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« on: February 11, 2005, 05:54:27 AM »
I can't name any native politicians, though Sad
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« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2005, 07:42:16 AM »
I voted for one in the mock election, so obviously yes.
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« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2005, 09:57:24 PM »

ex-Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO)
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« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2005, 09:05:42 AM »
I think Alcons got at least some Native American blood in him and I would vote for him, so I suppose I would.
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« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2005, 05:06:10 PM »
How Native American? If you mean someone who wants their land back, hell no.
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« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2005, 05:34:27 PM »
Quote from: Philip on February 13, 2005, 05:06:10 PM
How Native American? If you mean someone who wants their land back, hell no.

Can I steal your land?
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« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2005, 04:50:08 AM »
Quote from: jfern on February 13, 2005, 05:34:27 PM
Quote from: Philip on February 13, 2005, 05:06:10 PM
How Native American? If you mean someone who wants their land back, hell no.

Can I steal your land?

They stole it from each other before we ever arrived.   It's no ones, really, especially not some catagorical ethnic group.
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« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2005, 06:50:44 AM »
Quote from: Lunar on February 14, 2005, 04:50:08 AM
Quote from: jfern on February 13, 2005, 05:34:27 PM
Quote from: Philip on February 13, 2005, 05:06:10 PM
How Native American? If you mean someone who wants their land back, hell no.

Can I steal your land?

They stole it from each other before we ever arrived.   It's no ones, really, especially not some catagorical ethnic group.

Ever wonder how the iroquois league managed to rule an area as vast as theirs with as few as 5 tribes?  Hint: It ain't because they were so nice everyone else living there decided to give them the land.
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« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2005, 09:49:57 AM »
There was one already. Calvin Coolidge.
(ok, he wasn't a full native american, but does that matter Wink )
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« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2005, 10:27:33 AM »
You sure you're not confusing him with Charles Curtis, Hoover's veep?
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« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2005, 12:27:08 PM »
I voted yes. If they agree with me on the issues and have the same moral values as I do, than absolutely.
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« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2005, 12:31:39 PM »
No. No more drunks as president.

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« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2006, 05:20:42 PM »
As long as they played "Hail To The Chief" with those war drums Smiley
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« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2006, 05:44:41 PM »
I don't see why not.  There is nothing inherently bad or good about being Native American.
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« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2006, 06:03:25 PM »
Yeah I'd vote for a Native American as long as they're somewhere close to my ideology.
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« Reply #15 on: January 19, 2006, 06:28:26 PM »
Ethnicity is a pretty stupid criterion to worry about when electing a President, so I don't care either way.
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« Reply #16 on: January 19, 2006, 06:29:38 PM »
Quote from: Ebowed on January 19, 2006, 06:28:26 PM
Ethnicity is a pretty stupid criterion to worry about when electing a President, so I don't care either way.
^^^^^^^^

Ethnicity has nothing to do with my choices for any office.
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« Reply #17 on: January 19, 2006, 06:49:26 PM »
Yes... acctually, when I took the Senate allignment test, about two years ago, it indicated that the Senator I was politically closest to was Ben Nighthorse Campbell.
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« Reply #18 on: January 19, 2006, 08:45:42 PM »
Each of our presidents to date has been a native American.
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« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2006, 09:26:05 PM »
An injun?  Nah!
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« Reply #20 on: January 20, 2006, 01:49:15 AM »
Wouldn't a Native American candidate HAVE to win out of PC courtesy?
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« Reply #21 on: January 20, 2006, 02:05:40 AM »
Quote from: skybridge on January 20, 2006, 01:49:15 AM
Wouldn't a Native American candidate HAVE to win out of PC courtesy?

Just like blacks, Hispanics, and women win every race they run in?
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« Reply #22 on: January 20, 2006, 04:57:37 PM »
Quote from: Alcon on January 20, 2006, 02:05:40 AM
Quote from: skybridge on January 20, 2006, 01:49:15 AM
Wouldn't a Native American candidate HAVE to win out of PC courtesy?

Just like blacks, Hispanics, and women win every race they run in?

The difference, in this case, is though that the natives would have more of a reasonable right to rule what was once theirs. I suppose you could apply that argument to saying that a Hispanic running for, say, governor of NewMexico would have to win by default.
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« Reply #23 on: January 20, 2006, 05:36:05 PM »
Quote from: Jean Chrétien on February 14, 2005, 10:27:33 AM
You sure you're not confusing him with Charles Curtis, Hoover's veep?

No, but both were.  We crop up time to time. Smiley
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« Reply #24 on: January 20, 2006, 05:57:33 PM »
Yes, of course, as long as he did at least an okay job at being President.  You see, I don't care what race the President is, at all, the only thing that matters is what they're going to do in office.

Quote from: skybridge on January 20, 2006, 04:57:37 PM
Quote from: Alcon on January 20, 2006, 02:05:40 AM
Quote from: skybridge on January 20, 2006, 01:49:15 AM
Wouldn't a Native American candidate HAVE to win out of PC courtesy?

Just like blacks, Hispanics, and women win every race they run in?

The difference, in this case, is though that the natives would have more of a reasonable right to rule what was once theirs. I suppose you could apply that argument to saying that a Hispanic running for, say, governor of NewMexico would have to win by default.

I hope you're joking...
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