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Old 03-24-2016, 10:58 PM   #91
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gotta have a dream
If I remember correctly, those who had a dream did not run for president. (And still got shot.)
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Old 06-05-2016, 07:01 AM   #92
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Really interesting Washington Post article on how thinking about death (not just through threats of terrorism, but the concept of mortality in general) makes people support Donald Trump more.

(Click the first result on the page to avoid the paywall.)
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Old 06-05-2016, 09:36 AM   #93
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Hmm... I'm closer than probably any of you, and I don't like him.
I think his appeal is people disgusted with politics and the government will clutch at any candidate that says something, anything, they can agree with.

Manny orders vanilla, Moe orders chocolate, and Jack orders strawberry.
Trump say I like Neapolitan (vanilla, chocolate and strawberry).
Manny, Moe, and Jack all think, he's like me.
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Old 06-05-2016, 09:55 AM   #94
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Yeah, but you don't dwell on it. You're a ray of sunshine to everyone you meet.
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Old 06-05-2016, 11:43 AM   #95
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That there, that's a weird connection.

(he does have an undead look to him though)
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Old 06-05-2016, 01:27 PM   #96
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The key to a successful Trump campaign is having a VP running mate that people can have confidence in just in case Trump goes over the top as President and gets himself impeached. With that kind of insurance, people will take a chance. If Trump picks a mini-me or lapdog, as he has done in business, he's most likely all washed up in politics.

Clinton doesn't have designs on a strong VP. Anyone who would fit the bill either wouldn't want to work for her; or, she wouldn't want them ... she wouldn't want anyone who would butt heads with Bill either.

Either The Donald has to step up to the plate with a two person team that people can expect a good game from even if one is ejected; or, Club of One Hillary has to foul out (e.g. prosecuted for the email scandal) before the public at large will be drawn into the do-nothing GOP ballpark.

If Trump screws up his VP selection (you can take the candidate out of Wall Street; but, you can't take Wall Street out of the candidate) AND Clinton is prosecuted for mishandling government information (like Petraeus); then, I'm writing in McBoatface (polls never lie)!
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Old 06-07-2016, 07:43 PM   #97
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Yesterday during his ongoing meltdown, Trump conducted a conference call with his surrogates, and told them to double down on attacking the Trump University judge. One of the surrogates (Jan Brewer?) said that she had received a memo the day before instructing her not to discuss Trump U. To which Trump purportedly replied:

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Are there any other stupid letters that were sent to you folks? You guys are getting sometimes stupid information from people who aren't so smart.
Trump starts a fire, pours gas on it, then throws his own team under the nearest bus. Classy guy. I can't see any VP candidate or cabinet member this guy picks not suffering the same fate.
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Old 06-08-2016, 08:10 AM   #98
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Trump starts a fire, pours gas on it, then throws his own team under the nearest bus. Classy guy. I can't see any VP candidate or cabinet member this guy picks not suffering the same fate.
Never forget how an extremist obtains office. Preach to adults who are still children. These adults only 'know' from what they feel - their emotions. Facts are only obtained later to justify their feelings.

'I am a liberal' or 'I am a conservative' means entertaining emotions - not thinking like an adult.

Trump is not preaching to moderates. Moderates do not have a conclusion until after facts are learned. Trump does not need moderates. More than enough extremists (people who need not waste time learning facts) exist to get him nominated.

Worse, view the Republican finalists. Most are extremists. More than enough 'adult who are still children' existed to support other extremists - including Ted Cruz.

Many adults only 'know' from what they feel - just like a child. A third grader respects another who is good at insulting. That is a child making a decision from his 'feelings'. This party primary season has demonstrated how many 'children who are easily brainwashed' exist in both parties.

They only represent what we the people wanted. Let's not forget another lesson. How many had so much contempt for the American soldier as to waste 5000 in Iraq for no purpose? There are that many adults who still think like children. Hitler called them his brown shirts.
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Old 06-08-2016, 09:29 PM   #99
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... and the other asshole voted for it.
All that being said, Trump is still better than the political whore behind door #2.
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Old 06-08-2016, 09:50 PM   #100
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... and the other asshole voted for it.
All that being said, Trump is still better than the political whore behind door #2.
Yeeaah, well, I'm gonna have to go ahead and disagree with you there. Donald J. Trump is a politically uneducated, narcissistic, racist, and immature jackass!
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Old 06-08-2016, 09:55 PM   #101
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OF course he is. Still ... better than the other asshat.
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Old 06-08-2016, 11:28 PM   #102
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The other asshat is a female but that is absolutely the only thing that makes her different from 70 years of exactly the same polanimal© who have gone before. While that might be distasteful, it is a known quantity.
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Old 06-08-2016, 11:39 PM   #103
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Hillary just wants it so she can give Bill a Presidential pardon.
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Old 06-09-2016, 03:05 AM   #104
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50/50, she might have him executed.
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Old 06-09-2016, 05:49 AM   #105
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What if she named him as VP? Everyone would shit themselves.
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