2016 Republican Primary

[Ibanez]

Trump is a breath of fresh air.

Trump is a foul stench. But that kind of comment reflects the underlying problem. Trump's behavior has been absolutely atrocious. Any decent parent who saw his or her son behaving like Trump does would take corrective action. You don't want your kid growing up to behave like that. Yet people call it "refreshing" and think it's cool that he "says what he thinks" and is "not politically correct." First of all, it's not clear that he says what he really thinks. He appears to say whatever he thinks he has to say in the moment to gain advantage and might say exactly the opposite tomorrow if he perceives doing so as being to his advantage then. And if he is saying what he really thinks that's even worse. And being "politically incorrect" is something like Jimmy the Greek saying he thought slave breeding was a factor in black athleticism. Something that runs afoul of the egalitarian orthodoxy but is an honest, reasoned opinion offered with no malice. Trump is just an asshole.

Then there's the part about him being the most dishonest Presidential candidate of the modern era; making false statements at a frequency that dwarfs the "efforts" in that regard by any of the other candidates. And the whole time he's calling other people as well as the media "dishonest" and "liar" when he's the most dishonest and lying thing out there.

Let's play a game I like to call, Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaave you met Hilary?

[JohnStOnge]

Last night I saw polling indicating that a majority of public primary voters think Trump was the best candidate to handle the economy. It's another example of how detached from reality they are. Do you know what Trump's approach to trade is? It's tariffs. You can Google "Trump calls for tax on imported goods" and see all the hits. This article kind of summarizes some of it:

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/donald-trump ... even-legal

If there’s one consistent theme to GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s often confusing worldview, it’s that the cure for what ails America – from immigration to jobs to taxes – is more tariffs.

Of course that's MSNBC so we can't believe them. They're liberals. And if Donald says something it must be true (never mind that he's got a record of making false statements at a dizzyng rate).

Another interesting one:

http://thefederalist.com/2016/01/20/alm ... -is-wrong/

There really is no sugarcoating it: almost everything that Donald Trump has proposed on U.S.-China trade—for example, during last Thursday night’s GOP debate, in a recent the New York Times interview, and on his website—is wrong.

Very, very wrong.

But of course we can't believe that guy. He's writing for the Federalist and that's a conservative thing. And, heck, why should we believe an international trade attorney with lots of experience in litigating international trade disputes. I mean, Donald Trump built some hotels. Of COURSE he knows all about international trade!

It's just ridiculous. There are two ways in which we can avoid severe economic disturbances if Donald Trump becomes President:

1) Congress stops him so he can't do what he's been saying he wants to do
2) He's just bullshitting the numbskulls who have been voting for him in order to get elected and doesn't have the slightest intention of trying to do the things he's been saying he's going to do.




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[Ibanez]

Cruz failed on so many levels. That's why he lost. I'm sure someone is doing this now, but what percentage of his speeches were on social issues? He spent so much time courting the religious extreme that he failed to get the moderates. He spent more time on social issues than he did the economy or national security. He gets Kasich to leave Indiana, and then fails to court Kasich voters. Most Kasich voters ended up supporting Trump yesterday.

His persona, his poor debating style, he lack of charisma, his obsession with social issues, his lack of popularity with the GOP to begin with spelled disaster for him. I was listening to local talk radio this morning, who by the way are Never Trump people, and just about each of the 12-15 callers were calling in to say Trump is the man and they'll support him. One guy even said, " As an amputee, i'm gonna be a One Man Stump for Trump." Even right now, people are disappointed but they are so Never Clinton that they'll align behind pump.

I listen to talk radio during the day b/c it's great entertainment. Especially Beck. I can't wait to hear him go off the deep end. I guess his fasting and prayers to God fell on deaf ears.

[JohnStOnge]

Trump is a foul stench. But that kind of comment reflects the underlying problem. Trump's behavior has been absolutely atrocious. Any decent parent who saw his or her son behaving like Trump does would take corrective action. You don't want your kid growing up to behave like that. Yet people call it "refreshing" and think it's cool that he "says what he thinks" and is "not politically correct." First of all, it's not clear that he says what he really thinks. And if he is saying what he really thinks that's even worse. And being "politically incorrect" is something like Jimmy the Greek saying he thought slave breeding was a factor in black athleticism. Something that runs afoul of the egalitarian orthodoxy but is an honest, reasoned opinion offered with no malice. Trump is just an asshole.

You do realize that you have yet to put up a cogent argument for supporting Trump, right? You just pretty much do what Trump does. Insult the other candidates with no real basis in reality associated with the insults. But that's the problem. That's the Trump phenomenon. It's not based on any semblance of reason.

