2016 elections - because it's never too early

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HisMajestyBOB

Quote from: Berkut on March 16, 2016, 03:36:05 PM
They should not have cancelled, that was stupid.

They could have had a debate where the two of them sit their and eviscerate Trump.

Kasich refused to attend because Trump wouldn't attend. So it would just be two hours of Ted Cruz.
Nobody wants to watch two hours of Ted Cruz.
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jimmy olsen

Quote from: Lettow77 on March 16, 2016, 01:28:09 AM
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By the way, I assume you mean you support Gingrich for VP?
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Lettow77

 Gingrich wrote a series of books in which a dramatic Confederate victory at Gettysburg ends the war much faster with a Union victory. He is ideologically unsound.

It can't be helped...We'll have to use 'that'

lustindarkness

Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on March 16, 2016, 09:50:21 PM
Quote from: Berkut on March 16, 2016, 03:36:05 PM
They should not have cancelled, that was stupid.

They could have had a debate where the two of them sit their and eviscerate Trump.

Kasich refused to attend because Trump wouldn't attend. So it would just be two hours of Ted Cruz.
Nobody wants to watch two hours of Ted Cruz.

Only if the guys from bad lip sinc make an extended video.
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derspiess

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Razgovory

Quote from: derspiess on March 16, 2016, 09:12:20 PM
Tim has gone full lefty.

Trump does that to people.  If Trump was nominated as a Democrat I'd probably vote Republican.  I actually liked Rubio and Jeb.  I thought Jeb got a raw deal.
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derspiess

Quote from: Razgovory on March 16, 2016, 10:18:48 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 16, 2016, 09:12:20 PM
Tim has gone full lefty.

Trump does that to people.  If Trump was nominated as a Democrat I'd probably vote Republican.  I actually liked Rubio and Jeb.  I thought Jeb got a raw deal.

He was well on his way before Trump.
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DGuller

Meh.  I hope that one of Trump's legacies won't be the idea that he was a clown who managed to shove aside respectable politicians and turned a dignified affair into a circus.  Fearmongering, intolerance, utter disregard for facts, engineered disasters presented as policy, all that was still going to be there better than ever.  When the insults stopped at the last debate, there wasn't much substance to take their place.

jimmy olsen

Delegate simulator from the NY Times. Fiddle with the % of popular vote and see what happens.

They also project Trump to win the nomination outright.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/16/upshot/trump-cruz-kasich-republican-delegate-lead.html?_r=0
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Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
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Martinus


Martinus

Quote from: DGuller on March 16, 2016, 11:48:47 PM
Meh.  I hope that one of Trump's legacies won't be the idea that he was a clown who managed to shove aside respectable politicians and turned a dignified affair into a circus.  Fearmongering, intolerance, utter disregard for facts, engineered disasters presented as policy, all that was still going to be there better than ever.  When the insults stopped at the last debate, there wasn't much substance to take their place.

The problem - and the reason for Trump's popularity, imho - is that there aren't any "respectable politicians" at least on the right. There are stooges, empty suits (well everybody except Kasich and Cruz but Cruz is evil). Jeb had no claim to lead the nation other than his blue blood - he was a complete wet blanket. Rubio was a robot boy who simply seemed like a convenient puppet to Peter Singer and his ilk. Trump came in and bitchslapped them, showing that the emperor has no clothes.

Lettow77

It can't be helped...We'll have to use 'that'


Savonarola

Actual news story from CNN:

John Legend Calls Donald Trump 'Racist'

Will Meghan Trainor stand by her duet partner, or will this tear them apart?  I  hope CNN keeps us up to date on this crucial story.
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