07-11-2015, 02:36 PM
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07-11-2015, 04:02 PM
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#42
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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
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Not surprised, Trump is no idiot, he knows America is made up of a lot of racists, if he locks them up he's halfway home.
His competition is weak as well, Do American's want to trust another Bush? Do they want a hot headed Paul with a flat tax?
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07-11-2015, 06:39 PM
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He drew a huge applause today in Arizona when he said he would tax car company's 35% coming over the border from Mexico, I assume this means the end of free trade.
In a way I don't blame him for this, Ford pulled out of a $1.2 billion deal for a factory in Tennessee and another in Michigan to build a $2.4b plant in Mexico. That's a lot of American jobs just because labor is 10% down there.
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07-12-2015, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by T@T
He drew a huge applause today in Arizona when he said he would tax car company's 35% coming over the border from Mexico, I assume this means the end of free trade.
In a way I don't blame him for this, Ford pulled out of a $1.2 billion deal for a factory in Tennessee and another in Michigan to build a $2.4b plant in Mexico. That's a lot of American jobs just because labor is 10% down there.
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How can we trust he didnt hire everyone in the audience like he did when he annouced his candidacy. 
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07-12-2015, 06:07 AM
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the entire field of candidates are like the B-team from last go around. Is there anyone even remotely close to being as good of a candidate as Mitt Romney. I don't see it. Scott Walker is probably going to be the name on the top of the ticket and he will lose.
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07-12-2015, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Caged Great
the entire field of candidates are like the B-team from last go around. Is there anyone even remotely close to being as good of a candidate as Mitt Romney. I don't see it. Scott Walker is probably going to be the name on the top of the ticket and he will lose.
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I have to disagree with you on this. Romney was a terrible candidate. If he has any personal warmth, he couldn't translate it into his public persona. He came off as stilted and some of his gaffes reinforced the narrative that he was petty and elitist.
I refuse to call any group of candidates that includes Herman Cain, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and Michele Bachmann as the A-team.
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07-12-2015, 10:06 PM
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Has lived the dream!
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Originally Posted by T@T
He drew a huge applause today in Arizona when he said he would tax car company's 35% coming over the border from Mexico, I assume this means the end of free trade.
In a way I don't blame him for this, Ford pulled out of a $1.2 billion deal for a factory in Tennessee and another in Michigan to build a $2.4b plant in Mexico. That's a lot of American jobs just because labor is 10% down there.
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Yeah, you are correct. His comments all the way have shown he has zero knowledge of how NAFTA works. Which is weird if he's some sort of business guru
He's either telling the Republican base exactly what they want (to a crazy insane degree even Rick Perry doesn't dare), or he has zero knowledge of free trade, politics, and pretty much how the world works.
And I don't know which it is. If he is a savant though, it's weird he'd set himself up to lose a bunch of contracts through his comments.
Dude is just lucky and stubborn. And a bully. And he's proving that's all it takes in America to be rich. Just have no morals. Just step on the people below you.
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07-13-2015, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Daradon
Dude is just lucky and stubborn. And a bully. And he's proving that's all it takes in America to be rich. Just have no morals. Just step on the people below you.
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Well to be honest his batsh*t insane views are echo'd by a huge proportion of conservatives on the far right. Not enough votes there to win anything of significance, but he does appeal to a lot of people who feel the same.
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07-13-2015, 07:54 AM
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It is worth remembering the Republican field currently consists of approximately 74 candidates and that participation in some of the early debates is going to be based on national polling numbers (not all candidates will get on stage). So to a degree the Donald deserves credit where its due in that he's almost certainly done enough to get into the debates as one of the top 3 candidates in polling.
Whether he can stick long term is still a big long shot because being the angriest candidate can only go so far, but the far right is of course always extremely angry so there's votes to be tapped from them. Problem is in tapping the angry far right vote, Republican candidates keep destroying their chances to win the national vote by making themselves unelectable by pandering too much. Still seems likely it's going to be Jeb vs. Hillary, though I do think for the first time sine Perot we'll see a legitimate third party option.
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07-13-2015, 08:05 AM
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Uncle Chester
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Dave came out of retirement to take some shots at the Donald.
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/07/12...g-donald-trump
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Although he's been content since retiring as host of "Late Show" in May, Letterman called missing out on lampooning Trump's White House bid "the biggest mistake of my life."
