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EugeneJ posted:I wonder why Jindal went with Bobby instead of Bob Gotta get as far from Piyush as you can.
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Bob Ojeda posted:Incredibly successful in his own field + deeply evangelical
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Twerk from Home posted:Piyush Reads like a word describing the sound of something falling into water
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Aug 17, 2015 23:45
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Bob Ojeda posted:Incredibly successful in his own field + deeply evangelical Taking a very right wing tax plan that rich guys have wanted for years and couching it in religious terms, evangelicals are going to lap that poo poo up. Especially ones that won't vote for Trump because they don't think he's religious enough.
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Aug 17, 2015 23:46
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I could see him as Trump's VP pick. People say Cruz, but he's the one guy in this race with a bigger ego than Trump's, and Carson plays to the same base.
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Aug 17, 2015 23:52
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glenn beck is going to be on hannity tonight where hannity will probably white night trump and it's going to be good tv imo
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Aug 18, 2015 00:01
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Populism is a powerful force.
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Aug 18, 2015 00:03
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Are things not looking good for Clinton's prospects? My father thinks she has too much scandal to win against Bernie.
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Aug 18, 2015 00:04
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Grouchio posted:Are things not looking good for Clinton's prospects? My father thinks she has too much scandal to win against Bernie. Nothing of serious traction. We're still 6 months from primary votes, so that's a lot of time to ramp up. Now, if she's polling this bad in late december/january, she should start to sweat a bit. Of course, if there are any Actual Charges filed, that changes the game completely. But so far there's no there, there.
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Aug 18, 2015 00:05
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Hmm yes Donald Trump is just like Ron Paul, a flash in the pan, and the Republicans will surely pick elected official, and poo poo for brains Ted Cruz or ape-escape Jeb!
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Aug 18, 2015 00:06
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OAquinas posted:Nothing of serious traction. We're still 6 months from primary votes, so that's a lot of time to ramp up. Now, if she's polling this bad in late december/january, she should start to sweat a bit.
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Aug 18, 2015 00:07
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OAquinas posted:Nothing of serious traction. We're still 6 months from primary votes, so that's a lot of time to ramp up. Now, if she's polling this bad in late december/january, she should start to sweat a bit. Who comes out of the woodwork to replace Clinton if that happens? Biden? Biden would probably do pretty good at the debates at least and he hasn't said too many dumb things. Plus he'd have more of Obama's excitement behind him in terms of how people perceive him.
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Aug 18, 2015 00:08
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I think Biden would be more palatable to Republicans who abhor the direction the party went after 2008 and 2012.
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Aug 18, 2015 00:09
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Grouchio posted:Charges for what? Exactly! Or more substantively, any of the "scandal" she has going on actually blossoming into more than GOP witchunting/throwing poo poo at the wall. The biggest thing at the moment is her private mail server, but so far there's been no damning product outside of bloviating RW pundits.
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Aug 18, 2015 00:10
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Here is an easy way to make money right now: bet against Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump winning their nominations.
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I wouldn't think her scandals would affect her performance against Bernie much, since he's running a positive campaign and unlikely to use them against her. People might appeal to them to argue she's less electable in the general or allude to how she's more shady than Bernie, but most of the scandals hanging around the Clinton name are fabricated right-wing garbage and a lot of Democrats will probably be resistant to making decisions based on them for that reason. Well they're absolutely right, President Trump would probably turn Washington as we know it on its head. Heck even if he "just" won the nomination I think the political class would refuse to work with him even with the voters' blessing. Most career Republicans would probably rather take their ball and go home than bow down to Trump in a gaudy convention thrown in his honor.
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Mitt Romney posted:Who comes out of the woodwork to replace Clinton if that happens? Biden? Biden would probably do pretty good at the debates at least and he hasn't said too many dumb things. Plus he'd have more of Obama's excitement behind him in terms of how people perceive him. gillibrand would enter immediately if hillary somehow dropped out against all odds, maybe gore too
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Hodgepodge posted:I could see him as Trump's VP pick. The Republican primary seems to always have that candidate that the hardcore evangelicals love but has no chance outside that demographic when the rich guys like someone else. In 2008, it was Huckabee. In 2012, it was Santorum. Now, it's Carson. But none of them have been the VP pick yet, so I don't know about that. Lycus fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Aug 18, 2015 |
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A nuclear apocalypse due to the hubris of a man being insulted by Putin or w/e is most definitely a type of change
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Aug 18, 2015 00:12
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Grouchio posted:Are things not looking good for Clinton's prospects? My father thinks she has too much scandal to win against Bernie. I don't think scandals are the problem, it's more that she doesn't have any charisma and is seen as disgustingly status quo. She still has a good chance of winning the primary, though I don't know how well she'd do in the general election.
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Joementum posted:New EE forum background? 
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Aug 18, 2015 00:16
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Jim Webb will bring up the scandals in a heartbeat. He is the stand in Republican for the Democratic debates.
