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Your Presidential Candidate.
October 30, 2019 at 8:20 am
Get creative. Name one you would vote for.
Mine -
Bob Odenkirk. From Breaking Bad and star of Better Call Saul.
We already have had a couple of TV personalities and lots of lawyers.
So why not a TV personality that was on a show with better ratings AND as a bonus - played a great sleazy lawyer?
Better Vote Saul.
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RE: Your Presidential Candidate.
October 30, 2019 at 8:38 am
Mr Rogers. He'd get everyone's vote, and fix everything so well, they'd get rid of term limits.
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RE: Your Presidential Candidate.
October 30, 2019 at 9:20 am
(October 30, 2019 at 8:38 am)Chad32 Wrote: Mr Rogers. He'd get everyone's vote, and fix everything so well, they'd get rid of term limits.
And he's dead.
Dead polititians - the best kind.
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RE: Your Presidential Candidate.
October 30, 2019 at 9:25 am
You lot could get a better crop of candidates if you'd get rid of that stupid 'have to be born in America' rule. Some of the best leaders in history led countries in which they weren't born.
Boru
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RE: Your Presidential Candidate.
October 30, 2019 at 9:38 am
(October 30, 2019 at 9:25 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: You lot could get a better crop of candidates if you'd get rid of that stupid 'have to be born in America' rule. Some of the best leaders in history led countries in which they weren't born.
Boru "President Schwartenegger became president after Congress passed the 61th Ammendment...."
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RE: Your Presidential Candidate.
October 30, 2019 at 9:56 am
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RE: Your Presidential Candidate.
October 30, 2019 at 10:17 am
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(October 30, 2019 at 9:25 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: You lot could get a better crop of candidates if you'd get rid of that stupid 'have to be born in America' rule. Some of the best leaders in history led countries in which they weren't born.
Boru
This is where I part company with you.
From a pragmatic standpoint, not one of race, religion or national origin, I am not sure I would want an adult migrant holding our highest office right off the bat. I have no problem with children of migrants of any origin or race running if born here.
Arnold(Terminator) served as Governor of California, and is a Republican. If he was born here and hadn't migrated, I still wouldn't vote for him.
Policy is what ultimately matters for sure. But imagine what someone like the NRA Russian operative Maria Butania could have done, if she had been naturalized as an adult and had been old enough to run for the GOP?
There are decent honorable migrants who move here and live here. But the idea of birth for qualification for that office still makes sense to me. It should not be based on race, religion or parent's origins though.
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RE: Your Presidential Candidate.
October 30, 2019 at 10:22 am
May as well stick with the current trend and go with....
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RE: Your Presidential Candidate.
October 30, 2019 at 10:27 am
A paper bag, any paper bag. Or a corpse.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Your Presidential Candidate.
October 30, 2019 at 11:57 am
(October 30, 2019 at 10:17 am)Brian37 Wrote: (October 30, 2019 at 9:25 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: You lot could get a better crop of candidates if you'd get rid of that stupid 'have to be born in America' rule. Some of the best leaders in history led countries in which they weren't born.
Boru
This is where I part company with you.
Really? THIS?
Quote:From a pragmatic standpoint, not one of race, religion or national origin, I am not sure I would want an adult migrant holding our highest office right off the bat. I have no problem with children of migrants of any origin or race running if born here.
Sorry, if you don't mind 'national origin', why wouldn't you want an adult migrant in office?
Quote:Arnold(Terminator) served as Governor of California, and is a Republican. If he was born here and hadn't migrated, I still wouldn't vote for him.
Not sure what that has to do with anything. No one's saying you'd be required to vote for him, or for anyone.
Quote:Policy is what ultimately matters for sure. But imagine what someone like the NRA Russian operative Maria Butania could have done, if she had been naturalized as an adult and had been old enough to run for the GOP?
Given your current president, I don't think 'What if Maria Butina got elected' is a particular compelling argument.
Quote:There are decent honorable migrants who move here and live here. But the idea of birth for qualification for that office still makes sense to me. It should not be based on race, religion or parent's origins though.
But WHY does birth for qualification still make sense to you?
Boru
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