[Ibanez]

Last night I saw polling indicating that a majority of public primary voters think Trump was the best candidate to handle the economy. It's another example of how detached from reality they are. Do you know what Trump's approach to trade is? It's tariffs. You can Google "Trump calls for tax on imported goods" and see all the hits. This article kind of summarizes some of it:

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/donald-trump ... even-legal

If there’s one consistent theme to GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s often confusing worldview, it’s that the cure for what ails America – from immigration to jobs to taxes – is more tariffs.

Of course that's MSNBC so we can't believe them. They're liberals. And if Donald says something it must be true (never mind that he's got a record of making false statements at a dizzyng rate).

Another interesting one:

http://thefederalist.com/2016/01/20/alm ... -is-wrong/

There really is no sugarcoating it: almost everything that Donald Trump has proposed on U.S.-China trade—for example, during last Thursday night’s GOP debate, in a recent the New York Times interview, and on his website—is wrong.

Very, very wrong.

But of course we can't believe that guy. He's writing for the Federalist and that's a conservative thing. And, heck, why should we believe an international trade attorney with lots of experience in litigating international trade disputes. I mean, Donald Trump built some hotels. Of COURSE he knows all about international trade!

It's just ridiculous. There are two ways in which we can avoid severe economic disturbances if Donald Trump becomes President:

1) Congress stops him so he can't do what he's been saying he wants to do
2) He's just bullshitting the numbskulls who have been voting for him in order to get elected and doesn't have the slightest intention of trying to do the things he's been saying he's going to do.

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Do you actually believe a President will:

1) Fulfill campaign promises
2) Can do everything/anything he wants

I don't think it'll be that bad. I think Congress will actually unite against him.

[Ibanez]

I've been listening to Glenn Beck for the past half hour...he sounds so sad. So defeated. Up until today he's been a Cruz supporter and against Trump.



NOW...he's never Never Trump.

[93henfan]

I've been listening to Glenn Beck for the past half hour...he sounds so sad. So defeated. Up until today he's been a Cruz supporter and against Trump.



NOW...he's never Never Trump.

Hunger strike Glenn! Do it!

[YoUDeeMan]

Fixing the economy is really simple.

Stop spending billions protecting other countries. Invest that money in our education and our infrastructure. Stop giving government contracts to anyone that makes our **** out of our country.

We spend a ginormous amount of money on things that give us little return. The money isn't recirculated to help our people out. We have a lot of military people, about 150,000 of them (and that doesn't count the peeps on ships that spend money when docked in other countries), helping to prop up other countries' economies. Bring them home and have them spend the money here. Foreign aid? Spend it here.

Every little thing adds up. I laugh at people that say, well, our aid is only 1% of the budget. Really? Our economy is slugging along at a limp...think 1% of our budget, circulated around, would help out? Give me $35 billion and I think I can make a lot of Americans happier. Of course, that doesn't include the defense budget...and certainly not the black budget for our foreign escapades, an example of which was when we dumped tens of millions to a bunch of goat herding drug lords in Afghanistan, only to have them turn around and attack our forces anyway. Think some struggling Americans could have used that money?

The waste and corruption in our government is unbelievable...and a lot of it goes to the 1% who don't bother to put it back into the economy.

We do not have a spending problem. There is plenty of money and potential work to go around. We have a prioritization problem.

That is much more of a Rand Paul approach than a Trump approach.

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Perhaps...but Trump is echoing a lot of what Rand Paul is saying. And, it is FAR better than Hillary's clownish, establishment (let's keep everything going for the uber wealthy) approach.

[Ibanez]

I've been listening to Glenn Beck for the past half hour...he sounds so sad. So defeated. Up until today he's been a Cruz supporter and against Trump.



NOW...he's never Never Trump.

Hunger strike Glenn! Do it!

Glenn could use a good fast. I hope be brings back the chalkboard.

[YoUDeeMan]

Face it...you like Sander's policies more than Hillary's. Sander's speech tonight was spot on. He leaves Hilary in the dust for the Liberal vote. Sanders speaks the truth.

Yet you, and other dimwitted clowns, mostly racist minorities, continue to support Hillary...against your own best interest.

And you might want to check whether you still have a package...your estrogen levels are rising.

That's the best way to convince voters not to vote for a candidate...telling them they're stupid, racist, and voting against their best self interest. But it's fine...you have your vote and I have mine.

That's the best way to open up your mind...play the victim (there might be some truth in that...but not in the way you think) and shut your eyes to the obvious.

I'm telling you the truth...backed up by facts...and yet you still cling to ever-so-carefully constructed Hillary, and establishment, sound bites.

You are, ironically, almost in a religious state of mind. You beleive, and are digging in your heels (and blaming others for you digging them in even more - seriously...reread your first sentence). You believe things that are not true.

You are also thinking similarly to a victim of abuse who defends her husband's actions and will not leave his side.

