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Old 02-12-2016, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Boreas View Post
You don't really think Bernie's a "loony", do you? I don't. In fact, I don't think Trump is a loony. As we've just seen here, he just plays to them. AFAIK, the only candidate on either side that qualifies for your description is Carson.
Maybe he isn't a loony, but supporters who believe that he will actually succeed in implementing any of his promises are. I am, by nature, a pragmatist. That said, listening to Hillary makes me want to stick pencils in my ears. What a sorry slate on the Democratic side. If this is the best they have, they probably deserve to lose.

I think the only non-compromised pragmatist without a load of baggage is probably Kasich, though he has some views on social issues that I don't agree with. His ability to do anything meaningfully bad on abortion or gay rights are constrained by SCOTUS precedent, so I can live with it.
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