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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 29, 2016 21:21:26 GMT -5
There is a high probability Rush Limbaugh is wrong. Yes, I'm doubting him.
Frankly, this election is like the South Park election, we're choosing between a turd sandwich and a giant douche. Quite frankly, I resent giant douche for Hillary. Liar Deceitful VengefulOwned by the NY banking industry And about ten other descriptions could apply. I can live with those adjectives. Giant douche is so sexist, from either of the sexes. Giant turd sandwich, not happy with that either, but is at least more representative of him Trump Wants Consequences for GOP Rivals That should cover Trump's vengful side. Just about everthing Trump has said about his GOP rivals and Clinton has been a lie. Every time he opens his mouth, those who have not been taken in by his out-of-this-world promises knows what is coming out next will be just another lie. That should cover Trump's deceitful and lying side. We all know it. Trump loves the banking industry and for the most part, they love him. And about ten other descriptions could apply.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jun 29, 2016 22:21:12 GMT -5
Limbaugh? The moron who recently asked "If humans evolved from apes. then why are there still apes?" That Limbaugh? Well, who could argue with an astute mind such as that? I'll ignore your name calling and get to the crux of the matter: Nate Silver has been wrong in 7 major predictions concerning Trump thus far. It is significant that Mr. Silver called Trump's chances of getting the nomination 2%.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2016 22:24:01 GMT -5
He didn't say zero. And he's not saying zero now.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jun 29, 2016 22:49:26 GMT -5
There is a high probability Rush Limbaugh is wrong. Yes, I'm doubting him.
Frankly, this election is like the South Park election, we're choosing between a turd sandwich and a giant douche. Mr. Limbaugh does have some ammunition in his camp this time. Nate Silver has been spectacularly wrong in predicting the rise of Donald Trump. Setting aside the fraudulent ABC poll showing a double digit lead for Lying Crooked Hillary (LCH)-- in which to arrive at their number, they had Hillary TIED with Trump among men (you want to talk about a "gender gap"-- Hillary's male voter deficit is significant) which is, to put it mildly- not probable; here's where things stand in real life: Trump has closed it to within 2% of Hillary nationally in the new Q Poll -- H 42 to T 40. Trump had a terrible first two weeks of June, but has done much better in the past 10 days. His speech on Hillary's history of corruption was great. The Brexit vote in the U.K. suggests to me there's a hidden populist revolt against the elites simmering out there. All the polls told us Brexit would lose decisively. Instead, Brexit won by 4% -- not close. It's quite possible conventional polling is underestimating Trump's strength by 6-8 points. If Hillary, who has been a national fixture on the political scene since 1992, is now only at 42%, that's not good news for her. The recent terrorist attack on civilians in Turkey underscores Trump's sensible position that we don't want the Middle East immigrating here until we have a reliable way to screen out terrorists (which will be never). These terrorist attacks also underscore what a total disaster the Obama-Hillary foreign policy has been. The entire Middle East is in flames . . . and now the ISIS chaos and mayhem is coming here. With 18% of the electorate undecided, there's much more upside movement potential for Trump. He just needs to stay disciplined and on message, like he's been for the last 10 days. With Paul Manafort, he now has a pro running his campaign. He has a good speech writer now in Steve Miller. Trump's ship is starting to sail upright again-- and I am not dismissing his penchant for self-sabotage, however for things to be this tight- especially in must-win swing states, and given the conventional wisdom concerning Trump's weakness as a candidate-- Team LCH simply cannot be feeling good right now. LCH's key weaknesses, however, are two matters she has ZERO control over: First, how the FBI will conduct itself at the conclusion of its criminal investigation into her unprecedented use of a private email server to conceal her activities as Secretary of State, and especially the use of the Clinton Crime Family Foundation to solicit bribes for favors. Contrary to conventional wisdom, these sorts of things are simply not controllable. Second, radical islamic terrorism. For those of you that think this election is a slam dunk for Hillary, Imagine a campaign, an election-- or anything you really want in life largely contingent on radical muslims behaving themselves. Have fun with that, LCH.
