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Post by 50belowzero on Aug 6, 2016 16:05:21 GMT
That's the Crybaby Caucus. The money wanted Jeb(!) and the media wanted Little Marco. If they both got behind Ted Cruz, who I hate, they'd have an easy election in November.Cruz, having been born in Canada, would obviously have been the Republican's best option. Alas.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2016 16:12:54 GMT
That's the Crybaby Caucus. The money wanted Jeb(!) and the media wanted Little Marco. If they both got behind Ted Cruz, who I hate, they'd have an easy election in November.Cruz, having been born in Canada, would obviously have been the Republican's best option. Alas. Funny thing about that is his politcally would go over among Canadians like a lead balloon.
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Post by 50belowzero on Aug 6, 2016 16:15:29 GMT
Cruz, having been born in Canada, would obviously have been the Republican's best option. Alas. Funny thing about that is his politcally would go over among Canadians like a lead balloon. No kidding.
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Post by NAS on Aug 6, 2016 17:29:58 GMT
Fuck Ter Cruz and all his religious bullshit. I don't know how we can have separation of church and state yet have all of the religion involved in the GOP.
Get that God stuff out of there. It doesn't belong!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2016 17:31:59 GMT
Fuck Ter Cruz and all his religious bullshit. I don't know how we can have separation of church and state yet have all of the religion involved in the GOP. Get that God stuff out of there. It doesn't belong! Not in this century.
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Post by kelvana33 on Aug 6, 2016 18:08:37 GMT
Fuck Ter Cruz and all his religious bullshit. I don't know how we can have separation of church and state yet have all of the religion involved in the GOP. Get that God stuff out of there. It doesn't belong! Amen!!!!!
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Post by UtahGetMeTwo on Aug 6, 2016 18:51:32 GMT
Fuck Ter Cruz and all his religious bullshit. I don't know how we can have separation of church and state yet have all of the religion involved in the GOP. Get that God stuff out of there. It doesn't belong! You are right but the rich religous donors are needed by conservative candidates. Those donors want their beliefs to be adhered to. Best illustration of that type, that will not go away, is Julia Roberts character "Joanne Herring" in Charlie Wilson's war.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2016 21:39:02 GMT
Times has Hilary at 81% likely to win based on aggregated polls and pathways to electoral college supremacy. Up from 78% earlier in the week. According to some, all of the unregistered voters who are not polled and will suddenly register for the election will flip these polls right around. Then again, there is that reality thing which is so inconvenient sometimes. Trump is down by just three according to Reuters. It's tough for her campaign to land a death blow when Hillary has the appeal of a skunk in an elevator. Voters are desperate for any reason not to vote for that clam.
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Post by schlich on Aug 6, 2016 22:21:47 GMT
Fuck Ter Cruz and all his religious bullshit. I don't know how we can have separation of church and state yet have all of the religion involved in the GOP. Get that God stuff out of there. It doesn't belong! Amen!!!!! You're preaching to the choir!
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Post by RichHillOntario on Aug 6, 2016 22:39:41 GMT
Cruz, having been born in Canada, would obviously have been the Republican's best option. Alas. Funny thing about that is his politcally would go over among Canadians like a lead balloon.I prayerfully agree.
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Post by RichHillOntario on Aug 7, 2016 1:13:35 GMT
The Three Stooges just entered my mind. Love those guys. But, yeah, he's not doing himself any favours wasting time wandering off-course instead of taking consistent dead aim at Clinton. If some of those national polls of the last couple of days are accurate, he's got a double-digit gap to close. Have you heard The Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want" being played at his rallies? Think I also heard it at the end of the RNC. A curious choice to pump up the crowds. Like having "Didn't We Almost Have It All" as a wedding song. They should all just use "Living in America." That song makes people feel pretty good about things. If nothing else Trump is making the race entertaining. It wouldn't be half as fun with the usual cast of Republican stiffs. Yes! It's rousing, has some patriotic lyrics to it, the video has snippets of what looks like American farmland, kids on a schoolbus, 18 wheelers going down a highway. Definitely a get-up-off-your-seat tune. The showbiz aspect to Trump is big. With it comes a curiosity of everything from wondering if he can keep it together, comparatively speaking, as he's appeared to over the last couple of days to whether he'll actually win. Pretty interesting months ahead.
