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Everyone forgets the Founding Fathers were literally throwing poo poo at a wall and seeing what sticks. They had no idea we'd run with this poo poo as long as we have.
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There have also been a pretty healthy number of imaginative interpretations of the text of the constitution to form the institutions we have today.
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Democracy was new and they didn't have a lot of stuff to go off of. That's why they made it changeable so we could adapt it and iron out the wrinkles. So far all we've done is adapt the founding fathers words and misinterpreted them to fit the required narrative.
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stealie72 posted:Despite a political science degree 20 years ago, it took me until fairly recently to realize that the founding fathers were idiots who basically wrote "ida know...talk it out?" on parchment as a form of government. The most generous interpretation of the system the founding fathers set up is that they included a mechanism to keep it updated.
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"Men, do you think this nation will stand to last it's first 50 years?" Ben Franklin- "gently caress if I care, I'll be dead. I only got a little time left, and im gonna get real weird with it." In my mental Canon, Ben is just Frank from Always Sunny with a powdered wig.
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bulletsponge13 posted:"Men, do you think this nation will stand to last it's first 50 years?" Probably not that far off.
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They already did a liberty bell episode so they missed their opportunity
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So here’s a thing that happened- Israel killed Al Qaeda’s number 2 in Tehran a few months ago, and both Iran and Al Qaeda aren’t saying poo poo about it.
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https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1327429114744229888?s=20 https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1327429606417248256?s=20 The Focus Group asked for it and the writers obliged, more Rudy all the time!
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Rudie can’t fail!
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Trump thought rudy was a documentary
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You would think that Trump would be better at recognizing another con man torpedoing whatever he touches.
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Trump doesn’t recognize his own children.
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Woofer posted:Trump doesn’t recognize his own children. thats why he tries to gently caress all of them, in every way
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Game respects game
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I got reminded of one of my favorite Genesis games Desert Strike and wish I had the skills to photoshop Trump onto General Kilbaba's face and then, I don't know, Sgt Chowdown for the Deputy  
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Nick Soapdish posted:I got reminded of one of my favorite Genesis games Desert Strike and wish I had the skills to photoshop Trump onto General Kilbaba's face and then, I don't know, Sgt Chowdown for the Deputy That game owned
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Is the election over yet? 
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Duzzy Funlop posted:Is the election over yet? Much like infrastructure weak, it never ends.
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Serious question: What's the "endgame" of all these dumb lawsuits that go nowhere or are being thrown out of court? Stall the vote certification until that weird scenario triggers where somehow Congress appoints electors and essentially picks the president? Keep reinforcing the voter fraud angle so half the country screams louder than the calls for a concession are? Just pollute the already-polarized atmosphere some more for no reason? I understand that when this administration does anything, it's generally a grift for personal gain...but I cannot see what it is they hope to get out of it?
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Makes some noise, get some press, keep those CHUD donations trickling in so you’re owned slightly less hard by foreign creditors.
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Duzzy Funlop posted:Serious question: What's the "endgame" of all these dumb lawsuits that go nowhere or are being thrown out of court? Grift, and inject doubt into the democratic process in the hope of driving down future voter turnout, which makes it easier for them to get their desired outcome. If they're playing 10th dimensional chess and can actually stop states from certifying votes (doesn't look like the courts are willing to put up with this poo poo though), they can force a vote in the House to select the President.
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man I hope we get some footage of SS or whatever else just loving dragging his fat rear end out of the white house, throwing a temper tantrum and hopefully bawling his eyes out
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Hot Karl Marx posted:man I hope we get some footage of SS or whatever else just loving dragging his fat rear end out of the white house, throwing a temper tantrum and hopefully bawling his eyes out The SS was marching in support of him though. E: oh you mean the other SS.
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Duzzy Funlop posted:Serious question: What's the "endgame" of all these dumb lawsuits that go nowhere or are being thrown out of court? Trump still has his infamous fundraising emails going, this time to "fight the fraud" or whatever inane slogan they chose. In the fine print, it says that 60% of the donation goes to servicing debt from his presidential campaign. So that's at least one "good" reason to keep the lawsuits going.
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Woofer posted:The SS was marching in support of him though. 
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orange juche posted:Grift, and inject doubt into the democratic process in the hope of driving down future voter turnout, which makes it easier for them to get their desired outcome. If they're playing 10th dimensional chess and can actually stop states from certifying votes (doesn't look like the courts are willing to put up with this poo poo though), they can force a vote in the House to select the President. Also, jam up the transition process so Biden has less time to plan and prepare.
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Torrannor posted:Trump still has his infamous fundraising emails going, this time to "fight the fraud" or whatever inane slogan they chose. In the fine print, it says that 60% of the donation goes to servicing debt from his presidential campaign. So that's at least one "good" reason to keep the lawsuits going. It doesn't have the debt disclaimer anymore because 100% of it now goes to a new superpac created so they can just ignore the old campaign debt and launder the money to themselves that way.
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Neat, a DuckDuckGo tracking link. So much for them not tracking you like google does
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RFC2324 posted:Neat, a DuckDuckGo tracking link. So much for them not tracking you like google does They are tracking me “privately” though. So much for staying off those leftist lists...
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Hot Karl Marx posted:man I hope we get some footage of SS or whatever else just loving dragging his fat rear end out of the white house, throwing a temper tantrum and hopefully bawling his eyes out USSS 
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Hot Karl Marx posted:man I hope we get some footage of SS or whatever else just loving dragging his fat rear end out of the white house, throwing a temper tantrum and hopefully bawling his eyes out  Midjack posted:I hope he does it, that the detail bounces his face off the Resolute Desk and drags his rear end off in cuffs at noon, and that the last image of him on the White House property we have to see is him getting stuffed into the back of a Suburban with blood streaming out of his nose before they pack him onto SAM 29000. And then they can fly that fucker straight to Sheremetyevo.
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Very alarming in principle but in the real world all this means is the state board of elections will certify the results instead.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Very alarming in principle but in the real world all this means is the state board of elections will certify the results instead. Can you get her indicted for sedition though?
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MazelTovCocktail posted:Can you get her indicted for sedition though? Me? Sorry, no.
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