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Who will win the debate?
Trump Steaks
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Trump Winery
Lil' Rubio
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Cockblocktopus
Apr 18, 2009

Since the beginning of time, man has yearned to destroy the sun.


I can't believe I'm skipping

pulls up tv guide

American Idol for this

:flaccid:

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Dilbert As FUCK
Sep 8, 2007

by Cowcaster
Pillbug

lamentable dustman posted:

will someone please as Cruz what the difference between a import tax and a tariff?

Math is hard

logikv9
Mar 5, 2009


Ham Wrangler

Jerusalem posted:

Nothing new about this, of course, but holy poo poo Trump really does have NOTHING backing up any of his "policies" :stare:

gop frontrunner :siren:

Dahn
Sep 4, 2004

Leonard Ghostal posted:

Holy loving poo poo, actual policy discussion in a GOP debate

Trump crushed Cruz on the trade question

Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004

i'm sure those debates had language at a post-graduate level

Nichael
Mar 30, 2011


Leonard Ghostal posted:

Holy loving poo poo, actual policy discussion in a GOP debate

Kill me.

SNAKES N CAKES
Sep 6, 2005

DAVID GAIDER
Lead Writer
I don't know how Trump came back from that.

FizFashizzle
Mar 30, 2005







lol cruz talking about tariffs on cars from china wtf

AceRimmer
Mar 18, 2009
I don't think anyone is going to buy Cruz's "It is actually a tax on YOU!" BS right? :psyduck:

The Real Paddy
Aug 21, 2004

by FactsAreUseless
For the last "long period of time."

I wonder how that compares to other units of measure...

Also, Lincoln ad...sort of...Trumpian?

Immortan
Jun 6, 2015

by Shine

marshmonkey posted:

Trump is too good at this

The God Emperor seems pretty restrained tonight, doesn't he?

TyrantWD
Nov 6, 2010
Ignore my doomerism, I don't think better things are possible
That's the problem with "presidential" Trump - it exposes his complete lack of knowledge on just about everything policy related.

mannerup
Jan 11, 2004

♬ I Know You're Dying Trying To Figure Me Out♬

♬My Name's On The Tip Of Your Tongue Keep Running Your Mouth♬

♬You Want The Recipe But Can't Handle My Sound My Sound My Sound♬

♬No Matter What You Do Im Gonna Get It Without Ya♬

♬ I Know You Ain't Used To A Female Alpha♬
i thought these debates couldn't shock me anymore

expected a bloodbath, got a polite pillow fight

PostNouveau
Sep 3, 2011

VY till I die
Grimey Drawer

420 Gank Mid posted:

Trump is pro State-Capitalism

Dude no poo poo. You miss all the Mussolini comparisons last month?

the bitcoin of weed
Nov 1, 2014

I can't get over ted cruz not knowing what a tariff is, like jesus christ

Salvor_Hardin
Sep 13, 2005

I want to go protest.
Nap Ghost

Soothing Vapors posted:

Ted Cruz knows he's got this and the amplified level of smug makes him, surprisingly, somehow even more loathsome

I dunno, Trump's pivot to nationalism will probably play well. They're both wrong for myriad reasons but nationalism got him this far, I doubt it will fall flat now.

Dolash
Oct 23, 2008

aNYWAY,
tHAT'S REALLY ALL THERE IS,
tO REPORT ON THE SUBJECT,
oF ME GETTING HURT,


What was Cruz thinking with that "Tariffs are a tax on you!" line? Trump just explained tariff 101 to him that the idea is to promote local industry by keeping out foreign competition, it's such an easy answer.

Zaphod42
Sep 13, 2012

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.
Cruz trying to make something stick to Trump, way too late in the race for that though.

Shammypants
May 25, 2004

Let me tell you about true luxury.

Based on the award winning and totally true novel "Air Bud," comes a new classic movie "Heaven is Real."

Scrub-Niggurath
Nov 27, 2007

TyrantWD posted:

That's the problem with "presidential" Trump - it exposes his complete lack of knowledge on just about everything policy related.

Hmmmm, can I get a quick check on whether or not anything matters?

GamingHyena
Jul 25, 2003

Devil's Advocate

Blasmeister posted:

"Threaten other countries" has been the answer to a lot of questions tonight

The best bluff is the bluff you telegraph months before you're elected on an internationally televised speech.

