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IgnE
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TheTenthDoc
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oh no ANOTHER Christie 9/11 reference. Does he make money every time he mentions it? | ||
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Deathstar
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xDaunt
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IgnE
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Deathstar
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oneofthem
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jalstar
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but he and Cruz and Paul are right about nation building, i don't trust the PNAC cronies of Bush, Rubio, and Kasich (I think Christie is in with the latter 3 but not sure) | ||
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writer22816
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TheTenthDoc
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On December 16 2015 13:07 xDaunt wrote: Trump's appeals to "winning again" are pretty damned brilliant for the purposes of this primary. It's an interesting strategy. I can't help but wonder if it might come back to bite him once some of the "losers" drop out if he can't manage to pull their support and he is no longer "winning." On December 16 2015 13:11 writer22816 wrote: credit where it's due: even though i hate ted cruz, i think he's dead on regarding how obama is incapable of saying the words 'islamic terrorism'. if the left can't bring itself to admit that such a problem even exists, then many people might have no choice but to vote for a christian bigot to fight against islamism. Fighting "islamism" is about as realistic as fighting China. It's never going to happen. | ||
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zlefin
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He's also not dead-on, it's a more complicated issue, with valid strategic reasons to choose other phrasings for better positioning in the war of ideas. | ||
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xDaunt
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On December 16 2015 13:12 TheTenthDoc wrote: It's an interesting strategy. I can't help but wonder if it might come back to bite him once some of the "losers" drop out if he can't manage to pull their support and he is no longer "winning." It's a message that connects directly with many Americans. I just wonder whether Trump focused grouped it or whether Trump came up with it himself due to having some keen political acumen. | ||
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jalstar
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On December 16 2015 13:11 writer22816 wrote: credit where it's due: even though i hate ted cruz, i think he's dead on regarding how obama is incapable of saying the words 'islamic terrorism'. if the left can't bring itself to admit that such a problem even exists, then many people might have no choice but to vote for a christian bigot to fight against islamism. agreed but they're also ignoring how climate change will create more terrorists and even using climate change as a punching bag drought and desertification contributed to the destabilization of the middle east and the rise of isis, it doesn't fit in the republican neat little worldview so they won't say it, just like democrats won't say radical islamic terrorism cause it doesn't fit with their PC worldview | ||
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TheTenthDoc
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On December 16 2015 13:14 xDaunt wrote: It's a message that connects directly with many Americans. I just wonder whether Trump focused grouped it or whether Trump came up with it himself due to having some keen political acumen. I don't think Trump has any political acumen to speak of. PR acumen, perhaps. | ||
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Deathstar
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Fuck you Frank I love it | ||
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TheTenthDoc
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On December 16 2015 13:20 kwizach wrote: I could not watch the debate -- where there any questions about climate change and the COP21 deal? If so, how did the candidates respond? Closest thing I heard was someone saying "That Paris conference should have been about terrorism, not stupid climate change." Thiiink it was Christie who said it, not positive. Other than that nothing. | ||
BisuDagger
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On December 16 2015 13:20 kwizach wrote: I could not watch the debate -- where there any questions about climate change and the COP21 deal? If so, how did the candidates respond? Nope. The debate was shit. It was like watching a wet noodle fight over the middle east agenda. Nothing else important was discussed. No domestic agendas were reviewed. I'm pretty pissed I wasted my night lol. | ||
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JinDesu
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kwizach
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On December 16 2015 13:23 TheTenthDoc wrote: Closest thing I heard was someone saying "That Paris conference should have been about terrorism, not stupid climate change." Thiiink it was Christie who said it, not positive. Other than that nothing. On December 16 2015 13:25 BisuDagger wrote: Nope. The debate was shit. It was like watching a wet noodle fight over the middle east agenda. Nothing else important was discussed. No domestic agendas were reviewed. I'm pretty pissed I wasted my night lol. Thanks! | ||
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