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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:he won't do this because he's a synth And now I'm going to spend the rest of the debates waiting for the Brotherhood of Steel to storm the building and shoot him.
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Feb 25, 2016 22:41
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Patter Song posted:Chris Christie was a total nonstarter, though. Christie was going to be the "gently caress you" rear end in a top hat from Jersey candidate until Trump did it but 10x better. Christie is rude by politician standards which isn't good enough. The RNC needed someone who would call trump a "retard" on live tv. Properly coached Christie probably could have stumped him 1v1 but the establishment backed Rubio and Jeb instead.
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Feb 25, 2016 22:42
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By far the best thing about all this Trump poo poo is that he's doing it for a song. https://twitter.com/teddyschleifer/status/702937402059280384
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Brannock posted:When Trump hits 50% polling you're gonna see some serious poo poo Marty! I can't stop loling at this.
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Feb 25, 2016 22:47
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Montasque posted:ITS NOT MY JOB TO GET RUSH CLIPS FOR YOU DAMNIT! you're the best, seriously 
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Lemming posted:Is there anything I can do at this point to prevent getting sent to one of the Trump camps, or is the best I can hope for getting assigned to one of the more luxurious ones? Buy a gun
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You know, of course, if Rubio actually doesn't want to win, maybe he should be attacking Trump on topics like Israel where he's bound to get stumped...
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evilweasel posted:So there's one opening Joementum sort of alluded to: in many states Trump doesn't get to pick his delegates, they're just required to vote for him in the first round of the nomination. But I don't think they have to vote the way he says on convention rules. Yeah, but what percent of his delegates would that be? I had been assuming it'd be only a small fraction of his delegates - would it really be a majority? Plus that would have to happen after listening to 3-4 months of "Donald Trump, presumptive Republican nominee" - will they really have the ability to resist the siren call for that long (or more to the point, keep 1237 delegates from succumbing to the siren song)? TROIKA CURES GREEK posted:That's not the point, if ST is a blowout this thing is all but over. There simply isn't time for your strategy any more. You need to change the narrative around tonight and have Trump underperform in ST states. Yeah. If it's next Wednesday and Trump hasn't been at least partially stumped he's not just the front-runner, he's the likely nominee, well on his way to becoming presumptive nominee. Any strategy focusing on re-grouping in the March 15th timeframe needs to not just regain momentum for Rubio, but utterly end the Trump campaign. Nobody's yet figured out how to take 3 points off his polling average - knocking 30 points off him in one go is delusional. It's "Trump is literally a lizard man [rips off his mask to prove it]" or "here's the video of Hillary pegging Trump after he swears fealty to her plan to destroy the Republican primary" or something similarly crazy. Lum_ posted:Assuming Rubio and Cruz both stay in for the duration, and polling stays roughly the same (and Trump wins Ohio), Trump will cross the threshold most likely in late May just before the final primaries. Given all the above AND if Kasich wins Ohio, Trump most likely will not get enough delegates to clinch the nomination. (Kasich probably won't win Ohio.) Polls won't stay the same though - how long are Rubio/Cruz fans going to buy this "third place victory" crap? Jackson Taus fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Feb 25, 2016 |
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Schnorkles posted:Trumps plan would totally work until clothes doubled or tripled in cost. There's plenty of Americans who can't afford clothes right now who'd be happy to have employment and at least buy an outfit once every few months. Riots against Trump would quickly turn into running street battles between factions, and I don't expect the liberal pussies to beat down the Trumpenproletariat.
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Montasque posted this twitter thread pages ago but, it kind of buried the lede: https://twitter.com/SteveDeaceShow/status/702738447887376384 Deace also had Rafael Cruz on his show and it turns out, you can only be a true born again evangelical christian if you vote for Ted quote:“What does that say about where we’re at as a church?” Deace asked Rafael Cruz on his radio show.
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:The RNC needed someone who would call trump a "retard" on live tv. I always secretly hoped Jeb! would snap and rail on everyone and go down in a flame of glory... but instead he sat back dumbfounded. I would love if they interviewed him now and he said, "gently caress Donald and everything he stands for. gently caress his hair and his smug I'm rich and don't have to listen to you attitude. Bend over America because it's about to get rough." 
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I can totally see some minor ratfucking going down if the nomination is seriously contested, but I just don't get how if Trump shows up with a clear majority of delegates the party can then just hand wave it all away and nominate Rubio instead. It basically delegitimizes the entire primary process and would turn off voters more than anything else.
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Scrub-Niggurath posted:I can totally see some minor ratfucking going down if the nomination is seriously contested, but I just don't get how if Trump shows up with a clear majority of delegates the party can then just hand wave it all away and nominate Rubio instead. It basically delegitimizes the entire primary process and would turn off voters more than anything else. Yes, exactly, but that's assuming the current process is in any way legitimate and flows properly The fact that the RNC can make up or adjust rules on the fly based on preference or flavor means the current process is nothing but a joke and for show.
