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Jumpingmanjim posted:I'm curious, at what point did each of you decide that Trump's candidacy was serious? (or haven't yet)? When Trump filed his financials I knew he was the real deal. That's when I began preaching to all who would listen of the impending Trumpacolypse.
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TheTatteredKing posted:Okay but as I said in that post I think that isn't going to work. Trump has already said enough in his life and campaign that I think Hilary would have enough material to sell that second place is just the first loser under the Don, and throwing yourself under the bus to gently caress the islams isn't going to be worth it. IIRC Trump has already come out and denied that he thinks wages are too high. He can always say they're not high enough, and my immigration policies will make them even higher because companies will have to hire American workers - and that will sell to people who weren't paying attention during the primary season.
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Jan 10, 2016 17:51
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:IIRC Trump has already come out and denied that he thinks wages are too high. He can always say they're not high enough, and my immigration policies will make them even higher because companies will have to hire American workers - and that will sell to people who weren't paying attention during the primary season. He's on record as saying they're too high, and, after Bernie blasted him, that they're not high enough (and also that he never said they're too high, though pretty much every article reporting this then quoted his previous statements that say exactly that, which amuses me). He'll say pretty much whatever he thinks he has to in areas like that.
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steinrokkan posted:"gently caress off" I was under the impression that SS agents never ever ever address anyone unless they're addressed first. I don't know where I got this impression but it seems really unlikely that any agent that wanted to keep their job would say 'Good Morning' in the first place.
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:It's a mistake to assume that a Big Tent party like the Democratic Party is exclusively "Left." Registered Democrats had always outnumbered Republicans in Oklahoma, all the way up until this last year. Yet Republican legislatures and governors have always dominated the state since the death of Socialism. Jumpingmanjim posted:I'm curious, at what point did each of you decide that Trump's candidacy was serious? (or haven't yet)? At first I thought he was in to make a point and bring his pet issues up. After he kinda wrecked Walker, Perry, and Bush I was convinced it would be Rubio because I think he's the most electable. As it got closer to Christmas and Rubio failed to materialize a lead anywhere, I figured the establishment would fall back to Cruz. But now, 23 days out, a turnaround like this hasn't happened in recent memory (could be wrong) the establishment is split four ways, trump is leading almost everywhere and I am now convinced we will have president Trump.
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Jan 10, 2016 18:09
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Mister Macys posted:What exactly is it with the Republicans' never ending need to make people believe Homefront is a credible military scenario? Out of all the stupidity that was that game, I think the dumbest part was the writer of the story even saying that such a scenario was possible. Dumbass was huffing his own farts something fierce.
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Thump! posted:Out of all the stupidity that was that game, I think the dumbest part was the writer of the story even saying that such a scenario was possible. Dumbass was huffing his own farts something fierce. Are you sure he wasn't just hyping his own game? Nothing gets votes like fear, and nothing sells more than fear.
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Pillowpants posted:But now, 23 days out, a turnaround like this hasn't happened in recent memory (could be wrong) The 2004 Democratic Primary would be your analogue, if you wanted one. That said, Dean was "leading" with less than 20% in the polls with like a third of the electorate in the undecided column in the immediate runup to Iowa, so he was in a far shakier position than Trump is.
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Jan 10, 2016 18:19
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Jumpingmanjim posted:I'm curious, at what point did each of you decide that Trump's candidacy was serious? (or haven't yet)? When NBC announced that Arnold Schwarzenegger was hosting the next season of Celebrity Apprentice. That was the exact moment when Trump 2016 got far, far too real for me.
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Roland Jones posted:He's on record as saying they're too high, and, after Bernie blasted him, that they're not high enough (and also that he never said they're too high, though pretty much every article reporting this then quoted his previous statements that say exactly that, which amuses me). He'll say pretty much whatever he thinks he has to in areas like that. Yeah he's no substance. A personality cult based off being on the winning political team instead of a useful idiot for once is a paper tiger. I'm still unconvinced he even gets to the general. The guy is a habitual liar too. Hilary has a reputation of being scrupulous, but that will be nothing compared to a reel of someone contradicting himself and fact.
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Necc0 posted:I was under the impression that SS agents never ever ever address anyone unless they're addressed first. I don't know where I got this impression but it seems really unlikely that any agent that wanted to keep their job would say 'Good Morning' in the first place. Well, they aren't supposed to fraternize, but AFAIK professional politeness is not forbidden, and of course some of their duties require them to initiate conversations.
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Good. I hope there is schism in the republican party of Iowa.
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Logikv9 posted:Are you sure he wasn't just hyping his own game? Nothing gets votes like fear, and nothing sells more than fear. I'm reminded of an old FYAD tagline: "You will experience fear, the best emotion."
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Hold on, Arthur  is saying the GOP will sweep 2016 and have a great president:quote:Supply-side economist Arthur Laffer is predicting Republicans will win the White House in a landslide this year, regardless of the nominee.
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Jan 10, 2016 18:40
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William Bear posted:Hold on, Arthur Hillary is doing really lovely against Republicans in the WSJ/NBC poll released today, he may have a point.
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Jan 10, 2016 18:43
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Donald Trump is literally The Mule. http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-12-09/iowa-s-branstad-says-trump-lacks-experience-nuance-to-be-president
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Jan 10, 2016 18:49
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Who is that? I'm guess Donald trump Jr, and ????
