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zeemike

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13. I think they have turned politics into a reality show.

Reply to Rex (Reply #10)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 01:40 AM

Mar 2015

Which is enough to make voting a moot point anyway.
And that would explain Cruz and Trump, because every reality show has to have the drama of people you hate and people you love...required for lots of drama.

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Is a New Political System Emerging in This Country? [View all] kentuck Mar 2015 OP

a "way of governing for which, as yet, we have no name." IDemo Mar 2015 #1

It HAS a name... Triana Mar 2015 #6

that's my thought too. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #7

A rose by any other name. zeemike Mar 2015 #11

Exactly Midnight Writer Mar 2015 #15

Nobody really knows what fascism is nxylas Mar 2015 #16

Yes, that is what it is. People are still in denial about it, at least some people are. sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #17

Time for the torches and pitchforks. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2015 #2

In 2008, I said this madness cannot last another ten years WillTwain Mar 2015 #3

The apathy or lack of involvement is no accident or secondary incedental effect tech3149 Mar 2015 #5

saving to read this later. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #8

No problem, I'm about two beers to late that's probably why I'm so verbose! n/t tech3149 Mar 2015 #9

Individualism WillTwain Mar 2015 #12

They are already being carried, but by the opposing side. n/t jtuck004 Mar 2015 #14

Also, I think the Netanyahu speech was a turning point in our foreign policy... kentuck Mar 2015 #4

No, the system has possibly been in place since Nixon. Rex Mar 2015 #10

I think they have turned politics into a reality show. zeemike Mar 2015 #13

I think it has deeper roots, going back to the post reconstruction era at least. Perhaps earlier. hedda_foil Mar 2015 #20

After I responded to your query in another OP, chervilant Jan 2016 #22

Thanks! I'd be glad to. hedda_foil Jan 2016 #23

100,000 minority kids turn 18(voting age)every month! and republicans know it! captainarizona Mar 2015 #18

The warning claxons should be sounding.... blackspade Mar 2015 #19

Would you please repost this? chervilant Jan 2016 #21