Aaron Strife
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I'll say this as well. I think Hillary will pull it off.
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Somehow I knew they'd do that. Only registered Dems can vote, I've had to correct this on Facebook a few times now.
I think it's just more of Trump revealing that, on the social issues tied to religion, he's completely disconnected from the GOP base. He's clearly not religious or from a religious family -- he's got New York values, after all. He knows he's supposed to be pro-life if he's campaigning for the GOP nomination but I suspect his actual position is basically "what?"
It definitely speaks to how little effort Trump has actually made to identify what positions he is supposed to be holding or what there is to say about them. Again, I don't think Trump is any sort of skilled politician or master planner. I think he's just saying honestly what he thinks, which is that America used to be better and colored people should know their damn place. Just turns out to be exactly what the GOP base wants!
Wafflecakes
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I am going through election withdrawals.
They should space it out so there are 3 states every Tuesday for the entire primary season.
Not sure how I am going to survive summer.
They should space it out so there are 3 states every Tuesday for the entire primary season.
Not sure how I am going to survive summer.
One hashtag bro: #CruzSexScandal
There's the Veepstakes, and then conventions. Those should be really fun.
That, and I'm looking forward to the whining after the nomination is settled.
I'm just hoping we don't end-up with a Kenneth Star-style inquisition that results in everyone knowing what Cruz's caucus looks lile. *ick*
Veepstakes will only last us six weeks of fun and the conventions 8 days. After that we got nothing but Olympics until September.
Yeah I don't mean to be saying that he's secretly very pro-choice. I just think his awareness of abortion as an issue has mostly filtered through people who are at least somewhat pro-choice. Right there on stage he's trying to work out what it is that he's supposed to say and so he reaches for back-alley abortions because "this is what pro-lifers want, right?" Likewise the punishing women bit. Very Kang and Kodos.
Women's beach volleyball will tide me over nicely.
But seriously once we're in GE mode there'll be plenty of fuckery on a daily basis to keep us busy. Just wait until Trump makes his visit to our foreign allies. Will make Romney's London trip seem like a smashing success.
Its still is Trump.
Cruz with Kasich as Vp. Together they will have some form of excuse (more votes than Trump or more Delegates combined), and that's how they will sell it. Kasich brings Ohio for the republicans, and can be used as a moderate cover for Cruz. If they don't win, it gives them a moderate in a position to compete in 2020.
If Rubio, Bush and all the others who won delegates before dropping out move to back Cruz how close does that bring him to Trump?
NYCmetsfan
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Did someone post this yet
Saw a Twitter post of someone saying "here's a rarity a Bernie rally with empty seats"
It's a town hall on racial issues and there's a picture.
https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/716392211684962304
Saw a Twitter post of someone saying "here's a rarity a Bernie rally with empty seats"
It's a town hall on racial issues and there's a picture.
https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/716392211684962304
RastaMentality
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People are gonna be mega pissed if anyone but first place wins. But maybe that's good entertainment-wise.
Macho Madness
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I think more context is required
That's great to hear. Here's where Trump's whole message about hiring great people gets put to the test. His recent delegate allocation hires seem to be paying off.
I have hard time seeing Kasich being a good VP pick. Yes, he can probably deliver OH, but he is not an attack dog and has logged pretty subpar debate performances thus far. Besides, if he has any ambitions of running again in 2020, getting ties to Cruz's far right policies is probably not the best idea.
OrangeGrayBlue
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I think Trump failing, barely, to get enough delegates to seal the nomination outright is the best outcome. If he's sitting at 1,200 going into the convention that will probably allow for maximum shenanigans.
We need a 'Shenanigans intensify' gif ready for the convention.
VPs can run outside of the shadow of their running mate - Edwards did it in 2008. I don't think people expect the VP nominee to just re-run the previous campaign.
And in terms of delegate math, if Kasich can deliver Ohio then he is, by far and away, the sanest pick. The Republicans simply cannot win without Ohio - they don't have the democrat luxury of being able to win via a number of different states. They have to follow the Bush plan, and that lies through Ohio. If they don't win Ohio then nothing else matters, so if Kasich can deliver Ohio then he's definitely the most sane pick.
