US Politics Mega-thread - Page 2486

On November 07 2015 00:36 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:


Ah okay. Again though, you're assuming that social desirability bias and trolling won't be an issue. (There's nothing stopping me from voting in the Republican poll and putting any answer I want.)

On November 07 2015 01:45 Mohdoo wrote:
Anyone else starting to wonder if the economy is going to be in a really decent spot towards the end of 2016? It is looking like the Obama presidency isn't going to really put all that sour of a taste in anyone's mouth. Things going kinda nuts in the Middle East, but that's a given. Unemployment is low, healthcare not perfect but a definite improvement over 8 years ago. Perhaps it is my liberal perspective, but I am really just not seeing any source of major criticism that will make people do the usual pendulum swing between red and blue. I feel like previous ends of 8 year reign have always had a dagger that the other party is using to make their case. But in 2016, it feels like the only options are blaming ISIS on Obama and saying the ACA sucks. I don't think either of those things will be killer.

Ben Carson’s campaign on Friday admitted, in a response to an inquiry from POLITICO, that a central point in his inspirational personal story was fabricated: his application and acceptance into the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
The academy has occupied a central place in Carson’s tale for years. According to a story told in Carson’s book, “Gifted Hands,” the then-17 year old was introduced in 1969 to Gen. William Westmoreland, who had just ended his command of U.S. forces in Vietnam, and the two dined together. That meeting, according to Carson’s telling, was followed by a “full scholarship” to the military academy.
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West Point, however, has no record of Carson applying, much less being extended admission.
“In 1969, those who would have completed the entire process would have received their acceptance letters from the Army Adjutant General,” said Theresa Brinkerhoff, a spokeswoman for the academy. She said West Point has no records that indicate Carson even began the application process. “If he chose to pursue (the application process), then we would have records indicating such,” she said.
When presented with these facts, Carson’s campaign conceded the story was false.
“Dr. Carson was the top ROTC student in the City of Detroit,” campaign manager Barry Bennett wrote in an email to POLITICO. “In that role he was invited to meet General Westmoreland. He believes it was at a banquet. He can’t remember with specificity their brief conversation but it centered around Dr. Carson’s performance as ROTC City Executive Officer.”

On November 07 2015 03:00 Danglars wrote:
Politico

The religion barbs won't hurt him. Charges against integrity and honesty will.

On November 07 2015 02:56 KwarK wrote:
Aren't we just trucking the oil in though? We're still dependent upon Canadian oil sands, we just refuse to build the infrastructure to use it efficiently. I guess if the plan is to be so inefficient that oil looks bad and we find a new solution which just happens to be green then that'd work but still, not a great plan.

On November 07 2015 03:23 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:


I really do wonder why his supporters support him. He explicitly lies about half the time, and is ignorant about everything else. Is it really because he's black or a neurosurgeon? Is that it?