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Feb 25, 2016 22:57
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Scrub-Niggurath posted:I can totally see some minor ratfucking going down if the nomination is seriously contested, but I just don't get how if Trump shows up with a clear majority of delegates the party can then just hand wave it all away and nominate Rubio instead. It basically delegitimizes the entire primary process and would turn off voters more than anything else. And what if Bernie works out a slim majority and the superdelegates ratfuck him too? Both parties ratfuck the nominee... that'd be interesting.
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radical meme posted:Montasque posted this twitter thread pages ago but, it kind of buried the lede: So far we have threats from the evangelicals, and Establishment types to run third party if Trump wins the nom. Come on Pauls, this is your shot for that libertarian dream run!
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dimebag dinkman posted:Daughters turning on fathers... 
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Lum_ posted:Assuming Rubio and Cruz both stay in for the duration, and polling stays roughly the same (and Trump wins Ohio), Trump will cross the threshold most likely in late May just before the final primaries. Given all the above AND if Kasich wins Ohio, Trump most likely will not get enough delegates to clinch the nomination. (Kasich probably won't win Ohio.) This is the sort of delegate math the Bernie supporters are relying on, and it always ignores that once the narrative switches from "probably going to win" to "nothing can stop him" it's over. I don't see Rubio or Cruz falling on the sword for no good reason and their supporters are already starting to jump ship. e: woops this post says it better Jackson Taus posted:Yeah, but what percent of his delegates would that be? I had been assuming it'd be only a small fraction of his delegates - would it really be a majority?
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Is Ted Cruz the zodiac killer? His face says yes, his personality says yes, but I just don't know.
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dimebag dinkman posted:Daughters turning on fathers... 
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https://twitter.com/TeamTrumpGA/status/702962364254183424 The Trump Truck to the Trump Polling Station to Write in Trump M A G A 
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xwing posted:And what if Bernie works out a slim majority and the superdelegates ratfuck him too? Both parties ratfuck the nominee... that'd be interesting. this will not happen. if Bernie has a majority the party will nominate him. the establishment distaste for him is nowhere near the loathing the RNC feels for trump. i don't think they will actually try to ratfuck Trump though unless they're really really sure the base will fall in line to vote against Hillary. they might make that mistake because they have repeatedly overestimated how disliked she really is. ultimately though trump would certainly run 3rd party and torpedo their chances.
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Scrub-Niggurath posted:I can totally see some minor ratfucking going down if the nomination is seriously contested, but I just don't get how if Trump shows up with a clear majority of delegates the party can then just hand wave it all away and nominate Rubio instead. It basically delegitimizes the entire primary process and would turn off voters more than anything else. I'm fairly certain it would make chicago '68 look like a polite disagreement among friends.
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Xenophon posted:You know, of course, if Rubio actually doesn't want to win, maybe he should be attacking Trump on topics like Israel where he's bound to get stumped... id wager that if trump actually had to formulate a thorough answer for something like israel, hed approach it from a businessmans perspective which id also wager would play better with the voting public than some nebulous political roundabouting
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Scrub-Niggurath posted:HAhahahahahhaha It's like when Rubio argued against Trump's Muslim ban by saying "B-b-but that would ban the Saudi royalty from coming over," as if anyone gives a poo poo. I'd support a Muslim ban that included only the Saudi royalty, gently caress them.
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Lastgirl posted:https://twitter.com/TeamTrumpGA/status/702962364254183424 SEND OUT THE TRUMP TRUCK
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Louisgod posted:Yes, exactly, but that's assuming the current process is in any way legitimate and flows properly The fact that the RNC can make up or adjust rules on the fly based on preference or flavor means the current process is nothing but a joke and for show. Did I misunderstand some of Joementum's earlier posting? I thought the rules committee was the only group that could adjust the rules and to do so would require a majority of the delegates.
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Donald Trump is going to be President and there is nothing you can do about it HA HA HA
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mormonpartyboat posted:Did I misunderstand some of Joementum's earlier posting? I thought the rules committee was the only group that could adjust the rules and to do so would require a majority of the delegates. yes, but due to the way delegates are selected, just because a delegate is pledged to vote for trump on the first ballot does not mean that delegate has to be a trump supporter or do what he says
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 MaxxBot posted:It's like when Rubio argued against Trump's Muslim ban by saying "B-b-but that would ban the Saudi royalty from coming over," as if anyone gives a poo poo. I'd support a Muslim ban that included only the Saudi royalty, gently caress them. hahaha I forgot about that
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:yes, but due to the way delegates are selected, just because a delegate is pledged to vote for trump on the first ballot does not mean that delegate has to be a trump supporter or do what he says Aha, thanks!
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Zohar posted:SEND OUT THE TRUMP TRUCK The Trump Truck looks like something you could spawn with a cheat code in Age of Empires I. Quick question, if it is Hillary vs. Trump, does Bloomberg stay out? Is he just an anti Bernie ploy, or is there no chance of him running in any scenario?
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CubsWoo posted:This is going to end up in one of those scenarios where Trump has the children of the vanquished chained to his throne, isn't it I hope they wear the metal bikinis too!
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