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PoliGAF 2016 |OT13| For Queen and Country

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studyguy

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Man... remember when Trump had that pokemon GO gif of Clinton getting caught and the internet thought it was the hottest shit ever. Or that ad Trump put out where Cruz was hanging himself on his giant nose of lies?

What a time man. How far we've come.
It's been awful.
 
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TestOfTide

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titiklabingapat said:
Can anyone give me a link to explain why the gerrymander might backfire on the Republicans,especially in a wave election? I'd be interested to learn more.
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The way to maximize Gerrymandering is to have democrat regions all condensed into districts that are 30-40+ D (very safe D) and have spread out a bunch of Districts that are around +6-10 R which is normally safe R, but in a wave election could be vulnerable to flipping.
 
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Cerium

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Carpe Carnim

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BSsBrolly said:
You know how Trump likes to project? What are the chances Russia rigs the election for Trump? Is that even possible nowadays?
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No, even the electronic voting machines are air-gapped from the wider Internet. They could possibly have thousands of Diebold sleeper cells, or hundreds of County election officials burrowed in, but that's...unlikely.

I do expect a massive DDoS attack to State/County tabulation sites on Nov 8th to cause chaos, but that's mainly to sow discontent and encourage conspiracy theories after the fact
 
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Box of Kittens

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Plinko said:
Kasich's unfavorable ratings make him a wildcard for 2020. I still say if he runs as an independent, he wins.

Also, how in the world have 20% of people never heard of John Kasich?
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I'm not going to make any predictions for 2020, but I see no way he would win as an Independent. He'd either get no traction just like the primary, or he'd mostly have the effect of splitting the Republican vote and inflating Hillary's electoral vote total a la 1912.
 
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Wilsongt

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If Clinton was petty enough, she could have found and invited all of the people who led day to day workings and financials of all of Trump's failed business ventures, hotels, and casinos to the debates. She could have stated something along the lines of "Trump has shown time and time again he is a flawed and terrible business person. People who he tired and trusted to run those now bankrupt and defunct business are sitting in our audience. Do you really want someone like Trump having a say with who sits on the supreme court or in cabinet positions?"
 
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Iolo

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Wilsongt said:
If Clinton was petty enough, she could have found and invited all of the people who led day to day workings and financials of all of Trump's failed business ventures, hotels, and casinos to the debates. She could have stated something along the lines of "Trump has shown time and time again he is a flawed and terrible business person. People who he tired and trusted to run those now bankrupt and defunct business are sitting in our audience. Do you really want someone like Trump having a say with who sits on the supreme court or in cabinet positions?"
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She probably should have had ads like this with real people Trump has screwed over. But instead chose to focus on temperament. I guess the people can't follow too many themes at once.
 
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Voysa Reezun

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Boke1879 said:
I can't wait until tomorrow and I start seeing nervous posts from you all lol .
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Personally, I don't care about this debate. Hilldawg could probably come out and drop a deuce on stage and she'd still win the debate and election.

Trump is a deranged idiot. He'll find a way to screw up everything.
 
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Boke1879

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Voysa Reezun said:
Personally, I don't care about this debate. Hilldawg could probably come out and drop a deuce on stage and she'd still win the debate and election.

Trump is a deranged idiot. He'll find a way to screw up everything.
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Yea I doubt this debate will be a blip on the radar. I would assume a lot of people watching have already made up their minds and just want to cheer their candidate on. Not to mention after this it'll be pretty much campaign mode as we'll be a bit over 2 weeks out.
 
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nature boy

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Erick Erickson ‏@EWErickson 49m49 minutes ago
Washington Post has Clinton up 4 in Georgia. Internal GOP polling has her up 5 in Georgia.

YOU'RE GIVING GAF TOO MUCH HOPIUM
 
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Finale Fireworker

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If a lifetime of my grandmother not allowing me to change the channel even when she has fallen asleep watching her soap operas has taught me anything, it's that somebody's evil half brother is a surprise you just can't plan for. Who knows what dastardly plan he will enact. He may try to steal away Michelle!
 
