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How does Trump win the white vote by more than Romney managed? Obama had taken over the Clinton mantle as the Devil, and a not insignificant part of the GOP thought he was a Kenyan Muslim. Romney didn't do nearly as much to alienate the white moderate vote as Trump has, but his share of the white vote was still insufficient.
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Had some fun yesterday amusing myself and others by coming up with Rubio jokes, so I might as well share them. - Why did Rubio start attacking Trump so late in the race? - Because he only shows up 30% of the time. - Why does nobody want to go on vacation with Rubio? - Because he always travels to the same place. - Why did Rubio push for amnesty? - To get tech support. - Why did teachers never ask Rubio any questions? - Because his answers were predictable. - How did Rubio do? - Like always. - How does Rubio start his mornings? - By booting up. - Why does Rubio always have problems with the IRS? - Because whenever he files his tax returns, he writes "It depends". - Why does Rubio wear a suit? - So that nobody would notice. - Why didn't Rubio show up at work? - Because the supercharger was closed. - Why does Rubio sweat all the time? - Because he has no fans. Maybe you guys can come up with some new better ones.
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Feb 29, 2016 15:11
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I feel like a whole new world has opened up in front of me. WOAH. People are following me? This is amazing. I take back all my past bashing of twittering. This is revolutionary. WOW.
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Can someone explain to me why Trump's 49% support in the new poll is somehow a big deal? Last time I checked, 49% of anything isn't a majority. That means 51% of Conservatives still hate his guts and will rally behind a saner candidate as soon as the field narrows.
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Feb 29, 2016 15:12
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Blattdorf posted:Had some fun yesterday amusing myself and others by coming up with Rubio jokes, so I might as well share them. Totally unrelated, but are christmas crackers a thing in the US?
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Feb 29, 2016 15:14
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Narciss posted:Can someone explain to me why Trump's 49% support in the new poll is somehow a big deal? Last time I checked, 49% of anything isn't a majority. That means 51% of Conservatives still hate his guts and will rally behind a saner candidate as soon as the field narrows. Don't worry, I'm sure his ceiling is 49% and he will never get a majority.
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Boosted_C5 posted:I feel like a whole new world has opened up in front of me. WOAH. If you want more you'll want to keep directing tweets @ specific people, because otherwise most people will have no easy way of finding you. There are lists of prominent politicians/pundits/reporters out there that you can google to make your task easier (which I have rifled through for my own personal list). Perfectly Safe posted:Totally unrelated, but are christmas crackers a thing in the US? No, and I was very confused while watching QI once until they took them out.
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Feb 29, 2016 15:15
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The scene: a cabin in the Canadian wilderness, inhabited by two peasants, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. They host two traveling guests: a giant of a man, Ser Christie, and his ward, little Jon Kasich. Cruz, Rubio, and their guests sit around a table for their evening meal. Cruz has little food to offer the travelers; /Pol/tards and Freepers have scourged the countryside, looting and haranguing the smallfolk. Cruz has long suspected that these criminals were in the employ of King Trump, but he dared not give voice to these concerns, especially not in front of his guests. Still, he bids little Rubio to serve Ser Christie and Jon. After Rubio places two plates of poutine and two flagons of ale before the guests, Cruz bows his head and begins to pray. Ser Christie, who has little patience for religious folk, reaches for his food when Kasich nudges him under the table. Christie rolls his eyes but stays his hand, allowing Cruz to recite the ritual prayer. "We thank the Seven scions of Conservatism for the food on our plates and the guests at our table. We thank the Father, Lord Reagan. We thank the Crone, Lady Thatcher. We thank the Smith, Lord Adam. We thank --" "Yeah yeah. We thank all of 'em our throats haven't been cut yet. Let's eat." Christie begins noisily eating his meal. "You'll have to excuse my friend," offers Kasich. "He's a veteran of the establishment wars, and... he has no manners." Cruz seems to take no offense. "A veteran? We could use a man like you. The /pol/tards are getting bolder by the day. I'm afraid little Marco and I wouldn't be able to protect ourselves were they to attack our stead..." Christie seemingly ignores the remark and downs his flagon of ale. "More," he barks. Little Marco dutifully refills the portly knight's vessel. "You have a bright future in public service," the little boy remarks cheerfully. Christie raises an eyebrow but says nothing. Cruz continues: "Let me cut to the chase. We're vulnerable here. You seem like a good, strong fighter. One look at you and the cowards would run away. I can offer you donor cash to stay here and endorse us. Honest pay for honest work. What do you say?" Kasich looks up at his companion expectantly. Christie hesitates, then replies: "I can stay until Super Tuesday." ... The next morning, Kasich is awoken to the sound of screams coming from outside the cottage. He bolts outside, fearing a Freeper raid. Instead, he is horrified to see Ser Christie kicking the prostrate peasant Cruz. Marco stands to side side, screaming and helpless to protect the man. Christie gives Cruz one more kick to the ribs and slings a large bag of Donor Cash over his shoulder. He grabs Kasich forcefully by the hand and leads him away from the cottage, in the direction of the Trump House. "You're the worst poo poo in the Fifty States," Kasich yells at his captor. Christie only laughs. "There's worse than me." "You stole their Donor Cash! You said you would endorse them!" "Those fools sheltered us, they make a nice poutine, and they'll both be dead come November. I just know the way things are. How many states does Trump have to win before you figure it out?"
