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lakersken80 · Retired Number Joined: 12 Aug 2009 Posts: 38814

Problem with Bernie is his biggest support comes from college students, whom are probably the most unreliable voting block there is. Also he doesn't have support of the establishment Democrats, so he won't even win the Democratic nomination.

DaMuleRules · Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 4:58 pm Post subject:

ChickenStu · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:54 pm Post subject:

Barring something damaging/truly scandalous coming out about Hillary (and despite anything the GOP says otherwise, nothing damaging has come out so far), she practically has the nomination locked up. The only remaining intrigue for Democrats is the question of which person Hillary will choose as her running mate.

Omar Little · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 4:08 pm Post subject:

Bernie would have a better chance if Obama hadn't already taught Hillary most of her mistakes re getting the nomination.

ChickenStu · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 5:05 pm Post subject:

Omar Little · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 5:15 pm Post subject:

My take would be that the idea that Hillary is a done deal is Democratic bias, and that Rubio is anything more than a pretty significant underdog to her in a general is bias the other way. Rubio isn't even standing out in his own caucus, and in attempting to has boxed himself in ideologically to the point that he's going to have serious issues in the general. Hillary has general issues too, but they are widely known and not as deep outside of the right side of the aisle.

ChickenStu · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 5:21 pm Post subject:

OregonLakerGuy · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 5:22 pm Post subject:

best Sanders cartoon yet

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Fallout · Star Player Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 7626

Trump said wont rule out Muslims require to wear special identification if he gets elected. Wow. The Nazis did that.

Seriously Trump and Carson are both front runner nut jobs. This is what the republican voters want?
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Omar Little · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:08 pm Post subject:

DaMuleRules · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:27 pm Post subject:

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jodeke · Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 7:01 pm Post subject:

Trump's scary. If he's taken lightly it could be disastrous. Thank ... for a checks and balance form of government. Then again there was GWB.
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Halflife · Franchise Player Joined: 15 Aug 2015 Posts: 16799

Remote chance or not. The fact that Trump is even a possibility is laughable. if elected we deserve it.

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jodeke · Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 9:55 am Post subject:

ChefLinda · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 3:34 pm Post subject:

Donald Trump has jumped so many sharks that no one even bothers to point them out any longer, not even the media.

- Urges crowd to go ahead and beat up black lives matter protester because he deserved it.
- Let's go ahead and start waterboarding people, again. Great idea!
- If only Jews had guns they might have stopped the Holocaust and prevented their own deaths.
- If he were president he'd wipe out ISIS immediately because apparently he is muy macho and has some plan no one else has thought of.
- He saw thousands of people in New Jersey (who he implies are Arab) cheer as the WTC came down (except no one else saw it, there's no record of it, it's not on tape, was not reported on, but since it's a right-wing internet meme it must be true!) When reporters question him about it, he gets surly and insulting.
- Let's have a national religious database, but only for muslims.

And that's just in the last WEEK. People need to condemn this stuff publicly whether you believe he has a shot at the presidency or not. This stuff is just flat out wrong, bad and against everything that America should stand for. And the people that eat this stuff up should be called out too. So this is me, calling him and his supporters out.

DaMuleRules · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:04 pm Post subject:

Reflexx · Franchise Player Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 11163

I keep wondering if Trump is secretly trying to torpedo his own campaign, but people just aren't paying attention.

I swear that when I speak to people that say they'd vote for Trump, 75% of the time they don't know anything he's said. They probably aren't even following the process.

My hope is that these supporters of his are the type that are buying into a fad, but won't actually show up on primary day.

DaMuleRules · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 8:21 pm Post subject:

slavavov · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:30 pm Post subject:

Some of these comments that Trump and Ben Carson made are indicitive of how the GOP has operated for decades, Ever since Barry Goldwater, they have been getting their people elected based on inciting people, playing on people's imaginary fears of people and things they are ignorant about, and using catchy buzz words and phrases. The average American is simply not educated or informed enough about politics or world affairs to see through their gameplan.

I'm a liberal Democrat, but most others in my family are conservative Republicans. They sometimes say they're fed up with the antics and extremist policies of people like Bush, but at the same time when they express their own views they repeat some of the same stuff that the very people they criticize have been saying. I feel like many Republicans are like this - they get fed up with certain incumbents, but they are easily seduced by the new flavor of the month in their party.

As someone who believes in loving and embracing all human beings as well as mother Earth, it is almost horrifying to hear these xenophobic, racist comments from some of these people who identify as Republicans.
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Omar Little · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:01 pm Post subject:

Trump is the Republican id. Pure and simple. And there are a large number of people who like the idea of what he's saying, and like that through him, they can revel in it.

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Wilt · LG Contributor Joined: 29 Dec 2002 Posts: 13732

The media has been a disgrace in all of this. I don't expect other Republican candidates to take on Trump aggressively, mostly because they need his voters in the general election. Sure, there have been some attempts by Bush, Kasich, and previously by Perry and Jindal to attack Trump, but none of them have been effective and consistent in their attacks.

What bothers me a lot more is when someone like George Stephanopoulos, who recently signed a contract extension worth $105 million, when confronted by Trump and his lies about thousands of Arabs celebrating in Jersey City after 9/11, can only come up with "the police say it didn't happen" instead of saying "Mr. Trump, you're a liar, you know what you said is not true, you've disgraced our country with your rhetoric during this presidential campaign, and I will no longer invite you to my show." But no, George moves on the next topic. Because he knows Trump creates big ratings and the most important thing is to maintain access to Trump.
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Roger O. Thornhill · Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2015 3:42 pm Post subject:

First Trump wants to throw Muslims in concentration camps, now he's making fun of a New York Times reporter's disability? Didn't Hitler send handicapped people to death camps along with Jews? Just sayin'.