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Sheng-ji Yang posted:the castros are currently climbing the establishment ladder, not sure why sanders would pick them There's plenty of establishment dems that are good candidates and probably good or decent people. Just because Bernie is not of the establishment doesn't mean he's not going to pick someone who has been trying to make progress within it.
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Dahbadu posted:If Bernie is able to win the nom, I think Bernie will pick someone he feels he can trust and work with, is charismatic, and a strong debater/speaker. I have no clue who that is. "President Castro of the US met with President Castro of Cuba to discuss trade relations. Meanwhile, Vice President Castro went to a reelection fundraising event hosted at the Castro district, in San Francisco."
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:Sanders/Castro into a Castro/Castro ticket "Mr. President, here is your daily briefing." "I'm not the President. I'm the Vice President." "Excuse me, sir, Mr. Vice President." "lol no I'm really the President."
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PT6A posted:Oh man, Jeb is getting his poo poo pushed in at this press conference. He's never, ever going to be the nominee. What I think is so interesting about Jeb's flame out is that he's raised a bunch of PAC money (and has probably spent a bunch too). Although billionaires have more money than they'll ever need, a lot of them are cheapskates. When they start realizing they're throwing money away, they're going to stop giving it. I'm not sure that point is reached yet -- I think the establishment will make a couple of last ditch efforts to take out Trump. The problem is, giving to the candidates (' Super PACs) isn't going to do this. Edit: Also, this theoretical point where donors realize they're wasting money giving to loser candidates may also be further away than any rational smart money man would determine. Self-delusion and desperation may extend this out to the very end. It's whenever the fear of wasting money outweighs the fear of Trump. Dahbadu fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Aug 20, 2015 |
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Aug 20, 2015 18:47
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Sleep deprivation is a hell of a thing. For the last two pages I've been thinking Hillary's communication director was chazz palminteri.
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Aug 20, 2015 18:52
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Sheng-ji Yang posted:the castros are currently climbing the establishment ladder, not sure why sanders would pick them well who else would he pick? Warren is probably the best pick ideology wise but abandoning a senate seat for VP is p stupid and she hopefully wouldn't do it
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Dahbadu posted:What I think is so interesting about Jeb's flame out is that he's raised a bunch of PAC money (and has probably spent a bunch too). Although billionaires have more money than they'll ever need, a lot of them are cheapskates. When they start realizing they're throwing money away, they're going to stop giving it. I'm not sure that point is reached yet -- I think the establishment will make a couple of last ditch efforts to take out Trump. The problem is, giving to the candidates (' Super PACs) isn't going to do this. Isn't that the advantage of a PAC, though? They have the money, it's disconnected from an individual campaign, all they have to do is start supporting a different candidate, or lobby for specific policies, or whatever.
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Mirthless posted:10% of our population is hispanic, 8% of our population is black, 10% of our population is native American, all pretty heavily Democratic voting blocks. Where are they at election time? Are you saying 100% of our white population votes Republican? Assuming that every minority votes Democratic, 70% white vote would do it. Last exit polls I could find were from 2008, where McCain won with 71% white vote. There really aren't enough leftists in Oklahoma to matter, even if they all vote.
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Feather posted:The man's smart and savvy. Hillary may be smart and a good policy wonk, but she's a terrible politician in many respects. She's also a great politician in many respects, what with her institutional party support.
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Montasque posted:I'm still trying to process the fact that Trump supporters beat up a homeless Hispanic man in Boston, and Trump's response was "I have passionate fans." I'm not sure this is getting enough play, honestly. It's deeply screwed up and scary. TK-42-1 posted:Is it a given that one of the Castros is going to be the veep pick? That ball has been rolling for a few years now but I don't really hear much of it outside of 'this would be a good idea.' I'm honestly not sure whether there's any evidence for that at all, outside of the fantasies and dreams of D&D and a few other similar places online OAquinas posted:Sleep deprivation is a hell of a thing. For the last two pages I've been thinking Hillary's communication director was chazz palminteri. would probably have done a better job tbh
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Isn't that the advantage of a PAC, though? They have the money, it's disconnected from an individual campaign, all they have to do is start supporting a different candidate, or lobby for specific policies, or whatever. Yeah, that's an advantage. But a lot of this money is going PACs that are really all about a candidate, and not some general purpose American Crossroads thing. The fact that Repubs also seem to burn through campaign money and in general there's a more FYGM attitude among them and the apparatus surrounding them, I don't think a lot of this money is going to go to some GOP "greater good". Maybe some of these candidates' will keep the money in their PACs for future elections, or for another try at the Presidency. I could be wrong, though.
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Aug 20, 2015 19:11
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nachos posted:Jeb!? In chess notation, it matters which way around you put the punctuation marks. !? indicates "an interesting move that may not be best", while ?! indicates "a dubious move – one which may turn out to be bad". The difference is sometimes subtle, but still real. Exclamation point first ("interesting move") is generally the better of the two. So should we standardize on Jeb!? or Jeb?! with this in mind? This is important. We have to be sure about this.
