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Not sure if Romney has the power to stop the stupidity train. Trump is not the President we need, but he is the one Americans deserve if people actually vote for him.
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Not sure if Romney has the power to stop the stupidity train. Trump is not the President we need, but he is the one Americans deserve if people actually vote for him.
I have no doubt Mitt would have won.
If, this time, he dropped the GOP puppet act and just be Mitt.
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it's an attempt to explain how people across all nationalities can be radicalized by demagogues.
While Trump supporters fortunately have the justice system stopping them from outright shooting black protesters at their rallies, people in Syria and Iraq unfortunately don't have that structure.
Trump is turning the American constitution into something very racist-- much like Militants in the Middle Wast hijack religion to do the same.
The majority of ISIS actually has a very limited knowledge of the Islamic faith.
Out of the choices we have in front of us I'd pick Romney in a heartbeat.
I know several who will vote for him, including family members. They buy into the "he speaks his mind" and "he says it like it is" and "he's a successful businessman and will make America great again" rhetoric. He has appealed to the racist and angry parts of them, the parts that fear anyone who looks or thinks differently than themselves. It's been a little disturbing, to be honest.
Fine. But the radicals I called out were radicals in the name of Allah.. well before Trump, or even America, was born.
Joe Bagadonuts
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I also believe Mitt could have made a great president, but I think he has poor political instincts. The way the 2012 race ended illustrates that. He had a lead so the Dems attacked relentlessly, assassinating his character in any way the could. He thought it best to try to stay above the fray. I wish it had worked, but it definitely did not.
Unfortunately it looks like this speech is a GOP puppet act. It's hard to imagine this situation ending well. One of the things that Trump supporters respond so positively to is the absolute lack of fear of his own words. Many Americans are sick and tired of prepared remarks, teleprompter speeches, and cautious, careful wording. So what does the GOP roll out to combat that? A pre-released, carefully worded, teleprompter speech. Genius.
jimmy eat jazz
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Yes but the DMV is one of hundreds of government agencies. Personally, I've never had issues with the US Postal Service, it's always delivered my mail on time and never, ever lost a letter or package. SS admin gets out millions of payments on time, etc. For every example of an inefficient government agency, there is a well-run government agency providing good service delivery.
Meanwhile, there are any number of horribly run corporations that remain horribly run for long periods of time. Read up on the auto industry history if you don't believe me, for example.
My point is that such broad stereotypes aren't helpful for such important policy issues. That AND evidence that many countries that do have a publicly run health care system deliver better health outcomes at a lower cost than the US, so it seems that it is not axiomatic that public sector = worse than private sector or that public sector = poor quality/service delivery.
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I has a mailman that would throw packages at doors. Kick them down the sidewalk, etc. Multiple neighbors complained and they never fired him. He would skip delivery and when we called to complain he responded that there was a dog in the yard and he didn't feel safe. We did not have a dog... The lines at USPS are long, prices are just as high as the private shippers, yet they lose $$$.
I can't think of one governmental entity that does a good some as a similarly situated private company.
And in regards to other countries health care. Did you ever wonder why they can provide top medicine for low cost? It is because the U.S. subsidies all of the R&D, and overhead for the medical and drug companies. The drug companies charge us a much higher cost than the rest of the world. If we went single payer, the quality of care would drop across the world as the medical companies wouldn't be subsidized by us anymore. Tons of literature on this including a thread on here that links to lots of data.
Joe Bagadonuts
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SS? LOL. You're talking about a government agency whose own internal audits show that they made an estimated $6.5 billion in overpayments and $1.5 billion in underpayments in fiscal 2009?
Just tried to listen to the Romney speech, but only heard the first couple of minutes. Then people came into my office and made me work. I hate that.
He isn't running and he isn't endorsing a candidate (other than the "anyone but Trump" GOP candidate, apparently). That's about as far as I got.
He isn't running and he isn't endorsing a candidate (other than the "anyone but Trump" GOP candidate, apparently). That's about as far as I got.