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Jan 10, 2016 18:50
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People have definitely cooled on Hillary due to the fact that Bernie doing better than expected is the hot topic firing up a lot of the younger democrats, plus the whole of the Democratic primary being just a sideshow to the endless circus of the Republican primary
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“I think Donald Trump is phenomenal, I think Rand Paul has done a great job, I even like Jeb Bush — I think Jeb Bush is great, he did a wonderful job in Florida,” he added. “Chris Christie – phenomenal.” First off, even Arthur Laffer apparently doesn't like Ted Cruz and forgets Marco Rubio exists. Second of all, I love the sentence "I even like Jeb Bush."
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Logikv9 posted:Are you sure he wasn't just hyping his own game? Nothing gets votes like fear, and nothing sells more than fear. Eh, maybe, I'm trying to find the article that I read a few years ago around the time the game came out, the guy basically laid out like 20 or 30 points and was claiming that each one had a 50/50 chance of coming true or not or some such nonsense. poo poo like "North Korea invades and conquers South Korea in 2015". It just smacked of patriot wank fiction with no basis or understanding of the real world. If I find the article I'll post it, but I think this is probably a bit too off-topic for the thread so I'll just shut up about dumb video games 
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Jan 10, 2016 18:55
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everything is good, all the candidates are good, kansas will soon experience an economic boom, everything is good, nothing to worry about
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Rocks posted:Who is that? I'm guess Donald trump Jr, and ???? Terry Branstad. POS Governor of Iowa. If he is endorsing Trump then the Iowa republican party is split.
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Jan 10, 2016 18:58
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I just envision him in Trump Tower, on the 54th floor, whatever beautiful apartment, calls to Fox and Friends, Morning Joe, and morning CNN, sitting there with a great bathrobe and nice slippers and he's just, he consumes the space.
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Jan 10, 2016 19:08
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Mr Hootington posted:Terry Branstad. POS Governor of Iowa. If he is endorsing Trump then the Iowa republican party is split. Nice thanks
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etalian posted:Trump's thanks for the money email was surprisingly low intensity try donating that amount to ben carson, you might find yourself a character in one of his robitussin hallucinations
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Jan 10, 2016 19:09
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So, whose winning
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Jan 10, 2016 19:13
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EXTREME INSERTION posted:So, whose winning 
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Jan 10, 2016 19:14
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EasyEW posted:When NBC announced that Arnold Schwarzenegger was hosting the next season of Celebrity Apprentice. That was the exact moment when Trump 2016 got far, far too real for me. Is "you're fired" going to be replaced with "you're terminated"?
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Jan 10, 2016 19:18
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I have that feature too
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Mr Hootington posted:Terry Branstad. POS Governor of Iowa. If he is endorsing Trump then the Iowa republican party is split. 
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Mr Hootington posted:Terry Branstad. POS Governor of Iowa. If he is endorsing Trump then the Iowa republican party is split. If the Governor of Iowa actually did endorse Trump, that'd be a hell of a thing. Sure, it might help make the outcome a little closer, but more to the point it might also be a sign that some Republican politicians are starting to sense the coming Trumpocalypse and want to get on Donald's good side while the getting is good. Trump's absolutely the kind of guy who'd remember if the governor endorsed him and that put him over the top to win Iowa. Or at the very least, in the event where he loses Iowa but wins the nomination, that might stay his hand from taking revenge on the whole state.
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Christie is going after Branstad hard. He wants his endorsement bad.
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I don’t know what’s the worst part of this: that’s it’s from Santorum, that he bemoans not wearing a sweater vest, or that he took the photo while travelling 53 mph.
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Boomstick Quaid posted:Hillary is doing really lovely against Republicans in the WSJ/NBC poll released today, he may have a point. Probably because everyone is paying attention to the GOP primary and not the Dem one. People were using this stupid argument that Obama had zero chance in 2012 to.
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William Bear posted:Hold on, Arthur Wonder what his prediction for Romney was, since everyone was so SHOCKED he lost as badly as he did
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Venom Snake posted:Probably because everyone is paying attention to the GOP primary and not the Dem one. People were using this stupid argument that Obama had zero chance in 2012 to. Then why was Bernie beating Republicans in those same match ups? "In Iowa: Clinton leads Trump by eight points among registered voters (48 percent to 40 percent), but Sanders is ahead of him by 13 (51 percent to 38 percent); Cruz tops Clinton by four points (47 percent to 43 percent), but Sanders beats him by five (47 percent to 42 percent); And Rubio is up by five points over Clinton (47 percent to 42 percent), while he's tied with Sanders (44 percent to 44 percent). In New Hampshire: Clinton is ahead of Trump by just one point (45 percent to 44 percent), but Sanders tops him by 19 points (56 percent to 37 percent); Cruz beats Clinton by four points (48 percent to 44 percent), but Sanders leads him by another 19 points (55 percent to 36 percent); And Rubio bests Clinton by 12 points (52 percent to 40 percent), while Sanders leads him by nine points (50 percent to 41 percent)."
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William Bear posted:Hold on, Arthur dick morris is burning down the phone lines trying to put together a legal team to sue this prick for biting on his gimmick
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New Polls from NBC/Marist saying pretty much the exact same things the Fox polls on Friday did! http://maristpoll.marist.edu/110-cruz-and-trump-vie-in-ia-trump-nh-favorite-clinton-and-sanders-competitive/  quote:Cruz does better among likely GOP caucus-goers in Iowa who support the Tea Party, identify as conservative, are white Evangelical Christians, are men, or college graduates. Trump is ahead among those who do not practice a religion, those who are unmarried, and moderates. Donald J. Trump, your moderate Republican candidate for 2016.
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