The New American Politics thread

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Reaper

Anything inditey in there?

Haven't seen anyone suggest that, but of course it's early. Personally I think it's very unlikely anyway. But I'm sure people will make those claims regardless of what the facts are.

[Jacks]

Those look to be the emails released through freedom of information. Doubt there will be anything terribly exciting in there.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Parallex

Whoever wins on the next season of "The Apprentice".

Republican Apprentice might be the greatest show ever. You have all of the stupid games, trump fires one every episode and the whole thing is a giant fundraiser for the republican party. You can save your VP from being fired by donating money with the top fund raiser each week getting immunity.

You have enough time between now and the convention to do it.

[edslunch]

The Republican Party is imploding.

GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham says he will not vote for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton for president this year

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/politi...ote/index.html

[DuffMan]

Originally Posted by edslunch

The Republican Party is imploding.



http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/politi...ote/index.html

Even the Koch brothers said they won't vote Republican.

The Republicans that aren't endorsing Trump is hilarious. even their speaker.

[dino7c]

Clinton's emails are no worse than things Trump says in public

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by DuffMan

Even the Koch brothers said they won't vote Republican.

The Republicans that aren't endorsing Trump is hilarious. even their speaker.

Is it possible they pull some stunt to change the nomination rules?

[T@T]

Originally Posted by edslunch

The Republican Party is imploding.



http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/politi...ote/index.html

People like Graham are committing political suicide, Trump beat them, the people voted against them, they should just keep their mouths shut and don't vote. memory's are long in politics.

[GirlySports]

Donald Trump’s Idea to Cut National Debt: Get Creditors to Accept Less

One day after assuring Americans he is not running for president “to make things unstable for the country,” the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald J. Trump, said in a television interview Thursday that he might seek to reduce the national debt by persuading creditors to accept something less than full payment.

Asked whether the United States needed to pay its debts in full, or whether he could negotiate a partial repayment, Mr. Trump told the cable network CNBC, “I would borrow, knowing that if the economy crashed, you could make a deal.”

He added, “And if the economy was good, it was good. So, therefore, you can’t lose.”

Such remarks by a major presidential candidate have no modern precedent. The United States government is able to borrow money at very low interest rates because Treasury securities are regarded as a safe investment, and any cracks in investor confidence have a long history of costing American taxpayers a lot of money.

Experts also described Mr. Trump’s vaguely sketched proposal as fanciful, saying there was no reason to think America’s creditors would accept anything less than 100 cents on the dollar, regardless of Mr. Trump’s deal-making prowess.

“No one on the other side would pick up the phone if the secretary of the U.S. Treasury tried to make that call,” said Lou Crandall, chief economist at Wrightson ICAP. “Why should they? They have a contract” requiring payment in full.

Does Trump have any idea how the US Treasury actually works?

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Donald Trump’s Idea to Cut National Debt: Get Creditors to Accept Less



Does Trump have any idea how the US Treasury actually works?

He's one of the foremost experts on avoiding debt and burdening it onto others. He's just talking to his strengths even if he can't actually use them again in this instance.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Donald Trump’s Idea to Cut National Debt: Get Creditors to Accept Less



Does Trump have any idea how the US Treasury actually works?

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

He's one of the foremost experts on avoiding debt and burdening it onto others. He's just talking to his strengths even if he can't actually use them again in this instance.

Wow. That would be economic disaster. The suddenly "can't theoretically default" US would be doing just that, and it would crush the markets I think.

[VladtheImpaler]

They just write it off.

[Vulcan]

He's good at bankruptcies.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

He's good at bankruptcies.

Technically that's avoiding debt.

[2Stonedbirds]

I suspect the Chinese would be pouty with a US default on debt.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by T@T

People like Graham are committing political suicide, Trump beat them, the people voted against them, they should just keep their mouths shut and don't vote. memory's are long in politics.

I think the GOP establishment has decided Trump can't win and so now are going to try and use the election for a cleansing, at this point it's in their interest that the party goes down to the worst defeat in its history, this is an attempt to kill off anymore Palin, Trump, Carson like Joke candidates in the future.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Friday he plans to keep fighting for the Democratic nomination all the way to the convention in Philadelphia, but did not slam the door shut on possibly joining Hillary Clinton's ticket.

Asked by CNN's Wolf Blitzer if he would accept a hypothetical offer to be Clinton's running mate, Sanders said he would talk about it with her after the convention.

"Right now, we are focused on the next five weeks of winning the Democratic nomination. If that does not happen, we are going to fight as hard as we can on the floor of the Democratic convention to make sure that we have a progressive platform that the American people will support," Sanders said on "The Situation Room." "Then, after that, certainly Secretary Clinton and I can talk and see where we go from there."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/politi...ent/index.html

[VladtheImpaler]

LOL - I am determined to fight on... unless you bribe me.

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler

LOL - I am determined to fight on... unless you bribe me.

No he's determined to fight on no matter what. After the convention, he'll talk to her.

Yeah I know he's a politician so your first thought is he's scheming for some plum job but to me he's about working for his fellow man. There are some out there that do such things because it feels good.

[Senator Clay Davis]

So just thinking of Trump's taco bowl pandering, what other holidays could he totally pander for?

St. Patrick's Day - Bowl of stew
Bastille Day - Croissants
Day of St. Andrew - Haggis
Polish Independence Day - Bowl of perogies
St. Jean Baptiste Day - Poutine