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Reply #1125 –
Quote from: OakdaleFTL on
So. I take it, you prefer Hillary
I prefer a stray cat to Trump. The mewing response to issues would make more sense than whatever Trump vomits up.
Quote from: OakdaleFTL on
He calls her fauxcahontas
Nope. Google it. He indeed called her Pocahontas. If at one point he called Warren "Fauxahontas", he did it in addition to calling her Pocahontas (or maybe you just watched a video and thought that's what he said? If so, that's understandable since he NY accent isn't always clear.) Then he claimed she the tiny bit of Cherokee heritage to advance her career, despite the fact there's little to no evidence she did if for no reason because she has too little Cherokee blood to qualify for membership in the tribes and thus use that to prove such a status. For instance, in her law school application her race/ethnicity is listed as white. Trump talks out of his ass and you know this as well as I do.
Quote from: ensbb3 on
I wouldn't be surprise if this did come down to a dick measuring contest... Just I'm still not sure he'd win though!
Nonsense. He is a dick. Being such, he's gonna fuck America and then the whole world.
“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
 

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Reply #1126 –
Trump incorrectly claims that Omar Mateen, the man that killed 49 people in a gay club in Orlando, was born in "Afgan." Of course, Mateen was born exotic and strange Long Island, New York. I find it bizarre that his followers like him because supposedly he speaks the truth, in fact what he says turns out to be completely wrong and are most likely deliberate lies.
“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

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Reply #1127 –
Quote from: ensbb3 on
I wouldn't be surprise if this did come down to a dick measuring contest... Just I'm still not sure he'd win though!  :yikes:
Dick Cheney maybe? :)

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Reply #1128 –
Well he is a dick in both name and behavior :left:
“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

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Reply #1129 –
Are we seeing a return to reality? Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton has a 12-point lead over Donald Trump nationally, a new Bloomberg Politics poll shows.
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Clinton has 49% support to Trump's 37%, with Libertarian Gary Johnson at 9%, according to the poll of 750 likely voters. The poll was conducted Friday through Monday and released Tuesday evening, meaning many of those polled were surveyed before the Orlando terrorist attack.
Particularly damaging for Trump: 55% of those surveyed said they would never vote for him, compared to 43% who said they'd never back Clinton.

I also said Trump would say something stupid to damn his campaign. The article notes several of these. :)
“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

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Reply #1130 –
Quote from: midnight raccoon on
I find it bizarre that his followers like him because supposedly he speaks the truth, in fact what he says turns out to be completely wrong and are most likely deliberate lies.
He speaks what his fucktard followers want to be the truth. Not that they'd know the difference.

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Reply #1131 –
His supporters are like NASCAR fans. 80% of them are unaware of what's going on in the race but they think being there is so awesome. Trump is all about feelings so that's actually working for him. In fact, it seems most of the people taking time to advocate against him feel the same way about him as his supporters do. That what he says matters. Now he's built relevance out of all these feelings.

IF... He reconciles with the GOP and shelves some of the stooopid things he's been saying in favor of actual issues I'll start thinking he's really got a shot. The problem is in the position he's put himself that's not going to be that hard.  :nervous: 

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Reply #1132 –
Based on the state of the presidential race in April rather than actual factions in the political parties, which would be more interesting. That the Democratic party were to be split in two and the Republicans into three parties seems about right though.

 

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Reply #1133 –
Thankfully, we don't have a parliamentary system! :) Incoherence isn't really a virtue, you know? We'll get back to a 2-party system soon, I think.
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Reply #1134 –
Trump has short fingers. And we know what that means! :yikes:

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Reply #1135 –
I suggest that this is the sort of thing The Donald would post.

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Reply #1136 –
Of course. This way the beaver won't get fleas all over the place, even if becomes strange looking as a result.
“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

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Reply #1138 –
Anybody want to buy a Trump magazine?