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Perfectly Safe posted:Totally unrelated, but are christmas crackers a thing in the US? Wouldn't know, since I'm not from the US.
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Perfectly Safe posted:Totally unrelated, but are christmas crackers a thing in the US? Nope.
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QuoProQuid posted:Joe Lieberman endorsed John McCain in 2007. lieberman was independent at that time baw fucked around with this message at 15:20 on Feb 29, 2016 |
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Feb 29, 2016 15:18
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Boosted_C5 posted:I feel like a whole new world has opened up in front of me. WOAH. goons pls post more good twitter users (ala @daveweigel) to "engage" with
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Feb 29, 2016 15:18
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Narciss posted:Can someone explain to me why Trump's 49% support in the new poll is somehow a big deal? Last time I checked, 49% of anything isn't a majority. That means 51% of Conservatives still hate his guts and will rally behind a saner candidate as soon as the field narrows. Because it's higher than it was before. it...keeps going up, you see. Not down. Or unchanging. Up. Keeps going up. Benagain posted:Nope. Shame. Missed opportunity.
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Boosted_C5 posted:I feel like a whole new world has opened up in front of me. WOAH. Twitter is both an inane collection of poo poo no one cares about and a platform for the democratization of access to and for influential/powerful people. It's total poo poo and great. Just lol if you aren't one of Trump 6.45 million followers.
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Feb 29, 2016 15:20
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as halfway crooks posted:theyve been getting a lot of attention lately for being #teamtrump, makes sense as safe issue (because non starter) to get "distance" with Joe REALLY wants to keep himself in the story, doesn't he...
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Feb 29, 2016 15:22
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Narciss posted:Can someone explain to me why Trump's 49% support in the new poll is somehow a big deal? Last time I checked, 49% of anything isn't a majority. That means 51% of Conservatives still hate his guts and will rally behind a saner candidate as soon as the field narrows. 49% in a 5 man race with a 33 point lead over #2 is no big deal i tell u what
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Feb 29, 2016 15:22
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Narciss posted:Can someone explain to me why Trump's 49% support in the new poll is somehow a big deal? Last time I checked, 49% of anything isn't a majority. That means 51% of Conservatives still hate his guts and will rally behind a saner candidate as soon as the field narrows. The idea that Trump will get 0% of that 51% is silly. I wonder what Trump's orthodox Jew Son in Law thinks about this KKK flap.
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Feb 29, 2016 15:23
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In which Joe Scarborough is either so naive that he doesn't understand why Trump not disavowing the KKK helps him, or tries to pretend that he doesn't "get" racism to avoid backlash over supporting Trump: http://youtu.be/sz7pONagF1Q
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Feb 29, 2016 15:24
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mcmagic posted:The idea that Trump will get 0% of that 51% is silly. I wonder what Trump's orthodox Jew Son in Law thinks about this KKK flap. Also according to that poll the race is Trump 49, Everyone Else Put Together 47
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Feb 29, 2016 15:25
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mcmagic posted:The idea that Trump will get 0% of that 51% is silly. I wonder what Trump's orthodox Jew Son in Law thinks about this KKK flap. Let's dispel with this notion that Narciss doesn't know what he's doing. Narciss knows exactly what he's doing.
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Feb 29, 2016 15:25
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CubsWoo posted:49% in a 5 man race with a 33 point lead over #2 is no big deal i tell u what I'm just saying, it's nothing to write home about. Once you realize that this is only 49% of Republicans the idea of Trump ever coming close to the Presidency looks increasingly absurd. I put his odds at the nomination around 2% (in line with Nate Silver's predictions - check out his website '538', it's excellent) and I put the odds of him becoming POTUS somewhere between zilch and nada.
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Nuclearmonkee posted:Twitter is both an inane collection of poo poo no one cares about and a platform for the democratization of access to and for influential/powerful people. No need to follow him I get all the highlights from the people I do follow anyways Oh yeah boosted, Boniface is @mobute
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Narciss posted:I'm just saying, it's nothing to write home about. Once you realize that this is only 49% of Republicans the idea of Trump ever coming close to the Presidency looks increasingly absurd. I put his odds at the nomination around 2% (in line with Nate Silver's predictions - check out his website '538', it's excellent) and I put the odds of him becoming POTUS somewhere between zilch and nada. In a desperate attempt to keep sanity, the liberal mind struggles to find solace in an increasingly mad world
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Narciss posted:I'm just saying, it's nothing to write home about. Once you realize that this is only 49% of Republicans the idea of Trump ever coming close to the Presidency looks increasingly absurd. I put his odds at the nomination around 2% (in line with Nate Silver's predictions - check out his website '538', it's excellent) and I put the odds of him becoming POTUS somewhere between zilch and nada. There is no way Silver still has him at 2% for the nomination.