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Post by RichHillOntario on Aug 7, 2016 1:28:55 GMT
The Three Stooges just entered my mind. Love those guys. But, yeah, he's not doing himself any favours wasting time wandering off-course instead of taking consistent dead aim at Clinton. If some of those national polls of the last couple of days are accurate, he's got a double-digit gap to close. Have you heard The Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want" being played at his rallies? Think I also heard it at the end of the RNC. A curious choice to pump up the crowds. Like having "Didn't We Almost Have It All" as a wedding song. He started with Keep on Rockin' in the Free World There's a warnin' side on the road ahead There's a lot of people sayin' we'd be better off dead Don't feel like Satan But I am to them So I try to forget it Any way I can The best is when they use Springsteen End up like a dog that's been beat too much Til you spend half your life just a coverin' up. The best is Afternoon Delight as a duet with your niece...(thanks, Michael Bluth). Those choices would seem to support the less-than-optimistic view of America projected by the Republican National Convention as suggested by some of the networks. Makes sense if you're trying to say the country isn't in good shape under the Democrats and position your party as the solution.
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Post by bookboy007 on Aug 7, 2016 2:28:07 GMT
He started with Keep on Rockin' in the Free World There's a warnin' side on the road ahead There's a lot of people sayin' we'd be better off dead Don't feel like Satan But I am to them So I try to forget it Any way I can The best is when they use Springsteen End up like a dog that's been beat too much Til you spend half your life just a coverin' up. The best is Afternoon Delight as a duet with your niece...(thanks, Michael Bluth). Those choices would seem to support the less-than-optimistic view of America projected by the Republican National Convention as suggested by some of the networks. Makes sense if you're trying to say the country isn't in good shape under the Democrats and position your party as the solution. Take a little walk to the edge of town and go across the tracks To where the viaduct looms like a bird of doom and it shifts, and crack To where the secrets line the broder fires and the humming wires Boy you know you're never coming back....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2016 13:36:47 GMT
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Post by UtahGetMeTwo on Aug 7, 2016 14:00:40 GMT
Those choices would seem to support the less-than-optimistic view of America projected by the Republican National Convention as suggested by some of the networks. Makes sense if you're trying to say the country isn't in good shape under the Democrats and position your party as the solution. The House and Senate are republiclan controlled. Since 2011 congress approval ratings have been hovering around 9%-13% since then. Barely any bills getting passed and a conservative freedom caucus shutdown, or stunt really, of the US the government cost taxpayers money (yah the fiscal conservatives). Another great show for the conservatives and their congress. Then you look at the US economies with a republican president since Nixon, it isn't good, terrible record actually. What most voters want, is a Reagan-O'Neill or Clinton-Gingrich type relationship, something that works or moves legislature through.
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Post by UtahGetMeTwo on Aug 7, 2016 14:12:32 GMT
Times has Hilary at 81% likely to win based on aggregated polls and pathways to electoral college supremacy. Up from 78% earlier in the week. According to some, all of the unregistered voters who are not polled and will suddenly register for the election will flip these polls right around. Then again, there is that reality thing which is so inconvenient sometimes. If you look at 538 blog, (the most consistently accurate aggregator of polls), it gives predictions based on the Electoral college, the only way Trump can win is through the Electoral College. Today, chance of winning: Clinton: 83.4% Electoral College: 352.9 Trump: 16.5% Electoral College: 184.8 It's not over but it's looking very bad. Dumpster fire needs to get on his Ivanka picture-plastered-bus and get busy.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2016 14:32:58 GMT
According to some, all of the unregistered voters who are not polled and will suddenly register for the election will flip these polls right around. Then again, there is that reality thing which is so inconvenient sometimes. If you look at 538 blog, (the most consistently accurate aggregator of polls), it gives predictions based on the Electoral college, the only way Trump can win is through the Electoral College. Today, chance of winning: Clinton: 83.4% Electoral College: 352.9 Trump: 16.5% Electoral College: 184.8 It's not over but it's looking very bad. Dumpster fire needs to get on his Ivanka picture-plastered-bus and get busy. Is that still so? They were wrong about Trump in the primaries eight times and wrong in many primaries with Bernie vs Hillary. People think this guy is an Oracle because he predicted Obama Romney...well, Barry won by almost 100 electoral votes. Not much soothsaying to be done there. He's no different than the analytics weenies that swear Shea Weber is average and Daniel Winnik is an impact player.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2016 14:34:11 GMT
They should all just use "Living in America." That song makes people feel pretty good about things. If nothing else Trump is making the race entertaining. It wouldn't be half as fun with the usual cast of Republican stiffs. Yes! It's rousing, has some patriotic lyrics to it, the video has snippets of what looks like American farmland, kids on a schoolbus, 18 wheelers going down a highway. Definitely a get-up-off-your-seat tune. The showbiz aspect to Trump is big. With it comes a curiosity of everything from wondering if he can keep it together, comparatively speaking, as he's appeared to over the last couple of days to whether he'll actually win. Pretty interesting months ahead. There is still a lot of race to be run, for sure. Hopefully he can keep a lid on it.
