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univbee posted:Is there a reason Moore has to concede? Jones won, and by enough of a margin that a recount isn't needed, I thought. No legal reason, no, but it's one of those unspoken rules in politics. Jones can be seated without a concession from Moore.
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univbee posted:Does the US forbid people with certain legal backgrounds (e.g. convicted felons) from running for elected positions? Or could, say, Subway Jared theoretically be elected president when he's out? They do not, and rightfully so - that's like a huge "we're doing a dictatorship now!" red flag because it's so damned easy to abuse. As a result, you get home states like mine where we elected a guy, multiple times, after committing felonies while in office. When he got out of jail we put him right back in! lmao. Still worth it though.
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univbee posted:Does the US forbid people with certain legal backgrounds (e.g. convicted felons) from running for elected positions? Or could, say, Subway Jared theoretically be elected president when he's out? you can't have engaged in rebellion or insurrection and be in government
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euphronius posted:you can't have engaged in rebellion or insurrection and be in government Explain every politician who positively acknowledged the confederate flag, then.
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univbee posted:Explain every politician who positively acknowledged the confederate flag, then. that's protected expression
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euphronius posted:that's protected expression I'm....beginning to suspect the founding fathers and their descendants may not have thought this whole thing through quite right.
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I mean are you implying that saying the confederate flag is cool beans and Heritage is the same as engaging in insurrection? it's not
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univbee posted:Explain every politician who positively acknowledged the confederate flag, then. You can advocate for and idolize it, you just can't have done it (and failed)
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Although actually wasn't everyone in the civil war eventually allowed to run for office again anyway? I remember that being a big deal and basically marking the end of reconstruction because the traitors got back into power.
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GlyphGryph posted:Although actually wasn't everyone in the civil war eventually allowed to run for office again anyway? I remember that being a big deal and basically marking the end of deconstruction because the traitors got back into power. I'm just picturing the current US offering the same deal to ISIS supporters.
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GlyphGryph posted:Although actually wasn't everyone in the civil war eventually allowed to run for office again anyway? I remember that being a big deal and basically marking the end of deconstruction because the traitors got back into power. yes congress voted to allow them to hold office again
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BREAKING: In a spirit of national unity and bi-partisanship, Doug Jones refuses to take his senate seat
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They share the seat, switching off every week and alternating weekends and holidays.
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Frijolero posted:BREAKING: In a spirit of national unity and bi-partisanship, Doug Jones refuses to take his senate seat code:
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Frijolero posted:BREAKING: In a spirit of national unity and bi-partisanship, Doug Jones refuses to take his senate seat al franken actually did this
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Concerned Citizen posted:al franken actually did this Yeah not like he did some grab rear end or anything. 
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Lawman 0 posted:Yeah not like he did some grab rear end or anything. i'm talking about when he was first elected in 2008 dumbo
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Reporting live from Dixie County, FL home of its very own big ole 10 commandments rock http://www.gainesville.com/news/20130214/ten-commandments-stand-at-dixie-courthouse-after-lawsuit-is-dismissed/1 : Roy Moore still hella popular, almost as popular as the hit television drama Blue Bloods.
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univbee posted:Does the US forbid people with certain legal backgrounds (e.g. convicted felons) from running for elected positions? Or could, say, Subway Jared theoretically be elected president when he's out? Subway Jared could theoretically be elected president while still in prison.
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GlyphGryph posted:Although actually wasn't everyone in the civil war eventually allowed to run for office again anyway? I remember that being a big deal and basically marking the end of reconstruction because the traitors got back into power. yes, Johnson eventually pardoned everyone
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reignonyourparade posted:Subway Jared could theoretically be elected president while still in prison. in the Philippines (whose Constitution is heavily based on America's), we had a guy who was elected Senator while he was in prison for a failed coup. He served the first three years of his term from inside a prison cell until he was granted amnesty.
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Eugene v debs ran for president from jail.
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https://twitter.com/thehill/status/942406299626688512 lmao
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https://twitter.com/taniel/status/942395318695579648
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look the other guy wanted to gently caress children and make gays illegal
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Matt Zerella posted:I'm happy as hell Moore lost but Doug Jones sucks rear end.
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fruit on the bottom posted:look the other guy wanted to gently caress children and make gays illegal i think you find that doug jones is willing to betray his base on that too https://twitter.com/LeftistScumbag/status/942527510906068992
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Agean90 posted:i think you find that doug jones is willing to betray his base on that too she's wrote a medium piece about jones being a centrist piece of poo poo and a lot of hill shills and centrist smoothbrains owe her an apology
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Agean90 posted:i think you find that doug jones is willing to betray his base on that too breaking news: the democratic senator for Alabama is from Alabama
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hobbesmaster posted:breaking news: the democratic senator for Alabama is from Alabama immediatly downplaying the one thing that allowed you to win is a new level of poo poo even for southern politicians
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hobbesmaster posted:breaking news: the democratic senator for Alabama is from Alabama and a democrat
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