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Trash Trick
Apr 17, 2014

Schnorkles posted:

Arkane "John Huntsman will be president" has a questionable history of being right about American politics.

Incorrect. Arkane is incredibly on the nose. However, I think his emotions are getting the best of him, in this case.

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Arkane
Dec 19, 2006

by R. Guyovich

pretty dumb tweet

someone not having the majority isn't bucking democracy

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

Dr.Zeppelin posted:

because no one is nailing him to the wall over it, CNN just said his answers were very substantive

it's almost as if that will change in the GE when he will be facing a person who is going to crucify him

Princeps32
Nov 9, 2012

Dilbert As gently caress posted:

It was probably the smartest thing to not attack trump

current chatter is "Wow Trump's super improved in debates" even though he said nonsense words, and that overall the debate was boring. I'm not sure how that helps any of them.

paranoid randroid
Mar 4, 2007

Dr.Zeppelin posted:

because no one is nailing him to the wall over it, CNN just said his answers were very substantive

cnn is also quite retarded, yes

kitten emergency
Jan 13, 2008

get meow this wack-ass crystal prison

Aliquid posted:

do you ever wonder why republicans are better/wittier/funnier on twitter than democrats? is it really us who are out of touch?

republicans don't have thoughts longer than 140 characters

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth
Trump gonna unite the party.

mdemone
Mar 14, 2001

paranoid randroid posted:

cnn is also quite retarded, yes

They also have a significant vested interest in Trump making it to the general.

CubsWoo
Aug 17, 2005

Where the big boys RAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGH FUCK YOU
https://twitter.com/DemsRRealRacist/status/708138805002305536

Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

Ask me about Briar Rose and Chicken Chaser.

The Human Crouton posted:

Isn't this the Fox guy who purposely puts together anti-Trump groups?

Pro-Rubio groups, more precisely. Until the last debate.

Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。
sippy cup!

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.
My hot take: No one won this debate and no one lost it. So things are going to stay exactly the same meaning by default Trump will still be ahead going forward.

Arkane
Dec 19, 2006

by R. Guyovich

Schnorkles posted:

Arkane "John Huntsman will be president" has a questionable history of being right about American politics.

i said either mitt romney or jon huntsman would be the gop nominee. if huntsman was the gop nominee (something I said could happen when he was still the AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, and I was betting on him at odds of 500-1), I would've made $250,000. I had to be satisfied with only winning $80,000 on Mitt Romney being the nominee.

scurry along now, schmorkles

Dr.Zeppelin
Dec 5, 2003

Venom Snake posted:

it's almost as if that will change in the GE when he will be facing a person who is going to crucify him

yeah i'm sure mark penn is gonna come up with some devastating attack lines

DAD LOST MY IPOD
Feb 3, 2012

Fats Dominar is on the case


a substantial plurality of the republican base is blood-gargling psychopaths whose biggest complaint against romney is that he didn't directly accuse obama of being osama bin laden's gay lover on stage. trump's path to the nomination has always been clear, ever since it became obvious that the GOPe can't force the others out to effect a consolidation. even after the Great Collapse marco still has trump something like 55-45 one on one, but he won't ever get a shot at that. the reason nothing matters is that all of the poo poo that most politicians never say because it's GE poison, trump is happily spraying everywhere, and the base will follow him to the ends of the earth for it. i do think he looked more presidential than in the past at this debate, but when he's talking about how awesome it must have felt to squish students under tank treads or how we must get rid of our treacherous fifth column, you get this:

Kurt_Cobain
Jul 9, 2001

a cop posted:

Incorrect. Arkane is incredibly on the nose. However, I think his emotions are getting the best of him, in this case.
Please remind us of how he is 'on the nose'

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo
If Hillary wins it will own watching trump have to talk to a woman far more powerful than him, and then watch him poo poo is pants when she refuses to back down

If Sanders wins it will own watching trump get crucified by an old socialist grandpa

Dr.Zeppelin
Dec 5, 2003

DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:

a substantial plurality of the republican base is blood-gargling psychopaths whose biggest complaint against romney is that he didn't directly accuse obama of being osama bin laden's gay lover on stage. trump's path to the nomination has always been clear, ever since it became obvious that the GOPe can't force the others out to effect a consolidation. even after the Great Collapse marco still has trump something like 55-45 one on one, but he won't ever get a shot at that. the reason nothing matters is that all of the poo poo that most politicians never say because it's GE poison, trump is happily spraying everywhere, and the base will follow him to the ends of the earth for it. i do think he looked more presidential than in the past at this debate, but when he's talking about how awesome it must have felt to squish students under tank treads or how we must get rid of our treacherous fifth column, you get this:


don't play into the narrative that GE polls matter in march, they don't

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

Dr.Zeppelin posted:

yeah i'm sure mark penn is gonna come up with some devastating attack lines

i don't think you have been paying much attention to the dem primary

SNAKES N CAKES
Sep 6, 2005

DAVID GAIDER
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Venom Snake posted:

If Hillary wins it will own watching trump have to talk to a woman far more powerful than him, and then watch him poo poo is pants when she refuses to back down

If Sanders wins it will own watching trump get crucified by an old socialist grandpa

You think a Trump primary win is certain now, but a Hillary primary loss is still in the cards?

