EPTI wonder what it would look like if they went with the "Dump Trump" approach, and how it would compare to all this.
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LegalLord
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I wonder what it would look like if they went with the "Dump Trump" approach, and how it would compare to all this. | ||
KwarK
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On October 11 2016 03:04 LegalLord wrote: They need to learn to have better judgment than to push Jeb Bush as their preferred candidate. Do you think Jeb Bush could have won this year? I think the vast majority of Trump votes were going to anyone not named Hillary. While he excites the misogynistic base they don't need an excuse to vote against a woman. The battle is always in the middle and Jeb has more appeal there than Trump ever will. | ||
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KwarK
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Bio Major: Well that was a few years ago, it's unfortunate but I'd hope he's changed his views on nig-... thugs since then. xDaunt: What you don't know is that he's actually one of the least racist people around so I can't believe you'd read any kind of racism into that. You're actually the real racist. GGTemplar: Yeah but were the people he was calling niggers black? They were? So you checked if they were black!?!? Wow. That is so racist. I can't believe you would actually check if they were black. You should be like me. I don't see colour. Danglars: Hillary Clinton though. Zeo: The media is just spinning up another scandal to distract from how Trump is winning. Nettles: Buy gold! RealityIsKing: Why does the left keep making accusations of racism? Why can't they just be impartial like me? and, for some reason, Doodsmack: Bill Clinton raped a woman. | ||
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xDaunt
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On October 11 2016 03:04 LegalLord wrote: They need to learn to have better judgment than to push Jeb Bush as their preferred candidate. Pimping Jeb was the least of their problems. | ||
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LegalLord
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On October 11 2016 03:08 KwarK wrote: Do you think Jeb Bush could have won this year? I think the vast majority of Trump votes were going to anyone not named Hillary. While he excites the misogynistic base they don't need an excuse to vote against a woman. The battle is always in the middle and Jeb has more appeal there than Trump ever will. I think that the extent to which the Republican primary voters refused to even consider voting for him despite his impressive monetary and establishment backing are indicative of a similar trainwreck to what we have seen with Trump. The trajectory would have been different but I am quite sure that the result would have been more or less the same. Hillary Clinton may be vulnerable (for good reason) but not so vulnerable that she could lose to the proposition of "four more years of Bush." The visceral "fuck no" reaction to that is as strong as the one towards Trump. | ||
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LegalLord
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On October 11 2016 03:14 xDaunt wrote: Pimping Jeb was the least of their problems. All that shows is just how deep those problems run. | ||
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mahrgell
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On October 11 2016 02:44 ZeaL. wrote: Well now that we've reached the end point of the hypothetical foreign policy discussion, what do you guys think about the future of the GOP? We've got Ryan cutting off support for Trump and angry Trump supporters threatening him. Since Oct. 7,11 Republican senators have withdrawn their support for Trump and more will probably follow in the next few days after Ryan's comments. Pence is still holding on to the ticket but I can't imagine he's in a good state after last night's debate. Then we've got the possibility that the Bushes were behind the release of this audio, deliberate sabotage against their own party's nominee? What's Trump going to do if he loses, and loses big? And what happens to all the voters that supported him? Considering that the history that led to the publication of the video are well explored and published... What brings you to doubt those and create your own theories about the Bushes being behind that? Especially considering that the Bush involved also didn't come out unharmed from this and lost (one of) his job(s) over it. It really puzzles me how people are making up such conspiracies. Yes, when it came out, I also thought "ohhhh,smart (albeit dirty) move by the Clinton team, all that buildup at the first debate, now feeding that video, they planned it all along", but comeon... It is really not hard to simply look up how things happened and in this case it is well documented. But I guess you just skipped that look up part and decided that its time to spread your version. I guess I shouldn't be surprised by this mentality when looking at the current election, as it seems to represent the current society and political discourse well. | ||
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Rebs
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On October 11 2016 03:13 KwarK wrote: Oh please. I'll give you an advance screening on that "nigger" tape. Bio Major: Well that was a few years ago, it's unfortunate but I'd hope he's changed his views on nig-... thugs since then. xDaunt: What you don't know is that he's actually one of the least racist people around so I can't believe you'd read any kind of racism into that. You're actually the real racist. GGTemplar: Yeah but were the people he was calling niggers black? They were? So you checked if they were black!?!? Wow. That is so racist. I can't believe you would actually check if they were black. You should be like me. I don't see colour. Danglars: Hillary Clinton though. Zeo: The media is just spinning up another scandal to distract from how Trump is winning. Nettles: Buy gold! RealityIsKing: Why does the left keep making accusations of racism? Why can't they just be impartial like me? and, for some reason, Doodsmack: Bill Clinton raped a woman. hahahahahahahahahahahah sticky please...... | ||
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Plansix
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On October 11 2016 03:13 KwarK wrote: Oh please. I'll give you an advance screening on that "nigger" tape. Bio Major: Well that was a few years ago, it's unfortunate but I'd hope he's changed his views on nig-... thugs since then. xDaunt: What you don't know is that he's actually one of the least racist people around so I can't believe you'd read any kind of racism into that. You're actually the real racist. GGTemplar: Yeah but were the people he was calling niggers black? They were? So you checked if they were black!?!? Wow. That is so racist. I can't believe you would actually check if they were black. You should be like me. I don't see colour. Danglars: Hillary Clinton though. Zeo: The media is just spinning up another scandal to distract from how Trump is winning. Nettles: Buy gold! RealityIsKing: Why does the left keep making accusations of racism? Why can't they just be impartial like me? and, for some reason, Doodsmack: Bill Clinton raped a woman. I look forward to checking the accuracy of this post. And to think just yesterday people were saying Trump did great at the debate. | ||
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Rebs
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On October 11 2016 03:25 Plansix wrote: I look forward to checking the accuracy of this post. And to think just yesterday people were saying Trump did great at the debate. Does a leopard change its spots ? | ||
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TheTenthDoc
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I think if those debates had been Trump + 1 on a stage where they're roughly even in the polls, we would have been treated to the same word salad nonsense we got during the main debates when he was talking half the time. And that might have been enough to let the other person eke out a win, especially since they could have done some opposition research on him instead of each other. Instead we got Rubio and Cruz arguing over each other's immigration reform bills and Christie babbling about being a state prosecutor while everyone else just kinda waits to get asked a question. | ||
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Biff The Understudy
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On October 11 2016 02:33 LegalLord wrote: Meh, the only thing you can really do is to grow a thicker skin. If we all were triggered every time we heard something we think is stupidly wrong, we'd all go insane very quickly. There is stupid and stupid. We all handle our load of normal stupid every day, but trumpist dumb'ess is out of this world. The fact that we are all fucked if people elect this buffoon and that so much is at stake makes it harder to stay calm. | ||
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