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theprestige said:
The 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution prevents Obama from having a third term.
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I think undecided describes the right-wing smear machine’s characterization of Presidente Kenyan Islamo-Commie-Atheist Dictator Lame Duck Black Radical Christian Community Organizer Elite Liberal with the Saul Alinsky playbook.
 
theprestige said:
The 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution prevents Obama from having a third term.
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It's not absolutely certain, there are some situations where it becomes unclear. Like if he were VP and then President Biden felt the cold hand of death touching him uninvited on the shoulder and pulling him into an unwelcome hug. Then Obama would move up to the presidency without having been elected to it. I've read arguments on both sides about whether that situation would be constitutional or not, and opinion's divided. Some interpret it to mean a former two-term president couldn't run as VP at all, others that he'd be okay as VP but would be bypassed in a succession situation. I'm sure if it happens it'll end up before the Supreme Court.
 
I've decided that I ABSOLUTELY won't be supporting Bernie Sanders in the primaries. There are a lot of things I like about Bernie, but he's on the wrong side of Nuclear energy. He's just flat out wrong on this issue.

He demonstrated a willful ignorance on this issue during his interview on Fox. I'm very disappointed.
 
acbytesla said:
I've decided that I ABSOLUTELY won't be supporting Bernie Sanders in the primaries. There are a lot of things I like about Bernie, but he's on the wrong side of Nuclear energy. He's just flat out wrong on this issue.

He demonstrated a willful ignorance on this issue during his interview on Fox. I'm very disappointed.
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On the other hand, supporting nuclear power would be politically toxic. That wasn't even an intentional pun!
 
WilliamSeger said:
This morning, he's moved to 2nd place on Democratic Underground: Harris 12%, Buttigieg 11%, Biden 10%, Sanders 8%, undecided 44%. (Looks like he picked up points from the undecided.)
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He was asked his reaction to the Notre Dame fire, and his impromptu statement, spoken in French, was pitch perfect.

I’m beginning to develop a crush.
 
Belz... said:
On the other hand, supporting nuclear power would be politically toxic. That wasn't even an intentional pun!
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It shouldn't be. Not if you're actually concerned about global warming. It is a very clean form of energy and beats the hell out of burning coal, natural gas or biomass.
 
WilliamSeger said:
This morning, he's moved to 2nd place on Democratic Underground: Harris 12%, Buttigieg 11%, Biden 10%, Sanders 8%, undecided 44%. (Looks like he picked up points from the undecided.)
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He's either a close second or third in some of the betting markets. OTOH, Yang is in fifth place which strikes me as laughable.

His rise has been quite astonishing, but the sine-wave nature of political coverage guarantees that he will come under quite a bit of scrutiny in the next few months.
 
Brainster said:
He's either a close second or third in some of the betting markets. OTOH, Yang is in fifth place which strikes me as laughable.

His rise has been quite astonishing, but the sine-wave nature of political coverage guarantees that he will come under quite a bit of scrutiny in the next few months.
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I don't know why you're following this so closely this early. These numbers are pretty irrelevant at this point.
 
Belz... said:
Yeah, good luck with that.
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It's not that hard.
Nuclear power doesn't emit CO2. It is the least polluting energy with the exception of maybe wind.

It's by far the safest. Not a single person has died as the result of commercial nuclear power in the US. None even died from Fukushima in Japan. The only place anyone has died from it was Chernobyl where about 50 people died. And that was the result an old design and human stupidity.

If we're going to save the planet, save the planet and do what needs to be done.
 
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acbytesla said:
I've decided that I ABSOLUTELY won't be supporting Bernie Sanders in the primaries. There are a lot of things I like about Bernie, but he's on the wrong side of Nuclear energy. He's just flat out wrong on this issue.

He demonstrated a willful ignorance on this issue during his interview on Fox. I'm very disappointed.
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I stopped watching after the first ten minutes because it was so cringe inducing so I didn't see that portion but I'm assuming he said he is against Nuclear energy?

If so I understand why Nuclear energy still made sense 10 years ago but from what I understand solar has made massive advances in the last decade and will continue to do so as more and more money gets poured into it. Nuclear plants take 5+ years for permitting, clearing a site, construction, and testing before it's operational. It's also more expensive than utility scale solar.

What is the reason to continue supporting Nuclear?
 
acbytesla said:
I don't know why you're following this so closely this early. These numbers are pretty irrelevant at this point.
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Less meaningful than they would be later, sure, but it's silly to wave them off as irrelevant. Polls and betting markets drive coverage, coverage drives donations, donations drive advertising and advertising drives polls. How many stories are you seeing on Mayor Pete these days versus, say, Julian Castro? Or for that matter, Elizabeth Warren? Right now on Memeorandum (a news aggregator), there are these headlines:

What Pete Buttigieg learned from Donald Trump
Pete Buttigieg was an effective mayor with a gaping blind spot

No headlines for Warren. She's mentioned just once on the page, in an article on fundraising:

Bernie Sanders is the money leader. Elizabeth Warren is spending big. Pete Buttigieg emerged out of nowhere. And (almost) everyone is buying gobs of Facebook ads.
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Brainster said:
He's either a close second or third in some of the betting markets. OTOH, Yang is in fifth place which strikes me as laughable.

His rise has been quite astonishing, but the sine-wave nature of political coverage guarantees that he will come under quite a bit of scrutiny in the next few months.
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I've heard multiple people who like Trump say they like Yang and would vote for him over Trump.

This doesn't make much sense to me as they are nothing alike.
 
acbytesla said:
It's not that hard.
Nuclear power doesn't emit CO2. It is the least polluting energy with the exception of maybe wind.

It's by far the safest. Not a single person has died as the result of commercial nuclear power in the US. None even died from Fukushima in Japan. The only place anyone has died from it and was Chernobyl where about 50 people died. And that was the result an old design and human stupidity.

If we're going to save the planet, save the planet and do what needs to be done.
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Tesla, you don't need to convince me. But most people hear "nuclear" and they lose their ****. You're not going to convince them no matter how many facts you throw their way because their opinion is not fact-based. Trust me, I've tried.
 
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