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« Reply #3200 on: May 16, 2020, 12:10:24 PM »
Amash just dropped out.

That didn’t last long.

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« Reply #3201 on: May 16, 2020, 11:09:47 PM »
Amash just dropped out.

That didn’t last long.
Think Nader or Perot called him?

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« Reply #3202 on: May 16, 2020, 11:13:44 PM »
Amash just dropped out.

That didn’t last long.
Think Nader or Perot called him?
Probably not Ross Perot...

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« Reply #3203 on: May 17, 2020, 05:03:29 AM »
Amash just dropped out.

That didn’t last long.
Think Nader or Perot called him?
Probably not Ross Perot...
Why not? You don’t think Amash would listen to the ghost of third-parties past?:-P

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« Reply #3204 on: May 17, 2020, 06:12:19 AM »
Amash just dropped out.

That didn’t last long.
I guess that puts Vermin Supreme in the lead for LP Pres.  LOL

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« Reply #3205 on: May 27, 2020, 06:45:11 AM »
I find myself very alone when I start to argue this, but I don't think Perot caused Clinton's 1992 win. He was a sign of a weak incumbent.

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« Reply #3206 on: May 27, 2020, 06:56:15 AM »
I find myself very alone when I start to argue this, but I don't think Perot caused Clinton's 1992 win. He was a sign of a weak incumbent.

I agree.  Perot may have allowed for an even bigger Clinton landslide, but George H W Bush had truly awful approval numbers going into his re-election.  According to fivethirtyeight in September 1992, Bush had 32.6% approval rating and a 55.5% disapproval rating.

No amount of favorable electoral college breakdown can overcome an approval rating in the low 30s.

Put another way, Clinton's victory looks much less impressive in hindsight.  Almost anyone could have beaten a sitting president that unpopular, with or without a 3rd party "spoiler".  Only Jimmy Carter was as unpopular going into re-election, and he also got creamed.

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« Reply #3207 on: May 27, 2020, 08:58:26 AM »
Same.

I get that realistically, for now, the president will be either the R or the D, but the notion that any other potential options are "stealing" votes from either candidate or that they play "spoiler"  is the language that normalizes and entrenches what George Washington warned us about - the alternate domination of one party over another, eventually causing folks to seek security in the absolute power of an individual.

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« Reply #3208 on: May 27, 2020, 09:44:22 AM »
Same.

I get that realistically, for now, the president will be either the R or the D, but the notion that any other potential options are "stealing" votes from either candidate or that they play "spoiler"  is the language that normalizes and entrenches what George Washington warned us about - the alternate domination of one party over another, eventually causing folks to seek security in the absolute power of an individual.

Except in a way, GW was wrong. There is a struggle between 2 parties, but eventually the Whigs died out. And American democracy continued by another party taking its place. And even then you've had factions of parties that then struggle for the soul of the party.

The radical republicans of the Reconstruction Era. The Stalwarts that more or less caused the assassination of Garfield. The Bull-Moose/ Populist parties of the early 1900's. The socialist/communist movements of the 50's, the party realignments during the Civil Rights era. And I believe today we will see the old guard die off in the next 15 years and the politics of both parties will shift quite dramatically.

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« Reply #3209 on: May 27, 2020, 11:45:17 AM »
Same.

I get that realistically, for now, the president will be either the R or the D, but the notion that any other potential options are "stealing" votes from either candidate or that they play "spoiler"  is the language that normalizes and entrenches what George Washington warned us about - the alternate domination of one party over another, eventually causing folks to seek security in the absolute power of an individual.

Except in a way, GW was wrong. There is a struggle between 2 parties, but eventually the Whigs died out. And American democracy continued by another party taking its place. And even then you've had factions of parties that then struggle for the soul of the party.

The radical republicans of the Reconstruction Era. The Stalwarts that more or less caused the assassination of Garfield. The Bull-Moose/ Populist parties of the early 1900's. The socialist/communist movements of the 50's, the party realignments during the Civil Rights era. And I believe today we will see the old guard die off in the next 15 years and the politics of both parties will shift quite dramatically.

