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This fucking guy. The fascists and authoritarians need to be made afraid again.
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Bemoaning Ohio results, Santorum says ‘pure democracies’ aren’t how to run a country

After a particularly disappointing night of election results for Republicans, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) lamented “pure democracies,” where major decisions are left up to voters rather than their elected officials. “Thank goodness that most of the states in this country don’t allow you to...
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Hemotep said:
This fucking guy. The fascists and authoritarians need to be made afraid again.
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Bemoaning Ohio results, Santorum says ‘pure democracies’ aren’t how to run a country

After a particularly disappointing night of election results for Republicans, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) lamented “pure democracies,” where major decisions are left up to voters rather than their elected officials. “Thank goodness that most of the states in this country don’t allow you to...
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So abortion and decriminalization of marijuana are "sexy things" and not matters of actual life and livelihood? Ok there, Rick.
 
EvanBenner said:
So abortion and decriminalization of marijuana are "sexy things" and not matters of actual life and livelihood? Ok there, Rick.
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"You put very sexy things like abortion and marijuana on the ballot, and a lot of young people come out and vote,” Santorum said."
There is so much wrong with this. Naming abortion "sexy thing" is even on the dumb site of the current gop plus we have a politician openly bemoaning high voter turnouts. That's what democracy is about : getting as many people as possible to vote. That the Republicans more and more openly disagree with this is alarming
 
Jan said:
"You put very sexy things like abortion and marijuana on the ballot, and a lot of young people come out and vote,” Santorum said."
There is so much wrong with this. Naming abortion "sexy thing" is even on the dumb site of the current gop plus we have a politician openly bemoaning high voter turnouts. That's what democracy is about : getting as many people as possible to vote. That the Republicans more and more openly disagree with this is alarming
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A politician voted in by majority suddenly has a problem with the notion of majority rule. :rolleyes:
 
folsom_lives said:
A politician voted in by majority suddenly has a problem with the notion of majority rule. :rolleyes:
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Was it Ohio, or another state a couple years back that a ballot question that passed, as in voted for by the majority of people was ignored by the state legislator.

If I remember correctly, it was for expanded medicare or something similar and Republicans were against. They got away with ignoring the voters will by saying only the state legislator has the power to fund such a thing, not voters. Rather than doing their job to fund it, they ignored it and said it's not in the budget.
 
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