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On Thu, 21 May 2026 21:51:53 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> On 2026-05-21 19:52, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>> On 2026-05-21, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Thu, 21 May 2026 03:05:11 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>>> In our freedom-loving secular democracy, we can’t get 51% of the
>>>> people to agree on anything.
>>>
>>> In 2020, 51.3% of the people agreed Granpa Biden would make a stellar
>>> president along with his faithful sidekick Robin, er, Kamala.
>>>
>>> Usually the margins are slim but in 1964 61.1% of the people chose the
>>> corrupt, lying, war-mongering Texas bag of bullshit LBJ. Democracy is
>>> great! People who you wouldn't send down to the corner store to get a
>>> quart of milk vote!
>> 
>> You're lucky you only have two parties to choose from.  Here in Canada
>> the ruling party usually gets no more than 40% of the vote.
>> Combined with a 60% voter turnout, this means politicians claim a
>> "mandate from the masses" when only one in four eligible voters cast a
>> ballot for them.
>> 
>> 
> The others have no reason to complain. Next time, vote.

Bullshit.