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Assuming age=experience=wisdom is pretty faulty when you consider the average sheltered-rear end white suburban boomers and trust fund idiots who make up the Republican party E: Like these two:  Ivan (the black one) is older, but he's lived a pampered housecat life since he was 8 weeks old. Egon's younger, but he comes from the streets, and seems much wiser and more chill as a result. Crow Jane fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Dec 6, 2018 |
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Tibalt posted:I mean, we could abolish the presidency. It's not a crazy idea. Abolish the state, problem solved
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Dec 6, 2018 19:33
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A minimum age for President only makes sense if you also set a maximum age. I'm fine with, say, 30-60.
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Crow Jane posted:Assuming age=experience=wisdom is pretty faulty when you consider the average sheltered-rear end white suburban boomers and trust fund idiots who make up the Republican party Seriously someone like AOC has had more relevant real-world experience of what America is than every 50-year-old trust fund baby who got in to Harvard on legacy admissions and slid into a finance job working for daddy's friends put together.
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Dec 6, 2018 19:34
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Unfortunately, the only thing that will probably happen is this poor woman getting deported. https://twitter.com/marclacey/status/1070746860099395584
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Setting minimum publically elected service requirements would be more effective at weeding out idiots and would effectively set age limits too.
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CuddleCryptid posted:Setting minimum publically elected service requirements would be more effective at weeding out idiots and would effectively set age limits too. Sorry Mr Lincoln, you've only served one term in the House you couldn't possibly be up to the task of running a country
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VitalSigns posted:Seriously someone like AOC has had more relevant real-world experience of what America is than every 50-year-old trust fund baby who got in to Harvard on legacy admissions and slid into a finance job working for daddy's friends put together.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:Sweet, are you proposing to make AOC the President of the United States, right this instant? I love her, but so far her experience consists of political activism and waitressing. She'll make a fine freshman House member, but you are loving crazy if you want someone with that resume to be your President. You learn a loving lot from waitressing and bartending, though. I'd love to see other politicians try it on a busy night, see how they do. If nothing else it proves she can multitask like a motherfucker.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:Sweet, are you proposing to make AOC the President of the United States, right this instant? I love her, but so far her experience consists of political activism and waitressing. She'll make a fine freshman House member, but you are loving crazy if you want someone with that resume to be your President. She would probably be way better than the last 6 presidents at least
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I think she also worked for one of the kennedies on policy or something. And has a degree in economics
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:Sweet, are you proposing to make AOC the President of the United States, right this instant? I love her, but so far her experience consists of political activism and waitressing. She'll make a fine freshman House member, but you are loving crazy if you want someone with that resume to be your President. If I had a magic make-AOC-president-now wand? Are you kidding, look who is president right now, is she going to be worse than that?
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Sooooo when do we start building guillotines in the town square? Anyone need me to run to Home Depot?
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AlBorlantern Corps posted:And has a degree in economics
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Dec 6, 2018 19:42
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I don't have a Twitter account and frankly, I've never had the desire to even get one. Until now. AOC tweets are really making me rethink jumping on twitter.
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AlBorlantern Corps posted:I think she also worked for one of the kennedies on policy or something. Yeah this is a really good point, it's weird how the young Latina woman's credentials and education are ignored, and even liberals boil her down to the menial labor job she had to do to survive in an economy run by supposedly experienced wise elder statesmen.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:Sweet, are you proposing to make AOC the President of the United States, right this instant? I love her, but so far her experience consists of political activism and waitressing. She'll make a fine freshman House member, but you are loving crazy if you want someone with that resume to be your President. As opposed to the trust fund assholes we have mostly had in the past? At this point I'm ready for Air Bud to throw his collar in the nomination ring.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:Sweet, are you proposing to make AOC the President of the United States, right this instant? I love her, but so far her experience consists of political activism and waitressing. She'll make a fine freshman House member, but you are loving crazy if you want someone with that resume to be your President. This begs the question, who would be better to run the country, a person of the working class who ran for office, or a gameshow host who cannot comprehend that they ever failed at anything, and got pushed into it by nazis? We're already off the rails here, and that sounds like  Not that I'm calling you a Trump supporter, but really? Don't play the game, change it.
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Do not get a twitter account. All the best tweets get singled out and you can find them in other places like this thread.
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VitalSigns posted:Yeah this is a really good point, it's weird how the young Latina woman's credentials and education are ignored, and even liberals boil her down to the menial labor job she had to do to survive in an economy run by supposedly experienced wise elder statesmen. probably because those aspects are way more likeable tbh
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Your Taint posted:Unfortunately, the only thing that will probably happen is this poor woman getting deported. Lol publishing this is almost certainly just going to hurt her and seems pretty despicable to me. Good job scoring an empty meaningless own on Trump that achieves nothing but hurting this lady dipshits.
