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I think after the dust settles in November and we have 4 or 8 years of President Hillary Clinton to look forward too, the GOP will do their usual autopsy and put forth a serious proposal to changing the first-past-the-post primary to an alternate vote, which may have prevented a Trump nomination.
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The Nastier Nate posted:I think after the dust settles in November and we have 4 or 8 years of President Hillary Clinton to look forward too, the GOP will do their usual autopsy and put forth a serious proposal to changing the first-past-the-post primary to an alternate vote, which may have prevented a Trump nomination. Or they go the superdelegate route like Dems did after McGovern.
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I could possibly see Trump telling his supporters to vote Hillary just for A) Hillary having to cringingly accept trumps faux-endorsement and B) jamming the knife a little deeper in the GOP but he probably has more devious things in mind if he tanks like using eminent domain to buy up every GOP senator's house and bulldozing it for the new Trump Superhighway
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Mar 31, 2016 16:07
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Fidel Castronaut posted:If he loses the nomination in July, he will declare himself the winner, the GOP the loser, and say "See, I told you so!" in November when Cruz (or whoever) loses. Running third party would lessen that "told you so" and he knows he would lose so maybe he doesn't run third-party? on the other hand, running third party guarantees him 5 months of free media, even if its a fool's errand.
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Xenophon posted:To repeat: the standard conservative line is that women who get abortions are "victims" and deserve our sympathy; the doctors are the ones who should be punished for the crime. It's illogical as gently caress but it's how they reconcile their abhorrent position with the fact that so many women get abortions. Alter Ego posted:There's outrage because Trump didn't do it the way anti-choice candidates are "supposed" to do it--usually they couch the language in softer rhetoric and spend most of their time talking about how "every life is sacred" and how wonderful and beautiful pregnancy is and how it's a gift that shouldn't be squandered and blah blah blah wark wark fap fap. What it actually shows is what most people have been pointing out since this blew up - Trump really has no clue about *any* issues, foreign or domestic, really does not give *one single gently caress* that he doesn't have a clue about any issues, and this is obvious whenever someone gets him outside of his staged comfort zones where he can talk about how great and smart he is. (see: the interviews last week with the New York Times and especially the Washington Post, the transcript of which should disqualify him from driving heavy machinery much less running for high office). He's Sarah Palin with more confidence, less grounding on domestic issues (they're both equally clueless on foreign policy), and less command of the English language.
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Lum_ posted:What it actually shows is what most people have been pointing out since this blew up - Trump really has no clue about *any* issues, foreign or domestic, really does not give *one single gently caress* that he doesn't have a clue about any issues, and this is obvious whenever someone gets him outside of his staged comfort zones where he can talk about how great and smart he is. But he tells it like it iiiiiiiiiis 
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Mar 31, 2016 16:11
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Alter Ego posted:Or they go the superdelegate route like Dems did after McGovern. Whatever they do, the only sure thing is it's guaranteed to backfire on them in 2020.
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Alter Ego posted:But he tells it like it iiiiiiiiiis yeah cognitive degeneration tends to remove ones filters
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Mar 31, 2016 16:25
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Trump/Palin 2016: Word Salad for President
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Mar 31, 2016 16:25
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Modern politics is amazing. How long has it been now since we have been able to basically look up and play back every single thing a candidate has done? It wont get better, from now on, they not only have to contend with everything they said that made the papers or on TV recently, but everything they have ever said or supported since the birth of you-tube. Research is so loving easy now.
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Mar 31, 2016 16:25
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The Nastier Nate posted:Whatever they do, the only sure thing is it's guaranteed to backfire on them in 2020. If they continue to use the Southern Strategy to court the base, it most certainly will. They're thanking God that Democratic party members are lazy and only get off the couch once every 4 years because if that ever changed....man...it would be like what happened in 2010 but in reverse. Way in reverse.
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quote:Trump is probably aware of Nietzsche’s admonition to beware that “when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster.” (citation needed) quote:The problem is we have the Geneva Conventions, all sorts of rules and regulations, so the soldiers are afraid to fight. We can’t waterboard, but they can chop off heads. I think we’ve got to make some changes, some adjustments. Oh. Well, then.
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I can't believe how excited I am about the Jeb campaign!
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H5N1 posted:Let's dispel with this fiction that America isn't buckling up. America is buckling up...for Kasich!!! It continues to amuse me that John Kasich thinks that he will be the nominee at a brokered convention. There'd be fewer riots if they handed it to Romney or Ryan.
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The worst thing about Cruz in a general election would be watching him make that hideous, toothy, "poo poo I'm hosed" grin he does when someone is owning the gently caress out of him. He would be doing that during the entire debate.
