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U.S Presidential Election
- Thread starter Chiang Mai Tiger
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I don’t care too much one way or another whether the US has a Democrat or Republican President.
I do care when an unhinged individual is holding such a powerful position in the world order. The interest in the election for me is about ridding the world of President Trump.
There are countries in the world where English is not the first language. Who knows where that video came from (what channel)?
And even if it was in an English speaking country, consider this. Australia is a relatively unique country in the world in that it is geographically very large and the fact that is has had English-speaking settlement for only 230 odd years (i.e. lots of movement of people), so very few regional accents have developed in that time. People from Perth and Sydney live 4000 kms apart but have no discernible speech difference. That is a rare thing and it means Australian TV has very little need for subtitles.
I live in a country of 6 million people, geographically one-fifth the size of Victoria, with one official language (not English), and it's not uncommon to see people from one side of the country sub-titled on TV for the benefit of the people on the other side - 300 kms away. The language is the same. The accents are severe (I should know - what I've learned doesn't help me alot with my in-laws who live on the other side of the country). The language has developed over a much longer time than what Australia has had, time where people did not travel as much. As such the accents developed independently and are significantly more distinct from each other than what you experience in Australia. I would think that much of Europe and other older nations would be similar.
No. Runoff elections in Georgia the Dems have a shot at. I haven't looked at the other uncalled races.
Too mch " calling out" going on in the world for anyone's good. Did the US call out us with our moronic turnover of PM s from 2011-2018?
Might be the first recorded two holes in one stroke, after completing a round in 18 strokes.
Some people value appearance over results, that's how Hamish Hartlett gets a big fat long-term contract.
Evidence of good Ol boys? On the unrest, from eother side, is it happening in hundreds, thousands of cities and towns or are we making conclusions on a small number of pics we see on TV?
From what I have seen and read about McCain, he always seemed to do what he felt was best for his country, from his military service to his later political career. He put his country first.
With the overgrown oompah loompah, it has always been what has been best for himself ( and his family and cronies)
My comment was on Trump telling them to go to early polling stations, which is said to have intimidated people.
Albanese wants ScoMo to call Trump and tell Trump to respect the process ..... Albo you are better than that.
Yes, from what I've read he was a good man. He had friends on both sides of politics, one being Joe Biden. Probably why Trump disliked him so much, Trump wouldn't even have a friend in the Republican Party.
What I'm getting at is, Clarko punched holes in walls, potted umpires and abused journos on the way to four premierships. Do you think Hawthorn supporters gave a single sh!t?
It's fine not to approve of someone's style, but in the end it's far less important than results.
Trump has an abrasive style, but I bet he got plenty of votes from people who didn't approve of that style but valued what he could do.
