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And I'm enough of a vindictive rear end in a top hat that I remember every vague liberal Facebook friend who believed Chris Christie wasn't too bad before Bridgegate happened. Chris Christie's backdoor maneuverings to posture himself as a bipartisan strongman almost worked. It's scary we only know about it because of dumb luck.
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TROIKA CURES GREEK posted:If you don't want trump to win you should be nervous. Christie said it best, she would completely destroy Rubio because there's a playbook for those sorts of races. There's no playbook for beating Trump. Maybe she'll find something right away and it sticks and it's not even close who knows. Oh my god bear is driving how can this be
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TROIKA CURES GREEK posted:Nate just really isn't that good at this. Sad. Well, he's right about Republicans needing to basically give up on the Presidential election this time around though.
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I imagine he must be furiously going over the data, finding any way he can to morph it into the answer he so desperately wants.
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Feb 27, 2016 03:48
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Majorian posted:Well, he's right about Republicans needing to basically give up on the Presidential election this time around though. nah.
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hillary is about to get schlonged majy boy.
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Joementum posted:Actually, I believe Christie when he said today that he's going to go into private life after his term ends. It would be wise for him to do whatever he needs to do to stay off the witness stand. I'm not really sure what that is, but the federal investigation is bad news for him. They'd probably better get to cauterizing their own wounds, so that they don't lose any more Congressional seats than they likely will.
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Serious hypothetical: if Trump were elected, would Trump style Republicans start winning primaries for more local offices? Would the party shift in a more fascist direction away from conservatism?
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TROIKA CURES GREEK posted:If you don't want trump to win you should be nervous. Christie said it best, she would completely destroy Rubio because there's a playbook for those sorts of races. There's no playbook for beating Trump. Maybe she'll find something right away and it sticks and it's not even close who knows. It was extremely pathetic to read the way the thread was jacking off wildly as Rubio dumped out every rehearsed point his interns had Googled. I mean, he did much better than anybody could have expected going in, but he still sucked really bad and was obviously way in over his head.
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Majorian posted:They'd probably better get to cauterizing their own wounds, so that they don't lose any more Congressional seats than they likely will. they are in a damned if you do, damned if you don't position in regards to that
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TROIKA CURES GREEK posted:I imagine he must be furiously going over the data, finding any way he can to morph it into the answer he so desperately wants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iito7XzTwGk&t=31s
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Majorian posted:It would be wise for him to do whatever he needs to do to stay off the witness stand. I'm not really sure what that is, but the federal investigation is bad news for him. Maybe he and hillary can share a cell
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9/22/15Joementum posted:
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Jewel Repetition posted:Serious hypothetical: if Trump were elected, would Trump style Republicans start winning primaries for more local offices? Would the party shift in a more fascist direction away from conservatism? Yes. If Trump is the head of the Republican party for 4-8 years, it will change the Party. It will be hard to get very far without at least paying lip-service to Trump, and the most active people within the party will be the ones who truly love him in their hearts.
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Majorian posted:It would be wise for him to do whatever he needs to do to stay off the witness stand. I'm not really sure what that is, but the federal investigation is bad news for him. Or maybe you're just completely wrong about what will happen? just a thought
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I know a bunch of people are going to jump down my throat for writing this, but I really don't think Trump is going to be unstoppable for the DNC and Clinton. Why hasn't the GOP been able to stop Trump? They haven't dedicated significant spending against him, they barely did any oppo research until recently, and they can't attack the (few) policies he has without alienating their own base. Also, the GOP didn't consider him a serious candidate until recently, plus are very weakened in terms of top-level organization (evidence: the entire Speaker situation). We got a sliver of the weird poo poo that's in Trump's background with Trump University and all the other "scandals" that Rubio brought up - I really think that stuff would have worked if it had been deployed much, much sooner. The moment Trump becomes the GOP nominee is the same moment that every Democrat in the United States starts ripping into him, mocking him, and exposing his past. Yes, Clinton has an e-mail scandal. But Trump University? That is like next-level, bizarre fraud and doesn't require a preamble explanation of government classification protocol in order to appreciate. As far we know that's just the tip of the iceberg. While I don't have evidence to the contrary, I do NOT buy the argument that Clinton's nomination is going to depress Democratic turnout in the general election through apathy. I think Trump will serve as a good and proper motivator to get Democrats to vote, and that there will be a significant volume of Republicans that just stay home. Clinton has been the Republican boogey-man since the 90's, but Trump is something new entirely. Again, I don't know for sure. But the man is just so despicable for large chunks of MANY Democratic bases that I really think Democratic turnout will be just fine. And you thought Rubio was dunking on him last night? Wait until campaign Obama is traveling around the country clowning on Trump at every opportunity. The DNC is going to be running negative ads against Trump 24/7 about issues that the GOP doesn't even want to talk about. sharkbomb fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Feb 27, 2016 |
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Of course he isn't unstoppable, it will be a very close race.