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Post by Value Buy on Jun 30, 2016 6:59:11 GMT -5
Quite frankly, I resent giant douche for Hillary. Liar Deceitful VengefulOwned by the NY banking industry And about ten other descriptions could apply. I can live with those adjectives. Giant douche is so sexist, from either of the sexes. Giant turd sandwich, not happy with that either, but is at least more representative of him Trump Wants Consequences for GOP Rivals That should cover Trump's vengful side. Just about everthing Trump has said about his GOP rivals and Clinton has been a lie. Every time he opens his mouth, those who have not been taken in by his out-of-this-world promises knows what is coming out next will be just another lie. That should cover Trump's deceitful and lying side. We all know it. Trump loves the banking industry and for the most part, they love him. And about ten other descriptions could apply. Will you ever give me a break? My response was to the sexist name calling of a female. I admit I "dislike" her, but even I have lines I will not cross. You respond about Trump having the same "values". Okay, I agree with that response. Turd sandwich is not about a body part, whether being a finger, foot, or penis size. I just do not care for a sexual reference of a woman no matter how despicable she is I realize she is a public person who can be made fun of here, or even vilified by opposing political idealists posters here, and is fair game for such. If Paul called her that, your's and other's responses would be similar to mine, right now, only you would be taking pot shots at him too. And no, I am not that sexually kinked up over words. Like Jimmy Carter, I too, have had "thoughts and ideas" without publicly saying them. Some thoughts are better left unsaid.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2016 7:02:48 GMT -5
It was just a South Park quote. Get over it already.
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Post by Value Buy on Jun 30, 2016 7:07:34 GMT -5
It was just a South Park quote. Get over it already. Trump. Get over it. I am fast, fast fast, changing my mind about him being elected to the Presidency. This country needs the wake up call.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2016 7:09:55 GMT -5
Yeah, that's an apt comparison.... -eyeroll-
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Post by Value Buy on Jun 30, 2016 7:15:20 GMT -5
Yeah, that's an apt comparison.... -eyeroll- If our citizens are good with such free flowing sexual references, of a female running for the Presidency, we get what we deserve. You as a woman (and other females on the board) would not be happy in everyday life seeing such terms in your local newspaper or magazines. I would not be happy reading such crap. I get this is an internet board and have a more freewheeling standard here.
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Post by swamp on Jun 30, 2016 8:13:24 GMT -5
There is a high probability Rush Limbaugh is wrong. Yes, I'm doubting him.
Frankly, this election is like the South Park election, we're choosing between a turd sandwich and a giant douche. Quite frankly, I resent giant douche for Hillary. Liar Deceitful Vengeful Owned by the NY banking industry And about ten other descriptions could apply. I can live with those adjectives. Giant douche is so sexist, from either of the sexes. Giant turd sandwich, not happy with that either, but is at least more representative of him It's a reference to a South Park episode. Apparently, you don't know what South Park is.
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Post by swamp on Jun 30, 2016 8:14:28 GMT -5
Yeah, that's an apt comparison.... -eyeroll- If our citizens are good with such free flowing sexual references, of a female running for the Presidency, we get what we deserve. You as a woman (and other females on the board) would not be happy in everyday life seeing such terms in your local newspaper or magazines. I would not be happy reading such crap. I get this is an internet board and have a more freewheeling standard here. You are looking to take offense.
I was referring to Trump as the douche and Hillary as the turd.
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Post by billisonboard on Jun 30, 2016 8:15:06 GMT -5
... I am fast, fast fast, changing my mind about him being elected to the Presidency. This country needs the wake up call. If it weren't for the long term consequences that a 4 year Trump presidency (or the taking of the steps to make it much shorter) would create.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 30, 2016 9:26:38 GMT -5
Trump Wants Consequences for GOP Rivals That should cover Trump's vengful side. Just about everthing Trump has said about his GOP rivals and Clinton has been a lie. Every time he opens his mouth, those who have not been taken in by his out-of-this-world promises knows what is coming out next will be just another lie. That should cover Trump's deceitful and lying side. We all know it. Trump loves the banking industry and for the most part, they love him. And about ten other descriptions could apply. Will you ever give me a break? My response was to the sexist name calling of a female. I admit I "dislike" her, but even I have lines I will not cross. You respond about Trump having the same "values". Okay, I agree with that response. Turd sandwich is not about a body part, whether being a finger, foot, or penis size. I just do not care for a sexual reference of a woman no matter how despicable she is I realize she is a public person who can be made fun of here, or even vilified by opposing political idealists posters here, and is fair game for such. If Paul called her that, your's and other's responses would be similar to mine, right now, only you would be taking pot shots at him too. And no, I am not that sexually kinked up over words. Like Jimmy Carter, I too, have had "thoughts and ideas" without publicly saying them. Some thoughts are better left unsaid. Where did I chastise you in my post about about you correcting someone else about the sexist name calling of a female? I was addressing your saying Clinton was deceitful, a liar, and vengeful. What is wrong with pointing out the same of Trump and more?