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Reply #1139 –
Not to worry. You probably already his campaign is broke, is approval numbers are in a downward spiral. See, Oakdale, I told you he would say something stupid to cost himself the election, it just not have been what was expected. It might have been that he would self-finance his election, although his complete idiocy after Orlando (and other jackassery) didn't help. Those that think Trump is a symptom of America gone off the tracks, someone like him was the inevitable conductor of that crazy train of a political party, the Republicans. I'm not joking, the GOP has lost its mind. A party that demeans any complaints of racism and sexism as mere PC, will get a racist, sexist candidate that will alienate most of the country in short order, especially once his novelty wears off. A party fit for the asylum will get a candidate fit for the asylum.

Trump is such a bad candidate that I've read conspiracy theory that he's actually a Manchurian one - a plant there to lose so Hillary can become president (until recently most of his political money went to Democrats.... I don't really believe this, but it's an interesting idea.
“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

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Reply #1140 –
Here's a little more on the Manchurian candidate theory
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THE BIG IDEA: Salman Rushdie floated last fall that Donald Trump is a Democratic plant whose ultimate goal is to get Hillary Clinton elected president. To many conservatives, this feels less and less facetious.

The presumptive GOP nominee has spent the past few weeks doing almost everything you would do if you were trying to throw an election, from attacking a federal judge over his Mexican heritage to not building a serious ground game or actively raising the money necessary to wage a credible campaign for the presidency.


Sadly, the Manchurian Trump conspiracy theory doesn't appear to have been developed enough to be as fun as it could be :( There is the fact that he hasn't raised much money, but his supporters were sold on the idea that he would finance (He's rich!) and he's offended many of the big donors.
“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

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Reply #1141 –
Quote from: midnight raccoon on
Not to worry. You probably already his campaign is broke, is approval numbers are in a downward spiral.

Hope it's not time to start worrying. He hasn't needed money with all the free air time he's gotten saying crazy things. If he reconciles with the GOP he can bring big contributors back in line while 'showing' he is good at negotiating like he said. If that also shelves his dumb positions on things he could turn it around. I just hope not.

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Reply #1142 –
True, you actually don't need a lot of money to keep your polls sinking.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll-idUSKCN0ZA3KG
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The June 20-24 poll showed that 46.6 percent of likely American voters supported Clinton while 33.3 percent supported Trump. Another 20.1 percent said they would support neither candidate.

That's not the interesting part of the article, though.

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Meanwhile, Republican leaders including House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker continued to express reservations about their new standard bearer, who has angered some in the party with his fiery rhetoric.

Ryan and Walker both said over the past week that they felt Republicans should follow their "conscience" when deciding to support the party's likely nominee, instead of urging party members to support him.

I think that speaks for itself...
“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

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Reply #1143 –
Have any of you heard Trump's latest?

"“I’ve been rude, rotten and repulsive throughout my personal and business life. I sincerely regret this, and the way my unpalatable proclivities have spilled into my thuggish political campaign. Unlike my trademark hair, my racism has not been thinly veiled but central to my dubious success. My nudge-nudge dislike of blacks and my 110-decibel detestation of Mexicans and Muslims won support from many of the nastiest elements in this nation – from the Ku Klux Klan to rabid anti-Semites. And my plan to build the Great Wall of Trump across our southern borders has alienated global opinion. I have been seen as a nasty hybrid of Berlusconi and Putin. But a long, private audience with Pope Francis has changed everything. I am withdrawing from the race for the White House, shaving off my silly comb-over and joining a silent order of Benedictine monks”."

I got this from a friend in the Trump palace. Please keep it to yourself until Trump makes it public.
 :cheers:

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Reply #1144 –
Trump on religion. You might not know that he's a very religious man.

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Reply #1145 –
Speaking of failed election plans, London has lost its candidate for the mayoralty, Bad Boris, the UK's Trump.

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Reply #1146 –

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Reply #1147 –
I like Bad Johnson, but I like your post even more! :cheers:  :cheers:  :cheers:
(That's a three beer cheer)

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Reply #1148 –
Wow, that's a lot! :wizard: