US Elections 2016

[Leferd]

There might be a disconnect somewhere...

 

NY Times: Rank and File Republicans Tell Party Elites: We’re Sticking With Donald Trump

 

https://t.co/ibKKrpr2fh

 

 

Then again, leading up to today's primaries, Trump's odds at winning in November have decreased from 9/4 to 3/1 in PaddyPower's books.

 

Whatever the case, Clinton's campaign is salivating at this insurrection of the GOP.

[BruceVC]

There might be a disconnect somewhere...

 

NY Times: Rank and File Republicans Tell Party Elites: We’re Sticking With Donald Trump

 

https://t.co/ibKKrpr2fh

 

 

Then again, leading up to today's primaries, Trump's odds at winning in November have decreased from 9/4 to 3/1 in PaddyPower's books.

 

Whatever the case, Clinton's campaign is salivating at this insurrection of the GOP.

I do think what Romney said is true but its also just galvanized Trumps supporters even more ...but thats to be expected. Remember for the average Trump supporter he can do no wrong

 

Romney is just seen as old school Republican establishment to them and his views are irrelevent

[Drowsy Emperor]

[Meshugger]

Taibbi is on fire: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/revenge-of-the-simple-how-george-w-bush-gave-rise-to-trump-20160301?page=2

 

 

 

 

Rove correctly guessed that a generation of watching TV and Hollywood movies left huge blocs of Americans convinced that people who read books, looked at paintings and cared about spelling were either serial killers or scheming to steal bearer bonds from the Nakatomi building. (Even knowing what a bearer bond is was villainous).

[Drowsy Emperor]

AHAHAHAHAHAH

 

Triump chasing Ted Cruz:

 

Triumph: Hey, Ted, I love your smooth skin...

 

tell me, when did Geppetto make you a real boy?!

 

[Leferd]

My favorite bit in the series involved Gov. Christie and a school chair.

 

*edit - found it.

 

 

Specific link to the bit:

 

https://youtu.be/KORZ8F--crY?t=427

Edited March 5, 2016 by Leferd

[Raithe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbnKGopT0Uc

[HoonDing]

 

haven't seen this in years

[Hurlshort]

My favorite bit in the series involved Gov. Christie and a school chair.

 

*edit - found it.

 

 

Specific link to the bit:

 

https://youtu.be/KORZ8F--crY?t=427

 

Thank goodness for Rand Paul restoring a bit of my faith in humanity.  

[ktchong]

Mitt Romney secretly, on January 30, 2016, filed papers with FEC (Federal Election Committee) to run as the President, with Paul Ryan with his running mate, in the 2016 election:

 

http://www.inquisitr.com/2858500/mitt-romney-recently-filed-papers-with-fec-to-run-for-president-names-paul-ryan-as-his-vice-president/

 

So that was why he came out to attack and condemn Donald Trump.  He is going to try to get the Republican nomination in a brokered convention.  What a self-serving opportunistic ****.

Edited March 5, 2016 by ktchong

[ShadySands]

Louis CK chimes in on Trump in his latest email

 

 

 

P.S.  Please stop it with voting for Trump. It was funny for a little while. But the guy is Hitler. And by that I mean that we are being Germany in the 30s. Do you think they saw the **** coming? Hitler was just some hilarious and refreshing dude with a weird comb over who would say anything at all.  

 

And I'm not advocating for Hillary or Bernie. I like them both but frankly I wish the next president was a conservative only because we had Obama for eight years and we need balance. And not because I particularly enjoy the conservative agenda. I just think the government should reflect the people. And we are about 40 percent conservative and 40 percent liberal. When I was growing up and when I was a younger man, liberals and conservatives were friends with differences. They weren’t enemies. And it always made sense that everyone gets a president they like for a while and then hates the president for a while. But it only works if the conservatives put up a good candidate. A good smart conservative to face the liberal candidate so they can have a good argument and the country can decide which way to go this time.  

 

Trump is not that. He's an insane bigot. He is dangerous.  

 

He already said he would expand libel laws to sue anyone who "writes a negative hit piece" about him. He says "I would open up the libel laws so we can sue them and win lots of money. Not like now. These guys are totally protected." He said that. He has promised to decimate the first amendment. (If you think he’s going to keep the second amendment intact you’re delusional.) And he said that Paul Ryan, speaker of the house will "pay" for criticizing him. So I'm saying this now because if he gets in there we won't be able to criticize him anymore. 

 

Please pick someone else. Like John Kasich. I mean that guy seems okay. I don't like any of them myself but if you're that kind of voter please go for a guy like that. It feels like between him and either democrat we'd have a decent choice. It feels like a healthier choice. We shouldn't have to vote for someone because they're not a shocking **** billionaire liar.

 

We should choose based on what direction the country should go.  

 

I get that all these people sound like bull**** soft criminal opportunists. The whole game feels rigged and it's not going anywhere but down anymore. I feel that way sometimes.  

 

And that voting for Trump is a way of saying "**** it. **** them all". I really get it. It's a version of national Suicide. Or it's like a big hit off of a crack pipe. Somehow we can't help it. Or we know that if we vote for Trump our phones will be a reliable source of dopamine for the next four years. I mean I can't wait to read about Trump every day. It's a rush. But you have to know this is not healthy. 

 

If you are a true conservative. Don't vote for Trump. He is not one of you. He is one of him. Everything you have heard him say that you liked, if you look hard enough you will see that he one day said the exact opposite. He is playing you. 

 

In fact, if you do vote for Trump, at least look at him very carefully first. You owe that to the rest of us. Know and understand who he is. Spend one hour on google and just read it all. I don’t mean listen to me or listen to liberals who put him down. Listen to your own people. Listen to John Mccain. Go look at what he just said about Trump. "At a time when our world has never been more complex or more in danger... I want Republican voters to pay close attention to what our party's most respected and knowledgeable leaders and national security experts are saying about Mr. Trump, and to think long and hard about who they want to be our next Commander-in-Chief and leader of the free world.”

 

When Trump was told what he said, Trump said "Oh, he did? Well, that's not nice," he told CBS News' chief White House correspondent Major Garrett. "He has to be very careful."

 

When pressed on why, Trump tacked on: "He'll find out.”

 

(I cut and pasted that from CBS news)

 

Do you really want a guy to be president who threatens John McCain? Because John McCain cautiously and intelligently asked for people to be thoughtful before voting for him? He didn’t even insult Trump. He just asked you to take a good look. And Trump told him to look out.

 

Remember that Trump entered this race by saying that McCain is not a war hero. A guy who was shot down, body broken and kept in a POW camp for years. Trump said “I prefer the guys who don’t get caught.” Why did he say that? Not because he meant it or because it was important to say. He said it because he’s a bully and every bully knows that when you enter a new school yard, you go to the toughest most respected guy on the yard and you punch him in the nose. If you are still standing after, you’re the new boss. If Trump is president, he’s not going to change. He’s not going to do anything for you. He’s going to do everything for himself and leave you in the dust.    

 

So please listen to fellow conservatives. But more importantly, listen to Trump. Listen to all of it. Everything he says. If you liked when he said that “torture works” then go look at where he took it back the next day. He’s a ****ing liar.  

 

A vote for Trump is so clearly a gut-vote, and again I get it. But add a little brain to it and look the guy up. Because if you vote for him because of how you feel right now, the minute he's president, you're going to regret it. You're going to regret it even more when he gives the job to his son. Because American democracy is broken enough that a guy like that could really **** things up. That's how Hitler got there. He was voted into power by a fatigued nation and when he got inside, he did all his Hitler things and no one could stop him.

 

Again, I’m not saying vote democrat or vote for anyone else. If Hilary ends up president it should be because she faced the best person you have and you and I both chose her or him or whoever. Trump is not your best. He’s the worst of all of us. He’s a symptom to a problem that is very real. But don’t vote for your own cancer. You’re better than that.

 

That's just my view. At least right now. I know I’m not qualified or particularly educated and I'm not right instead of you. I’m an idiot and I'm sure a bunch of you are very annoyed by this. ****ing celebrity with an opinion. I swear this isn’t really a political opinion. You don’t want to know my political opinions.   (And I know that I’m only bringing myself trouble with this ****.) Trump has nothing to do with politics or ideology. He has to do with himself. And really I don't mean to insult anyone. Except Trump. I mean to insult him very much. And really I’m not saying he’s evil or a monster. In fact I don’t think Hitler was. The problem with saying that guys like that are monsters is that we don’t see them coming when they turn out to be human, which they all are. Everyone is. Trump is a messed up guy with a hole in his heart that he tries to fill with money and attention. He can never ever have enough of either and he’ll never stop trying. He’s sick. Which makes him really really interesting. And he pulls you towards him which somehow feels good or fascinatingly bad. He’s not a monster. He’s a sad man. But all this makes him horribly dangerous if he becomes president. Give him another TV show. Let him pay to put his name on buildings. But please stop voting for him. And please watch Horace and Pete.

 

 

 

PS Cruz takes Kansas and is ahead in Maine

Edited March 5, 2016 by ShadySands

[Meshugger]

I am predicting something strange will happen and Cruz will see a sudden support. You, that guy who is backed by Goldman Sachs, has a wife in the Council of Foreign relations, thinks that America needs more H1-B and H2-visas by the million, loves Israel more than anything else and wants a war with Russia. Think of GWB, but just more evil to a degree that it gives Hillary a run for the money.

 

A guy simply with the best for America at heart, wouldn't you say?

Edited March 5, 2016 by Meshugger

[Drowsy Emperor]

I love Americans and the drama they infuse their politics with - Trump is Hitler and Bernie is a Socialist.

