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Originally posted by dave
Sycamore has no chance of ever getting elected because he is too liberal.
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Maybe in 2003, yeah. But the country shifts often enough that I would just have to find the right time to slip in there.
The same with you...no way you'd get elected right now with your current stances. But if people continue to become more socially liberal, you have a good shot in 13 years.
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I'd go, "what's the sense in making prostitution illegal when it's costing us money instead of making us a boatload in taxes?" Republicans would go "Damn, that's a good point." Bible thumpers would secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and the liberals would herald me as a champion of human rights. (As Carlin puts it - Selling is legal. Fucking is legal. Why isn't selling fucking legal?)
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That stance would probably win you Democrats and liberals, but I don't know if you could ever get that past Republicans. You'd wind up causing a conundrum a la the state sodomy laws, and we don't even need to discuss the Bible-thumpers.