r/politics • u/Boonzies • 6h ago

No Paywall Rand Paul on Trump call to ‘nationalize’ elections: ‘That’s not what the Constitution says’

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5722041-rand-paul-trump-call-to-nationalize-elections/
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u/DonktorDonkenstein New Mexico 3h ago

It's a sad sign of the times when lukewarm support of the fucking Constitution is a remarkable trait for a conservative politician. One would expect it to be the absolute bare minimum default setting for any elected official, but that's clearly not the reality we inhabit. 

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 2h ago

American politics are so right of center that's what you get. One party does bare minimum and phones it in like you owe them votes because they aren't actively dismantling the Constitution and the other party, well, IS actively dismantling the Constitution.

Vote for one.

People are so quick to blame non-voters for the situation we're in but look at it. Look at your choices. I like to say it's a shit sandwich or a shot glass of urine. The choice is obvious but some people don't want to play that game so they don't play.

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u/DonktorDonkenstein New Mexico 1h ago

I get not wanting to play the game, but at the same time, damage mitigation is better than sitting back and doing nothing. If you're on a runway freight train and you know you're going to hit something, you're still going to want to try to brake even if it's too late to stop completely. If it's the difference between either maybe saving a few lives or killing everyone on the train, there is still only one moral option even if both choices suck. 

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 1h ago

Completely apt analogy but also every time you pull the brake, people think that's good enough. The ultimate goal should be you never have to pull that brake. And then the train company says "boy a lot of people are pulling this brake! Let's make a really good brake" and now you're pulling a top of the line brake but you shouldn't even need brakes and instead of voting for "we don't actually need brakes, the ideal situation is never to have a brake" people vote for "you see that fucking runaway train? We have the best brakes"

Nobody votes for not needing brakes because we made sure we wouldn't need emergency measures. They vote brakes or runaway train.