 

**** Europe, history and political ideologies. xD

Edited March 5, 2016 by Drowsy Emperor

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

I am predicting something strange will happen and Cruz will see a sudden support. You, that guy who is backed by Goldman Sachs, has a wife in the Council of Foreign relations, thinks that America needs more H1-B and H2-visas by the million, loves Israel more than anything else and wants a war with Russia. Think of GWB, but just more evil to a degree that it gives Hillary a run for the money.

 

A guy simply with the best for America at heart, wouldn't you say?

I would say anyone triggered by Trump's wall only needs to look at Cruz to see the worst Republican candidate in years.

[kgambit]

Mitt Romney secretly, on January 30, 2016, filed papers with FEC (Federal Election Committee) to run as the President, with Paul Ryan with his running mate, in the 2016 election:

 

http://www.inquisitr.com/2858500/mitt-romney-recently-filed-papers-with-fec-to-run-for-president-names-paul-ryan-as-his-vice-president/

 

So that was why he came out to attack and condemn Donald Trump.  He is going to try to get the Republican nomination in a brokered convention.  What a self-serving opportunistic ****.

 

 

ALL candidates are required to file a FEC Form 2 and there is NONE listed for Romney.  Here's the list:

 

 

http://www.fec.gov/press/resources/2016presidential_form2nm.shtml

 

 

I can find Trump, Cruz, Clinton, Kasich and all of the others but no Romney.

Edited March 5, 2016 by kgambit

[HoonDing]

 

I'd rather build a wall on the Kanadan border to keep the Americans in.

Edited March 6, 2016 by HoonDing

[ShadySands]

Sorry, this actually made me laugh 

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

 

Bernie took Nebraska and Kansas.

[ktchong]

 

Context: Donald Trump makes members of his Orlando crowd raise their right hands and swear to vote in the primary.

[Hurlshort]

I love that democrats and democrats supporters try to tell conservatives don't vote Trump, pick someone else... so our candidate could win. Seriously are they so full of themselves that they think conservatives should pick a candidate based on opponents approval?

Would sport teams plan their transfers based on their opponent opinions?

Imagine Chicago Bulls buying players based on Lakers opinions. Ridiculous right?

 

I'd say democrats should be pushing for Trump.  He might actually be a democrat, but he's offended so many people in the middle that there is no way he can win the general election.  It's a win-win for them.

[Namutree]

 

I love that democrats and democrats supporters try to tell conservatives don't vote Trump, pick someone else... so our candidate could win. Seriously are they so full of themselves that they think conservatives should pick a candidate based on opponents approval?

Would sport teams plan their transfers based on their opponent opinions?

Imagine Chicago Bulls buying players based on Lakers opinions. Ridiculous right?

 

I'd say democrats should be pushing for Trump.  He might actually be a democrat, but he's offended so many people in the middle that there is no way he can win the general election.  It's a win-win for them.

 

Between Cruz, Rubio, and Trump: Trump easily has the best shot. Cruz probably being the worst of the three.

[BruceVC]

Mitt Romney secretly, on January 30, 2016, filed papers with FEC (Federal Election Committee) to run as the President, with Paul Ryan with his running mate, in the 2016 election:

 

http://www.inquisitr.com/2858500/mitt-romney-recently-filed-papers-with-fec-to-run-for-president-names-paul-ryan-as-his-vice-president/

 

So that was why he came out to attack and condemn Donald Trump.  He is going to try to get the Republican nomination in a brokered convention.  What a self-serving opportunistic ****.

But I would take Romney any day over Trump....wouldn't you?

[Bartimaeus]

Bernie took Nebraska and Kansas.

It's such a shame he's losing most of the South so horrendously badly - if it was a little closer there, he'd be sooo much better off right now.

[Hurlshort]

 

But you would never vote republican regardless, so no one cares which republican candidate you prefer.

 

 

Neither you or Bruce can even vote, so your point seems a little silly.

[BruceVC]

 

 

Mitt Romney secretly, on January 30, 2016, filed papers with FEC (Federal Election Committee) to run as the President, with Paul Ryan with his running mate, in the 2016 election:

 

http://www.inquisitr.com/2858500/mitt-romney-recently-filed-papers-with-fec-to-run-for-president-names-paul-ryan-as-his-vice-president/

 

So that was why he came out to attack and condemn Donald Trump. He is going to try to get the Republican nomination in a brokered convention. What a self-serving opportunistic ****.

But I would take Romney any day over Trump....wouldn't you?

But you would never vote republican regardless, so no one cares which republican candidate you prefer.

 

Well I haven't aligned generally with the Republican presidential candidate over the last few years but I am not completely anti-Republican. My view on US politics is  more nuanced than that. 

 

How do you know no one cares? I have legions of people on this forum who formulate there entire view on global politics on what I say

 

I could try to inform you but I'll be honest it will be loads of hard work to get you to understand my view....but if you are prepared to work hard and listen to what I say I'll educate you 

 

 

 

But you would never vote republican regardless, so no one cares which republican candidate you prefer.

 

 

Neither you or Bruce can even vote, so your point seems a little silly.

 

Thats true...also I'm not sure why not  being a US citizen would have any relevance on me commenting on US politics ?