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Grand Theft Autobot posted:What states are considered the "home base" of the Republican Establishment? States where the kooky evangelicals aren't as powerful. Mostly states outside of the south that tend to vote democratic in the presidential election anyways. Basically the states that Romney won in 2012 before everyone dropped out. One of the most glaring stupidities of analysis from pundits this cycle is how they've repeatedly missed that Trump's numbers are actually stronger in these traditionally establishment states.
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blue squares posted:I forgot that Jeb Bush is running a conventionally fiscally conservative campaign LOL if you think that money is going into anyone's pockets but the friends and family of RTR board members.
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Imagine the abject terror of flying in a plane piloted by Ron Paul
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William Bear posted:I'm pretty sure door knocking college kids don't get paid by campaigns. All they'll have to show for this is some Jeb! Merchandise! also patronage and connections and higher ranking paid positions in future establishment republican campaigns or administrations
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I know Rand Paul himself doesn't write his tweets, but calling him Ron instead of, I dunno, dad, is hilarious
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Bryter posted:Imagine the abject terror of flying in a plane piloted by Ron Paul Tragic plane crash, in which the crater is littered with purestrain gold.
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please tell me that 24 hours before the caucus is the first time ron is campaigning for his son
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To expand and extrapolate the commentary of the legendary campaigner Lee Atwater into position implications for current electoral lanes: Fiscal conservatism is a product of political correctness. Why do I say this? Let's look directly at Atwater's commentary: quote:You start out in 1954 by saying, “friend of the family, friend of the family, friend of the family.” By 1968 you can’t say “friend of the family”—that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, forced busing, states’ rights, and all that stuff, and you’re getting so abstract. Now, you’re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is, blacks get hurt worse than whites.… “We want to cut this,” is much more abstract than even the busing thing, uh, and a hell of a lot more abstract than “friend of the family, friend of the family.” Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and Marco Rubio are "talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things...." That's what fiscal conservatism means to them. Trump's not talking about those things other than to offhandedly dogwhistle towards them to judge their popularity at his rallies. Trump's found a way to yell "friend of the family, friend of the family" without being a racist and so can call for expanding America's social support network and for spending levels last seen during FDR's New Deal on public-works projects which directly address civilian employment opportunities and economic inequality in America.
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Raskolnikov38 posted:please tell me that 24 hours before the caucus is the first time ron is campaigning for his son Reminder that Rand announced his candidacy last April, and Ron didn't endorse him until August
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What are the implications for the general election? Well, Bernie Sanders is selling the same fiscal policies as Donald Trump, only he's attempting to do so without yelling a social media-acceptable modernization of "friend of the family, friend of the family, friend of the family." If it comes down to a choice on whether Americans would rather yell the modern equivalent to the feelings represented by "friend of the family, friend of the family, friend of the family," or of having the same policies without the underpinning of national superiority, always bet on national superiority. Unfortunately for Hillary, she passed on her opportunity to learn from Trump and maintains her politically correct stances on economic policy.
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Bryter posted:Reminder that Rand announced his candidacy last April, and Ron didn't endorse him until August ron hates him so goddamn much, it's almost sad almost
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quote:CNN\WMUR Poll - Results from Jan 27-30 Story http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/31/politics/cnn-wmur-poll-donald-trump-bernie-sanders/index.html Raw http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2016/images/01/31/topnh2.pdf NH breaklaw fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Feb 1, 2016 |
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quote:Donald Trump 30% Not one of these people is going to drop out before NH.
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thethreeman posted:https://twitter.com/woodruffbets/status/693935649582223361 What the gently caress.
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Ted Cruz really wants to be president! It's kind of shocking compared to all the other half-assed campaigns trying to oppose Trump.
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thethreeman posted:https://twitter.com/woodruffbets/status/693935649582223361 Ted Cruz gives a small preview of the type of reporting that will be mandatory when he is elected President.
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Raskolnikov38 posted:please tell me that 24 hours before the caucus is the
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Raskolnikov38 posted:please tell me that 24 hours before the caucus is the first time ron is campaigning for his son To assume that Ron Paul is in Iowa to campaign on behalf of his son is a bit of an error; Ron Paul is in Iowa to campaign for giving Ron Paul money, this time under the guise that Ron Paul is a human and not a lizard who cares for his son.
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thethreeman posted:https://twitter.com/woodruffbets/status/693935649582223361 Can we throw Cruz in prison yet?
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SNAKES N CAKES posted:Not one of these people is going to drop out before NH. Well, after Iowa some of the non Trump/Cruz votes will switch to Rubio. Rubio's problem is not all of them will, and some of them will switch to Trump probably!
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Don't you have to somewhere say that it's campaign material? When's the last time anyone got nailed for a campaign violation?
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thethreeman posted:https://twitter.com/woodruffbets/status/693935649582223361 I said that this would happen in my posts months, if not years, ago. With Citizens United, it is more cost-effective for a candidate to run their own media outlets in a vertically-integrated structure than it is to work with other's media outlets.
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Ted lies. No one likes Ted and that might be why.
