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American Election Megathread - It's Over
GlyphGryph:
The fact that's its not shocking or unprecedented is what's most disturbing about it, honestly. :/
Mego:
--- Quote from: SalmonGod on April 28, 2012, 09:29:34 pm ---And on the corporate alliance/fuck-the-environment-for-profit side of things, we have stuff like a top Monsanto VP being appointed senior food safety adviser to the FDA
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Not to downplay this or anything else you said, but Monsanto has had former higher-ups working in government positions for years. Check out Food, Inc. for a thorough examination of how Monsanto has been pulling legal strings to ruin people's lives.
SalmonGod:
I'm not saying any of it is unprecedented (except the record-breaking prosecution of whistleblowers and perhaps the sheer absurdity of many secrecy measures) or that Obama is the worst anything ever. I'm just saying that there are plenty of very strong and legitimate reasons not to trust or support him. I wanted to spotlight the most clear-cut of them (that I know off the top of my head and can dig up sources on with a little bit of searching), because it seems like every critical discussion of Obama ends up being really vague or just plain crazy. I could list more, but I would either have to do a lot more research or start getting into stuff that's based on more personal measures and interpretations.
I can see why people would vote for him, given their range of choices. I get nervous when people talk about him as anything better than the lesser of two evils. Sure, put him in office to keep the other guy out of office, but then don't let his charisma lower your guard. He needs to be kept on a very fucking tight leash.
Willfor:
Gandhi could be elected president of the US*, and you'd still have to keep him on a tight leash. The American Presidency has too much power and responsibility packed into a single office.
* figure of speech, impossibility in reality
Luke_Prowler:
Despite the fact that the Executive is the weakest of the three branches of the government
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