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Originally Posted by Slon
Why do you assume he opposes it out of principle rather than out of the way it has been implemented?
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Have I said he opposes it out of principle?
I don't think I have.
The main point to me is that he opposes it. If it needs to be fixed, then fix it, don't shit-can it.
Yet, that's exactly his position...
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Yet you appear to assume he dislikes it out of principle? Is that it?
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Well, that's an ignorant conclusion on your part, then.
If he's opposed to it only because of how it's carried out or how it's applied, then he should say he wants to fix it. But, by saying he's against it because of how it's applied, and then following that with "I am against the federal death penalty", it's pretty fucking clear that he has no desire to "fix"
anything.
Then again, he won't be the next President, so it's no big deal. What he's demonstrated, though, is his unwillingness and inability to fix problems.
That's hardly a quality I want in a President...