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[–] [email protected] 66 points 4 days ago (21 children)

Qualifications considered by those funding her campaign:

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (3 children)

She's also a Russian asset and a vaccine denier.

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[–] [email protected] 112 points 4 days ago (33 children)
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Can we just say that, going forward, if you're over 70, we don't want you in ANY high pressure leadership role.

Your career is over. Shuffle the fuck off.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago (7 children)

If the US had a single transferable vote system then you could comfortably vote for a third party, if you wanted to, without helping out the opponent you dislike the most.

You just rank the candidates, so you could rank Jill Stein as 1 if you want, then Harris as 2, and Trump below that. So then if Stein has fewer votes than Harris and Trump each have (likely) then her votes would transfer to whoever her voters ranked 2nd.

Under this system, a third party candidate is more likely to win (maybe you don't like Jill Stein, but conceivably a third party could produce a good candidate). The ballot under this system looks like this:

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Arizona Prop 140 is trying to implement this exact system. I hope it passes.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

And Colorado proposition 131

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Being President of the US is absolutely not the hardest job in the world if clowns like Trump and Bush could do it.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago

There's a difference in doing it and doing it well

[–] [email protected] 80 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nah this ain’t true. Under political accomplishments it should include “amazing Russian asset”

[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Having dinner in the same room with papa poopin (and everyone's favorite qanon and traitor, Michael Flynn) and not setting off a Geiger counter is definitely an achievement.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nothing to see here. Just a quick meet and greet with a traitor and a murderous dictator.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (5 children)

This thread mostly shows how broken the democratic system in the US is, not that she did anything wrong. Try coming to a real democracy with many parties and coalitions being formed. They actually thrive on dissent, finding compromise and collaborating for the greater good ;)

[–] [email protected] 44 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

Aside from having a friendly meal with Putin, I would say that disappearing for four years, only to suddenly show your face on election years to tear impressionable young, left-leaning voters away from a party that could actually win... that's not a good thing.

If she, or her party, were for real, they wouldn't disappear for four fucking years.

I just wish she, and all of her shills, would just crawl back into the hole they came out of. Hoping this happens in a couple of weeks when she inevitably falls off the face of the planet for another four years.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The fact that this thread replies to facts by going "b-but, Russia" like it's still fucking 2016 is just peak political literacy from USians. Not only do they vote for candidates everyone hates, they get absolutely piss mad if a candidate tries to run on issues their voters believe in.

I thought the issue with reddit was that it was full of idiots and bots, turns out it was just full of Americans lmao.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

For political accomplishments, she did managed to get invited to meeting with putin. You can't be just anybody. You have to give it to her.

As for the qualifications, trump showed us that you can do it at your own leisure, nobody will fire you if you won't do it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hardest job in the world?

Given how big a shitshow the US is, it feels like it's a much easier job than most leaders of state. I'd go as far as to say that if your platform isn't one of complete reform (it never is) it's probably one of the easiest jobs.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Third party? More like ten or twelve! I was gobsmacked when I saw how many presidential candidates were on my ballot who I haven't heard of.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

She's has experience going to Russia.

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