvious YOUR VOTE dont COUNT. If they only want the delegates maybe they should pay all th e taxes in place of every american who voted who i s not a delagate.
The people need to stand up someday and say if you wont do as we want you dont get our taxes any more.
Parties are private organizations, they can do whatever they want. Furthermore, there is no right to vote according to the Constitution. Going by the text you have a right to representation but you have no right to choose your representative.
originally posted by: yuppa
SO we have to self represent then.
originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: yuppa
SO we have to self represent then.
In theory yes, in practice no. It's cost prohibitive to get on a national ballot. The high barrier to entry is intended to keep ballots to a manageable size but it has the effect that no one can get on a ballot. Every state has their own rules, their own filing dates, then there's the FEC rules for the federal side of things. All of these things have filing fees, and you need signatures in each state. That requires an infrastructure, thousands of volunteers, and several million dollars, and that's before we even get to what it costs to actually advertise and campaign.
It however is much easier to run for a state/local office and state legislatures, city councils, even congress have more impact on your day to day life than being president does.
originally posted by: Aazadan
Parties are private organizations, they can do whatever they want. Furthermore, there is no right to vote according to the Constitution. Going by the text you have a right to representation but you have no right to choose your representative.