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biznatchio posted:Honestly people who try to paint is as "Jon Stewart said 'both sides are the same'" are loving idiots because that's not at all what he said. His point -- which was crystal clear if you're not drinking the loving rage koolaid -- was "we should be able to do better than two senile old men as choices; but that's what we've got -- but loving hell Trump is a horrible person". I’m 3rd party candidate or maybe abstaining this time.
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I'm old enough to remember Ross Perot's candidacy. He absolutely had a legitimate chance as 3rd party candidate until he went off the rails with bizarre accusations and his persona wore thin. Looking it up he finished with 18.9% of the vote. This was a guy who was not smooth, charismatic or anything like that. What I recall, before he got weird, was he sold himself as a straight shooter businessman focused on fiscal issues. It's not inconceivable to me that a self-funded (extremely rich, effectively) person could beat these two relics or compete with a chance to win in a future election but here we are. E: His wikipedia entry is pretty fascinating. His best polling was 39% in the Gallup. He got weird and the wheels fell off and he still approached 20%. I was going to vote for him early on, as a young dumbass but still. Big Ass On Fire fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Feb 22, 2024 |
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