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TROIKA CURES GREEK posted:i enjoy arguing on the ol 'net same
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Fear the power and terror Trump unleashes at 140 characters. http://tinyurl.com/jrx3bst
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InsanityIsCrazy posted:Maybe he and hillary can share a cell lol, are you one of the ones that think there's a chance of Hillary going to jail? TROIKA CURES GREEK posted:Or maybe you're just completely wrong about what will happen? just a thought It's possible, but really unlikely. sharkbomb posted:I know a bunch of people are going to jump down my throat for writing this, but I really don't think Trump is going to be unstoppable for the DNC and Clinton. Why hasn't the GOP been able to stop Trump? They haven't dedicated significant spending against him, they barely did any oppo research until recently, and they can't attack the (few) policies he has without alienating their own base. Also, the GOP didn't consider him a serious candidate until recently, plus are very weakened in terms of top-level organization (evidence: the entire Speaker situation). I don't think people should jump down your throat on this at all - I think it's basically right. I think it also helped Trump that he was up against some extremely weak primary candidates.
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Joementum posted:same  Let's face it, whatever happens we win. Or trump starts a nuclear war and we lose. What I'm trying to say is that we don't win enough anymore
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Majorian posted:I don't think people should jump down your throat on this at all - I think it's basically right. I think it also helped Trump that he was up against some extremely weak primary candidates. People in this forum have a visceral reaction to the mere notion that Clinton could have electoral success of some kind.
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TROIKA CURES GREEK posted:9/22/15 all you did was predict the guy you liked would win. your actual analysis is bad
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TROIKA CURES GREEK posted:
People assumed that the 'strongest GOP field in history' would have produced one or two candidates capable of dealing with a megalomaniac fraud; that it didn't occur is largely the fault of the other lovely candidates and the party, not with the prediction.
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Majorian posted:lol, are you one of the ones that think there's a chance of Hillary going to jail? I think joe said it best, i think it was joe anyway: if trump wins the primary basically throw everything you think you know straight out the window because we've entered crazy town.
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babypolis posted:all you did was predict the guy you liked would win. your actual analysis is bad I'm voting for Bernie though? you're kinda being dumb here
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Automatic Slim posted:Fear the power and terror Trump unleashes at 140 characters. LMAO, isn't this what Twitter's Trust and Safety Council was supposed to combat? Where is Anita Sarkeesian when you really need her.
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TROIKA CURES GREEK posted:I'm voting for Bernie though? you're kinda being dumb here i guess i misunderstood your bullishness for trump
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TROIKA CURES GREEK posted:I think joe said it best, i think it was joe anyway: if trump wins the primary basically throw everything you think you know straight out the window because we've entered crazy town. Yup. Nate said basically the same today, that they're going to remove everything except polls from their election model because nobody has any idea if the stuff that was predictive in past cycles, like the Abramowitz bread and butter model, hold up in an election with Trump.
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Firebert posted:People assumed that the 'strongest GOP field in history' would have produced one or two candidates capable of dealing with a megalomaniac fraud; that it didn't occur is largely the fault of the other lovely candidates and the party, not with the prediction. no, people just didn't pay attention to how loving angry the base was.
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sharkbomb posted:I know a bunch of people are going to jump down my throat for writing this, but I really don't think Trump is going to be unstoppable for the DNC and Clinton. Why hasn't the GOP been able to stop Trump? They haven't dedicated significant spending against him, they barely did any oppo research until recently, and they can't attack the (few) policies he has without alienating their own base. Also, the GOP didn't consider him a serious candidate until recently, plus are very weakened in terms of top-level organization (evidence: the entire Speaker situation). yeah well you're a dumb loser with a vagina whos owned by wall street
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babypolis posted:i guess i misunderstood your bullishness for trump it's ok friend
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TROIKA CURES GREEK posted:I think joe said it best, i think it was joe anyway: if trump wins the primary basically throw everything you think you know straight out the window because we've entered crazy town. I think that's true to a point, but keep in mind, the people supporting Trump so far are something like 35% of the 39% of Americans that identify as Republican voters. In the meantime, his sky-high disapproval ratings have remained stable since he got into the race. Clinton's disapprovals are high too, but they've been all over the place, and I think it's fair to expect that they'll go down if and when she gets the nomination and starts reminding the public of the crazy poo poo Trump has said.
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