Justin Amash Votes in Support of Illegal Immigrant’s Right To Vote

[Swordsmyth]

Smash is not wrong to refuse to play when Congress commences wasting time posturing.

He didn't abstain, he voted the wrong way.

 

[TheTexan]

As what?

Anarchy is just another way to say tyranny.

Without rules, it would just be chaos & madness. Order and rules are the only things that allow our lives to have meaning.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Anarchy is just another way to say tyranny.

Without rules, it would just be chaos & madness. Order and rules are the only things that allow our lives to have meaning.

Anarchy always leads to tyranny but it is not the same thing.

 

[TheTexan]

Anarchy always leads to tyranny but it is not the same thing.

And tyranny always leads to anarchy.

 

[Swordsmyth]

And tyranny always leads to anarchy.

True, but not so quickly as the other way.

Catching the pendulum at secured liberty is extremely difficult and keeping it there is even harder, that is why we should not be so eager to give up what we have and gamble on anarchy.

 

[TheTexan]

True, but not so quickly as the other way.

Catching the pendulum at secured liberty is extremely difficult and keeping it there is even harder, that is why we should not be so eager to give up what we have and gamble on anarchy.

Catching the pendulum isn't really even that hard. Just draft a constitution and call it a republic, problem solved. This is how America did it and look how great it worked for us.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Catching the pendulum isn't really even that hard. Just draft a constitution and call it a republic, problem solved. This is how America did it and look how great it worked for us.

That is the basic idea but it is much more complicated, America was a reasonably good try building on lessons learned from past attempts.
And look how it worked out, as you say.

 

[TheTexan]

And look how it worked out, as you say.

Free'st country in the world. And with the lowest taxes (only 50%, compared to other countries' 55%-60%!)

 

[Swordsmyth]

Free'st country in the world. And with the lowest taxes (only 50%!)

Our overall level of freedom and cultural dedication to it is better than anywhere else but being king of the dunghill isn't enough, we need to move to a better neighborhood.

 

[acptulsa]

He didn't abstain, he voted the wrong way.

Oh? Did it make any difference?

Leave it to a partisan to get his panties in a knot over a symbolic vote that doesn't do one damned thing.

 

[EBounding]

Voting "no" is rarely a bad thing in Congress. And Amash doesn't need the Trump base to keep getting re-elected. He got like 20K more votes than Trump did in MI-3 during 2016.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Voting "no" is rarely a bad thing in Congress.

It is this time.

And Amash doesn't need the Trump base to keep getting re-elected. He got like 20K more votes than Trump did in MI-3 during 2016.

We will see but it isn't just Trump's base that resents the invaders being catered to and given political power to ensure Demoncrat/communist victories.

 

[Stratovarious]

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We will see but it isn't just Trump's base that resents the invaders being catered to and given political power to ensure Demoncrat/communist victories.

''You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Swordsmyth again.''

 

[acptulsa]

It is this time.


We will see but it isn't just Trump's base that resents the invaders being catered to and given political power to ensure Demoncrat/communist victories.

He voted against meaningless, toothless posturing.

The only people who care think style is as important as substance.

 

[Swordsmyth]

He voted against meaningless, toothless posturing.

The only people who care think style is as important as substance.

No, he voted against condemning treason.

 

[acptulsa]

No, he voted against condemning treason.

So you're saying meaningless, toothless posturing can't condemn treason?

 

[Swordsmyth]

So you're saying meaningless, toothless posturing can't condemn treason?

It isn't meaningless.

 

[acptulsa]

It isn't meaningless.

Opinions are like hemorrhoids.

 

[EBounding]

Michigan Republicans should probably spend their resources getting Trump the electoral votes instead of prentending to primary Amash.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Michigan Republicans should probably spend their resources getting Trump the electoral votes instead of prentending to primary Amash.

I agree with you there, Amash is small potatoes and his overall voting record is still better than almost anyone else but they should remember this and keep an eye on him in case he turns into another Jeff Flake.