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Dec 6, 2018 19:45
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Spun Dog posted:As opposed to the trust fund assholes we have mostly had in the past? At this point I'm ready for Air Bud to throw his collar in the nomination ring. yeah all these gatekeeping rules both real and hypothetical would still have let george w bush sail right through so frankly i don't see the point
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KickerOfMice posted:This begs the question, who would be better to run the country, a person of the working class who ran for office, or a gameshow host who cannot comprehend that they ever failed at anything? We're already off the rails here, and that sounds like Pretty sure "throwing a random person into high office without any real indication of how to run the country is absurd" was supposed to be the takeaway from the election, not "oh well we should just do it more"
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haveblue posted:Do not get a twitter account. All the best tweets get singled out and you can find them in other places like this thread. Counterpoint: get a Twitter account. It's the best social media network for jokes.
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TheScott2K posted:Counterpoint: get a Twitter account. It's the best social media network for jokes. Counter counter point, nazis
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Stexils posted:probably because those aspects are way more likeable tbh I don't think the people dismissing her as "just a waitress" are doing that because they think it's a compliment. CuddleCryptid posted:Pretty sure "throwing a random person into high office without any real indication of how to run the country is absurd" was supposed to be the takeaway from the election, not "oh well we should just do it more" FDR took bumpkins from all over the country and put them in charge of spinning up brand new federal departments and it worked great, because unlike the blue-blood Ivy Leaguers who run everything today, those people actually wanted the country to work for their fellow man instead of serve is a grift conveyor for the rich.
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VitalSigns posted:Yeah this is a really good point, it's weird how the young Latina woman's credentials and education are ignored, and even liberals boil her down to the menial labor job she had to do to survive in an economy run by supposedly experienced wise elder statesmen. KickerOfMice posted:This begs the question, who would be better to run the country, a person of the working class who ran for office, or a gameshow host who cannot comprehend that they ever failed at anything? We're already off the rails here, and that sounds like
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CuddleCryptid posted:Pretty sure "throwing a random person into high office without any real indication of how to run the country is absurd" was supposed to be the takeaway from the election, not "oh well we should just do it more" The average 25 year old college educated American would do an infinitely better job than Trump if for no other reason that they are not senile and likely not nearly as racist.
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CuddleCryptid posted:Pretty sure "throwing a random person into high office without any real indication of how to run the country is absurd" was supposed to be the takeaway from the election, not "oh well we should just do it more" Oh I know, it just steams me that the party always whining about Hollywood Types are the ones who have elected a movie star, and a gameshow host as president.  KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:This isn't, "who's a better President, Trump or AOC?" It's, "is AOC qualified to be President?" I think she is, if that is not obvious. I was just making a comparison. KickerOfMice fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Dec 6, 2018 |
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Calaveron posted:Counter counter point, nazis Counter counter counter point dunking on Nazis
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:Being an intern in a Congressional office and having a B.A. in Economics and IR does not qualify you to be President of the United States. The president's main effect is choosing good advisers and putting the right people in charge of executive departments, she would make better choices than probably the last 10 presidents did if not more. KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:This isn't, "who's a better President, Trump or AOC?" It's, "is AOC qualified to be President?" Yes she is, next question.
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Lightning Knight posted:The average 25 year old college educated American would do an infinitely better job than Trump if for no other reason that they are not senile and likely not nearly as racist.
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KickerOfMice posted:Oh I know, it just steams me that the party always whining about Hollywood Types are the ones who have elected a movie star, and a gameshow host as president. They hate all celebrities unless it's one of the rare ones that embraces Republicanism. Like every musician should just shut up about leftist politics and sing/play guitar/whatever, but Kid Rock, Ted Nugent and sometimes Kanye West are all very wise.
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Lightning Knight posted:Lol publishing this is almost certainly just going to hurt her and seems pretty despicable to me. Good job scoring an empty meaningless own on Trump that achieves nothing but hurting this lady dipshits. quote:Ms. Morales and Ms. Diaz approached The New York Times through their New Jersey lawyer, Anibal Romero, who is representing them on immigration matters. Ms. Morales said that she understood she could be fired or deported as a result of coming forward, though she has applied for protection under the asylum laws. She seems to understand the risks she is taking and she has representation in her issues, I don't think that the Times respecting her wishes and providing her a platform to knowingly publicize her story is 'despicable'.
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Even if you don’t think AOC is qualified to be president right now she’ll almost certainly be qualified by the time she’s constitutionally eligible. ^ I retract my objection and I was wrong then.
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What does the resume of a "qualified" President look like, exactly?
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Twitter hasn't pulled something stupid and dumb like banning female presenting nipples while harboring white supremacy and alt right nazi boards yet so
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TheScott2K posted:What does the resume of a "qualified" President look like, exactly? Yuge and beautiful.
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Lightning Knight posted:Even if you don’t think AOC is qualified to be president right now she’ll almost certainly be qualified by the time she’s constitutionally eligible.
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