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Post by NAS on Aug 7, 2016 15:55:05 GMT
According to some, all of the unregistered voters who are not polled and will suddenly register for the election will flip these polls right around. Then again, there is that reality thing which is so inconvenient sometimes. If you look at 538 blog, (the most consistently accurate aggregator of polls), it gives predictions based on the Electoral college, the only way Trump can win is through the Electoral College. Today, chance of winning: Clinton: 83.4% Electoral College: 352.9 Trump: 16.5% Electoral College: 184.8 It's not over but it's looking very bad. Dumpster fire needs to get on his Ivanka picture-plastered-bus and get busy. All can change overnight if Wikileaks drops a bomb.
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Post by bookboy007 on Aug 7, 2016 16:40:20 GMT
If you look at 538 blog, (the most consistently accurate aggregator of polls), it gives predictions based on the Electoral college, the only way Trump can win is through the Electoral College. Today, chance of winning: Clinton: 83.4% Electoral College: 352.9 Trump: 16.5% Electoral College: 184.8 It's not over but it's looking very bad. Dumpster fire needs to get on his Ivanka picture-plastered-bus and get busy. All can change overnight if Wikileaks drops a bomb. What bomb can Wikileaks drop that is worse than everything Trump openly does? Seriously, the idea that "new information" will make any difference is an artifact of the past.
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Post by UtahGetMeTwo on Aug 7, 2016 16:50:31 GMT
If you look at 538 blog, (the most consistently accurate aggregator of polls), it gives predictions based on the Electoral college, the only way Trump can win is through the Electoral College. Today, chance of winning: Clinton: 83.4% Electoral College: 352.9 Trump: 16.5% Electoral College: 184.8 It's not over but it's looking very bad. Dumpster fire needs to get on his Ivanka picture-plastered-bus and get busy. Is that still so? They were wrong about Trump in the primaries eight times and wrong in many primaries with Bernie vs Hillary. People think this guy is an Oracle because he predicted Obama Romney...well, Barry won by almost 100 electoral votes. Not much soothsaying to be done there. He's no different than the analytics weenies that swear Shea Weber is average and Daniel Winnik is an impact player. Looking at reuters and not the average says a ton. No were did anyone say "this guy" is an oracle. If defelction and bashing stats works then stay with it. Anyone that doesn't think that Trump isn't in trouble is in denial. He has about a month to get going. Some states can start their mail in votes in 46 days.
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Post by UtahGetMeTwo on Aug 7, 2016 16:51:36 GMT
All can change overnight if Wikileaks drops a bomb. What bomb can Wikileaks drop that is worse than everything Trump openly does? For some that is the only hope.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2016 16:58:40 GMT
Is that still so? They were wrong about Trump in the primaries eight times and wrong in many primaries with Bernie vs Hillary. People think this guy is an Oracle because he predicted Obama Romney...well, Barry won by almost 100 electoral votes. Not much soothsaying to be done there. He's no different than the analytics weenies that swear Shea Weber is average and Daniel Winnik is an impact player. Looking at reuters and not the average says a ton. No were did anyone say "this guy" is an oracle. If defelction and bashing stats works then stay with it. Anyone that doesn't think that Trump isn't in trouble is in denial. He has about a month to get going. Some states can start their mail in votes in 46 days. Nate Silver is the "RelFenwick" of prediction models. For a few years it lined up nicely with the Cup winners, now it's all but irrelevant.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2016 17:00:23 GMT
All can change overnight if Wikileaks drops a bomb. What bomb can Wikileaks drop that is worse than everything Trump openly does? Seriously, the idea that "new information" will make any difference is an artifact of the past. Yeah, unfortunately we live in a time where people confuse non PC statements as being worse than a candidate and party that interferes with free press and free elections.
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Post by UtahGetMeTwo on Aug 7, 2016 17:56:32 GMT
Looking at reuters and not the average says a ton. No were did anyone say "this guy" is an oracle. If defelction and bashing stats works then stay with it. Anyone that doesn't think that Trump isn't in trouble is in denial. He has about a month to get going. Some states can start their mail in votes in 46 days. Nate Silver is the "RelFenwick" of prediction models. For a few years it lined up nicely with the Cup winners, now it's all but irrelevant. For your Trump argument of course you will trash any pollster that doesn't see it your way. Doesn't change the truth and that is Trump is in trouble. He is getting his ass handed to him in the purple states. Your opinion of stats will not change that right now. The percentages of Drumpf turning it around are not good either.
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