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thethreeman posted:https://twitter.com/woodruffbets/status/693935649582223361 I thought it was a real local paper until I noticed a red maple leaf on the back.
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Rocks posted:Don't you have to somewhere say that it's campaign material? Everything is campaign material now. There is no end and no beginning. Save our souls.
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Rocks posted:Don't you have to somewhere say that it's campaign material? One box simple line surrounded by a box on who pays for it. On a printing this large, it's quite easy to hide it on the back page in the area of the page least likely to be seen. I'm not sure if any candidate has paid for their own newspaper outlet since FEC came into existance. Might have to look up what the LaRouchites or Moonies have had to disclose.
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Von Sloneker posted:Everything is campaign material now. Now, if you wanted to get real dirty, your SuperPAC could print up your own paper, have it inserted into an established paper, and have that paper accuse other candidates of very specific crimes with false quotes. This is the world we live in since Citizen's United. Fortunately, the only individual in this race who lacks any and all sense of moral decency is the Canadian.
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the best thing about ted cruz' kind of campaigning is that people like us are repulsed but people like the ones who answer polls and generally don't hate ted cruz, as crazy as that sounds, aren't like us, they don't pay this much attention, and there's a chance that they actually move toward him as a result of it. negative, cynical campaigning, historically, has worked, and i'll be interested to read the tea leaves on tuesday to decide how it might have affected things in iowa this year
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oystertoadfish posted:the best thing about ted cruz' kind of campaigning is that people like us are repulsed but people like the ones who answer polls and generally don't hate ted cruz, as crazy as that sounds, aren't like us, they don't pay this much attention, and there's a chance that they actually move toward him as a result of it. negative, cynical campaigning, historically, has worked, and i'll be interested to read the tea leaves on tuesday to decide how it might have affected things in iowa this year I'm not repulsed; I find them to be the innovations for this cycle which I've previously proposed and advocated for. I think it is unfortunate that Republicans are able to ratfuck opposition campaigns better than Democrats, and feel it necessary that the party should fund research and development of evidence-based methodologies for the most effective ratfuckery possible in today's post-Citizen's United campaign ecosystem. You know what has also, historically, worked for elections? Owning and operating breweries and saloons. Imagine how much more entertaining the Iowa caucuses would be if Trump were able to offer his supporters' a free liquoring up beforehand and free drinks for anyone who switches loyalties during.
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Cruz and Clinton strike me as the people in this race who are the most "win at all costs" cutthroat. Looking at how well Cruz's campaign has been run, it'll be even more delightful when Trump smashes him.
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My Imaginary GF posted:I said that this would happen in my posts months, if not years, ago. Actually this reminds me that Cruz's big donor - that Mercer guy - is the largest outside shareholder in the Breitbart media empire. Really interesting how it's gone full Trump when most people expected them to have no editorial independence
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quote:Hedge fund billionaire Julian Robertson, one of Jeb! Bush’s most generous donors, is hedging his bets with donations to Ohio governor John Kasich, FEC disclosures looked at by Politico reveal. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/jan/31/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-ted-cruz-iowa-caucus Jeb? is getting his wingnut welfare cut off I would blow Dane Cook fucked around with this message at 01:37 on Feb 1, 2016 |
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My Imaginary GF posted:I'm not repulsed; I find them to be the innovations for this cycle which I've previously proposed and advocated for. I think it is unfortunate that Republicans are able to ratfuck opposition campaigns better than Democrats, and feel it necessary that the party should fund research and development of evidence-based methodologies for the most effective ratfuckery possible in today's post-Citizen's United campaign ecosystem. the stickied thread for the iowa caucuses has a post in there saying at least one democratic caucus location is in a brewery. so that's a step in the right direction i'm sure of course you're aware of claire mccaskill's ratfucking of the missouri gop primary to obtain her desired opponent and grab 6 more years against the tide of her state's political trendlines. democrats have shown the ability to make things work on occasion, with the tea party's help
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Patter Song posted:Cruz and Clinton strike me as the people in this race who are the most "win at all costs" cutthroat. Looking at how well Cruz's campaign has been run, it'll be even more delightful when Trump smashes him. Bernie's campaign seems pretty hardcore, too, though. Not quite so openly vicious perhaps.
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My friend's parents brought the family dog to caucus with them in Iowa. She's probably the happiest Jeb! supporter in the state right now. e: I should have caught up with this thread! Her name is Haley and she's a good dog, she doesn't deserve any of this. 
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oystertoadfish posted:i'm sure of course you're aware of claire mccaskill's ratfucking of the missouri gop primary to obtain her desired opponent and grab 6 more years against the tide of her state's political trendlines. democrats have shown the ability to make things work on occasion, with the tea party's help So I think all that I can say on this is that, yes, I'm aware. We won that one fair and square. Unfortunately, once we won that one, RNC began to work to actively prevent any future wins with that tactic. Don't get me started on MOGOP. Never before have I seen such a hive of antisemitic villiany in America, and I hope to god no other state is like it was there.
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