Republican party politics have shifted dramatically since even just the Reagan administration.  They're almost a completely different party right now.

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« Reply #3210 on: May 27, 2020, 11:56:02 AM »
Same.

I get that realistically, for now, the president will be either the R or the D, but the notion that any other potential options are "stealing" votes from either candidate or that they play "spoiler"  is the language that normalizes and entrenches what George Washington warned us about - the alternate domination of one party over another, eventually causing folks to seek security in the absolute power of an individual.

Except in a way, GW was wrong. There is a struggle between 2 parties, but eventually the Whigs died out. And American democracy continued by another party taking its place. And even then you've had factions of parties that then struggle for the soul of the party.

The radical republicans of the Reconstruction Era. The Stalwarts that more or less caused the assassination of Garfield. The Bull-Moose/ Populist parties of the early 1900's. The socialist/communist movements of the 50's, the party realignments during the Civil Rights era. And I believe today we will see the old guard die off in the next 15 years and the politics of both parties will shift quite dramatically.

Republican party politics have shifted dramatically since even just the Reagan administration.  They're almost a completely different party right now.

Well, except for using dog-whistle racism.

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« Reply #3211 on: May 27, 2020, 12:44:53 PM »
Same.

I get that realistically, for now, the president will be either the R or the D, but the notion that any other potential options are "stealing" votes from either candidate or that they play "spoiler"  is the language that normalizes and entrenches what George Washington warned us about - the alternate domination of one party over another, eventually causing folks to seek security in the absolute power of an individual.

Except in a way, GW was wrong. There is a struggle between 2 parties, but eventually the Whigs died out. And American democracy continued by another party taking its place. And even then you've had factions of parties that then struggle for the soul of the party.

The radical republicans of the Reconstruction Era. The Stalwarts that more or less caused the assassination of Garfield. The Bull-Moose/ Populist parties of the early 1900's. The socialist/communist movements of the 50's, the party realignments during the Civil Rights era. And I believe today we will see the old guard die off in the next 15 years and the politics of both parties will shift quite dramatically.

Republican party politics have shifted dramatically since even just the Reagan administration.  They're almost a completely different party right now.

Well, except for using dog-whistle racism.

Yeah, I'd say they're more or less the same today as Nixon-era GOP. They just got worse at economics when Reagan decided that "trickle-down" was a thing. Most populist/younger GOP don't seem to believe in this like Reagan through Trump did. The GOP's autopsy report from 2008/2012 did mention trying to appeal more to Latinos that would have been more in line with a Reagan/Bush strategy, but Trump found a small hole of disaffected northern whites to win him the presidency. I imagine that after Trump, the older GOP will try to realign around a Reagan/Bush type strategy.

The younger left is starting to rally around FDR style politics, so I could imagine the younger GOP looking more like an Eisenhower style party.

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« Reply #3212 on: May 27, 2020, 04:08:19 PM »
Same.

I get that realistically, for now, the president will be either the R or the D, but the notion that any other potential options are "stealing" votes from either candidate or that they play "spoiler"  is the language that normalizes and entrenches what George Washington warned us about - the alternate domination of one party over another, eventually causing folks to seek security in the absolute power of an individual.

Except in a way, GW was wrong. There is a struggle between 2 parties, but eventually the Whigs died out. And American democracy continued by another party taking its place. And even then you've had factions of parties that then struggle for the soul of the party.

The radical republicans of the Reconstruction Era. The Stalwarts that more or less caused the assassination of Garfield. The Bull-Moose/ Populist parties of the early 1900's. The socialist/communist movements of the 50's, the party realignments during the Civil Rights era. And I believe today we will see the old guard die off in the next 15 years and the politics of both parties will shift quite dramatically.

Well, he was ultimately right in that the alternate domination causes us to elect presidents that we demand act as emperors. We've all but dismissed the idea that our laws should come from congress and instead we focus our limited attention/aggression on the presidential candidate to see what laws they will enact via executive order - which is a tacit admission that we don't really want a congress.  We want a president who will deliver on their multitude of promises no matter what.


