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Vote Blue, no matter who
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RE: Vote Blue, no matter who
(February 8, 2020 at 3:21 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote:
(February 8, 2020 at 2:56 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Yeah, but we need actual good picks to pick those judges. Not just "republican, or republican lite". We can't force the dems to give us good options, if we keep settling on "I'm not quite as bad as that other guy, though I take money from the same donors as he does".

Maybe then the whole office of the president should be removed because it makes most people angry, plus, without the president, people could perhaps concentrate more on what their senators and congressmen are doing--who are actual lawmakers. I mean in the last two years Democrats in Congress brought laws on health care, voting rights, gun control, education, and so much more. The House passed ALL of them, but are sitting in the Senate because Republican senators don't do anything.

And what is the equivalent of president in the ancient Rome on which US democracy was built? Probably emperor, and Romans also didn't like their emperors very much, nor did they find much use for them. They mostly organized wars and pretended to be gods.

Actually, the best equivalent would have been consuls under the Republic.  They were elected by the Senate and had pretty extensive legislative and judicial authority.  The best bit is that they served for only one year.  The other best bit is that there were always two consuls at the same time, and they could veto each others' actions.

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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Vote Blue, no matter who - by Foxaèr - February 7, 2020 at 10:24 am
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by The Grand Nudger - February 7, 2020 at 10:29 am
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Chad32 - February 7, 2020 at 10:40 am
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Foxaèr - February 7, 2020 at 10:52 am
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Rev. Rye - February 7, 2020 at 11:03 am
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Chad32 - February 7, 2020 at 11:03 am
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by The Grand Nudger - February 7, 2020 at 11:15 am
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Chad32 - February 7, 2020 at 11:52 am
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by The Grand Nudger - February 7, 2020 at 12:12 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Chad32 - February 7, 2020 at 12:29 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by The Grand Nudger - February 7, 2020 at 12:34 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by onlinebiker - February 7, 2020 at 12:38 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Mister Agenda - February 7, 2020 at 1:04 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by LastPoet - February 7, 2020 at 1:09 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Fake Messiah - February 7, 2020 at 1:19 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Chad32 - February 7, 2020 at 1:31 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 7, 2020 at 2:15 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Nay_Sayer - February 7, 2020 at 1:23 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Mister Agenda - February 7, 2020 at 7:16 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Chad32 - February 7, 2020 at 7:22 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by ReptilianPeon - February 7, 2020 at 7:37 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Shell B - February 7, 2020 at 7:56 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Athene - February 7, 2020 at 11:46 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by WinterHold - February 8, 2020 at 3:49 am
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by ReptilianPeon - February 8, 2020 at 6:52 am
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Foxaèr - February 8, 2020 at 8:55 am
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Fake Messiah - February 8, 2020 at 2:50 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Chad32 - February 8, 2020 at 2:56 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Fake Messiah - February 8, 2020 at 3:21 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 8, 2020 at 3:40 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by The Grand Nudger - February 8, 2020 at 5:13 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by ReptilianPeon - February 8, 2020 at 5:25 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Chad32 - February 8, 2020 at 5:58 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 8, 2020 at 6:10 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Chad32 - February 8, 2020 at 6:23 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 8, 2020 at 6:31 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by ReptilianPeon - February 8, 2020 at 7:07 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by The Grand Nudger - February 8, 2020 at 6:12 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Chad32 - February 8, 2020 at 6:33 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by The Valkyrie - February 8, 2020 at 7:02 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by onlinebiker - February 8, 2020 at 8:20 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by The Valkyrie - February 8, 2020 at 11:57 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by EgoDeath - February 8, 2020 at 7:59 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Hillbillyatheist - February 8, 2020 at 11:57 pm
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by EgoDeath - February 9, 2020 at 12:05 am
RE: Vote Blue, no matter who - by Prime Time - February 9, 2020 at 5:31 am

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