Nothing crazy about Trump supporters. Nope, nothing at all.
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One of the better descriptions of whatever it is Trump does when he speaks (like now) is it's a "stream of (un) consciousness", but I'm starting to legitimately wonder if he doesn't actually have some brain damage or some other disorder. It's a different language than English when he speaks, or maybe he's just OD'ing on his own ego and this is what it sounds like. It's funny because of the absurdity of it, but it's gotta be a transcript writers nightmare.
Reminds me of Palin though he does a much better job of it. It resonates with the born again crowd although if well done it will return to the question or topic and not wander down the garden path to no where.
just a few comments on some of the previous posts...
-women do make up a slight majority of the electorate AND they have significantly better turnout than men
-Clinton has decades of advocacy for minority and women's rights. There are a lot of things not to like about her but she has done an awful lot of good for those groups and will have their votes.
-GOP has seemingly given up on the Latino vote
-Kasich is the least crazy of the GOP and in fact a decent guy. But the crazy around planned parenthood and other things that is universal in the GOP platform makes them impossible to vote for (if I could vote)
-I often wonder what would happen if I used Trump speak during a meeting. I'm too scared to find out
-I think Cruz gets the nomination. I don't think that helps the GOP. He's got a whole bunch of crazy in him as well that simply hasn't had a light put on it. Democratic strategists are licking their lips for either Trump and Cruz. They can't wait to actually start the presidential race. It should be a bloodbath even with Hillary as the nominee.
-Checked out the reality check from CNN covering the town hall last night. A whole long list of "false" from Cruz and Trump.
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Kasich sure didn't seem to care about women who "could've been one of his daughters for that matter" when he decided to defund Planned Parenthood in Ohio.
I can't quite grasp the concept of a woman in her right might voting republican.
Perhaps because Kasich's daughters would likely not need to avail themselves of Planned Parenthood's services.
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I was watching that and, even more than the the stupid things he said, what stood out was that the idea of "being the bigger man" or "just acting like an adult" seemed completely foreign to him.
There was no way he wasn't going to insult Cruz's wife. He had to do it, and to not do so would be a sign of what is wrong with this country.
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I do a bunch of online panels/surveys for Ekos, and receive periodic newsletters with selected results.
Today's newsletter focused on elections.
Canadian views on the US election.
72% of respondents said they would be a supporter of the Democrats. 17% Republican. 7% neither, 4% NR.
If we could vote in the Democratic primary, 50% would vote Hillary, 41% Bernie.
If we could vote in the Republican primary, 30% Trump, then Cruz and "don't know" tied at 16%. Rubio 15%.
I guess the part of that I find odd is that EKOS thinks anybody cares what Canadians, who don't have a dog in the fight and can't vote, think about the US presidential election...
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I was watching that and, even more than the the stupid things he said, what stood out was that the idea of "being the bigger man" or "just acting like an adult" seemed completely foreign to him.
There was no way he wasn't going to insult Cruz's wife. He had to do it, and to not do so would be a sign of what is wrong with this country.
I know. What a bizarre response. I mean -- if we can't post tasteless pictures of our political opponents' spouses on the web and then point at them and cry like a baby about it, then... the terrorists have won?
I guess the part of that I find odd is that EKOS thinks anybody cares what Canadians, who don't have a dog in the fight and can't vote, think about the US presidential election...
We do have a dog in the fight though. What the US does weighs heavily on our own fortunes. What we don't have is the ability to impact the outcome. Canadians do follow the politics down south - as this thread indicates. I would take the poll merely as an indication of what one set of interested outside observers believe.
Much of the newsletter focused on Canadian politics though. Of note, Kevin O'Leary is not a popular choice for the Conservative leadership.
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Perhaps because Kasich's daughters would likely not need to avail themselves of Planned Parenthood's services.
1) I'm sure you're referencing abortion here, which covers 3% of all PP services. Kasich's family has money and power, and if his daughters needed an abortion, they wouldn't be forced to turn to PP for it.
2) Kasich's daughters also wouldn't have need for the other 97% of PP's services, because their father is a wealthy politician and has access to government sponsored, high-quality healthcare. So for their cancer screenings and annual checkups and birth control, they can go to a regular OB/GYN. But for low income families, there are no other options for those services without PP.
Look at Texas, at the vast dearth of accessible women's healthcare in the state since they defunded PP. The defunding of PP closed lots of clinics that never even offered abortions, so the GOP's message of we're just worried about women's health! by adding unnecessary restrictions to PP meant that a lot of other clinics were unable to provide treatment to the women who need that help the most.
You can disagree with abortion, fine. But PP does incredible work, work that protects a huge group of women who otherwise do not have access to that care.
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