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Charles Valderrama
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Posted: 05 November 2026 at 11:37pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Question: The “Big Beautiful Bill” hasn’t even hit us yet...but in 2027 it'll cut Medicaid etc. and give tax breaks to billionaires... am I remembering correctly? 

Will the public think Dems are to blame for this in 2027?

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I voted for Perot. Not because I thought he really had any chance of winning, but because he was the closest thing on the ballot to “none of the above.”
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Posted: 05 November 2026 at 11:51pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

I was looking at Perot until his "if elected, I will have no gays in my cabinet" announcement.  Say "it was a different time," all you want but the early 90s were not even as backward as the 80s, and I wasn't gonna have it anymore.  I was over that nonsense.

Not like Clinton was so great with the ridiculous "Don't ask, don't tell."
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I also voted for Perot, for much the same reason. But in my case, I was 18 in '92, so it was the first election that I ever voted in.

But, with that I learned the big issue with voting third-party - the '92 election split the vote such that Clinton won with a minority vote. I'm not getting into opinions of Clinton here, but regarless it bothered me on principle that we had a president that the majority of voters voted against.
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Perot was a predominantly conservative billionaire. The American people obviously have no issues with supporting conservative, rich outsiders if that’s the only non-“insider” choice. They also overwhelmingly voted for a black guy with a Muslim name. And an orange narcissist. American people are starving for a genuine change. Democrats continue to fail to see this and just might benefit from following a “radical, progressive” agenda that in any other democracy in the world would be seen as “moderate.” Even the establishment left tilts right in the US. It’s incredibly frustrating.

The greatest president we’ve ever had served the will of the people and enacted radical change. He was the architect of Social Security, the 40 hour workweek, and multiple public services. FDR truly prioritized the needs of the people, and he did more for the people than any other the last century at least. If either political party actually prioritized the people, and aggressively worked to improve the lives of ordinary Americans, they’d die in power. 
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we had a president that the majority of voters voted against.

Can't you say the same thing about Bush in 2000 and Tr*mp in 2016 but for that pesky Electoral College?  But if you are referring to "against," wouldn't every vote not for a specific candidate be a vote against them?
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