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I have a man-crush on Michael Parenti, so, not a right winger.

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At some point, acting like a social sciences major and calling everyone right-winger will make the right-wing cult look waaayyyyy more palatable to people than yours.

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Exactly my thought. They obviously published the worst thing they found about him. And being in debt is bad how? That just proves he is not a corrupt, insider trading, oligarchy favouring candidate. And what proportion of that “half a million” is missed child support payments? It could just be $10 child support + 499,990 debt = A headline that makes him look like he owes 500,000 in child support!

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Exactly my thought. They obviously published the worst thing they found about him. And being in debt is bad how? That just proves he is not a corrupt, insider trading, oligarchy favouring candidate. And what proportion of that “half a million” is missed child support payments? It could just be $10 child support + 499,990 debt = A headline that makes him look like he owes 500,000 in child support!

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I was wondering when Democrats were going to get around to their smear campaigns against progressives. Looks like they’re starting early this campaign season

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You mean smearing the spoiler candidates the GOP put up to split the ticket juat about every election the past 20+ years? That’s who you’re worried about the left smearing?

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Is the libertarian candidate a spoiler put up by democrats every year?

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The GOP? You don’t know much about politics in this country.

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You mean smearing the spoiler candidates the GOP put up to split the ticket juat about every election the past 20+ years?

There are smear campaigns against RFK Jr?

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Did he fuck a female slave of his and lie about the paternity of their love-child ?

Because prolly only like two or three POTUS on dollar bills did that.

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who gives a fuck? this is meaningless mudslinging to anyone who supports him.

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It’s really a spoiled vote to vote third party. People can whine about how it’s unfair, but it still won’t change anything. Do you really think spoiling your vote will show it to the big guys? Well guess what? Now they’re no longer in power and the other side is rejoicing in their own victory. Meanwhile there are those who understand that they won’t get everything that they want, but at least they won’t have a side that will try to take away their rights by nominating and then confirming a right-wing justice to serve for life on the Supreme Court.

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If you’re in most states your vote will not matter due to electoral votes being all or nothing. Voting third party expresses your dissatisfaction with the major parties and helps to legitimize the third party in the eyes of others so it can have a chance in the future. And yes, everyone will always say this is the most vital election ever.

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It’s a fundamental problem with a first-past-the-post voting system. Third parties act as spoilers. That’s why I’m a proponent of ranked choice. It’s not a panacea. It doesn’t fix everything, but it removes the spoiler effect. Then people can vote their conscience with their first choice.

It’s not a coincidence that the leadership of both parties hate it. They can’t run a traditional campaign with wedge issues. Good. I’m tired of a divided country. The party leadership can suffer through appealing to a broad part of the electorate.

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