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Narciss posted:I'm just saying, it's nothing to write home about. Once you realize that this is only 49% of Republicans the idea of Trump ever coming close to the Presidency looks increasingly absurd. I put his odds at the nomination around 2% (in line with Nate Silver's predictions - check out his website '538', it's excellent) and I put the odds of him becoming POTUS somewhere between zilch and nada. 6/10, good effort on the troll, but you should have done this a week ago. It's a bit dated, even Nate's embraced the Trumpocalypse.
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squidgee posted:In which Joe Scarborough is either so naive that he doesn't understand why Trump not disavowing the KKK helps him, or tries to pretend that he doesn't "get" racism to avoid backlash over supporting Trump: It doesn't help him. The people who either don't care, or are pro-KKK are already in his camp. Trump didn't need to worry about losing their support to another candidate. Trump should already be pivoting to win over the general electorate, and all he did was motivate some disaffected Democrats, while simultaneously making it more difficult for the party to coalesce behind him.
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Disillusionist posted:The scene: a cabin in the Canadian wilderness, inhabited by two peasants, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. They host two traveling guests: a giant of a man, Ser Christie, and his ward, little Jon Kasich. Nice
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Maoist Pussy posted:Good fences make good neighbors. Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
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mcmagic posted:There is no way Silver still has him at 2% for the nomination. Maybe not 2% anymore, but all of the negatives that plagued Trump from the outset are still there. His massive unfavorables, for example: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/06/17/why-no-one-should-take-donald-trump-seriously-in-1-very-simple-chart/ quote:Trump has a net negative 42 rating. As in 23 percent of Republicans had a favorable view of Trump while 65 percent(!) had an unfavorable one. Now yes, I'll admit that Trump has *slightly* surpassed that 23% figure. It is a little worrying to me that he now polls over twice as well as his favorability rating. But mark my words, at some point Trump's big mouth will get the better of him and he'll go over the line. Should by some freak accident he make it to the general, these unfavorables will continue to plague him into the general; these numbers don't just change or go away. Once he goes up against a candidate with real charisma and little-to-no skeletons in her closet, he'll be crushed - and I'll be there to enjoy the spectacle.
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I blacked out shortly after the Christie endorsement and this thread grew 50 pages in a few days. What did I miss?
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TyrantWD posted:It doesn't help him. The people who either don't care, or are pro-KKK are already in his camp. Trump didn't need to worry about losing their support to another candidate. Trump should already be pivoting to win over the general electorate, and all he did was motivate some disaffected Democrats, while simultaneously making it more difficult for the party to coalescence behind him. Of course it does - the foundation of Trump's support is racists and bigots, especially in the south, and he needs their votes on Super Tuesday. For example, 20% of Trump supporters nationwide don't think that the Emancipation Proclamation was a good idea: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/upshot/measuring-donald-trumps-supporters-for-intolerance.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0 Disavowing the KKK would hurt turnout among those voters when he needs it the most. Dodging the question to avoid disavowing hate groups absolutely helps him get the nomination, even if it (hopefully) will bite him in the general. nah thanks fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Feb 29, 2016 |
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Disillusionist posted:The scene: a cabin in the Canadian wilderness, inhabited by two peasants, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. They host two traveling guests: a giant of a man, Ser Christie, and his ward, little Jon Kasich. These and trumps a medieval general please me greatly.
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Father Wendigo posted:I blacked out shortly after the Christie endorsement and this thread grew 50 pages in a few days. What did I miss? the demise of america
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Yeah, I've been meaning to say that I've been greatly enjoying Zippy's medieval vignettes, particularly Christie with his turkey leg. Keep up the good work! It's appreciated.
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Narciss posted:Maybe not 2% anymore, but all of the negatives that plagued Trump from the outset are still there. His massive unfavorables, for example: How is a poll from June in any way relevant?
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The long form parody post is a fine art that should be appreciated
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mcmagic posted:How is a poll from June in any way relevant? It's not the poll that's important, it's his favorability numbers. I keep seeing those referenced when people talk about how badly Trump would do in the general, are those not a reliable predictor or something?
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mcmagic posted:How is a poll from June in any way relevant? I dunno, I'm pretty sure polling back then is still accurate. Trump's only leading Jeb! by 3 in Minnesota! It's gettable!
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