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« Reply #3213 on: May 27, 2020, 05:37:50 PM »

- BIG SNIP -

The younger left is starting to rally around FDR style politics, so I could imagine the younger GOP looking more like an Eisenhower style party.

I think either is a huge improvement. 

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« Reply #3214 on: May 27, 2020, 10:17:47 PM »
Can I bleach my brain now:

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« Reply #3215 on: May 30, 2020, 03:08:22 PM »
^That is a good look, but (and I'm surprised I can say this about a VP nominee) what is the deal with his left nipple?

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« Reply #3216 on: May 30, 2020, 06:10:35 PM »
Heard the Libertarian candidate - Jo Jorgensen - give an interview on NPR.  In under a minute she eliminated any notion I might have had of voting for the Libertarians this cycle (and perhaps any cycle).

She claimed that government “house arrest” orders were solely responsible for the crash in the economy, not the pandemic.  In her view, individuals should be the only ones to decide whether they were a risk to society, and if allowed to make their own decisions all people would do what was best in a global pandemic.  She said testing would have allowed everyone to make an informed decision, but no one should be compelled to take a test or have their temperature taken.

In what was an obvious question, she was asked about her VP - Spike Cohen  - a self described anarchist who once ran for office promising everyone a free pony.  Curiously Jorgensen said she and Spike had more experience holding office than Joe Biden.  Even more strange, she said that Cohen now was a libertarian, and was following her platform.  Twice she said the platform and views came from her, rather than her subscribing to the libertarian ideology.  “We have a platform that is mine.”

Read the transcript or listen to the interview here:
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/30/866059206/libertarians-name-2020-candidate-meet-jo-jorgensen


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« Reply #3217 on: May 31, 2020, 06:56:18 AM »
Same.

I get that realistically, for now, the president will be either the R or the D, but the notion that any other potential options are "stealing" votes from either candidate or that they play "spoiler"  is the language that normalizes and entrenches what George Washington warned us about - the alternate domination of one party over another, eventually causing folks to seek security in the absolute power of an individual.

Except in a way, GW was wrong. There is a struggle between 2 parties, but eventually the Whigs died out. And American democracy continued by another party taking its place. And even then you've had factions of parties that then struggle for the soul of the party.

The radical republicans of the Reconstruction Era. The Stalwarts that more or less caused the assassination of Garfield. The Bull-Moose/ Populist parties of the early 1900's. The socialist/communist movements of the 50's, the party realignments during the Civil Rights era. And I believe today we will see the old guard die off in the next 15 years and the politics of both parties will shift quite dramatically.

Well, he was ultimately right in that the alternate domination causes us to elect presidents that we demand act as emperors. We've all but dismissed the idea that our laws should come from congress and instead we focus our limited attention/aggression on the presidential candidate to see what laws they will enact via executive order - which is a tacit admission that we don't really want a congress.  We want a president who will deliver on their multitude of promises no matter what.

This also goes into the politicization of the Supreme Court. Congress doesn't write laws we want so legislation is now abdicated to the Legislative and Executive branches. If they didn't write 1,000 pages bills that are full of places for regulations to fill in the details we wouldn't need the Supreme Court to intervene in every major (and many minor) pieces of legislation.

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« Reply #3218 on: May 31, 2020, 09:22:09 AM »
Same.

I get that realistically, for now, the president will be either the R or the D, but the notion that any other potential options are "stealing" votes from either candidate or that they play "spoiler"  is the language that normalizes and entrenches what George Washington warned us about - the alternate domination of one party over another, eventually causing folks to seek security in the absolute power of an individual.

Except in a way, GW was wrong. There is a struggle between 2 parties, but eventually the Whigs died out. And American democracy continued by another party taking its place. And even then you've had factions of parties that then struggle for the soul of the party.

The radical republicans of the Reconstruction Era. The Stalwarts that more or less caused the assassination of Garfield. The Bull-Moose/ Populist parties of the early 1900's. The socialist/communist movements of the 50's, the party realignments during the Civil Rights era. And I believe today we will see the old guard die off in the next 15 years and the politics of both parties will shift quite dramatically.

