2016 elections

The previous thread was getting long and generating duplicate posts, so I have opened this shiny new continuation thread. As usual, the split point was arbitrary and participants are free to respond to points made in previous iterations of the thread. That seems sensible. And you're not...

Little bit of advice folks. Might want to start being nicer to any family and friends and co-workers who support Trump. You've been a bunch of bullies, so sure you were going to win. I can not post links, so google "Scott Adams Trump Man of science" The problem with science is it can not take...

Linky. In this article, and their previous ones, the Tribune has really been pushing the "stroke" angle on his public gaffes and implies that he is hiding things about his health. It is like a Clinton and Trump controversy rolled into one! Kirk has been trying to be more centrist because his...

Good article on how the White Nationalists have inflirtrated the Trump Campaign. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/10/donald-trump-2016-white-nationalists-alt-right-214388 It does the best job of explaining why the White Nationalists have such love for Trump despite his Jewish...

I think it's pretty clear that Donald Trump has no strategy and probably never did. He's spending the last two weeks barnstorming Ohio, orth Carolina, PA, and Florida (with some others mixed in), but just with the same rallies as always. Kellanne Conway, however, was a driving force in...

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/10/21/stunning-donald-trump-speech-the-crossroads-in-our-history-video-and-transcript/

Both Clinton and Trump will be speaking at the same dinner tonight at which the expectation (from past years) is humorous remarks about both the other candidate and themselves...let's see how that works out. Trigger warning: It's a Catholic news website. :eye-poppi "...The venue Thursday...

President Bill Clinton? First Gentleman Bill Clinton? President First Gentleman Bill Clinton? First Gentleman President Bill Clinton?

The thread was beginning to run slowly, so I have split to this part 7. As usual, the split point was arbitrary and members may freely quote from previous iterations of the thread. I was thinking it was more like the people who think that Obama's parents put the birth announcement in...

Look at Trump's speech: "you're all ********** up, because of the system. I know that, because I'm part of it. I'm the ones *********** you up." Looks similar to Bernie Sanders speech, actually. They are all populists. Trump aims at the system, Hillary aims at Wall Street, but she gets money...

Cut Ties To Trump, Big Donors Urge RNC (NY Times) It really is a day of reckoning for the GOP, exciting as all heck. Be held hostage by the Deplorables and do the bidding of the sickest politician in modern history, or cut them off and rebuild from scratch with the 25% sliver of the electorate...

Period. They are responsible for this.

Thought I would get the next debate thread started. The topics for the third presidential debate (Oct 19) have been announced, to be moderated by Chris Wallace. 1. Debt and entitlements 2. Immigration 3. The economy 4. The Supreme Court 5. Foreign hot spots 6. The candidates’ fitness to be...

Hillary Clinton is the most despicable person to ever run for POTUS. She started three wars, causing the deaths of tens of thousands of innocents. And then she laughed about the vile murder of Gaddafi(who, to be fair, should have been stopped because he permitted the women of Libya free...

He is the freaking nominee of their trash party and most rank and file Republicans and elected Republican "leaders" support him. So how could he possibly not be a Republican? Obviously, he makes them look bad, but that's their problem.

Hello all. In a further display of audacious self-immolation, the Donald is now trying to destroy both himself and the Republican Party. As for my opinion, I do hope that he succeeds at both since the Republican leadership is so full of stupid, idiotic, liars and about the best thing for the...

A lot of the Alt-Right are aghast as conservative shock radio DJ, Glenn Beck, posted to his Facebook that Trump has gone too far, and issued a call to support Hillary in the election saying that a vote for her is the "moral, ethical choice." He does go on to say that once elected that...

The usual internet blah blah has some good news for the popcorn manufacturers of America.... Trump has thrown out (at least out of Trump Tower) his "international" advisors like The Mighty Flynn and the m.i.a. vice-presidential candidate and is concentrating his advice from Mercer/Breitbart...

The thread was beginning to run slowly, so I have split to this part 6. As usual, the split point was arbitrary and members may freely quote from previous iterations of the thread. Saying stupid things IS doing stupid things when you're the President. FYI.

She's got some political debts to pay, but the big ones can't be considered for cabinet posts (B. Obama, M. Obama, B. Clinton). Hillary has a couple of advantages over Trump in this regard: 1. She's going to win and he's not. Duh! 2. She is with the party in power and there is a Cabinet in...

Donald Trump has on many occasions declared that he believes that the elections are going to be rigged against him; and he has also declared that he might not recognize a win by Clinton. Primed like this, I wonder how Trump voters (who will probably exceed 40% of all voters) will react to a...

Who is planning on watching the Vice Presidential Debate? Kaine, Pence Prepare for Undercard Debate VP candidates Mike Pence, Tim Kaine to take turn in debate spotlight

And he wants a tax cut Awesome http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html

I think the problem isn't that there's a double standard for Trump. I think the problem is that Hillary's supporters keep trying to apply the same standard to both candidates. Because they think Hillary will look better by comparison than she looks on her own terms. But the two candidates are...

Since Trump has managed to make the election much closer, who do you seriously believe he might appoint to his cabinet? Not the joke suggestions, who might he actually appoint? To me, Chris Christie and Rudy Giuliani look solid for AG and Homeland Security, probably in that order although the...

http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-cuban-embargo-castro-violated-florida-504059 Yet more proof that Donald Trump is a crooked scumbag. Will Republicans care? Almost certainly not. It is OK to be a crooked scumbag as long as you are a Republican.

that he respects. Had another "Allepo moment" he says. Says the former president of Mexico though he can't say which one. Does he still smoke a lot of weed or what? Donald Trump could probably answer the question, though it would likely be Vladimir Putin. And this joker thinks he should be...

Who do you think won?

Yeah...I know it sounds crazy, but Trump is not the worst of all worlds. Trump is a phoney. Trump is basically dishonest. Even his followers know it. As a result, the American people are safe from a real demagogue. (for a little while longer, at least) As Noam Chomsky once said: "The...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html Looks like ANOTHER Trump insider is being investigated for their ties to Russia. This time its Carter Page He's accused of possibly having communications with senior Russian officials...