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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Do you really think anything is going to change, not with Hillary nor with the Donald.
Actually, I don't think much will change with a Clinton win. Although, her presidency will be poisoned from the start, even more-so than Obama's terms.
But if Trump clinches, I think there will be significant changes. For one, you'd have a person who knows next to nothing about running a government or about domestic and foreign policy. He also has shown he doesn't know (or care to know) what our Constitution encodes--his first act would be to shred it.
The Donald will need to rely on others for hints on how to do things. But, as we've seen with his campaign, he would consider his aids' talk as only vague suggestions. As King, Donald will try out all his new toys, including seeing how the codes to our nukes actually work.
And as we have seen with his campaign, Trump will surround himself with other baffons, child molesters, and Russian avatars. And with his pledge to rely on the Heritage Foundation for those to nominate to the Supreme Court, I think that Citizens United will be the least of our worries.
Protest if you want; Trump will look to Duterte for pointers on how to deal with naysayers.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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-his first act would be to shred it.
He can shred all the copies he wants. Luckily that won't affect or effect anything.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Not talking about shedding physical paper, Reilly.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Do you really think much would change with Bernie, Stein, Johnson, Zappa in the WH?
The POTUS has limited ability to do anything, and that is by design of our governmental structure. Yes, they can create an agenda, but in order to make systemic changes we'd all like to see, that pesky Congress has to go along with it, and we all know how recalcitrant they can be.
At least as importantly, all these people need to be separated from the thing that truly distorts the will of the people: special interest $$. And once again, that would take a POTUS working with a similarly visioned Congress to make it happen.
And on top of that, they need to have the political savvy to make sh#t happen. That ain't Trump, Stein, Bernie, or Johnson, folks.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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K-man, thanks for the reading comprehension heads up! Now I'll give you a heads up -
nobody is bloody likely to do anything to the Constitution in the foreseeable future. With
this fractured country how in the world could that happen?
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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She is going to lose and it really is not our fault,get ready for the real bern.
Weakened , loser .
Where is her agenda now,defense ,that is it.
Russ is going to be right.
Not bothered.
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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Try to write something useful, Esco.
At least once.
Edit:Never mind Arizona. Even Republicans in Texas don't like Trump.
Yup, just saw that she is leading in the polls there.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Strange polls, she is leading in most swing states and key demographics by a healthy margin.
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Curt
climber
Gold Canyon, AZ
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LOL!!!...
Good one Bob!!!...
Haha. I posted that same exact link 4 pages back :-)
Curt
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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So, yeah, Trump hasn't done THAT. Just not being a lying, negligent, ignoramus, who has obviously already risen higher than her level of competency, looks "infinitely better" than Clinton.
How do you know he hasn't done that??
Where are the multiple, multi-million dollar investigations into him and his dealings. IF they showed that he did nothing illegal, then, fine, you can make that claim.
But right now, you cannot.
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Fine. I'd much rather have somebody like that in the highest office than somebody who has ALREADY PROVED that she screwed the pooch in epic fashion.
Except.....the exact OPPOSITE was proved, as a result of massive investigations by hostile investigators.
You just can't accept their findings, even coming from your side.....
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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And they've failed miserably every single time (but have succeeded in wasting million$ of taxpayer $$ and time better spent actually doing their jobs).
And you guys not only applaud that waste of time & $$,
AP, you point out another repug lie: They say they are for smaller gov't, and reduction of gov't spending.....but given a little power, they will spend millions and millions tilting at windmills.
And the only reason that spend millions, is because they don't have access to Billions for the purpose.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Funny to see these far-right republicans in libertarian clothes. Birds of a feather.
"Haha. I posted that same exact link 4 pages back :-)"
Great minds...:-)
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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I wonder if Hillary will be able to double the national debt also? Think she can do it? I think she can.
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dirtbag
climber
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I've been offline for nearly a month backpacking, and it looks like the usual bunch of right wingers, ignoramuses, and closet racists here still plan to support that know nothing bigot trump.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Try harder, Esco. You still aren't writing anything useful.
Edit: Welcome back, dirt.
Edit2: Oooooo....look. Esco changed his avatar pic. Again. That doesn't count as a meaningful statement.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Shetville , North of Los Angeles
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Escopeta... Hillary could double the debt if she invades Iraq , goes after ISIS while cutting taxes for Americas 1%...Maybe throw in some phony power outages and ransack a few pension funds... don't forget to blame Obama to confuse the masses and cover your tracks..
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Well, that's what I was wondering. When she doubles the national debt will she blame Obama or still blame Bush?
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