Do some research on Hillary and her past positions. It isn't that hard. Avoid the main stream media sources. Bernie gave a great speech last night. His vision is the future that most young people, and most rational people, should want. All people working side-by-side to lift each other up. We spend an enormous amount of money on a rigged system...a system that benefits Hillary's friends...and a system they don't want broken up. So, they are promising to throw scraps at people like you and you are falling for it. You are in a cult, and you are, reflexively, rejecting any help.

At this point, your mind is so far set that you won't listen to facts. Yup...religion/cultishness has set in and you are willing to defend what can't rationally be defended. So, with little hope that you and your kind will come to see the light of reason, yeah, I laugh. But don't try to blame me for you not switching your vote...that is all on you. You are now reaching for anything to justify your ignorant, and hypocritical, stance.

Of course, I am always willing to help, so my door is always open. Parents usually do try to help children. But, they, and other people with good intentions, only cause the irrational folks to go further down the rabbit hole of their illusion.

So, take it or leave it...but Bernie is the FAR better choice for any person who believes in a level playing field. FAR BETTER. The fact that you can't see that means that you have your own bigoted issues to deal with. Try to find that source...and maybe you can start to see the error of your ways.

Good luck with that.

[YoUDeeMan]

Russia is a threat to do WHAT?

JFC, you are really dumb. Do people in Louisiana worry about a commie invasion? Are you back in the 60 and 70s?

Russia is simply defending her traditional sphere of influence...and defending themselves against US intervention and expansion into their neighborhood. We've installed, or tried to install, wealthy crooks, as bad as anything Russia propped up, into countries across the globe.

Hell, we've helped supply far more arms and money to ISIS and those whack job Muslins than any other nation on the planet (don't mention Saudi Arabia...because we fund their sheikhs and military).

And you are actually worried about Russia. John, that is comical and bordering on lunacy.

Invade NATO countries Latvia or Lithuania, which according to Article 5 of NATO an attack on one is an attack on all. Don't think Russia would though only because Latvia & Lithuania are NATO members..

4 days ago:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/04/30 ... ussia.html

You really are a looney, aren't you?

Do you have a bunker stocked with end-of-the-world rations?

Do you have any perspective, or are you listening to Right Wing fear mongers?

What in the world has you convinced that Russia will invade any NATO country? Russia has a better chance of invading Mars, and I am not simply talking about capabilities.

We'll start with an easy question...WHY would Russia invade Latvia?

If you don't mind a little more complicated nuance, what would Russia gain from such a move, versus what they would lose?











































Oh, and stay away from any sharp objects.

[93henfan]

Kasich is out.

[houndawg]

Cruz suspends his campaign. I'm watching his concession speech and he just thanked Carli Fiorina for being an "amazing running mate".



All 4 days!!!!



I'm sad to see this end...

I already eluded to that. Keep up Kalm.

alluded

how can he keep up when you're losing him?

[93henfan]

You do realize that you have yet to put up a cogent argument for supporting Trump, right? You just pretty much do what Trump does. Insult the other candidates with no real basis in reality associated with the insults. But that's the problem. That's the Trump phenomenon. It's not based on any semblance of reason.

What the fuck does cogent mean? You and your big words! Did you look that one up in the dictionary this morning? I know they don't teach that at MacNeeze State.

[houndawg]

It really doesn't matter. With Trump's victory tonight, it's simply best for Sanders to end his campaign. It's obviously going to be Clinton vs. Trump...both parties need to start focusing on the GE.

Bernie is done after this. Keep fighting!

Bernie is going to have a lot to say about the platform and Hillary is going to be forced in to making speeches that Monsanto executives aren't going to pay $250,000 to hear

[houndawg]

Another thing: I was one who railed against stereotyping of Republican voters. They were portrayed as being irrational, etc. I always argued against that. Now I am forced to admit that those who were saying those things were right. We have had a great experiment. A candidate who doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground and just demagogues and engages in ad hominem attacks came forth. Surely nobody with a living brain cell would vote for him.

But lots of Republican primary voters did vote for him. There is no defending Republican voters now.

We already had that; from 2000-2008.

[houndawg]

Last night I saw polling indicating that a majority of public primary voters think Trump was the best candidate to handle the economy. It's another example of how detached from reality they are. Do you know what Trump's approach to trade is? It's tariffs. You can Google "Trump calls for tax on imported goods" and see all the hits. This article kind of summarizes some of it:

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/donald-trump ... even-legal

If there’s one consistent theme to GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s often confusing worldview, it’s that the cure for what ails America – from immigration to jobs to taxes – is more tariffs.

Of course that's MSNBC so we can't believe them. They're liberals. And if Donald says something it must be true (never mind that he's got a record of making false statements at a dizzyng rate).

Another interesting one:

http://thefederalist.com/2016/01/20/alm ... -is-wrong/

There really is no sugarcoating it: almost everything that Donald Trump has proposed on U.S.-China trade—for example, during last Thursday night’s GOP debate, in a recent the New York Times interview, and on his website—is wrong.