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jun 30, 2016 10:34:41 GMT -5
Are you ladies and gentlemen really arguing over which of your two candidates for president is the "giant douche" and which is the "turd sandwich"?
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Post by swamp on Jun 30, 2016 11:27:02 GMT -5
Are you ladies and gentlemen really arguing over which of your two candidates for president is the "giant douche" and which is the "turd sandwich"? VB seems to be the only one getting his panties in a twist and seeing something there that really isn't.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jun 30, 2016 12:14:48 GMT -5
Are you ladies and gentlemen really arguing over which of your two candidates for president is the "giant douche" and which is the "turd sandwich"? VB seems to be the only one getting his panties in a twist and seeing something there that really isn't. I just don't get why you'd reply "I was referring to Trump as the douche and Hillary as the turd." as though it mattered. Anyway...
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jun 30, 2016 13:32:02 GMT -5
Getting back to the topic at hand, Rasmussen has Trump up 4. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3667913/Trump-Republican-pulls-ahead-Hillary-Clinton-4-points-shock-poll-trailing-5-week-ago.htmlIt is worth mentioning that Rasmussen was incorrect an average of 4.8 points in terms of results in 2012, and missed the Romney v. Obama race by 4 points- the same percentage they now show Trump leading. Having acknowledged that, the SWING is 9 points making this poll uniquely telling in terms of momentum. In other words, I wouldn't look for it to stop on a dime at 4 points ahead after such a dramatic move. Further- and my main point: I honestly don't think the polls matter. I am increasinglyconfident in the Monster Vote theory, and if it is wrong by 10 million voters, it is still a landslide for Trump.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jun 30, 2016 13:38:53 GMT -5
Last week Trump said he forgave his loans to his campaign. Yet when asked for proof he won't provide any as he continues to get donations to the GOP to pay him back. Sounds like when he withheld money donated to the Vets for months and only wrote checks when the WP ratted him out. He's a slick businessman alright. And a liar, cheat and bully.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2016 13:43:51 GMT -5
Getting back to the topic at hand, Rasmussen has Trump up 4. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3667913/Trump-Republican-pulls-ahead-Hillary-Clinton-4-points-shock-poll-trailing-5-week-ago.htmlIt is worth mentioning that Rasmussen was incorrect an average of 4.8 points in terms of results in 2012, and missed the Romney v. Obama race by 4 points- the same percentage they now show Trump leading. Having acknowledged that, the SWING is 9 points making this poll uniquely telling in terms of momentum. In other words, I wouldn't look for it to stop on a dime at 4 points ahead after such a dramatic move. Further- and my main point: I honestly don't think the polls matter. I am increasinglyconfident in the Monster Vote theory, and if it is wrong by 10 million voters, it is still a landslide for Trump. And Fox has Clinton up 6...
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jun 30, 2016 13:44:19 GMT -5
25 % of the white lower educated Republicans got him here. He loves them and they love him. What happens when the 75% of intelligent Republicans show up? The KKK said they'd show up. The NRA is already paying for ads against Clinton which don't even mention guns. It still isn't sure he will get the vote at the convention. Crazy party rules on delegates, some of whom may not go to cast a vote.
