kirby9612 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 (edited) Just gonna leave this here... Also this... the burning cross in the background is extremely fitting....... Edited December 2, 2015 by kirby9612 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiant head Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Yo you're practically spamming the thread at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 i decided to just modkill this really long shitposting derail so carry on i guess tryhard's post was good but once all the shitposts were gone it was alone so i just decided to kill it too sorry tryhard i still love you man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) EDIT-Sorry, I made a reply thinking it was in response to a recent post. Then I noticed the date. Please ignore. Edited December 3, 2015 by Sane Young Dog Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiant head Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) RIP Jeb!'s campaign. That new poll looks really ouch. Edited December 4, 2015 by Radiant head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 why hasnt he dropped out yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiant head Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) he'll probably wait till iowa/nh and hope the polls were wrong. last summer i was sure this was going to be a bush vs clinton election. now if only the second part was wrong too. Edited December 4, 2015 by Radiant head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.M. Gei Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 why hasnt he dropped out yet? family pride, i'm guessing. and yeah trump's entry into the gop primary has made everything about the election too weird and hard to predict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Rose: Baseball Legend Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 It doesn't matter how much corporate backing a crappy canidate has, at the end of the day he's still a crappy canidate. Jeb Bush is proof of this. My gut tells me Marco Rubio is the only repulican with a legit shot at getting in the white house. Let me run down the list real quick: Rubio is decently experienced in politics and he seems to be the most moderate canidate. The one who plays it safe usually wins in the end. Being Cuban helps a little too. Paul is too Libertarian for the very much Authoritarian religious right to jump on board with him(unless he's willing to compromise on a lot of his core values). Trump is too divisive within the party. The republican establishment REALLY hates him so at best he'll split too many votes. Carson seems like a decent guy. People would not want him as their president however. We also never elect people without political experience like him. Cruz seems to have also pissed off a lot of the more center leaning republicans. Walker I'm unfamiliar with. He might be a long shot. Everyone else doesn't matter. The Democratic race is much more straightforward. Unless Sanders pulls a rabit out of his hat, Hillary will win because she has more coporate backing and she will drown Sanders in ads. It's a shame too because Sanders would suite the democratic party better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiant head Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I don't think Rubio has much of a chance either. He might not be as cartoony as Trump, but he kowtows the hard right Republican platform, especially in abortion, that's not going to make him appealing to swing voters in a general election. Everything that lets him get away clean now isn't going to help him in a general. Also your post reads like it was written back in August or something. Walker, seriously? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Rose: Baseball Legend Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 (edited) I admited to knowing nothing about Walker. A pbs story I saw a few weeks ago said he was surging but I guess not. You HAVE to pander to the radical Rublican right to win the primary. Moderates dont always vote in primarys so kowtowing to the far right is necessary. It's a big flaw in our electorial system to be honest. By the time someone gets to the general election they've shot themself in the foot trying to win the primary. He only needs to slightly moderate his stance on abortion honestly. Romney was popular enough in 2012 while being mostly anti-abortion(except in a few cases). If he's going to stumble somewhere, it'll probably be on immigration. Will he probably lose to Hillary(or Sanders) in the general? Yes, but he's the only one with a remote chance. The Rebulicans have an incredibly weak field of canidates this year. Edited December 11, 2015 by Pete Rose: Baseball Legend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.M. Gei Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 define "a few weeks ago" because walker dropped out of the race entirely in late september Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Rose: Baseball Legend Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 It wasn't a joke when I said I knew nothing of him. I fucked up but my point still stands. The field is weak and Rubio is the only Republican that can still win based on the way Americans generally vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Wright Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 i knew it was gonna be a bad idea when i clicked that "why do you support trump" topic on reddit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.M. Gei Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 i knew it was gonna be a bad idea when i clicked that "why do you support trump" topic on reddit i imagine it's like a window into stormfront Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 i imagine it's like a window into stormfront It was. . .worse. Some people really do want to watch the world burn. As for me. . .I'm more worried that there's a base that AGREES with what Trump is spewing out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radiant head Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 So much for Rubio being "moderate" http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/12/13/3731312/rubio-pledges-to-appoint-supreme-court-justices-who-will-overturn-marriage-equality/ I hate how Trump/Cruz/Carson have lowered the bar to where people don't realize how terrible this guy is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Rose: Baseball Legend Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 "How to Throw Away an Election" By the Rebulican party Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah the Prussian Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Well fucking hell. I might have to be actually serious about voting for the Moonarchist Party. Jesus Christ, fuck decentralization. There is so much to be angry about in all of these candidates, except maybe Sanders, but he isn't going to win because the American electorate have no idea what they need. Incidentally, if you want a picture of a Trump administration Czech President Miloš Zeman would be a good place to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyborgZeta Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I know voting Independent is generally a waste of time, but I'll vote for Ron White if he's on the ballot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solrocknroll Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Lol Rubio Doesn't that break the balance of powers though? Flagrantly disregarding a perfectly legitimate decision by trying to overturn it with new Justices? I know new Justices get appointed, but how often do they completely overturn something like that. As a whole, I think of the war of gay marriage as the exact same as the war of Brown v. the Board of Education. Certain people futilely fight it, yet eventually homophobic people will likely end up in the same light racists are seen today if that isn't already about to happen. It's actually really interesting how similar the two times were. When the Supreme Court is right it seems to really make people mad for whatever reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anouleth Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Lol Rubio Doesn't that break the balance of powers though? Flagrantly disregarding a perfectly legitimate decision by trying to overturn it with new Justices? I know new Justices get appointed, but how often do they completely overturn something like that. This is nothing new; threatening to pack the Supreme Court has been standard tactics since FDR. And Bernie Sanders has committed to nominating Justices that would overturn Citizens United. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah the Prussian Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Yeah, the Supreme Court always was the weak link in the Constitution. It pretty much means that the President can ultimately control the Constitution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.M. Gei Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 if nothing else, i'm voting d for the prospect of a blue scotus once scalia kicks the bucket also at a trump rally in nevada yesterday, another black dude got beaten up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Ostrich Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) I don't hate Donald Trump as much as I hate the Republican establishment, simply because the Republican establishment is so woefully inadequate that they deserve what Trump is doing to them. His campaign will fizzle out eventually anyway, or so I continue trying to reassure myself. Speaking as a conservative I maintain what we need is one of the moderate midwestern governors, but when was the last time my camp got what it wanted out of a President? (Answer: Reagan, maybe Bush Sr.?) Hillary Clinton is a miserable choice but she'll probably be more competent than Barrack Obama. Perhaps that's a low bar but I prefer to look on the bright side of things. With that in mind it's worth noting that Bernie Sanders would be the lamest duck who ever quacked on behalf of the failures of continental European socialism, but I can guarantee that no one wants him less than the DNC. Why put a sure thing like the presidential election in jeopardy by nominating someone who might lose? The Republicans are weak enough that Sanders might win (depending on who the Republican is) but Hillary Clinton is most certainly not. Edited December 15, 2015 by Duff Ostrich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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