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Paskil

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I ran into a coworker this morning and we were riding the elevator up to start work. Sparked a conversation because he had entered the elevator behind me and I asked what floor not realizing it was him and that I knew his floor. I can't even recall the exact conversation but he had his heandphones plugged in his phone and I asked what he was listening to. He mentioned podcasts and listed like three of em (I remember an NPR one but not the title). I don't do podcasts but I just listened to the most recent Keepin' it 1600 yesterday (only had ever listened to them once previously when Tom Perez was on), I mentioned Keepin' it 1600 and he showed me his phone and KEEPIN IT 1600 WAS ON THE SCREEN!!! Shit blew my mind at 8AM.

I didn't even know he liked politics.
 
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B-Dubs

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kadotsu said:
So will Assange's dead mans switch go into action before the debate and end Hillary's campaign once and for all?
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He's got all of jack shit on anyone. If he had anything like that there's no way he'd be able to hang onto it, he likes the limelight way too much.

Paskil said:
I ran into a coworker this morning and we were riding the elevator up to start work. Sparked a conversation because he had entered the elevator behind me and I asked what floor not realizing it was him and that I knew his floor. I can't even recall the exact conversation but he had his heandphones plugged in his phone and I asked what he was listening to. He mentioned podcasts and listed like three of em (I remember an NPR one but not the title). I don't do podcasts but I just listened to the most recent Keepin' it 1600 yesterday (only had ever listened to them once previously when Tom Perez was on), I mentioned Keepin' it 1600 and he showed me his phone and KEEPIN IT 1600 WAS ON THE SCREEN!!! Shit blew my mind at 8AM.

I didn't even know he liked politics.
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Man, Keeping it 1600 is probably the GOAT at this point
 
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TumblingHippo

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2 coworkers who were glued to the computer screens as much as me during the first two debates have no interest in tomorrow's. They're done.

I'm done. Tomorrow is board game night. Excuse the locker room talk but time to go fondle some meeples.
 
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Barzul

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Eh I'll probably be watching. Definitely not as excited as the first one for example. Think this one will have the lowest ratings too.
 
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Paskil

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Y'all are going to miss out. I have this creeping feeling that tomorrow will be the best debate of this election cycle.
 
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Wolfgunblood Garopa

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The debate might be entertaining, but it's not significant to the election. I might watch it, but I'm mostly just going to pay attention to the election when I have the stomach for it at this point. The only story at this point is just how far Trump is going to pull the country down with him.
 
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Suikoguy

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Wolfgunblood Garopa said:
The debate might be entertaining, but it's not significant to the election. I might watch it, but I'm mostly just going to pay attention to the election when I have the stomach for it at this point. The only story at this point is just how far Trump is going to pull the country down with him.
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Yeah, it's really not. I think the election and populace would be better served replacing it with policy and 'job interview' questions (each canidate in a different 'session') as mentioned previously in this thread.

It's part of the reason why I defended the reduction in the number of Democratic primary debates. They reduce in importance until they become pointless past a certain number.
 
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HylianTom

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As tired of this campaign as I may be, I'll still be watching tomorrow night. It'll be three years before we get to see any other Presidential debates. And I want to watch history.

But after the election is over and things calm down, I'll be drastically cutting my intake of 2016 news and entertainment. I've had enough of this year.
 
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Joe Shlabotnik

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Finale Fireworker said:
If a lifetime of my grandmother not allowing me to change the channel even when she has fallen asleep watching her soap operas has taught me anything, it's that somebody's evil half brother is a surprise you just can't plan for. Who knows what dastardly plan he will enact. He may try to steal away Michelle!
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This is only true if Barack is playing both parts.
 
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ZealousD

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Plinko said:
Kasich's unfavorable ratings make him a wildcard for 2020.
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I still say he probably would have beat Hillary had he won the nomination. That is not me endorsing Kasich btw, simply me making a call based on polling and favorables. PoliGAF likes to poo-poo any suggestion that Hillary is beatable so I expect to be called out on this.
 
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