A Democrat I could vote for
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On politics:
On Snowden:
On the Middle East:
So we’ve had a bad history with Iran because of what we did in 1953, replacing an elected official with a dictator. If we can build a relationship that’s a little more even-handed, if we can get them to back away from their nuclear ambition—let’s face it, their neighbors don’t even like that—if we were to step up and said we’re no longer just going to take the Saudis’ position all the time, you don’t have to worry about us attacking you from Afghanistan or Iraq, if you agree to back away from your nuclear ambitions, we’ll be neutral.
On drug legalization:
On the ACA:
We just need to act like capitalists, not socialists. We need to negotiate to buy medicine. Now, what’s interesting is that the detractors hear that and say—this is like socialized medicine. No! Are you kidding me? France, the United Kingdom: They negotiate like capitalists to buy their medicine. The United States? We say to the pharmaceutical companies, how much would you like this for? We continue to pay them three times what they sell the same medicines for all over the world. Right after the bill was passed, big pharma was running ads for all the Democrats who voted for this thing. Even in Montana. What’d they get out of it? They now have a lot more money.
It's a good interview all around, well worth reading in the entirety. I hope he runs, cause Hillary isn't an option for me, I don't see anyone on the Republican side that looks too promising, and as much as I'd like to see a Gary Johnson presidency, I don't see that happening absent something apocalyptic befalling the current political system.
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You'll notice that he's saying "socialised" medicine has some benefits traditionally associated with capitalism, because most countries with free healthcare don't have the government producing everything. Negotiating for everything drives prices down further when the contract is bigger. That's part of the reason why healthcare spending is lower in the UK and France and, well, everywhere, than in the USA.
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Don't start with the H word already.
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^that is exactly where I am. There are few still standing on the Dem or Repub side that I have even a tiny bit of respect for. Gary Johnson would definitely be my #1 choice, but his realistic views are not appealing to major sources of campaign funding. Give me practicality over preaching any day.
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You're going to have a heart attack, but I actually agree with you! I sincerely like Schweitzer - though I doubt he'd have a chance against Hilary, which is too bad. And speaking as a German American, it would be nice to have a President with a German name, since Eisenhower.
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Schweitzer has an NRA "A" rating which is one good thing, as long as he holds to it. I have mixed feelings about his stand on other issues, some good some not so good.
In some ways he might be better than some of the candidates the GOP has propped up in the past two elections.
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Don't start with the H word already.
Cool!I wonder if Hillary is in Slytherin?
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The problem is that a Democrat in the Senate will vote with their fellow Democrats on almost every important issue except gun control (and, even then, none other then Joe Manchin was leading the charge). Mark Begich voted for Obamacare. So, regardless of how many issues the candidate gets right, if he has a D next to his name, don't send him to the Senate.
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Absolutely, even the supposedly principled Dennis Kucinich was swayed to vote for Obamacare after he let him have a ride on Air Force One.
Absolutely, even the supposedly principled Dennis Kucinich was swayed to vote for Obamacare after he let him have a ride on Air Force One.
The House is a different story. There are dozens of Democrats in the House willing not to go along with every loony Democrat legislation, such as Obamacare (there were a lot more of these Democrats in 2010 than there are now). However, I don't think Kucinich was never a viable defector. The big problem is that the House passed a version of Obamacare (which includes new taxes) that originated in the Senate, even though the Constitution explicitly requires revenue raising legislation to originate in the House. But then again, the Constitution also gives the federal government limited, enumerated powers and prohibits the government from infringing on "the right of the people to keep and bear arms." And who in Washington D.C. takes any of that seriously?
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