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Re:A 64-year-old put his life savings in his carry-on, and U... by lopmotr on Saturday June 02, 2018 @04:14AM (#17213442)
If you voted for democrats, you did the ballot box wrong. Bill Clinton made the problem worse. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=74583

He explicitly didn't want people to be able to defend themselves! "Requiring the Federal Government to provide a free attorney to anyone who wants to contest a forfeiture action would overwhelm the judicial system with frivolous claims."

"Raise the standard of proof in forfeiture cases to clear and convincing evidence." He didn't want that.

Really, why is any democrat voter complaining about this? It's their own fault.

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Re:A 64-year-old put his life savings in his carry-on, and U... by anonymouskimmer on Saturday June 02, 2018 @04:55PM (#17216331)
"Really, why is any democrat voter complaining about this? It's their own fault."

It's been 21.5 years since anyone voted for Bill Clinton. Those democrats who are 39.5 years or younger have no consequent blame.

And by the way, Clinton's administration posted that opinion about 3 years after anyone had voted for Bill Clinton. The voters no longer had any input.

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Re:A 64-year-old put his life savings in his carry-on, and U... by lopmotr on Saturday June 02, 2018 @08:19PM (#17217172)
If voters punished parties for things they did in the past, that would be a force towards more long term thinking instead of always reacting to whatever scapegoat the rabble wants to hang today.
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