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It would be announced when the new president makes his
post election victory speech and might go something like
this:
"My first act in office is to create a new cabinet position,
the "Loyal Opposition Liaison". This post will be offered to
my opponent who've I've just defeated in this election.
The
reason I'm doing this is because I want to represent the
interests of all Americans to the best of my abilities and
who better to give me insight into their needs and
aspirations than the person who represented them in this
election? This will be an advisory position, you will give
input to policy decisions and be treated with the respect
and dignity deserving of somebody who had millions of
Americans vote for them for president.
As president I of course will have final say in decisions that
my distinguished adversary will be consulted on, but I
promise you that whenever possible, I will attempt to
make these decisions such that they have a positive impact
on the opposition party voters that make up such a large
percentage of this great country. They are Americans too
and deserve to be heard. I will make it my duty to serve
them and this cabinet officer will be very helpful in
assisting me in doing this.
If my opponent turns down this position, which would be
odd because they will be turning down an opportunity to
be in the Whitehouse every day assisting in molding public
policy, I will offer it to their VP candidate. If they turn it
down I will turn to opposition party congress members
until I find the right person for the job."
http://izquotes.com...-johnson-241192.jpg
[pertinax, Nov 09 2016]
Faggot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot
"Faggot or fagot, branch or twig, or bundle of these". Not any other sort of faggot. [8th of 7, Nov 09 2016]
Damnatio memoriae
https://en.wikipedi...i/Damnatio_memoriae
Latin phrase literally meaning "condemnation of memory" [8th of 7, Nov 09 2016]
Suggesting politics be civil might be a little like suggesting this.
https://www.youtube...watch?v=RN7kVYz7GS8
[doctorremulac3, Nov 09 2016]
[link]
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New word to describe annual general meeting of Retard
Trump supporters: scumvention. |
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{stands clear of the tent-flap} |
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//New word to describe annual general meeting of
Retard Trump supporters: scumvention.// |
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Yes, they're all doodoo heads, but the idea was to
have the losing candidate be given a position on the
winning candidate's cabinet. In this case Hillary
would be hired by Trump to assist wherever possible
in formulating policy. |
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Sounds good on paper, but LOL would take on a whole new meaning. |
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Hmm. Good point, that would take away some of the
dignity from the post. |
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How about "Opposition Liaison Secretary"? |
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Sounds good and all, but wasn't there a good reason why we
walked away from having the veep as the runner-up
candidate many years ago? |
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Well, this would be a pretty "soft" position, their
power would be whatever the president gave
them. I think other suggestions put them into
congress with actual votes. |
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I think that even if you look at it cynically, from
the president's point of view, if he can get
something done without getting the opposition's
panties in a bunch vs getting it done while
fomenting hatred and friction, hey. That sounds
like the easier path. |
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And the loser would be an absolute fool not to
take this position. |
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I'd make it interesting, a 2 hour meeting every
week with published transcripts where
appropriate. Give 'em the Monday morning first
thing slot. |
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I think the Monday morning first thing slot would be
reserved for national security briefings. |
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I like this concept in general. Comes with a few snags
though. And doesn't the Congressional Minority leader sort
of land here? |
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If the President ran as a moderate, then what's the position
of the opposition liaison? |
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Given that Trump essentially stood on the platform of "not being one of them", it wouldn't really make much sense to invite "one of them" into a privileged position of office immediately after being elected. |
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Well, details would need to be ironed out but the
basic idea is handing an olive branch to the newly
disenfranchised electorate. |
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I'm trying to keep this kind of generic. If I never hear
the names Trump or Clinton again I'd be
perfectly fine with that. |
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//Didn't this already happen with Trump asking for
support and Hillary offering it ?// |
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Well, sort of. So why not make it official? |
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On the other hand, maybe politics is like football.
You don't want people getting along. Let folks get
their "them vs us" hate on. |
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//If I never hear the names (redacted with extreme
predudice) or (deleted, emptied the trash bin, and
formatted the hard drive) again I'd
be perfectly fine with that.// |
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// If I never hear the names Trump or Clinton again I'd be perfectly fine with that. // |
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Aw nooooo, if Hilary is subject to damnatio memoriae, how will we know when and where the witch-burning is to be held ? We will pay top dollar (or chicken, on the assumption that the USA will have reverted to barter by then) for fireside seats. |
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Can we bring our own kindling and faggots* ? |
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Dunno if it's still like this, but in Bristol the Brain's Faggot factory was across the road from the morgue...not that I'm saying anything y'r honour.. |
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// This would be good no? // Do you think you would have suggested
this idea if Hillary had won? |
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Like I said, generic and applicable to all situations. |
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I've always been uncomfortable with the idea that
government typically leaves half its customer's
pissed off. |
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If you look at government as a service like any
other, and you should, a service that has a 50%
satisfaction rate would be shut down. Government
has a monopoly on, well, government, so your
choices are like it or lump it. I think if we're clever
we can do a workaround that keeps everybody at
least a little bit happier, but I'm not sure that's
what people want. |
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It might be like suggesting that football should be
played with hugs instead of tackles like that South
Park episode. (see link) |
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I think people like the friction, maybe I do too, but
I would like to see something productive done at
the end of the day. Just kicking each other in the
nuts is fun at first but it gets old after a while. |
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Half of the problem is that stupid people cannot be satisfied
or cured, because what ails them is different than their
self-diagnosis, and thus they blame the powers that be for
their condition. |
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