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Raskolnikov38 posted:well who else would he pick? Warren is probably the best pick ideology wise but abandoning a senate seat for VP is p stupid and she hopefully wouldn't do it Dennis Q Cinich.
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Raskolnikov38 posted:well who else would he pick? Warren is probably the best pick ideology wise but abandoning a senate seat for VP is p stupid and she hopefully wouldn't do it Vice President Angela Davis.
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Raskolnikov38 posted:well who else would he pick? the spectre of communism
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Powered Descent posted:In chess notation, it matters which way around you put the punctuation marks. !? indicates "an interesting move that may not be best", while ?! indicates "a dubious move – one which may turn out to be bad". The difference is sometimes subtle, but still real. Exclamation point first ("interesting move") is generally the better of the two. Jeb D:
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Powered Descent posted:In chess notation, it matters which way around you put the punctuation marks. !? indicates "an interesting move that may not be best", while ?! indicates "a dubious move – one which may turn out to be bad". The difference is sometimes subtle, but still real. Exclamation point first ("interesting move") is generally the better of the two.
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pangstrom posted:What is the punctuation for a really predictable move that is also bad? ?? Fittingly enough it's know as a blunder
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Tricky D posted:Marco Rubio wants to help single mothers by eliminating the EITC. quote:And then there’s his receptionist, we’ll call her Danielle. David has been her boss for five years — he knows her kids, he cares about her, and he’s proud to pay her $9.50 an hour, which is more than minimum wage. proud to pay her a whopping $2.25 over the minimum wage after working for him for FIVE YEARS. I don't really get it, Rubio wants to replace to EITC with a program to just give people extra money from the government if they work? Is he advocating a guaranteed minimum income for employed people, at least those with dependents? How will he pay for this dirty socialism?
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Bob Ojeda posted:I'm not sure this is getting enough play, honestly. It's deeply screwed up and scary. With all the xenophobic and racist rhetoric being thrown around this was only a matter of time. Maybe because it was Boston, but people don't seem that phased by this. I guess it will only take a Trump inspired murder to really get people to pay attention to his 'passionate fans'.
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Adenoid Dan posted:Jeb D: Jeb 
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just call him Bush, I hate that his One Simple Trick to get people not to say that word works so well
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Aug 20, 2015 19:29
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Jeb Bush, Son, Father, and Brother of George Bush
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Jeb defends his use of the term "anchor babies":quote:Jeb Bush on Thursday said he doesn’t think the term “anchor babies” is offensive, wading further into the controversial debate over birthright citizenship that was sparked by Donald Trump.
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Do Not Resuscitate posted:I agree, but I do wonder how they can possibly accomplish this. Somehow managing to influence a consensus of sensationalist opinion shapers in the right wind media, and keeping them influenced. If they're able to turn the fear machine on Trump, they can beat Trump.
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DaveWoo posted:Jeb defends his use of the term "anchor babies": 
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And that's why Jeb is destined to win the rake-off.
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DaveWoo posted:Jeb defends his use of the term "anchor babies": how about 'american citizens' you shithead jeb e: beaten by hillary! 
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uh, trump clearly stands for things 1. a big, beautiful wall 2. deporting mexicans, but the good ones can come back 3. obamacare sucks, as does obama and socialism 4. universal healthcare, but private 5. our leaders are losers 6. im a good negotiator 7. the wall will be paid for by mexico because im a negotiator 8. our trade deals are bad, i will renegotiate them because im a negotiator, i wrote art of the deal 9. we have to take care of people who need help 10. chinese are great people, i love the chinese, but they are the worst and they are destroying us 11. same with mexico, japan 12. Make America Great Again 13. jeb bush said skin in the game, why didnt we take the muslims oil?
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Zelder posted:Sanders as VP would be wasting Sanders. Sanders as POTUS would be wasting Sanders.
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And Hillary finally lands a timely burn. Beats the hell out of hemming and hawing for three weeks while running potential replies through her focus groups.
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my bony fealty posted:proud to pay her a whopping $2.25 over the minimum wage after working for him for FIVE YEARS. He's taking about 5 grand from her tax refund and hoping no one notices.
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Mirthless posted:That's 30%. Whites aren't 100% Republican, even here. Minorities aren't 100% Democrat, either.
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Chantilly Say posted:Sanders as POTUS would be wasting Sanders. lol
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i think "sanders winning the presidency would be bad for sanders and the left" is possibly the dumbest anti-sanders argument yet
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Chantilly Say posted:Sanders as POTUS would be wasting Sanders. Sanders for
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Jeb thinks encryption is of the debil! Dubya really was the smart one. I can't even.
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