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Post by happyhoix on Jun 30, 2016 13:59:26 GMT -5
Mr. Limbaugh does have some ammunition in his camp this time. Nate Silver has been spectacularly wrong in predicting the rise of Donald Trump. Setting aside the fraudulent ABC poll showing a double digit lead for Lying Crooked Hillary (LCH)-- in which to arrive at their number, they had Hillary TIED with Trump among men (you want to talk about a "gender gap"-- Hillary's male voter deficit is significant) which is, to put it mildly- not probable; here's where things stand in real life: Trump has closed it to within 2% of Hillary nationally in the new Q Poll -- H 42 to T 40. Trump had a terrible first two weeks of June, but has done much better in the past 10 days. His speech on Hillary's history of corruption was great. The Brexit vote in the U.K. suggests to me there's a hidden populist revolt against the elites simmering out there. All the polls told us Brexit would lose decisively. Instead, Brexit won by 4% -- not close. It's quite possible conventional polling is underestimating Trump's strength by 6-8 points. If Hillary, who has been a national fixture on the political scene since 1992, is now only at 42%, that's not good news for her. The recent terrorist attack on civilians in Turkey underscores Trump's sensible position that we don't want the Middle East immigrating here until we have a reliable way to screen out terrorists (which will be never). These terrorist attacks also underscore what a total disaster the Obama-Hillary foreign policy has been. The entire Middle East is in flames . . . and now the ISIS chaos and mayhem is coming here. With 18% of the electorate undecided, there's much more upside movement potential for Trump. He just needs to stay disciplined and on message, like he's been for the last 10 days. With Paul Manafort, he now has a pro running his campaign. He has a good speech writer now in Steve Miller. Trump's ship is starting to sail upright again-- and I am not dismissing his penchant for self-sabotage, however for things to be this tight- especially in must-win swing states, and given the conventional wisdom concerning Trump's weakness as a candidate-- Team LCH simply cannot be feeling good right now. LCH's key weaknesses, however, are two matters she has ZERO control over: First, how the FBI will conduct itself at the conclusion of its criminal investigation into her unprecedented use of a private email server to conceal her activities as Secretary of State, and especially the use of the Clinton Crime Family Foundation to solicit bribes for favors. Contrary to conventional wisdom, these sorts of things are simply not controllable. Second, radical islamic terrorism. For those of you that think this election is a slam dunk for Hillary, Imagine a campaign, an election-- or anything you really want in life largely contingent on radical muslims behaving themselves. Have fun with that, LCH.Trump was doing better there for a couple weeks. Not getting all the TV time he craves, but that was because he was trying hard to keep the crazy talk under control.
He blew it, though, when he turned on his former GOP rivals yesterday. Railed at them for failing to hold up some kind of pact they all had where they guaranteed they would support whoever became the nominee - but some of them, like Kaisch, are failing to fall in line and be good little Trump toadies, and Trump had a childish tantrum about it.
If you're in a tight campaign, the last thing you want to do is publically turn on your party and make a ridiculous demand like never allowing those politicians to run for public office again (like anyone could legally stop them?) Further demonstrates what a childish bully Trump is, and how willing he is to do something that sabotages his own campaign in order to get a few minutes of personal satisfaction (which is exactly what he did when he railed against the judge who he claimed 'didn't like him.')
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jun 30, 2016 14:05:24 GMT -5
Setting aside the fraudulent ABC poll showing a double digit lead for Lying Crooked Hillary (LCH)-- in which to arrive at their number, they had Hillary TIED with Trump among men (you want to talk about a "gender gap"-- Hillary's male voter deficit is significant) which is, to put it mildly- not probable; here's where things stand in real life: Trump has closed it to within 2% of Hillary nationally in the new Q Poll -- H 42 to T 40. Trump had a terrible first two weeks of June, but has done much better in the past 10 days. His speech on Hillary's history of corruption was great. The Brexit vote in the U.K. suggests to me there's a hidden populist revolt against the elites simmering out there. All the polls told us Brexit would lose decisively. Instead, Brexit won by 4% -- not close. It's quite possible conventional polling is underestimating Trump's strength by 6-8 points. If Hillary, who has been a national fixture on the political scene since 1992, is now only at 42%, that's not good news for her. The recent terrorist attack on civilians in Turkey underscores Trump's sensible position that we don't want the Middle East immigrating here until we have a reliable way to screen out terrorists (which will be never). These terrorist attacks also underscore what a total disaster the Obama-Hillary foreign policy has been. The entire Middle East is in flames . . . and now the ISIS chaos and mayhem is coming here. With 18% of the electorate undecided, there's much more upside movement potential for Trump. He just needs to stay disciplined and on message, like he's been for the last 10 days. With Paul Manafort, he now has a pro running his campaign. He has a good speech writer now in Steve Miller. Trump's ship is starting to sail upright again-- and I am not dismissing his penchant for self-sabotage, however for things to be this tight- especially in must-win swing states, and given the conventional wisdom concerning Trump's weakness as a candidate-- Team LCH simply cannot be feeling good right now. LCH's key weaknesses, however, are two matters she has ZERO control over: First, how the FBI will conduct itself at the conclusion of its criminal investigation into her unprecedented use of a private email server to conceal her activities as Secretary of State, and especially the use of the Clinton Crime Family Foundation to solicit bribes for favors. Contrary to conventional wisdom, these sorts of things are simply not controllable. Second, radical islamic terrorism. For those of you that think this election is a slam dunk for Hillary, Imagine a campaign, an election-- or anything you really want in life largely contingent on radical muslims behaving themselves. Have fun with that, LCH.Trump was doing better there for a couple weeks. Not getting all the TV time he craves, but that was because he was trying hard to keep the crazy talk under control.
