• stermy4u@lemmy.worldOP
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    27 days ago

    This system is a pile of shit.

    If you get into office and change your tune to the opposite of what you ran on, we have to primary you? Shouldn’t that be cause for removal in its own? You work for me, idrgaf what your opinions are.

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      27 days ago

      John Fetterman is also a piece of shit.

      Edit: you said pile while I only mentioned piece. He certainly is multiple pieces so apologies for not piling on.

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      “(…) the Senate ruled in 1798 that senators could not be impeached, but only expelled (…)

      In other words: they are generally more immune than the president.

      What a fun flavor of democracy the US has.

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      The U.S. really need a party whipping system closer to that of the UK; the current system lets candidates drastically switch platforms after being elected without any short-term consequences.

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      If you get into office and change your tune to the opposite of what you ran on, we have to primary you?

      You have to wait six years, and then you get to primary.

      This is because the Founding Fathers, in all their wisdom, determined that loud patriotic farting noises