2016 elections - because it's never too early

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MadImmortalMan

#2505
October 16, 2015, 03:57:58 PM
Doesn't matter. Hillary's in more or less the same boat.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

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"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

Valmy

#2506
October 16, 2015, 04:09:09 PM
Eh, the Democratic field is already a geriatric ward.
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dps

#2507
October 16, 2015, 04:11:11 PM
Quote from: DGuller on October 15, 2015, 10:29:54 PM

Apart from that, in the last election, we went through a flurry of joke candidates as well, all of whom at some point "surged" to the top.  Eventually people realized that the jokes are jokes, and that your presidential candidate has to be presidential.

Don't know how you figure that to be the case.  Seems to me that the last 4 guys to win the office were jokes.

Valmy

#2508
October 16, 2015, 04:13:49 PM
Quote from: dps on October 16, 2015, 04:11:11 PM
Quote from: DGuller on October 15, 2015, 10:29:54 PM

Apart from that, in the last election, we went through a flurry of joke candidates as well, all of whom at some point "surged" to the top.  Eventually people realized that the jokes are jokes, and that your presidential candidate has to be presidential.

Don't know how you figure that to be the case.  Seems to me that the last 4 guys to win the office were jokes.

A VP, Two State Governors, and a Senator?
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Admiral Yi

#2509
October 16, 2015, 04:17:45 PM
One of the retired dudes at the Regal Beagle told me he's backing Trump.  Real nice guy, HS graduate, doesn't seem to follow news much.  I doubt he has ever caucused, not sure if he votes.  He's bought the "saying things others are afraid to" line.

I told him he wasn't allowed to vote for Trump.

MadImmortalMan

#2510
October 16, 2015, 04:33:28 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on October 16, 2015, 04:17:45 PM
I told him he wasn't allowed to vote for Trump.

I don't think that's gonna convince him.  :lol:
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

Admiral Yi

#2511
October 16, 2015, 04:44:05 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on October 16, 2015, 04:33:28 PM
I don't think that's gonna convince him.  :lol:

We'll see.  He respects my opinion.  :sleep:

Razgovory

#2512
October 16, 2015, 06:56:42 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on October 16, 2015, 04:33:28 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on October 16, 2015, 04:17:45 PM
I told him he wasn't allowed to vote for Trump.

I don't think that's gonna convince him.  :lol:

Well, it may very well be true.  Unless Trump gets the nomination or runs as a third party he won't be allowed to vote for Trump in Iowa.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

jimmy olsen

#2513
October 16, 2015, 07:01:09 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 16, 2015, 06:56:42 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on October 16, 2015, 04:33:28 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on October 16, 2015, 04:17:45 PM
I told him he wasn't allowed to vote for Trump.

I don't think that's gonna convince him.  :lol:

Well, it may very well be true.  Unless Trump gets the nomination or runs as a third party he won't be allowed to vote for Trump in Iowa.
Could do a write in vote.
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Tonitrus

#2514
October 16, 2015, 07:17:42 PM
I'm guessing the friend would be voting in the primary.  No problems there.

sbr

#2515
October 16, 2015, 07:20:18 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on October 16, 2015, 07:17:42 PM
I'm guessing the friend would be voting in the primary.  No problems there.

There is no primary in Iowa.

Razgovory

#2516
October 16, 2015, 07:34:18 PM
Iowa is a caucus state which means everyone meets together in a public building a chooses a delegate by arm wrestling.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

MadImmortalMan

#2517
October 16, 2015, 07:47:18 PM
I think anyone can vote in the Iowa caucus, as long as they catch the campaign buses in Minneapolis or Chicago.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

DGuller

#2518
October 16, 2015, 11:31:43 PM
Quote from: dps on October 16, 2015, 04:11:11 PM
Quote from: DGuller on October 15, 2015, 10:29:54 PM

Apart from that, in the last election, we went through a flurry of joke candidates as well, all of whom at some point "surged" to the top.  Eventually people realized that the jokes are jokes, and that your presidential candidate has to be presidential.

Don't know how you figure that to be the case.  Seems to me that the last 4 guys to win the office were jokes.
:hmm:  Okay....

Eddie Teach

#2519
October 16, 2015, 11:36:58 PM
DPS must have missed Point Break.
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