Well, he was ultimately right in that the alternate domination causes us to elect presidents that we demand act as emperors. We've all but dismissed the idea that our laws should come from congress and instead we focus our limited attention/aggression on the presidential candidate to see what laws they will enact via executive order - which is a tacit admission that we don't really want a congress.  We want a president who will deliver on their multitude of promises no matter what.

This also goes into the politicization of the Supreme Court. Congress doesn't write laws we want so legislation is now abdicated to the Legislative and Executive branches. If they didn't write 1,000 pages bills that are full of places for regulations to fill in the details we wouldn't need the Supreme Court to intervene in every major (and many minor) pieces of legislation.

Are you insinuating that SCOTUS is more ‘active’ today than in previous generations?  If so, what evidence do you have to support such a notion?

From an historical perspective, I don’t see the courts weighing in any more (or less) frequently or with any more (or less) ideological bias than they did in the eighteenth, nineteenth or twentieth centuries.  Further, one could argue that the founders recognized these inherent tendencies and designed the courts with this in mind (i.e. nine justices with lifetime appointments and numerous other safeguards to prevent overt influence by the other branches of government).

THe one area where there does seem to be evidence of polarization is with the nomination process, with most of the most recent justices being confirmed with scant majorities and largely along party lines - though there is certainly a few historical nominations which went along similar routes.  Though I haven’t seen much evidence that even a cantankerous nomination results in more or less polarization one seated either among justices or with individual rulings.

‘Legislating from the bench’ is an oft-heard phrase whenever one side doesn’t agree with a court’s ruling, whereas rulings they do agree with are typically described as “originalist’ or ‘sound legal ____’. In other words, the ‘abdication’ of legislation to the courts is largely in the eye of the beholder.

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« Reply #3219 on: May 31, 2020, 10:03:33 AM »
Same.

I get that realistically, for now, the president will be either the R or the D, but the notion that any other potential options are "stealing" votes from either candidate or that they play "spoiler"  is the language that normalizes and entrenches what George Washington warned us about - the alternate domination of one party over another, eventually causing folks to seek security in the absolute power of an individual.

Except in a way, GW was wrong. There is a struggle between 2 parties, but eventually the Whigs died out. And American democracy continued by another party taking its place. And even then you've had factions of parties that then struggle for the soul of the party.

The radical republicans of the Reconstruction Era. The Stalwarts that more or less caused the assassination of Garfield. The Bull-Moose/ Populist parties of the early 1900's. The socialist/communist movements of the 50's, the party realignments during the Civil Rights era. And I believe today we will see the old guard die off in the next 15 years and the politics of both parties will shift quite dramatically.

Well, he was ultimately right in that the alternate domination causes us to elect presidents that we demand act as emperors. We've all but dismissed the idea that our laws should come from congress and instead we focus our limited attention/aggression on the presidential candidate to see what laws they will enact via executive order - which is a tacit admission that we don't really want a congress.  We want a president who will deliver on their multitude of promises no matter what.

This also goes into the politicization of the Supreme Court. Congress doesn't write laws we want so legislation is now abdicated to the Legislative and Executive branches. If they didn't write 1,000 pages bills that are full of places for regulations to fill in the details we wouldn't need the Supreme Court to intervene in every major (and many minor) pieces of legislation.

Are you insinuating that SCOTUS is more ‘active’ today than in previous generations?  If so, what evidence do you have to support such a notion?

From an historical perspective, I don’t see the courts weighing in any more (or less) frequently or with any more (or less) ideological bias than they did in the eighteenth, nineteenth or twentieth centuries.  Further, one could argue that the founders recognized these inherent tendencies and designed the courts with this in mind (i.e. nine justices with lifetime appointments and numerous other safeguards to prevent overt influence by the other branches of government).

THe one area where there does seem to be evidence of polarization is with the nomination process, with most of the most recent justices being confirmed with scant majorities and largely along party lines - though there is certainly a few historical nominations which went along similar routes.  Though I haven’t seen much evidence that even a cantankerous nomination results in more or less polarization one seated either among justices or with individual rulings.

