US Politics Mega-thread - Page 2828

On February 02 2016 13:59 ticklishmusic wrote:


You're being facetious and wrong dude. Ted + Heidi pulled in at least a million combined per year, and from the relatively low amount of assets they lived that million dollar lifestyle as well.

On February 02 2016 14:03 Plansix wrote:

Obama was not pulling down a million a year before being elected to the senate, that is for sure.

On February 02 2016 13:59 Ghanburighan wrote:
Four candidates have given victory speeches tonight, the media has fully covered three of them. (Hint, the fourth was Cruz) Yet, Cruz was the only one to unambiguously win the state, but is least likely of the three to become the nominee based on today's results.

Edit: On that note, it's time for bed. Good night folks.

On February 02 2016 14:09 ticklishmusic wrote:
nitpicking: it's a little disingenuous for sanders to say they went from zero to 50%. it's the same as iCarly (i bet ya'll almost forgot about her, this is some good publicist she's getting ) saying she went from secretary to ceo. of course, i'll add that i prefer sanders by far to that banshee.

On February 02 2016 14:07 GreenHorizons wrote:
You all ready for insane fundraising numbers for Sanders after this? 99.9% of his donors aren't maxed out 58% of Hillary's supporters are already maxed out.

On February 02 2016 14:18 GreenHorizons wrote:


Well I guess he started at 3% which is usually what he says. 0% if you count the early polls that didn't even include him. I never bothered to learn Carly's story so I'm not sure how reasonable the comparison is.

On February 02 2016 14:21 darthfoley wrote:


where'd you get the 58% clinton stat from? If true that could become a big deal the longer this goes on. Her burn rate is intense

On February 02 2016 14:33 ticklishmusic wrote:
i wouldnt consider that a concern honestly, hillary's got a superpac, a ton of big unions and other groups to campaign for her and she can find more people who can make 2.7K donations

On February 02 2016 14:38 GreenHorizons wrote:


Yeah... pretty sure that plays right into what Bernie says is wrong with establishment politics.

At least 3 coin flips for delegates all three went to Hillary which had they gone the other way would of had Bernie leading.

http://i.imgur.com/Q1Pxzaq.gifv

Record turnout for Republicans btw.

On February 02 2016 14:43 ticklishmusic wrote:
i chuckled a bit at the gif.

but re: people maxing out, do you really think they're all going to be people who want clinton to keep the status quo with regards to taxes and so forth? there are a lot of people who have been successful or born into money (either way they're rich) who want to make the US and the world a better place and see clinton as the vehicle to do so.

On February 02 2016 14:48 GreenHorizons wrote:


No, but for instance she left Iowa to go raise money at a private event for a multi billion dollar group with heavy investments in O&G and a paid Bon Jovi performance.

There's a reason she cancelled the following two similar fundraisers in NY (in addition to probably seeing she might lose Iowa, she had already pulled her NH team there.

Kind of exactly the opposite of how Bernie raises money and if she can't go to those she can't keep up.

On February 02 2016 14:55 ticklishmusic wrote:


if you want to raise money from millionaires, you gotta cater to millionaires. bernie and hillary have different approaches to fundraising. sander's strategy is laudable and a cohesive part of his campaign theme and strategy, but i don't think it matters ultimately with regards to $$$ raised or ethics particularly.

also look at the flip side, a lot of bernie supporters (lets be real) hear these things and think "im gonna get a fuckload if he wins" like healthcare, college, tax cuts, etc. it's kind of the same as the clintons. yes there is a yuuuuuge (as trump would say) problem with income inequality (trump would not say this) but MY view (as you ofc know ) is that hillary has the better approach to addressing it. incremental change versus rewriting our social contract is the approach that i see happening.

what i really hope to see, above all else, from the next democratic admin is a public option for insurance. higher taxes on the top % of earners goes along with that, but further increases to pay for other social programs is second. (rambling a bit because a bottle of wine)

On February 02 2016 03:10 ticklishmusic wrote:
Alright, let's poll it up:

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