And in terms of delegate math, if Kasich can deliver Ohio then he is, by far and away, the sanest pick. The Republicans simply cannot win without Ohio - they don't have the democrat luxury of being able to win via a number of different states. They have to follow the Bush plan, and that lies through Ohio. If they don't win Ohio then nothing else matters, so if Kasich can deliver Ohio then he's definitely the most sane pick.
Aaron Strife
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And yet the only state Kasich has carried in the primary was Ohio - Cruz is overwhelmingly the anti-Trump in this primary. If they go with Kasich they are deliberately saying fuck you to like 80% of the primary voters.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Yep. The closer he gets without crossing the threshold, the more insane the GOP is going to look when they completely ignore the will of the voters and hand the nomination to Ted Cruz.
Aaron Strife
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I still can't believe their anti-Trump is... Cruz. That would be like the Democrats screwing over Michael Moore to give the nom to Dennis Kucinich.
j_k_redtail
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Probably linked earlier, but the article deserves a second look:
Electoral Map Is a Reality Check to Donald Trump’s Bid
I introduce you to the "Not Trump, not now, not ever" contingent:
Please proceed, etc.
Electoral Map Is a Reality Check to Donald Trump’s Bid
I introduce you to the "Not Trump, not now, not ever" contingent:
Please proceed, etc.
Agreed. Though with 1,200, I think he'd get it on the first ballot with the sheer number of unpledged delegates.
This coming from the Trump guy.
Damn son, that is bruuuuuuuuuuutal.
And_Gignac
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Not aligning yourself with the Chicago School of Economics doesnt mean you dont understand them. Nothing sick about this "burn". Economics is a subjective science dependant on social context.
And damn, I wish I could still make threads:
Hillary Romney Clinton said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw9H4uDoAnc&feature=youtu.be
Also, his candidate wants to have a 45% tariff with China and eliminate the national debt in 8 years.
OrangeGrayBlue
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Supporters of both candidates this primary season have followed a weird trend of tearing down the opposing candidate with republican talking points. Do our ideologies really shift across the aisle just to let perfect be the enemy of good? It seems that way from poligaf. Bernie and Hillary, as many love to point out, voted the same way 93% of the time. Is that remaining 7% really the difference between understanding and not understanding economics? It seems disingenuous to parrot some Trump supporter about Bernie just to make Hillary look better. When democrats are shitting on a candidate's economics because he pushes for universal health care, a $15 min wage and paid family leave I think the party is upside down.
excelsiorlef
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Seriously. So many image memes are just twisted incorrect data presented as fact. No one bothers to verify any of it.
You just proved her point.
you made too many during the summer on every pro-bernie poll.
How much did the war in Iraq cost our economy?
excelsiorlef
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Lol what's your problem with that?
She is being misrepresented and people aren't doing their research. That has been the biggest issue Clinton has faced is that people have bought into every demonization that is out there. Whole sale without a thought. I have seen countless fake and incorrect memes about her or about Sanders polling or about Sanders chance at winning. I've had to debunk several for my friends. People I respect who just pass on these memes like facts.
OrangeGrayBlue
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Quite a lot. Obviously Hillary's hawkishness is a big difference between the two candidates. I'm addressing, more generally, the sentiment that ideology seems to fall to the side from democrats when it comes to tearing down their less preferred candidate. Saying that Bernie's platform shows an ignorance toward economics is a straight up republican attack line.
Scott Adams is a depraved human being, even if he's occasionally right about something. See the following:
http://www.themarysue.com/scott-adams-consent/
No it's not.
His plan relies on the assumption of a growth rate over 5%. Any student who's passed Econ 101 knows how laughably insane that is.
I don't remember anything about a 5% growth rate cap from my Econ 101 course.
He plans to fund free college with a behavior tax. A tax that already failed in Scandinavian counties.
It's problem is twofold, if it's an amazing success here, its revenue should plummet because it discourages the types of trading being taxed.
Second, from all signs show it would be tens of millions short of reaching the funding for free college.
Not a big deal if that's the shortfall. A different story if it's tens of billions, of course.
How else is it going to get paid? Another tax elsewhere?
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