US Politics Mega-thread - Page 3430

On March 23 2016 07:34 GreenHorizons wrote:


It's been an issue for over a decade in Arizona

This will just be the biggest and most specific instance.

On March 23 2016 07:37 Mohdoo wrote:


If this was an issue for more than a decade, doesn't that mean it isn't directed at Sanders?

On March 23 2016 07:39 plasmidghost wrote:
I'm in a class for cyber security managers taught by the former CIO of the Army Reserves and he explained that when data is mishandled, as in the case of the Clinton email server, the person ultimately held responsible is the senior management, which in this case is Clinton, since she's secretary of state. How is she not in jail? Which part of the Democratic party is preventing the FBI from arresting her, and how are they doing so?

On March 23 2016 07:18 Mohdoo wrote:


Begs the question, does the winner need to be clear? Is someone winning by 2% a terrible thing? General elections are won by slim margins.

On March 23 2016 07:39 plasmidghost wrote:
I'm in a class for cyber security managers taught by the former CIO of the Army Reserves and he explained that when data is mishandled, as in the case of the Clinton email server, the person ultimately held responsible is the senior management, which in this case is Clinton, since she's secretary of state. How is she not in jail? Which part of the Democratic party is preventing the FBI from arresting her, and how are they doing so?

On March 23 2016 07:39 plasmidghost wrote:
I'm in a class for cyber security managers taught by the former CIO of the Army Reserves and he explained that when data is mishandled, as in the case of the Clinton email server, the person ultimately held responsible is the senior management, which in this case is Clinton, since she's secretary of state. How is she not in jail? Which part of the Democratic party is preventing the FBI from arresting her, and how are they doing so?

On March 23 2016 08:02 zf wrote:

Noted Democrat James Comey.

On March 23 2016 08:08 plasmidghost wrote:

His Wikipedia page says he's Republican

On March 23 2016 08:25 plasmidghost wrote:
Man I hope Clinton gets arrested, I even heard rumors that Clinton was going to be pardoned by Obama if she gets convicted

On March 19 2016 06:36 Ghanburighan wrote:
I'll be a sport about this, I think it's an interesting question and TL member ought to put their guesses where their fingers are (... err... you know what I mean). Welcome to the:

Great delegate race!

Here's a competition organised and sponsored by yours truly to determine who can guess final delegate counts most accurately on TL. The rules are as follows:

Vote on the number of delegates each candidate will secure by the convention. Give an exact number (replies such as ~200 are interpreted as exactly 200, and the same goes for all similar obfuscation) At the end of this primary season, three different TL members will be awarded prizes. Those will be awarded to the persons who a) guess the GOP winner's delegate count most accurately, b) guess the Dem winner's delegate count most accurately, and c) have the most accurate average delegate distribution between Clinton, Cruz, Kasich, Trump and Sanders. If a person scores best in several categories, they will forfeit their prize in consecutive categories to whoever has the next best answer. If there's a tie, a coin will be flipped to determine the winner. No answers will be accepted after March 21st23rd at 00.00 GMT. (That means you have three days to participate!)

Here's a link to the google form where you can submit your answers:

http://goo.gl/forms/ql85HLl4lz

I'll be the one awarding the prizes, so it's most likely to be steam gift cards, but there's room to negotiate so everyone will be treated fairly. + Show Spoiler +

Happy competing!

On March 23 2016 07:45 Mohdoo wrote:
Is it that there are reports of unprocessed change of party forms, or is it that we know every single change since January has not been processed? It sounds like you are taking reports of people being turned away and using that to assume this is the case for some percentage of people and then assuming that percentage of people would have voted for Sanders.

Trump told me countries must tighten their borders in light of these terror attacks, especially to anyone related to an ISIS fighter in Syria.
Is he so wrong?
He told me he wants law-abiding Muslims to root out the extremists in their midst, expressing his bafflement and anger that someone like Abdeslam was able to hide for so long in the very part of Brussels he had previously lived.
Is he so wrong?
He told me America must make it far harder for illegal immigrants to enter the U.S. and thinks European countries should follow suit.
Is he so wrong?
He told me he believes there are now areas of many major European cities which have become poisonous breeding grounds for radicalized Islamic terror.
Is he so wrong?
I didn’t feel I was talking to a lunatic, as many seem to view Trump.
I saw a guy, a non-politician unfettered by PC language restraints, who is genuinely furious at the devastation which ISIS is wreaking, and seriously concerned for the security of his fellow Americans and indeed, the citizens of Europe.

On March 23 2016 08:40 xDaunt wrote:
I'm kinda shocked to see something like this come from Piers Morgan.

On March 23 2016 08:44 KwarK wrote:
Er, everyone, left, right, middle, hates Piers Morgan in the UK. He pretty much got exiled to the US after his newpaper knowingly fabricated pictures of "abuse" by British soldiers in Iraq and then published them on his watch, leading to a backlash against the soldiers from the Iraqi population.

When the scandal broke he explained that while he knew that the photos were fakes he published them anyway because they depicted faked versions of the kind of abuse which could be real.

Piers Morgan being pro-Trump is entirely unsurprising to me. The only thing that surprises me is his continued relevance in America long after his own nation disowned him.

Honestly the more you know about the man the more you hate him.