He blew it, though, when he turned on his former GOP rivals yesterday. Railed at them for failing to hold up some kind of pact they all had where they guaranteed they would support whoever became the nominee - but some of them, like Kaisch, are failing to fall in line and be good little Trump toadies, and Trump had a childish tantrum about it.
If you're in a tight campaign, the last thing you want to do is publically turn on your party and make a ridiculous demand like never allowing those politicians to run for public office again (like anyone could legally stop them?) Further demonstrates what a childish bully Trump is, and how willing he is to do something that sabotages his own campaign in order to get a few minutes of personal satisfaction (which is exactly what he did when he railed against the judge who he claimed 'didn't like him.')
Again, assumes it's tight.
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Post by happyhoix on Jun 30, 2016 14:17:06 GMT -5
Trump was doing better there for a couple weeks. Not getting all the TV time he craves, but that was because he was trying hard to keep the crazy talk under control.
He blew it, though, when he turned on his former GOP rivals yesterday. Railed at them for failing to hold up some kind of pact they all had where they guaranteed they would support whoever became the nominee - but some of them, like Kaisch, are failing to fall in line and be good little Trump toadies, and Trump had a childish tantrum about it.
If you're in a tight campaign, the last thing you want to do is publically turn on your party and make a ridiculous demand like never allowing those politicians to run for public office again (like anyone could legally stop them?) Further demonstrates what a childish bully Trump is, and how willing he is to do something that sabotages his own campaign in order to get a few minutes of personal satisfaction (which is exactly what he did when he railed against the judge who he claimed 'didn't like him.')
Again, assumes it's tight. Well, I haven't seen any polls that say it wouldn't be tight (except for a few that are saying Hillary will win by a good margin). Haven't seen any recent polls predicting Trump has an enormous lead over her, so I think he's foolish in calling out his fellow GOP politicians.
Of course, I don't listen to Limbaugh.
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Post by Value Buy on Jun 30, 2016 15:06:33 GMT -5
Getting back to the topic at hand, Rasmussen has Trump up 4. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3667913/Trump-Republican-pulls-ahead-Hillary-Clinton-4-points-shock-poll-trailing-5-week-ago.htmlIt is worth mentioning that Rasmussen was incorrect an average of 4.8 points in terms of results in 2012, and missed the Romney v. Obama race by 4 points- the same percentage they now show Trump leading. Having acknowledged that, the SWING is 9 points making this poll uniquely telling in terms of momentum. In other words, I wouldn't look for it to stop on a dime at 4 points ahead after such a dramatic move. Further- and my main point: I honestly don't think the polls matter. I am increasinglyconfident in the Monster Vote theory, and if it is wrong by 10 million voters, it is still a landslide for Trump. dj will never accept Rasmussen I am seeing that light at the end of the tunnel a coming!
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Post by Value Buy on Jun 30, 2016 15:11:54 GMT -5
Getting back to the topic at hand, Rasmussen has Trump up 4. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3667913/Trump-Republican-pulls-ahead-Hillary-Clinton-4-points-shock-poll-trailing-5-week-ago.htmlIt is worth mentioning that Rasmussen was incorrect an average of 4.8 points in terms of results in 2012, and missed the Romney v. Obama race by 4 points- the same percentage they now show Trump leading. Having acknowledged that, the SWING is 9 points making this poll uniquely telling in terms of momentum. In other words, I wouldn't look for it to stop on a dime at 4 points ahead after such a dramatic move. Further- and my main point: I honestly don't think the polls matter. I am increasinglyconfident in the Monster Vote theory, and if it is wrong by 10 million voters, it is still a landslide for Trump. And Fox has Clinton up 6... And NBC/WSJ polls did their damndest to defeat Trump in the primaries with there polls claiming Trump losing about every state primary election. Fox was mostly against him also, until they saw the writing n the wall.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jun 30, 2016 15:20:27 GMT -5
Like I wrote above, Trump won the primaries because lower educated whites, who he said love him, were most of the voters. This man bullies people in business deals and that's about all he brings to the race for president. I don't care how much people hate Clinton, but Trump as president will ruin our country if he doesn't get us blown up. He thinks he can use nuclear weapons in the middle East! We should ask him to identify the countries on a map since he doesn't know the geography of a 6th grader.
