U.S. 2016 Presidential Elections - Democrats' Discussion

[Lyrian Oligarchic Royal Empire]

You don't understand american politics.

Forced to choose between the Democrats and Republicans, I go with Democrats. They don't condemn me and don't act insane (with the exception of the progressive caucus.)

The Republicans are center-right. The Democrats are center-left.

The Republicans are Right Wing, and sprinting as far Right-ward as they can go.

[DBJ]

Maybe Kirsten Gillibrand, seems decent at first glance.

[The Liberated Territories]

The Republicans are center-right. The Democrats are center-left.

The Republicans are Right Wing, and sprinting as far Right-ward as they can go.

I could of sworn the Islamic Caliphs were further right wing than them...

[Sovereign Russian Federative Republics]

I'm ready for Hillary

[The Liberated Territories]

I'm ready for Hillary

Wow. Um, no comment.

[Lyrian Oligarchic Royal Empire]

The Republicans are Right Wing, and sprinting as far Right-ward as they can go.

I could of sworn the Islamic Caliphs were further right wing than them...

Yes, but that doesn't negate my sentence.

I said "sprinting as far Right-ward as they can go." That doesn't mean that there aren't people who are further Right than they are.

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Hilary will win the primary, period. I want Elizabeth Warren to run though simply because she will force Hilary to answer to the progressive base. It's the nature of the primaries, the Democratic one is a race to the center, the Republican one is a race off the right edge of the cliff.

We truly need to get past this problem where Republicans proudly state they're conservative but Democrats don't seem to want to identify as liberal or progressive. I'm sick of living in a two party country which consists of the center-right and the far-right.

Oh, and if Hilary ends up saying anything about wanting the government to crack down on e-cigs, I'm going to vote third party because I'm sick of this shit.

[The Liberated Territories]

I could of sworn the Islamic Caliphs were further right wing than them...

Yes, but that doesn't negate my sentence.

I said "sprinting as far Right-ward as they can go." That doesn't mean that there aren't people who are further Right than they are.

Touche, I concede.

The Republicans have shifted to the 'right', but they are only extremely 'right wing' in the context of a liberal democracy.

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Yes, but that doesn't negate my sentence.

I said "sprinting as far Right-ward as they can go." That doesn't mean that there aren't people who are further Right than they are.

Touche, I concede.

The Republicans have shifted to the 'right', but they are only extremely 'right wing' in the context of a liberal democracy.

Fair enough, but this is a liberal democracy, so they are indeed extreme.

[Othelos]

Hilary will win the primary, period. I want Elizabeth Warren to run though simply because she will force Hilary to answer to the progressive base. It's the nature of the primaries, the Democratic one is a race to the center, the Republican one is a race off the right edge of the cliff.

We truly need to get past this problem where Republicans proudly state they're conservative but Democrats don't seem to want to identify as liberal or progressive. I'm sick of living in a two party country which consists of the center-right and the far-right.

Oh, and if Hilary ends up saying anything about wanting the government to crack down on e-cigs, I'm going to vote third party because I'm sick of this shit.

Warren has said multiple times that she's not running.

[Lyrian Oligarchic Royal Empire]

Hilary will win the primary, period. I want Elizabeth Warren to run though simply because she will force Hilary to answer to the progressive base. It's the nature of the primaries, the Democratic one is a race to the center, the Republican one is a race off the right edge of the cliff.

We truly need to get past this problem where Republicans proudly state they're conservative but Democrats don't seem to want to identify as liberal or progressive. I'm sick of living in a two party country which consists of the center-right and the far-right.

Oh, and if Hilary ends up saying anything about wanting the government to crack down on e-cigs, I'm going to vote third party because I'm sick of this shit.

Warren has said multiple times that she's not running.

Did she go full Sherman?

[Tarsonis Survivors]

Those are not natural rights.
The Republicans are center-right. The Democrats are center-left.

You're making it one dimensional. The Democrats are a big tent centre party, the Republicans are right wing.

Hardly, both the Repubs and Dems are slaves to their fanatic bases, praising conservative and liberal policies respectively, and then argue over who's more center.

its all a dance, and there's not enough chairs for the rest of us.

