Harris the Magnanomous, President of All Americans, will have a Pub in cabinet

Obviously

 

This. One of the major problems with US politics is The electorate is nearly a 50-50 split on political party. But when one of the parties gets in power They treat it like it's a mandate and they got 100% of the vote. There's no compromise anymore and thus very little actual useful legislation gets passed. Coalitions are a good thing

 

Lol! Ty! That is perfect! Copied to my clipboard, tee'd up for wide distribution.

 

Actually, the problem is that 1/2 of the country not only no longer fears or disdains communism, but seems willing to surrender our freedom to give it a try, bc...

... we're the special people for whom it will finally work, bc there is no end to debt spending, and therefore no need for accountability, fiscal responsibility, or even being productive... we've created the perfect currency that cannot collapse, and therefore we may write our own ticket, and go full Oprah on a national level...

...endless utopia...

Half the country believes this, bc their Beijing puppet masters tell them so...

...and they'll tell you you're weird for not believing thusly.

 

You realize you're proving my point? Even if what you said is true (which it isn't) you'd still want a coalition govt to prevent radical communists from instilling their agenda. Otherwise, when radical Chicom Democrats get control they're just gonna install radical Chicom policies. And we know you don't want that.

 

This is the fear of a government dominated by one party: that like you, members of a party can only see the 80 mil people on the other side as evil idiots that must have decisions made for them. Of course, as Channing notes, that side feels the same way about you. And of course, both sides are usually wrong.

Study finds people are consistently and confidently wrong about those with opposing views

 

It’s a good point, the country is fairly split evenly.
However, I disagree with your next point. What do you think we need passed?
If anything, we need to repeal and decrease legislation.
Gridlock is fine by me.

 

rick - is it irony to post a TDS video on a thread with no mentions of trump at the time?

Remind me who has a bit of an obsession problem?

 

I think if your idea of intellectual diversity is "Democrat and Republican" then you are kind of a goober TBH

 

We have a winner take all political system, I don't care for it, but it is what it is. Why the people most committed to the Constitution dont seem to understand this and keep hoping people operate against all the incentives, I can't say.

 

I agree, you are a goober.

 

The communism comments are so hyperbolic. Pure fear mongering.

 

Because we can’t all operate as shit heads or this country fails.

 

Perhaps, but if you don’t think that political parties inculcate group think among their members, I’m not sure your judgement regarding who is a goober is going to be very reliable either.

 

Id rather Harris stuff her in one.

 

Imo, broadly speaking, the federal govt exists to serve 3 purposes. Secure the country (military and borders) protect individual rights, and regulate the economy where the free market fails (banking, insurance, healthcare, environment.)

We're going to disagree on what that means, but that's what the govt should be doing.

Gridlock isn't the same as small govt.

 

Because the govt was set up for compromise to govern all. That's why the original vice president was the person who received the 2nd most votes. Thus almost guaranteeing having to work with the other party. It wasn't always winner take all. Our two party system injected with shitloads of money has caused that.

 

@GatorRade is a goober but he gets a seat at our toohot hazy IPA beer summit with me, you and @docspor

 

I mean after Adams/Jefferson, they agreed that was stupid and changed the VP thing. This was within the lifetimes of the people that created it.