Very, very wrong.

But of course we can't believe that guy. He's writing for the Federalist and that's a conservative thing. And, heck, why should we believe an international trade attorney with lots of experience in litigating international trade disputes. I mean, Donald Trump built some hotels. Of COURSE he knows all about international trade!

It's just ridiculous. There are two ways in which we can avoid severe economic disturbances if Donald Trump becomes President:

1) Congress stops him so he can't do what he's been saying he wants to do
2) He's just bullshitting the numbskulls who have been voting for him in order to get elected and doesn't have the slightest intention of trying to do the things he's been saying he's going to do.

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I agree with this if the nation is thinking of declaring bankruptcy.

[DSUrocks07]

Bernie is done after this. Keep fighting!

Bernie is going to have a lot to say about the platform and Hillary is going to be forced in to making speeches that Monsanto executives aren't going to pay $250,000 to hear

Which is another thing that Trump can point out about Hillary, just like Ted Cruz, will do or say anything to get elected.

Trump just needs to focus more on the MERITS of his plans, rather than just handing the Dems quick sound bites. WHY a wall is a good idea to provide a physical barrier to illegal immigration.
WHY restricting refugees while we know that ISIS is still a worldwide threat (not a "JV team") and is wrecking havoc across Europe.

Right now the Democrat policy on illegal immigration is just "welp, if you made it here, you won the lottery". How is that fair to those who come into this country legally?

Sanders supporters want us to be more like the Scandinavian countries, yet even THEY are restricting Muslim refugees coming to their shores, but Democrats bury their heads in the sand about that about that little fact.

People keep saying that Trump is energizing the Hispanic vote in favor of the Democrats, I'm not seeing it, I see more and more Hispanics understanding that an unsecured border is a major factor in not only the safety of this country, but also a major factor in the lack of jobs in this country.

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[DSUrocks07]

That is much more of a Rand Paul approach than a Trump approach.

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Perhaps...but Trump is echoing a lot of what Rand Paul is saying. And, it is FAR better than Hillary's clownish, establishment (let's keep everything going for the uber wealthy) approach.

Another thing I like about Trump.

What was Obama's famous quotes from 2012?

"I won"

"Elections have consequences"

I see Trump actually being more willing to bring about a less idealistic Administration, and being more willing to bring the best and brightest to the table with him. A welcome change from having the Yes Men of the Obama administration and the Echo Chamber of the Bush Administration.

I would like America to be a country where the best and brightest can succeed to the highest level. I learned a long time ago that Democrats don't want that. "Because that's not fair".

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[DSUrocks07]

You do realize that you have yet to put up a cogent argument for supporting Trump, right? You just pretty much do what Trump does. Insult the other candidates with no real basis in reality associated with the insults. But that's the problem. That's the Trump phenomenon. It's not based on any semblance of reason.

What the **** does cogent mean? You and your big words! Did you look that one up in the dictionary this morning? I know they don't teach that at MacNeeze State.

He has to mean cognitive.

That's that backwoods, Bayou education for ya

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[93henfan]

What the **** does cogent mean? You and your big words! Did you look that one up in the dictionary this morning? I know they don't teach that at MacNeeze State.

He has to mean cognitive.

That's that backwoods, Bayou education for ya

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No, cogent is an actual word. I looked it up. It means the partners in a gay, male wedding.

Ex: Jon and Alex were the cogents at the rainbow ceremony.

[CAA Flagship]

He has to mean cognitive.

That's that backwoods, Bayou education for ya

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No, cogent is an actual word. I looked it up. It means the partners in a gay, male wedding.

Ex: Jon and Alex were the cogents at the rainbow ceremony.

Specifically, the cogent partners are typically made up of an assurgent and an insurgent. But the roles are interchangeable, and both like the color magenta.
But if one goes off on a tangent, then divorce could result. In which case, one or both could become regents.
This is assuming that everyone involved are of legal age, otherwise they would be a preemergent.
Cogents can be from every race. For example, a Native American would be an indigent.

[93henfan]

You put a lot of work into that. It's almost like you're sitting at home, just put the last load of laundry away, and have nothing to do.

[Ibanez]

What the **** does cogent mean? You and your big words! Did you look that one up in the dictionary this morning? I know they don't teach that at MacNeeze State.

He has to mean cognitive.

That's that backwoods, Bayou education for ya

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No. JSO is right. Cogent means logical.

[CAA Flagship]

You put a lot of work into that. It's almost like you're sitting at home, just put the last load of laundry away, and have nothing to do.

Just killing time until I have to pick up the boys from school, shop for and cook dinner, and go to soccer practice. I'm thankful that the bathrooms are not dirty enough to have to clean.