Oh No, The New Awesome Primary Thread

I came across this post on Yahoo that I thought was the perfect summary of the current election. I can't link to it directly, so I cut and pasted the content here. Thought it was worth sharing.

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What we're seeing here is the result of the American political center moving to the right for the last thirty-five years. Hilary Clinton, a former Goldwater Girl, is for all intents and purposes a Reagan Republican. In fact, if Ronald Reagan were running for president today, by his policies, he'd be marked as a Democrat.

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Trump is the result of the constant dog-whistle Republicans have been blowing since President Obama was first elected. They've called him a "secret Muslim", they say he's not American. They consistently highlight his middle name to make him sound more "other" by repeating and emphasizing the "Hussein" in his name. Trump is who you people deserve.

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We're only fifty years removed from the end of the civil rights era. Does the fact that racism still exists really surprise anyone? Is there any doubt that both Trump, and Clinton have used the N word several times over the course of their lives; just like Miss Teen USA Karlie Hay's ignorant ass?

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People who say that the two parties are basically the same are both right and wrong.

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Democrats are pro-BIG-Business, that believe in using tax dollars to fund infrastructure and innovation in new technologies, and tax breaks for big Wall Street Banks, defense contractors, and Big Pharma.

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Republicans are Pro-BIG-Business that believes that to tax is to steal from the hard working corporations that bring you Guns, Germs, and Steel.

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Where they differ is in our social ideology. I mean, if we're going to take it up the butt from Big Business anyway, we might as well pick the party with the most people friendly policies.

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Far Right Republicans are pro-life, until you're born or you're a fuzzy brown foreigner, then they'd just assume bomb you.
They're for religious freedom, unless that means your freedom FROM religion. Or you're LGBTQ and want to get married, or you're an atheist and want to get married.

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Far Right Republicans are all about personal freedoms, unless you're a woman, then get in the kitchen and pump out some babies.

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Those are your choices, America:
A crooked lifetime politician who pretty much everyone agrees is corrupt as hell, and cackles like a hyena when you ask to see the transcripts of her Wall Street speeches.
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An orange baboon that barely has sense enough to throw poop properly. The billionaire that would have more money right now, if he'd just taken his inheritance and indexed it to the S&P500, and has also had five bankruptcies. People that like him only do so because he warms rotten little racist corners of their hearts. They think he hates immigrants and black people, so they love him for it, regardless of how idiotic and small fingered the man is.

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Good job, America, you really do get what you deserve.

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That is one of my main considerations as well. And I will be honest, if the Dems retake the senate, I hope they nominate the most left wing, retired-hippie justice they can find. They threw the Republicans a bone when they put forth Garland. Someone who the Republicans themselves said was more than qualified. And they just sulked and sad no. Well, you made your beds. Now lay in them.The other two big issues from my perspective when it comes to how I vote are:1. Obamacare (aka The Affordable Care Act) - The only thing keeping it in check now is the presidential veto. Unless the Dems retake the senate.2. Climate Change - This was mentioned several times at the DNC. It was not mentioned ONCE at the RNC. I live in Florida and I don't have any desire to be underwater in the next few decades. And I doubt my idiot of a governor Rick Scott is going to be doing anything about it.

I think it is pretty presumptuous to make that claim at this stage. Who knows what the landscape of politics will look like in four years. But keep in mind, it is very difficult to unseat a sitting president. So barring some massive faux pas on Hillary's part during her first term, it will be difficult for the Republicans to muster someone to beat her.Consider that if Trump loses, the next in line in the list of batshit crazy alternatives is Ted Cruz. I hardly consider him a threat. The Republicans have a mini civil war going on in their midst. That will not be easy to mitigate.But as NoNukes stated, our choices are someone who is partially corrupt and is in bed with Wall Street, but at least supports policies that are more liberal from the standpoint of climate change and health care or an orange baboon that is so thinned skinned that he gets into Twitter wars with every internet troll on the planet. Someone who Putin would love to see in office and someone who is completely daft on the concepts of foreign policy or domestic issues. And is only quasi-knowledgeable on economics.