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Thump! posted:A nuclear apocalypse due to the hubris of a man being insulted by Putin or w/e is most definitely a type of change Do you really think Trump is that short-sighted? He's playing the easily-aggrieved, aggressive prick right now because it's working for him, but if you think he'd actually launch a nuke over an insult, you're out of your mind. He's, like, really, really rich, and you don't get that rich by refusing to compromise all the time and flipping your poo poo over every insult. Leadership is different from a primary campaign, and despite his failings, I think Trump knows the difference. There are plenty of issues of importance to discuss with regards to Trump, like his bizarre plans for the Middle East, and his planned mass deportation of illegal and undocumented immigrants. Why bring up paranoid hypotheticals like nuclear war, ethnic cleansing and genocide, when these very real issues clearly exist?
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It would be really funny for the nation stupid enough to go to war with Donald Trump, though. Hope it's Venezuela.
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Aug 18, 2015 00:26
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Joementum posted:Here is an easy way to make money right now: bet against Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump winning their nominations. You should do this especially if you want to see Bernie or the Donald win their nominations. If they win, then you'll be out  (or whatever) but who cares, because your candidate got the nomination, so be happy.If they don't win the nomination, at least you get .
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Aug 18, 2015 00:27
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"They have to go Chuck. They have got to go."
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Thump! posted:A nuclear apocalypse due to the hubris of a man being insulted by Putin or w/e is most definitely a type of change Ever seen a pic of Putin standing beside Obama? This isn't the one I have in mind, he looks more dignified in this one. But it'll do:  Basically, Putin isn't that hard to stand down when you're PoTUS. There's a reason he spends so much time posing as an uberbadass- it's compensation.
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Aug 18, 2015 00:30
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America has the finest armed military on Earth with 10x more might than anyone. They all hate us and we gotta be tough and smart.
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Is this even arguable? Of course, out of the people listed on that poll, Donald Trump is most likely to change things. It doesn't specify that that's changing things in a positive way, mind. Ben Carson would also change things, but only because he'd be a president with no idea of what the presidency does who doesn't actually know any of the movers and shakers in Washington. Ted Cruz would also shake things up, probably by having tanks shell Congress when Congress doesn't pass legislation he wants.
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JT Jag posted:and make insurance a more painless process for both people and corporations. But you repeat yourself. Hodgepodge posted:Ever seen a pic of Putin standing beside Obama? This isn't the one I have in mind, he looks more dignified in this one. But it'll do: I've heard, though I cannot remember where, that part of it is to native Russian speakers, Putin's accent is comes off as kinda wimpy, like having an unfortunate lisp in English. I have no idea if that's actually the case, but it certainly adds to the overcompensation side of things.
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Joementum posted:Here is an easy way to make money right now: bet against Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump winning their nominations. At this point, I'm wondering how the GOP establishment is going to stop him. He seems to be getting enough momentum to win over the base even if he isn't everyone's #1 choice, but surely they'll have to flush the election down the toilet to stop him (especially if he runs as a third party, but the hit to turnout from shutting him out with a technicality alone would have to be pretty rough). quote:I've heard, though I cannot remember where, that part of it is to native Russian speakers, Putin's accent is comes off as kinda wimpy, like having an unfortunate lisp in English. I have no idea if that's actually the case, but it certainly adds to the overcompensation side of things. Hah, that would make a lot of sense. Imagine being the only man in Russia who doesn't sound like he's bottled testosterone. Hodgepodge fucked around with this message at 00:39 on Aug 18, 2015 |
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OAquinas posted:Exactly! I was under the impression it was absolutely confirmed that she mishandled classified information and possibly Top Secret level classified information.
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Aug 18, 2015 00:40
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Scott Walker's answer about birthright citizenship has just one teensy tiny problem....
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Hodgepodge posted:At this point, I'm wondering how the GOP establishment is going to stop him. Voting, mostly.
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Joementum posted:Voting, mostly. So his polling isn't going to translate into actual numbers, when it comes down to the primaries? I guess if there's one thing he's good at, it's creating the impression of success.
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Scott Walker: literally more retarded than Donald Trump about birthright citizenship. I mean, at least Trump's representative had the good sense to blather on and on about the possible interpretations of the "under the jurisdiction" bit of the 14th amendment.
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These two clowns are voting for Carly. (They are professional clowns.)
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Raskolnikov38 posted:why is north carolina being polled so early? Because PPP is based in Raleigh, NC, so they have an affinity for the state. There's actually a GIF floating around of their head pollster getting really excited at a UNC baseball game.
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Hodgepodge posted:So his polling isn't going to translate into actual numbers, when it comes down to the primaries? Correct. For example, he's still at 20% in Iowa with Walker close behind. You know who got 20% of the vote in Iowa? A man by the name of Dr. Ron Paul. Google him.
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