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Post by Icelandic Woman on Jun 30, 2016 15:25:34 GMT -5
Wow those Trump colored glasses must be the shit! Oh wait maybe their just covered in shit and need to be cleaned off.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jul 1, 2016 10:23:07 GMT -5
Getting back to the topic at hand, Rasmussen has Trump up 4. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3667913/Trump-Republican-pulls-ahead-Hillary-Clinton-4-points-shock-poll-trailing-5-week-ago.htmlIt is worth mentioning that Rasmussen was incorrect an average of 4.8 points in terms of results in 2012, and missed the Romney v. Obama race by 4 points- the same percentage they now show Trump leading. Having acknowledged that, the SWING is 9 points making this poll uniquely telling in terms of momentum. In other words, I wouldn't look for it to stop on a dime at 4 points ahead after such a dramatic move. Further- and my main point: I honestly don't think the polls matter. I am increasinglyconfident in the Monster Vote theory, and if it is wrong by 10 million voters, it is still a landslide for Trump. dj will never accept Rasmussen I am seeing that light at the end of the tunnel a coming! If we assume that Rasmussen is (rounding) 5 points off, and bear in mind there's been a 9 point swing in a matter of weeks, then Hillary leads Trump by 1 point. This is margin of error stuff. To my way of thinking right now, and assuming all the "old rules" apply-- the race is a dead heat. It will come down to turnout. I don't think DJ will object to this conventional wisdom-- all elections come down to turnout. Who will turn out? Let's find out-- this is from the right wingers at WaPo: Hillary Clinton Leads, but Trump Supporters Are More Certain They'll Vote:www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/26/bad-news-lurking-in-a-good-poll-for-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-supporters-are-more-certain-theyll-vote/
The upshot of this article (and you can take it for what it's worth) the "younger and more diverse" an election turnout is, the better Democrats generally do. However, Hillary Clinton doesn't motivate "younger and more diverse" voters. She doesn't motivate women-- in fact, women were the least "certain" they'll vote. White males, on the other hand are supporting Trump about the same as they supported Romney, but they are most "certain" they'll vote. While young and diverse voters overwhelmingly say they prefer Clinton to Trump, they went overwhelmingly for Sanders in the primary, and they're a tough crowd when it comes to general election turnout. This analysis alone would be problematic for Clinton, but it gets worse in light of other information: NY Times Quietly Discusses Data Evidence of The Monster Vote:theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/06/09/oh-my-new-york-times-quietly-discusses-data-evidence-of-the-monster-vote/ This speaks for itself- and when you connect the dots from the previous article about the percentage of the white vote going to Trump about equal to Mitt Romney's share in 2012-- you find a larger number because there are more of them than previously thought. Bottom line: there are more of the voters that Trump does best with.
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AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jul 1, 2016 10:32:09 GMT -5
Like I wrote above, Trump won the primaries because lower educated whites, who he said love him, were most of the voters. This man bullies people in business deals and that's about all he brings to the race for president. I don't care how much people hate Clinton, but Trump as president will ruin our country if he doesn't get us blown up. He thinks he can use nuclear weapons in the middle East! We should ask him to identify the countries on a map since he doesn't know the geography of a 6th grader. It's always interesting to me to juxtapose fears of what may happen with what has happened. Fearing Trump may get us all killed reveals to me a fascinating lack of fear of a woman and a regime that actually has gotten Americans killed. The hasty withdrawal from Iraq for political expediency surrendered Iraq to ISIS and made Iran the dominate power in the region. Egypt is stable thanks to pure luck-- the Egyptian military leadership had the presence of mind to kick the Muslim Brotherhood out and maintain the peace treaty with Israel (because Egypt has already fucked with Israel and found some shit out- and many in the Egyptian military leadership if they don't know it personally, were trained by those who did). However, Hillary and Obama's policies have led to chaos in the region, set Iran on course to develop a nuclear weapon, have unleashed chemical weapons in Syria, and have led to the rise of ISIS-- and resulted directly in deadly islamic terrorist attacks here on US soil. So, we know for a fact that Lying Crooked Hillary has already gotten Americans killed, and she is committed to more of the same. Trump wants to go kill these people, and break their shit. Why on earth anyone would be afraid of fighting back, but comfortable with surrender to terrorists is truly beyond me.
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