[Othelos]

Warren has said multiple times that she's not running.

Did she go full Sherman?

heh?

[Lyrian Oligarchic Royal Empire]

Did she go full Sherman?

heh?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shermanesque_statement

[The Nuclear Fist]

You're making it one dimensional. The Democrats are a big tent centre party, the Republicans are right wing.

Hardly, both the Repubs and Dems are slaves to their fanatic bases, praising conservative and liberal policies respectively, and then argue over who's more center.

its all a dance, and there's not enough chairs for the rest of us.

So do you get the PBR and "ironic" fedora with that opinion or are there some forms you have to sign afterwards?

[MERIZoC]

Democratic politics are as interesting as an uncooked potato. It'll be Clinton. We can all go home now.

[Othelos]

heh?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shermanesque_statement

I guess so.

[Pope Joan]

I am getting appeals for money for party candidates, in the name of Elizabeth Warren.

I will never contribute to anything which uses the imprimatur of that fraud.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/0 ... r-j04.html

[Tarsonis Survivors]

Hardly, both the Repubs and Dems are slaves to their fanatic bases, praising conservative and liberal policies respectively, and then argue over who's more center.

its all a dance, and there's not enough chairs for the rest of us.

So do you get the PBR and "ironic" fedora with that opinion or are there some forms you have to sign afterwards?

I believe it's an MLP trilby and Socrates' chalice.

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Hilary will win the primary, period. I want Elizabeth Warren to run though simply because she will force Hilary to answer to the progressive base. It's the nature of the primaries, the Democratic one is a race to the center, the Republican one is a race off the right edge of the cliff.

We truly need to get past this problem where Republicans proudly state they're conservative but Democrats don't seem to want to identify as liberal or progressive. I'm sick of living in a two party country which consists of the center-right and the far-right.

Oh, and if Hilary ends up saying anything about wanting the government to crack down on e-cigs, I'm going to vote third party because I'm sick of this shit.

Warren has said multiple times that she's not running.

Because politicians never change their minds about running.

[Tarsonis Survivors]

I am getting appeals for money for party candidates, in the name of Elizabeth Warren.

I will never contribute to anything which uses the imprimatur of that fraud.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/0 ... r-j04.html

Why do you hate fake native Americans?

[Othelos]

Warren has said multiple times that she's not running.

Because politicians never change their minds about running.

I'm pretty sure that she isn't going to run, since she said three times that she has no interest and "will not run."

[Lyrian Oligarchic Royal Empire]

Because politicians never change their minds about running.

I'm pretty sure that she isn't going to run, since she said three times that she has no interest and "will not run."

And everyone knows that "will not run" is like "Betelgeuse". If you say it three times, Michael Keaton appears.

[Ngelmish]

The idea that Elizabeth Warren is the only Democrat who could run and challenge Hillary Clinton from the left is truly bizarre and smacks of either lazy thinking, low-information, or disingenuity. All of the Democrats currently making noises about running have positioned themselves to do precisely that, O'Malley aggressively so, Webb on selected economic and social positions, and Sanders from world political perspective. Even Chaffee, who has no credibility on such matters, is posturing to run to her left on foreign policy. The insistence that only Warren can challenge Clinton seems little more than myopic.

Of the all-but-declared field my favorite at the moment is O'Malley. It's a pity he won't get the nomination, he's the best available substitute for the position of president currently running.

[Geilinor]

The idea that Elizabeth Warren is the only Democrat who could run and challenge Hillary Clinton from the left is truly bizarre and smacks of either lazy thinking, low-information, or disingenuity. All of the Democrats currently making noises about running have positioned themselves to do precisely that, O'Malley aggressively so, Webb on selected economic and social positions, and Sanders from world political perspective. Even Chaffee, who has no credibility on such matters, is posturing to run to her left on foreign policy. The insistence that only Warren can challenge Clinton seems little more than myopic.

Of the all-but-declared field my favorite at the moment is O'Malley. It's a pity he won't get the nomination, he's the best available substitute for the position of president currently running.

On foreign policy, most Democrats are to the left of Clinton.