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Here's an idea we might to return to........... (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Aug 2016 OP
It would be a very difficult choice. MH1 Aug 2016 #1
Oh, I think McConnell would win, hands down Warpy Aug 2016 #3
Great. The tyranny of the majority throws out the socialist or the whistle blower. Nitram Aug 2016 #2
Were there lobbyists in ancient Greece? Cirque du So-What Aug 2016 #4
Cirque, I'm sure there were lobbyists. it's human nature. Nitram Aug 2016 #7
They voted to execute some of their best. JNelson6563 Aug 2016 #5
Exactly. Witness Socrates. Nitram Aug 2016 #8
Voting to punish politicians is an awful idea WestCoastLib Aug 2016 #6
Exactly. Trump would love this idea. Nitram Aug 2016 #9
The ancient Greeks were way ahead of us... Blue_Tires Aug 2016 #10

MH1

(17,600 posts)
1. It would be a very difficult choice.
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 08:40 AM
Aug 2016

I guess this year it would HAVE to be Trump, but there is no shortage of contenders.

Warpy

(111,275 posts)
3. Oh, I think McConnell would win, hands down
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 09:51 AM
Aug 2016

for his continuous and outrageous obstruction of even routine business, like confirming or rejecting a USSC nominee.

Cirque du So-What

(25,941 posts)
4. Were there lobbyists in ancient Greece?
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 09:55 AM
Aug 2016

Halfway serious question, as I imagine their presence would be anathema to the democratic model. I've fantasized that, if I were in power, I would raze K Street and put an elaborate public square in its place.

WestCoastLib

(442 posts)
6. Voting to punish politicians is an awful idea
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 12:53 PM
Aug 2016

In fact, that's pretty much how the Teaparty turned the Republican party into what it is today.

Trump is the result of this type of mob mentality, not the likely target of it's ire.

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