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Author Topic: American Election Megathread - It's Over  (Read 720937 times)

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Re: American Election Megathread - It's Over
« Reply #9705 on: November 21, 2012, 11:19:11 am »
Quote from: mainiac on November 21, 2012, 10:17:33 am
They say that when two sides fight, the third side wins.

And yet a third party has never won the presidency.
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Re: American Election Megathread - It's Over
« Reply #9706 on: November 21, 2012, 11:19:11 am »
"Rule 33: Peace is good for business.
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Re: American Election Megathread - It's Over
« Reply #9707 on: November 21, 2012, 11:29:29 am »
Quote from: SealyStar on November 21, 2012, 11:19:11 am
Quote from: mainiac on November 21, 2012, 10:17:33 am
They say that when two sides fight, the third side wins.

And yet a third party has never won the presidency.

Sure they have. Otherwise we would still be choosing between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans.
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Re: American Election Megathread - It's Over
« Reply #9708 on: November 21, 2012, 11:40:55 am »
Quote from: SealyStar on November 21, 2012, 11:19:11 am
And yet a third party has never won the presidency.

The nifty thing about democracy is that it lets us settle our differences without killing each other.  True story!
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Re: American Election Megathread - It's Over
« Reply #9709 on: November 21, 2012, 01:17:21 pm »
Quote from: Nadaka on November 21, 2012, 11:29:29 am
Quote from: SealyStar on November 21, 2012, 11:19:11 am
Quote from: mainiac on November 21, 2012, 10:17:33 am
They say that when two sides fight, the third side wins.

And yet a third party has never won the presidency.

Sure they have. Otherwise we would still be choosing between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans.

Okay, "third parties" (and fourth, and fifth) have won if we include all the parties that ever won in 200+ years.

I mean that, at least within the last hundred years (or more), no party other than Democrats or Republicans has won. I'm referring to modern politics.
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Re: American Election Megathread - It's Over
« Reply #9710 on: November 21, 2012, 01:28:53 pm »
Well, the socialists were on track to become a major party in the early 1900s, before the red scare really kicked in.
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Re: American Election Megathread - It's Over
« Reply #9711 on: November 21, 2012, 01:58:25 pm »
Quote from: Eagle_eye on November 21, 2012, 01:28:53 pm
Well, the socialists were on track to become a major party in the early 1900s, before the red scare really kicked in.

Now they just really need credible politicians in their ranks.
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Re: American Election Megathread - It's Over
« Reply #9712 on: November 21, 2012, 01:58:57 pm »
I just want to say one thing, probably a bit late.

There is something i really like about Obama. I have no idea what it is tough.
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Re: American Election Megathread - It's Over
« Reply #9713 on: November 21, 2012, 02:23:50 pm »
Quote from: Nadaka on November 21, 2012, 11:29:29 am
Quote from: SealyStar on November 21, 2012, 11:19:11 am
Quote from: mainiac on November 21, 2012, 10:17:33 am
They say that when two sides fight, the third side wins.

And yet a third party has never won the presidency.

Sure they have. Otherwise we would still be choosing between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans.
Prove to me that we're not.
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Re: American Election Megathread - It's Over
« Reply #9714 on: November 21, 2012, 02:46:43 pm »
Quote from: Helgoland on November 21, 2012, 11:19:11 am
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RULE 34: If there is porn of it, a politician has been involved in a scandal related to it.
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Re: American Election Megathread - It's Over
« Reply #9715 on: November 21, 2012, 03:15:27 pm »
Quote from: miauw62 on November 21, 2012, 01:58:57 pm
I just want to say one thing, probably a bit late.

There is something i really like about Obama. I have no idea what it is tough.
He's pretty good lookin'.
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Re: American Election Megathread - It's Over
« Reply #9716 on: November 21, 2012, 03:21:26 pm »
Quote from: kaijyuu on November 21, 2012, 03:15:27 pm
Quote from: miauw62 on November 21, 2012, 01:58:57 pm
I just want to say one thing, probably a bit late.

There is something i really like about Obama. I have no idea what it is tough.
He's pretty good lookin'.

He is charismatic, young (reasonably) and gives good speeches.
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Re: American Election Megathread - It's Over
« Reply #9717 on: November 21, 2012, 03:41:28 pm »
He's not young so much as he looks young. Young for a President would be late 30's, Obama is 51.
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Re: American Election Megathread - It's Over
« Reply #9718 on: November 21, 2012, 03:49:22 pm »
He looks honest.

It's the ears.
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Re: American Election Megathread - It's Over
« Reply #9719 on: November 21, 2012, 04:01:02 pm »
Quote from: RedKing on November 21, 2012, 02:23:50 pm
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Quote from: SealyStar on November 21, 2012, 11:19:11 am
Quote from: mainiac on November 21, 2012, 10:17:33 am
They say that when two sides fight, the third side wins.

And yet a third party has never won the presidency.

Sure they have. Otherwise we would still be choosing between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans.
Prove to me that we're not.
Okay. The Whigs. existed for a while as a thirf-party till the federalist faded into irrelevancy, and they were a third party when the repubs came to town till THEY faded away.
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