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  1. 11-22-2019, 06:45 AM #1
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    It's so very weird the way America places more importance on a candidate's personality/character/ability to debate than their actual policies.

    I suppose it explains why big personalities with disastrous policies make it all the way to the White House.
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  2. 11-25-2019, 01:53 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Timbuk2 View Post
    It's so very weird the way America places more importance on a candidate's personality/character/ability to debate than their actual policies.

    I suppose it explains why big personalities with disastrous policies make it all the way to the White House.
    Bingo! It's also weird that Democrats use "likeability" as a metric, even tho Republicans won the presidency with an "unlikable" character.


    edit: and now that Bloomberg has entered the Democratic field of contenders....does that change the odds?
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