NOTE: do not defriend me. This is hypothetical and I am not
suggesting this is wise in any way, shape or form. It's
ludicrous but I've heard nobody else say it:
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What if Trump and Sanders join the same ticket?
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Trump/Sanders in 2016? Sanders/Trump?
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What issues do they have in common?
Where do they differ?
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How could they work together as President and Vice President?
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Neither one represents the party they're in. Neither one is
particularly religious.
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They're both strong protectionists: "Keep the money here".
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Neither one is a globalist.
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They each work the halves they're strongest at with Trump
working for the business interests and Sanders working for the
people's interests.
Sanders has all of the conscience that Trump lacks.
I think to even bring this up, I will effectively lose 3/4th of
the friends on my friends list for even suggesting this notion.
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But it seems strangely plausible. I also might need some sleep.
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awesome - you see exactly what I see. Mind you, I think Trump
alone would be crappy as a president but then again, checks and
balances is powerful enough to keep even the most dictatorish of
dictators from having too much power.But having Sanders as his
conscience? It just seems ideal.
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"They are both for a very progressive tax, Universal health
Care, anti-war or intervention, and I do believe that Bernie has
made statements implying he aint down with NAFTA, and what
better way to pay for the WALL! than ending NAFTA so we can
tariff the ever loving fuck out of the corrupt Mexican
government, and corrupt American corporations?It would be a
pretty kewl ticket TBQH"awesome - you see exactly what I see.
Mind you, I think Trump alone would be crappy as a president but
then again, checks and balances is powerful enough to keep even
the most dictatorish of dictators from having too much power.But
having Sanders as his conscience? It just seems ideal. ===
*I appreciate the analysis you gave there. Something you might
not know about me is that I keep my news-input very very
minimal. I see a flash of Sanders here, a flash of Trump there,
a bit of Cruz, some Clinton, see memes flashing by and really,
the amount of information I have about any of them is
surprisingly little, because this part of the political process
I try to get as little emotionally involved with as possible.I'm
independent and I *try* to have low bias. Impossible for none
though. The Trump/Sanders - Sanders/Trump, for me had to do with
them being dually: independent both New York both travel in very
white circles. [Vermont is demographically 94% non-minority
white, and Trump travels in uber-rich circles which tend to be
mostly non-minority white] both are "Here's what I think, so
there!" people both have protectionist rather than globalist
economic views. Both "feel" very parental: Trump has the
"authoritarian dad" feel to him, "tough coach" Sanders has the
youth group leader feel to him, schoolteacher, "nice coach". So,
that's really about it, and these are all very surface level
impressions I have.
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*I think you're right. She'll make a fine president too.
Honestly, I could see any of them working as president. I trust
in checks and balances generally, so I could see a Trump or
Sanders or Cruz or Clinton presidency and I've seen the idealism
of the campaign trail give way to "let's get realistic here" as
each president switch roles from campaigner to president and
they get their wings clipped by checks and balances: and believe
me, I appreciate the system-as-it-exists. It's slow, clunky,
awkward, inefficient to change: just as our founding fathers set
it out to be.
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