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I'm torn on this one. My gut agrees with you but that may have just been while he was running. Now that he's actually in the office it's easier for someone to say - sure, I'll be Secratary of State or defense or whatever. Virtually NOBODY thought he was going to win, now that he has I think he could convince people to work with him (if he chooses).
If there was anything close to a consensus regarding criminal justice reform among current politicians, more would have already been done to address the topic.
No. Just razing the White House and erecting the Trump House. Trump will reside in the penthouse on top, so that he can better survey his newly conquered territory.
Made the mistake of going for next in line instead of someone that people are excited about. Should've realized she was flawed after a very green Obama swept her aside in 2008.
To make this easier for the lazy folks (like me):
I heard quite a few people saying the candidates suck, and they weren't going to vote at all.Bruce Dickinson said:
The idea the RNC was actively working to suppress votes for Trump is down right ludicrous.
Criminal justice is much more a state and local issue than a federal one. I don't think a Trump presidency hinders states from moving forward with current reforms and reform initiatives.
Well according to an October 2015 report I saw, there were a little under 95,000 people in federal prison for drug crimes. And the federal system is where a lot of mandatory minimum sentencing happens. And there is no parole in federal prison.
As did I.
He says they're in pain. I get that. I struggle to best answer what the cause of such pain is.
Of course the MOE decreases with the number of samples. It just does so more slowly as the sample size increases. There is a diminishing return to sampling much beyond 1000.
Well the gerrymandering and Voters Right Act worked quite well as suppression-and the Trump campaign actually came out and said that suppression was one of their tactics. Don't have the article handy --
It's not an either/or proposition. You can choose to vote for a third party or not even vote at all as well.
Gerrymandering was a result of sweeping local election wins in 2010. That's the way it goes. Elections have consequences.
That comment is from July 2015, when Christie had his hat in the ring. Christie was referring to himself -- a hypothetical situation in the purported Christie Administration.
Again, what part of racism, misogyny and mimicking a disabled person has to do with PC? Its human decency.
Trump has flip-flopped. I don't think we really have any idea what his stance is.
Sorry for the long quote, and I respect your views (and eloquence) on the topic. But I can't help but notice the very "traditional" arrangement of the descriptions you give of the families around you. Husbands this, wives that, etc. Your description sounds like the the definition of a patriarchal society, one that I feel is at odds with my circle of friends. In my circle, typically both people in the couple work professional jobs. Employment is a shared responsibility, as is the rearing of the children. This spans across states (MA, NY, MD, GA, TX, CA) where I have close friends.
A political majority doesn't give you the power to run roughshod over the Constitution.
saying it over and over doesn't make it true. Nobody stopped them from voting yesterday. I would prefer if we voted on Thursday but I magically found a way to the polling place.
Safe spaces, trigger warnings, college students being entitled pricks.
A Federal Appeals Court ruling isn't good enough for you? and it's more involved than just physically stopping them from voting.
Yeah, I'm with you on that. But fail to see how that was a driving issue in the campaign.
in my opinion (I could be wrong, but I'm convinced this happened) the "driving issue of the campaign" was people from the rural areas DESPISING anything to do with "urban," "city," "media elite," "establishment," etc. Have you listened or read any of what Michael Moore has been saying the last month? It's all rolled in to this concept -- "these city jackholes are doing city jackhole things and we are second class citizens, and I'm angry and I hate it and WHY ISN'T ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION MY WAY OF LIFE IS DYING." THAT is what happened this election (and it gets further exasperated because when some poor sap says his "way of life is dying," some liberal ##### says something like: "oh, you mean racism and homophopia? That's dying? Good riddance."
