ILikePie5

The DP has started. Also best Korea is new so if everyone helps him out that will be great

Yikes, this is bad…

Speak for yourself, RatMan. 

What do you think causes political realignments?

1. Both sides obviously try to protect themselves from scandal. I don't think this is the root of growing partisan divide, however. I think the cause is a two-party, race to the bottom, single district, representative democracy. The foundational way our democracy works disincentivizes the moderate/non-conservative or non-progressive politics.

2. Sure, accountability in democracy would be nice, but in a two-party system, that is a secondary issue. Both sides will commit scandals,  because a progressive isn't going to shift to the Republican party because of scandal, just as a conservative won't shift to the Democratic party. This means that the greatest way to keep liberal democracy must be keeping both parties sharing similar goals and a joint sense of purpose. 

1. We've crossed a divide point where Republicans (as a party, there are individual exceptions) won't allow another Republican to look bad. January 6th is the proof of that. This means that, to heal the divide, we have to move past things of this nature. To be fair, this can't be the only step, and would require election reform and might even be debatably impossible under current ideological differences, the partisan difference reflecting this ideological one. This also works on the notion that everyone wants to preserve liberal democracy.

2. No. The cover-up justifies further action if the goal of the Republican party (once again, as a party and not the individual goals of certain individuals) is to subvert liberal democracy. If that's the goal, then we're lost no matter what. If that isn't the goal, only a risk ignoring the event doesn't further radicalize the Republicans and allows us to come back to a central point.

I wasn’t asking about the FBI. I was asking about the three individuals being investigated, what they did to capture the attention of those investigating them, and whether the differences between them are more obvious now that the actions of two of them are essentially identical while the other is the complete opposite.

I think the Democrat plan for saving Social Security is far better. Raise the debt limit to infinity and beyond!

So now that there are 3 former office holders who have been found to have had classified documents they shouldn’t have had, are you guys still pretending that there’s no difference between Trump and the rest of them? Are we still pretending that we can’t see the similarities between Biden and Pence which do not apply to Trump?

I don't think you realize how many Democrats were Republicans when Trump came along.

I hope you’re right about that, because it assures a democrat wins in 2024. Trump will lose in a general, the rest of the country is turned off by him. And any other republican will need those voters to win.

AZ will be very tough for democrats, but this latest stunt by Sinema I think will save herself politically. Right wingers cannot credibly paint her as an evil liberal coming for your guns and child’s genitals, and the democrats may not like her but will have realize that they need the seat and any other democrat will have a very tough uphill battle.

Only MAGA world cares about this.

If Trump is the nominee, pushing the documents scandal would be a gift to the democrats because all that will do is put the focus back on Trump being that he did the exact same thing except with far more documents plus lying to the FBI.

I am dutybound. I think we can all agree that Pie fellow is a bit too colourful a character. 

• Add modified rating decay - after a certain period of no debates, rating decays by 5 per week. However, rating deviation also increases.
  

• Seems like a disqualifying admission right there
  

How so?

• Doesn't seem possible.  He dropped out suddenly last year after somebody explained the rules to him then and there's no way he forgot he banned for 1/6th of this past year.
  

My senpai Donald Trump told me that early voting is fake news.

Wylted maybe is smart but I don't see the 'wow smart' side of him, he is just cunning and selectively creative.

For some reason I thought the deadline was 11pm on the 19th, not 18th. I planned on voting this evening. I assume something similar would have happened with you oromagi, I didn't see your name on the tally. Would have tied it up between the two of us.

• Why did you run for office knowing that you were not a legitimate candidate?  
  

What a Reality TV series that would make. Lol

that would explain why you backed a candidate that is known to be one of the nastiest members of the website that couldn't give a shit about it much at all and treats the election as a joke.

Elaborate on what Wylted has done to prove he will help people enjoy their time on the website rather than just do random shit and go bye bye for months.

Of course we're not, but I would think a president would be a bit more careful about making a joke about abuse of power.

Alright then, all good.

Whining and crying is entertaining

their side knows very little other than hypocrisy, in more ways than one. It's like a side of the website's culture literally dedicated to hypocrisy be it in irl politics or on-site activity, it's a genuine psyche/personality thing.

"It was a joke..." -ILikePie5

Regardless if it was intended as a joke or not, you have to admit it's pretty poor optics.

Also, it's hilarious you go after RM for blocking people, but then you go and block me. 

You aren't exactly a paragon of free speech either...

https://www.debateart.com/forum/topics/8733-second-presdiential-election-just-as-sloppy-and-illegitimate-as-the-first-one

"I will be having this thread removed later" - Wylted

Didn't he report a badger thread because badger claimed to have a large dick? 

Even though badger is clearly being honest?