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Christopher Wood's avatar

Jeff,

1. Thank you for your service..."Haze Grey and Underway!"

2. King Rat learned from his racist father and whore-monger grandfather (kicked out of Germany for being a draft dodger) that rules, laws, and therefore democratic principles are schmucks. He is Gordan Gekko incarnate.

3. Isn't it amazing that anyone who wants to run for president doesn't have to be vetted??? I don't want to blame the supposedly brilliant Founding Fathers, they wouldn't have conceived that the likes of King Rat would be allowed into the game.

But then Aaron Burr was part of the era when when Constitution was being drafted.

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Ken Peabody's avatar

Vetting candidates used to be the function of the political party. Since changing to the primary system, we perhaps havent always gotten the best. I think the parties should only allow truly qualified candidates to run in primaries to keep the Trump types out. Anyone can run as an independent candidate in the general election.

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Eva Seifert's avatar

Agreed. I get the idea was to expand democracy with the primaries. But letting anyone run under the party umbrella without determining if they're fit for office is a bad idea.

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