Delta-Wye
Sep 29, 2005
Yes, if you can undercut price+tariff by manufacturing onshore, no one's going to see the Chinese product because there's going to be an American product on the shelf for less.

Goddamn these guys seem halfass this.

UV_Catastrophe
Dec 29, 2008

Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are,

"It might have been."
Pillbug
The problem with a sober and serious Trump is there's no wonderful absurdity to distract from the fact his policies are all real dumb, like very obviously

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

Immortan posted:

The God Emperor seems pretty restrained tonight, doesn't he?

He has no reason to waste his energy when he's already won

He's Mayweather clenching in the 9th and 10th rounds

Anorexic Robot
Nov 11, 2012

FadingChord posted:

I can't believe I'm skipping

pulls up tv guide

American Idol for this

:flaccid:

Cable Company: I dont understand why people are dropping us....

Dilbert As FUCK
Sep 8, 2007

by Cowcaster
Pillbug
Is Cruz really switching to fear mongering to forget how tax and tariffs work?

Mystery Goomba
Jun 4, 2011
Trump Winery is definitely winning tonight. Massively disappointed in Trump Streaks -- very low energy.

CubsWoo
Aug 17, 2005

Where the big boys RAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGH FUCK YOU
https://twitter.com/DemsRRealRacist/status/708114410737311744

GrimGypsy
Mar 27, 2007

I don't think calmly exposing that Trump is stupid/wrong about literally every position is going to matter whatsoever to anyone considering supporting him. This is dumb.

GlobalMegaCorp
Jan 8, 2004

TyrantWD posted:

That's the problem with "presidential" Trump - it exposes his complete lack of knowledge on just about everything policy related.

Yeah but this is still the Republican debate so that is par for course

Don Pigeon
Oct 29, 2005

Great pigeons are not born great. They grow great by eating lots of bread crumbs.

Delta-Wye posted:

Yes, if you can undercut price+tariff by manufacturing onshore, no one's going to see the Chinese product because there's going to be an American product on the shelf for less.

Goddamn these guys seem halfass this.

They don't understand any of it.

Immortan
Jun 6, 2015

by Shine

Dolash posted:

What was Cruz thinking with that "Tariffs are a tax on you!" line? Trump just explained tariff 101 to him that the idea is to promote local industry by keeping out foreign competition, it's such an easy answer.

All Cruz supporters care about is corporate capitalism and Jesus.

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007
hey can someone point me to the stream for the GOP presidential debate? i seem to have accidentally tuned in to the undercard debate for a house seat in kansas.

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo
I think Trump is really low energy tonight because someone informed him his shtick isn't going to work in the general

Von Sloneker
Jul 6, 2009

as if all this was something more
than another footnote on a postcard from nowhere,
another chapter in the handbook for exercises in futility

Leonard Ghostal posted:

Holy loving poo poo, actual policy discussion in a GOP debate

And now we see why they avoid this at all costs.

Zaphod42
Sep 13, 2012

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

Immortan posted:

The God Emperor seems pretty restrained tonight, doesn't he?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1w4IxCXIxU

The Human Crouton
Sep 20, 2002

Leonard Ghostal posted:

Holy loving poo poo, actual policy discussion in a GOP debate

Trump tomorrow:

"So Rubio attacked me. Cruz attacked me. I wanted to hit back because that's normally what I do, but we've had so many debates where people are just yelling at each other like children and no substance on the issues that I had to be a leader and let them get away with maybe breaking a few toys so that the American people could see some civility and some actual talk about the issues."

Totalizator
Nov 9, 2006
Probation
Can't post for 3 years!
Cruz is the only one attacking Trump, but he is the easiest opponent for him so...

Blasmeister
Jan 15, 2012




2Time TRP Sack Race Champion

GamingHyena posted:

The best bluff is the bluff you telegraph months before you're elected on an internationally televised speech.

Should have gone back to refusing to divulge his policies because he doesn't want America's Enemies hearing about them

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CubsWoo
Aug 17, 2005

Where the big boys RAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGH FUCK YOU
Ted Cruz: No no no we don't need any of those smelly American blue-collar jobs, fill the Walmarts with the rocket fuel, fill it with the Hulkamaniacs

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