2016 elections - because it's never too early

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Admiral Yi

#3780
January 20, 2016, 05:37:37 PM
Heard on CNN yesterday that not a single GOP governor or senator has endorsed a candidate.

Fate

#3781
January 20, 2016, 05:41:21 PM Last Edit: January 20, 2016, 05:43:47 PM by Fate
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 20, 2016, 05:37:37 PM
Heard on CNN yesterday that not a single GOP governor or senator has endorsed a candidate.

Not true per wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorsements_for_the_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries,_2016

Jeb has 5 current senators. Christie has 2 current governors. Cruz and Trump have none. Rubio has 4 current senators. Kaisch has 1 current governor and 1 current senator.

jimmy olsen

#3782
January 20, 2016, 06:29:41 PM
Bush leads the endorsement primary in the GOP, but Clinton has nine times has much as him.

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-endorsement-primary/
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Admiral Yi

#3783
January 20, 2016, 06:47:30 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdChrHVwRDU

Sarah Palin has started to sound like Roseann Barr.

Phillip V

#3784
January 20, 2016, 07:07:01 PM
Quote from: Malthus on January 20, 2016, 10:52:14 AM
I have a horrible feeling that Sanders will win the Democratic nomination. Trump will win the Republican, and that Trump will then go on to win the election.  :(

Please convince me this won't happen.
Strong third party candidates will present themselves if Sanders and Trump win their party's nomination (such as Bloomberg).

FunkMonk

#3785
January 20, 2016, 11:25:07 PM
Quote from: Malthus on January 20, 2016, 10:52:14 AM
I have a horrible feeling that Sanders will win the Democratic nomination. Trump will win the Republican, and that Trump will then go on to win the election.  :(

Please convince me this won't happen.

If Trump somehow wins I like to think that America will look a lot like the bizzaro 1985 run by Biff Tannen in Back to the Future Part Two. Maybe, like Biff demolishing the Hill Valley Courthouse, Trump will demolish the White House and build a hotel casino in its place.
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alfred russel

#3786
January 20, 2016, 11:56:51 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on January 20, 2016, 11:25:07 PM
Quote from: Malthus on January 20, 2016, 10:52:14 AM
I have a horrible feeling that Sanders will win the Democratic nomination. Trump will win the Republican, and that Trump will then go on to win the election.  :(

Please convince me this won't happen.

If Trump somehow wins I like to think that America will look a lot like the bizzaro 1985 run by Biff Tannen in Back to the Future Part Two. Maybe, like Biff demolishing the Hill Valley Courthouse, Trump will demolish the White House and build a hotel casino in its place.

It makes me think of americathon.
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Lettow77

#3787
January 21, 2016, 12:55:29 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbXfk5lpLew


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Monoriu

#3788
January 21, 2016, 01:14:22 AM
Quote from: Malthus on January 20, 2016, 10:52:14 AM
I have a horrible feeling that Sanders will win the Democratic nomination. Trump will win the Republican, and that Trump will then go on to win the election.  :(

Please convince me this won't happen.

It is a simple matter of convincing yourself that Trump will be a good president.  One of the foundations of democracy is that the people know what is good for them.  So by definition, whoever they elect is good :contract:

MadImmortalMan

#3789
January 21, 2016, 01:52:59 AM
Good people don't run for public office.  :P
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Valmy

#3790
January 21, 2016, 09:56:26 AM
Quote from: Monoriu on January 21, 2016, 01:14:22 AM
One of the foundations of democracy is that the people know what is good for them.

Oh dear. Is it really?
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Caliga

#3791
January 21, 2016, 10:09:57 AM
Quote from: FunkMonk on January 20, 2016, 11:25:07 PM
If Trump somehow wins I like to think that America will look a lot like the bizzaro 1985 run by Biff Tannen in Back to the Future Part Two. Maybe, like Biff demolishing the Hill Valley Courthouse, Trump will demolish the White House and build a hotel casino in its place.
Thanks, now I WANT Trump to win. :mad:
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The Minsky Moment

#3792
January 21, 2016, 10:10:31 AM
Quote from: FunkMonk on January 20, 2016, 11:25:07 PM
If Trump somehow wins I like to think that America will look a lot like the bizzaro 1985 run by Biff Tannen in Back to the Future Part Two. Maybe, like Biff demolishing the Hill Valley Courthouse, Trump will demolish the White House and build a hotel casino in its place.

In fact, the screenplay writer used Trump as his model for Biff Tannin.

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Malthus

#3793
January 21, 2016, 10:25:03 AM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on January 21, 2016, 10:10:31 AM
Quote from: FunkMonk on January 20, 2016, 11:25:07 PM
If Trump somehow wins I like to think that America will look a lot like the bizzaro 1985 run by Biff Tannen in Back to the Future Part Two. Maybe, like Biff demolishing the Hill Valley Courthouse, Trump will demolish the White House and build a hotel casino in its place.

In fact, the screenplay writer used Trump as his model for Biff Tannin.

Apparently, he's claimed that. But Snopes at least thinks this is a bit of "selective memory" on his part.  ;)

http://www.snopes.com/back-to-the-future-predictions/
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derspiess

#3794
January 21, 2016, 11:32:38 AM
So, completely on her own initiative, my wife took one of those political quizzes to determine who her favorite candidate should be.  She asked me for some guidance on some of the questions and I did my best not to lead her one way or the other (no, really-- I was dying to see how this would play out).

So when the dust settled, her candidate was: Ted Cruz!  With Rand Paul running a close second and Trump not too far behind that.
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