Dr.Zeppelin
Dec 5, 2003

Venom Snake posted:

i don't think you have been paying much attention to the dem primary

the fact that there's still a dem primary is a decent indicator of how good at this hillary is

Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。
"Trump is the establishment"
- Noted career politician Ted Cruz

Mystery Goomba
Jun 4, 2011
If tonight's debate was the result of the meeting between Bush and the Not Trumps then congrats on not doing anything yet again, Jeb!

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

Dr.Zeppelin posted:

don't play into the narrative that GE polls matter in march, they don't

They matter when Trump is outright lying saying that he is winning against Hillary in the polls RIGHT NOW

Venom Snake
Feb 19, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

SNAKES N CAKES posted:

You think a Trump primary win is certain now, but a Hillary primary loss is still in the cards?

Nah not really I'm just thinking of hypotheticals.

ass cobra
May 28, 2004

by Azathoth
"Donald Trump is Washington" -United States senator Ted Cruz

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:

Powercrazy posted:

Trump gonna untie the party.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

Congratulations!
The winning play was simple: Rubio attacking Trump non-stop during Thursday's debate, then uses final statement to drop out and endorse Cruz.

Welp, that didn't pan out.

kitten emergency
Jan 13, 2008

get meow this wack-ass crystal prison

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

They matter when Trump is outright lying saying that he is winning against Hillary in the polls RIGHT NOW

lol nothing matters

Joementum
May 23, 2004

jesus christ

uncurable mlady posted:

lol nothing matters

Don Pigeon
Oct 29, 2005

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

BGrifter posted:

The winning play was simple: Rubio attacking Trump non-stop during Thursday's debate, then uses final statement to drop out and endorse Cruz.

Welp, that didn't pan out.

They're all too selfish to drop out when they need to.

Except Scott Walker because he's literally a puppet.

Montasque
Jul 18, 2003

Living in a hateful world sending me straight to Heaven

Mokelumne Trekka
Nov 22, 2015

Soon.

Rubio, Cruz, and Kasich aren't in attack-mode because they feel like sheep being led to slaughter at this point.

Schnorkles
Apr 30, 2015

It's a little bit juvenile, but it's simple and it's timeless.

We let it be known that Schnorkles, for a snack, eats tiny pieces of shit.

You're picturing it and you're talking about it. That's a win in my book.

Arkane posted:

i said either mitt romney or jon huntsman would be the gop nominee. if huntsman was the gop nominee (something I said could happen when he was still the AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, and I was betting on him at odds of 500-1), I would've made $250,000. I had to be satisfied with only winning $80,000 on Mitt Romney being the nominee.

scurry along now, schmorkles

Please let us know how much you win when marco rubio wins Florida! :)

DAD LOST MY IPOD
Feb 3, 2012

Fats Dominar is on the case


Dr.Zeppelin posted:

don't play into the narrative that GE polls matter in march, they don't

"this far out from the election, the lead that this candidate enjoys means nothing and will surely evaporate"
-a bunch of pollsters from july 2015-january 2016

CubsWoo
Aug 17, 2005

Where the big boys RAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGH FUCK YOU

Dr.Zeppelin posted:

don't play into the narrative that GE polls matter in march, they don't

Carter was up 20+ points on Reagan in March 1980, Dukakis was up 16 on HWB in May 88, HWB was up 20 on the field in March 92, even recently GE polling has been off by 4-10 points this early

XboxPants
Jan 30, 2006

Steven doesn't want me watching him sleep anymore.

lots of insight on twitter tonight

https://twitter.com/CalliopeAnim/status/708140452617261056

Kurt_Cobain
Jul 9, 2001

Dr.Zeppelin posted:

don't play into the narrative that GE polls matter in march, they don't
http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/donald-trump-favorable-rating

Nope, these numbers don't matter at all because lol nothing matters. Definitely don't look deeper into how the demographics break down because hey it is still March and some Great Deals can be made.

BGrifter
Mar 16, 2007

Winner of Something Awful PS5 thread's Posting Excellence Award June 2022

Congratulations!

Mystic_Shadow posted:

They're all too selfish to drop out when they need to.

Except Scott Walker because he's literally a puppet.

The first part was a dumb meme floating around on Twitter. The same wording repeated over and over about how Rubio needed to attack Trump, drop out, and Cruz would use his closing statement to name Rubio his VP.

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Boosted_C5
Feb 16, 2008
Probation
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Grimey Drawer
WOW.

Masterful.

Trump wrote the Art of the Deal, and he just CLOSED the deal.

Super Tuesday 2.0 will be a coronation.

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