2016 Postmortem

Jnew28

(931 posts) Tue Oct 18, 2016, 11:44 PM Oct 2016

Even Without Trump, American Politics Is Pathetic—VP Debate Is Proof

Please read and share: http://stupidpartymathvmyth.com/1/post/2016/10/even-without-trump-american-politics-pathetic-vp-debate-proof.html
"Anyone looking for reassurance from that vice-presidential debate—

especially after seeing Trump in two debates, would still have seen one of our two parties (the Republican Party) denying reality and denying responsibility for cultivating vile forces in American Politics.

They would also have noted how thin the benches of both parties are and how messed up our system is in general. But Trump has blocked too many from seeing this; thus, one of Trump’s less talked about dangers is that he distracts us from acknowledging this depressing reality."

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Even Without Trump, American Politics Is Pathetic—VP Debate Is Proof (Original Post) Jnew28 Oct 2016 OP

The author at that link must not understand that the moderator controlled the VP debate. tonyt53 Oct 2016 #1

Both parties do NOT have thin benches, the GOP does because they're losers who got beat by ... uponit7771 Oct 2016 #2

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)

1. The author at that link must not understand that the moderator controlled the VP debate.

Reply to Jnew28 (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2016, 11:54 PM

Oct 2016

Her style and questions kept responses muted. Also, as per that "weak" comment, how strong exactly are the third party candidates. Take your pick, any of them, and there are many, starting with Johnson and Stein - both idiots. Seems the author doesn't have a candidate that will get over 4%.

uponit7771

(90,346 posts)

2. Both parties do NOT have thin benches, the GOP does because they're losers who got beat by ...