Appearing with his pals Martin Short and Steve Martin at their live comedy show Friday night in San Antonio, he made up for lost time:
10. That thing on his head was the gopher in "Caddyshack."
9. During sex, Donald Trump calls out his own name.
8. Donald Trump looks like the guy in the lifeboat with the women and children.
7. He wants to build a wall? How about building a wall around that thing on his head!
6. Trump walked away from a moderately successful television show for a delusional, bull... Oh, no, wait, that's me.
5. Donald Trump weighs 240 pounds -- 250 with cologne.
4. Trump would like all Americans to know that that thing on his head is free-range.
3. (tie) If President, instead of pardoning a turkey on Thanksgiving, he plans to evict a family on Thanksgiving. AND: That's not a hairdo -- it's a wind advisory.
2. Donald Trump has pissed off so many Mexicans, he's starring in a new movie entitled, "NO Amigos" (a reference to the 1986 comedy, "Three Amigos," that starred Short and Martin).
1. Thanks to Donald Trump, the Republican mascot is also an ass.
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07-13-2015, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
How can we trust he didnt hire everyone in the audience like he did when he annouced his candidacy. |
This is way too common in modern politics. I remember the federal liberals doing it in many areas in the last election. I am sure other parties did it as well.
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07-13-2015, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Caged Great
the entire field of candidates are like the B-team from last go around. Is there anyone even remotely close to being as good of a candidate as Mitt Romney. I don't see it. Scott Walker is probably going to be the name on the top of the ticket and he will lose.
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Walker isn't well known enough and what he is known for is driving Wisconsin's economy into the ground, he won't get the nomination. The only person in the entire republican field who has a shot at electability is Bush, and it seems like the conservative right is treating him exactly like they did Romney. They flock to any flavor of the week candidate because Bush isn't conservative enough for them, but in the end after they've gone through the entire list of bat#### crazies they'll reluctantly support Bush as the nominee
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07-13-2015, 06:54 PM
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Walker is known for driving Wisconsin's economy into the ground?
No.
Walker is known for standing up to the unions, having the unions force a recall, then winning again and bringing in much needed reforms.
Don't confuse austerity budgets with ruining an economy. It's much harder to cut than it is to spend.
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07-13-2015, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
Walker is known for driving Wisconsin's economy into the ground?
No.
Walker is known for standing up to the unions, having the unions force a recall, then winning again and bringing in much needed reforms.
Don't confuse austerity budgets with ruining an economy. It's much harder to cut than it is to spend.
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Scott Walker's nic name should be "flip flop" with how many times he's changed his mind on issues like ObamaCare, Abortion and concealed gun laws.
He will get absolutely destroyed in any debate.
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07-13-2015, 07:30 PM
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No he wont.
He'll be one of the few who can actually say he's tried a difficult issue or two after being elected and actually come out on top.
With Walker, Christie and especially Trump (who will say anything) in the debate, the guys who try to ride the fence will be crucified. Cruz won't come out so golden either.
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07-13-2015, 07:32 PM
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My theory-
Jeb Bush paid off Trump to make the asinine comments about Mexican Immigrants to unite the Immigrant vote to the already-loved-by-immigrants Jeb Bush- who has made his entire political career on enhancing education and being pro-immigration.
Trump would NEVER really want to be president because he would have to release his financial information and there is no way in hell he would do that. He's in cahoots with Bush- or some other Politician to divert attention- I know it sounds far fetched but hell- nothing at all would surprise me.
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07-13-2015, 07:34 PM
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The famous drug dealer that escaped from that Mexican prison threatened him on Twitter today.
This is like a trainwreck you can't turn away from.
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07-13-2015, 07:41 PM
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Location: H-Town, Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Muta
The famous drug dealer that escaped from that Mexican prison threatened him on Twitter today.
This is like a trainwreck you can't turn away from.
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I guess the drug lord isn't too worried about ip addresses..
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07-13-2015, 07:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Muta
The famous drug dealer that escaped from that Mexican prison threatened him on Twitter today.
This is like a trainwreck you can't turn away from.
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The ####ed up thing is those cartel assassins would actually do it.
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07-13-2015, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
No he wont.
He'll be one of the few who can actually say he's tried a difficult issue or two after being elected and actually come out on top.
With Walker, Christie and especially Trump (who will say anything) in the debate, the guys who try to ride the fence will be crucified. Cruz won't come out so golden either.
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If you really need an example of how stupid Walker is read this.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickunga...bcs-this-week/
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