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Mar 31, 2016 16:32
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Alter Ego posted:It continues to amuse me that John Kasich thinks that he will be the nominee at a brokered convention. There'd be fewer riots if they handed it to Romney or Ryan. i think i might hate Kasich more than Cruz or Trump at this point, just for his jeepers gee willickers approach to being evil. gawrsh maybe if you folks decide to backstab the frontrunner in a fit of panic, well shucks just think of lil ol me when youre trying to decide where to put that dang ol nomination.
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Mr. Pumroy posted:it physically hurts to be cruz Butter golems don't feel pain.
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paranoid randroid posted:i think i might hate Kasich more than Cruz or Trump at this point, just for his jeepers gee willickers approach to being evil. gawrsh maybe if you folks decide to backstab the frontrunner in a fit of panic, well shucks just think of lil ol me when youre trying to decide where to put that dang ol nomination. Holy poo poo The three Republican candidates are Donald Duck (Trump), Goofy (Kasich), and Evangelical Mickey (Cruz).
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Mar 31, 2016 16:37
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blue squares posted:The worst thing about Cruz in a general election would be watching him make that hideous, toothy, "poo poo I'm hosed" grin he does when someone is owning the gently caress out of him. He would be doing that during the entire debate. 
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Mr. Pumroy posted:it physically hurts to be cruz hey ted does your face hurt cuz its killing me
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paranoid randroid posted:hey ted does your face hurt you are cruzin for a bruisin' gosh darnit
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Meanwhile, in Canada... https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/715559141016801280 Still waiting for Trump's take on gay marriage, gays in the military, and gays as abortion doctors.
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i love the gays. this suit? made by a gay. great work, lookit this hem. amazing.
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paranoid randroid posted:i think i might hate Kasich more than Cruz or Trump at this point, just for his jeepers gee willickers approach to being evil. gawrsh maybe if you folks decide to backstab the frontrunner in a fit of panic, well shucks just think of lil ol me when youre trying to decide where to put that dang ol nomination. His entire argument is "No Republican wins without Ohio!"  No Republican wins without Florida either and your rear end got CRUSHED there, John.
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Alter Ego posted:No Republican wins without Florida either and your rear end got CRUSHED there, John. Actually, Marco was the one accused of getting his rear end crushed in Florida.
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paranoid randroid posted:i love the gays. this suit? made by a gay. great work, lookit this hem. amazing. I had to slap him around a little after he did my inseam, but I tipped him well. Always been kind to the gays
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The Nastier Nate posted:I think after the dust settles in November and we have 4 or 8 years of President Hillary Clinton to look forward too, the GOP will do their usual autopsy and put forth a serious proposal to changing the first-past-the-post primary to an alternate vote, which may have prevented a Trump nomination. while we're at it lets get rid of FPTP altogether tia
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TAPPER: Mr Trump, on the topic of religious liberty, should businesses be able to refuse service to homosexual individuals? TRUMP: I don't follow. TAPPER: Well, taking the infamous wedding cake example, should a Christian owner of a bakery be able to decline to bake a cake for a homosexual couple on the basis of religious- TRUMP: What the gently caress, what kinda business is gonna say 'no dont give me your money'? TAPPER: Some people feel that there is a moral moral impetus- TRUMP: The hell are you doing running a business if you give a poo poo about moral- *squints at something off camera* er, what i meant to say is, I've always been a huge Christian. Love that Jesus. He's great. And when I'm president no one will have to make any cakes they don't want to.
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paranoid randroid posted:TAPPER: Mr Trump, on the topic of religious liberty, should businesses be able to refuse service to homosexual individuals? https://twitter.com/gregorykorte/status/702232192664133632
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This guy Job, totally weak! So low energy, all he does is complain!
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No Mans Land posted:Forced abortion is actually what a fascist prison guard or slavemaster would do as punishment, if you actually thought about it for more than 5 seconds. Actually, slavemasters wanted children to be born, because they were free slaves. Look up the practice of birth control that slaves would try in pre Civil War America. Also: the law would force it to come to term too: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/08/opinion/pregnant-and-no-civil-rights.html?_r=0 quote:Pregnant, and No Civil Rights Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Mar 31, 2016 |
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Fantastic thread title change
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tbf nobody on the Christian Right reads the bible because the New Testament is way too left wing for them
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Ted Cruz on Jimmy Kimmel. He confirms that he is the Zodiac around 1:15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmI6JQz2M10
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Fidel Castronaut posted:Ted Cruz on Jimmy Kimmel. He confirms that he is the Zodiac around 1:15. I think the bigger giveaway is how he opens all press events with "This is the Zodiac speaking"
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Kasich Super PAC has a new ad out that literally uses Trump's "Lyin' Ted" name, and also has a really creepy Pinocchio nose effect that makes Ted's face somehow even more disgusting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDumsN1NCGg 
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Xenophon posted:Kasich Super PAC has a new ad out that literally uses Trump's "Lyin' Ted" name, and also has a really creepy Pinocchio nose effect that makes Ted's face somehow even more disgusting Lol I love this election cycle
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