‘Legislating from the bench’ is an oft-heard phrase whenever one side doesn’t agree with a court’s ruling, whereas rulings they do agree with are typically described as “originalist’ or ‘sound legal ____’. In other words, the ‘abdication’ of legislation to the courts is largely in the eye of the beholder.

I would argue that the amount of emphasis the public places on the Supreme Court to decide things their way is what has changed. I can't say what things were like 50-100 years ago but I don't think people placed as much emphasis on having the Supreme Court make policy as they have in the last few decades.

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« Reply #3220 on: May 31, 2020, 03:16:39 PM »
I would argue that the amount of emphasis the public places on the Supreme Court to decide things their way is what has changed. I can't say what things were like 50-100 years ago but I don't think people placed as much emphasis on having the Supreme Court make policy as they have in the last few decades.

Dredd Scott - 1857 - Blacks who's ancestors were brought to the US as slaves are not citizens themselves, and have no standing to sue anyone. Also slaves are property, and no law can be made depriving someone of their property.

Homer Plessy - 1896 - Finding that "separate but equal" does not violate the constitution so segregated accommodations were perfectly fine.

Abrams v US - 1919 - Finding that "disloyal language" was not protected free speech and therefore anti-war activists can in fact be jailed under the Espionage Act.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Mellon - 1923 - Finding that taxpayers don't have standing to sue over what their taxes go for (someone sued because the feds started funding health services for mothers and infants).

Buck v. Bell - 1927 - Finding that forced sterilization of mentally incompetent people was perfectly fine and legal.

Near v. Minnesota - 1931 - Finding that the press is in fact free and can say what it wants, regardless of whether politicians like it or not.

Brown v. Board of Education - 1954 - Finally finding that "separate but equal" was not in fact constitutional and desegregating schools.

Engel v. Vitale - 1962 - Finding that forced prayer in public schools is in fact unconstitutional, since it's a branch of the government "establishing a religion".

Gideon v. Wainwright - 1963 - Establishing a public defender as a basic right.

Reynold v. Sims - 1964 - Requiring legislative districts to be of equal population.

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US - 1964 - Establishing that the Civil Rights Act was in fact constitutional.

Miranda v. Arizona - 1966 - Where the "Miranda Rights" come from.

Loving v. Virginia - 1967 - Striking down bans on interracial marriage.

Terry v. Ohio - 1968 - Establishing the "probable cause" metric for police searches.

Brandenburg v. Ohio - 1969 - Establishing that speech is free even when it comes from Nazis' and the KKK and that you can only prosecute people for directly inciting "imminent lawless action".

Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp. - 1971 - Finding that family status (like whether you have kids) is part of the Civil Rights Act and therefore you can't discriminate by that criterion.

Wisconsin v. Yoder  - 1972- Finding that the state can't force your kids to go to school if it's against the parent's religion.

Roe v. Wade - 1973


These are all 47-163 year old cases, and they're just ones I picked from a list after a quick google. I think it's a completely baseless assumption that the court "didn't used to be politicized as much", do you have any evidence of that?

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« Reply #3221 on: May 31, 2020, 07:09:51 PM »


‘Legislating from the bench’ is an oft-heard phrase whenever one side doesn’t agree with a court’s ruling, whereas rulings they do agree with are typically described as “originalist’ or ‘sound legal ____’. In other words, the ‘abdication’ of legislation to the courts is largely in the eye of the beholder.

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« Reply #3222 on: May 31, 2020, 07:23:53 PM »



I would argue that the amount of emphasis the public places on the Supreme Court to decide things their way is what has changed. I can't say what things were like 50-100 years ago but I don't think people placed as much emphasis on having the Supreme Court make policy as they have in the last few decades.


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The precedents the Court has handed down since the 1920s have been a remarkable boon to the liberty of civil society.
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« Reply #3223 on: June 09, 2020, 06:56:25 AM »
What about Lochner?