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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 13, 2016 16:17:17 GMT -5
it is actually quite rare to get much of a gain from the VP pick. i think that PA is the most interesting state out there right now. watching it closely. HC is still the heavy favourite. Jeb! was the favorite once upon a time. indeed he was, and then he opened his mouth. if your point is "Hillary could easily lose that lead", my response would be "of course". and Trump could lose all (50) states. this sort of speculation right now is completely useless, however. these candidates need to campaign against each other and debate each other. that will determine who wins way more than any speculations either of us have right now.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 13, 2016 16:21:02 GMT -5
Trump Best 266 272 Trump by 6 EVExpected 318 220 Clinton by 98 EV Clinton Best 384 154 Clinton by 230 EV The tipping point state is Ohio where Clinton is ahead by 4.3%. what you are seeing exceeds his best case according to that website- which i think is a fairly accurate assessment of the state of the race. Remember when Trump's popularity was at one % a year ago? let's go with (10) months ago, instead. according to Survey USA, Trump was doing better than he is right now: www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=d950cadf-05ce-4148-a125-35c0cdab26c6again, i think you are wasting your time speculating about what MIGHT BE. focus on what IS, instead, VB. it is better for your health.
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 13, 2016 16:34:01 GMT -5
I am happy as a Lark this week.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 13, 2016 16:39:10 GMT -5
I am happy as a Lark this week. can't think of any reason why you would be. 5 cops killed, 2 black men killed, and two terrible candidates for president are tied.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 13, 2016 16:45:59 GMT -5
I am happy as a Lark this week. can't think of any reason why you would be. 5 cops killed, 2 black men killed, and two terrible candidates for president are tied. Maybe he means a dead lark.
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 13, 2016 16:47:39 GMT -5
I am happy as a Lark this week. can't think of any reason why you would be. 5 cops killed, 2 black men killed, and two terrible candidates for president are tied. Now, I am sorry, but I have my own reasons for being happy this week, which I will not discuss here. And you admit they are tied as of today. The dark sky just cleared outside our window! Now that does make my day!
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 13, 2016 16:49:07 GMT -5
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 13, 2016 16:56:26 GMT -5
Thanks Weltz. You are killing a good mood for me.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 13, 2016 16:57:13 GMT -5
can't think of any reason why you would be. 5 cops killed, 2 black men killed, and two terrible candidates for president are tied. Now, I am sorry, but I have my own reasons for being happy this week, which I will not discuss here. And you admit they are tied as of today. i was trying to cheer you up! similarly, you will have trouble getting under my skin this year, but i will explain why: my stock portfolio has doubled in the last (12) months. i am loving me some DONALD TRUMP (if he had anything to do with it, and i think he did, actually)
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Post by Opti on Jul 13, 2016 16:59:04 GMT -5
Poor lark. No need to kill VB's mood.
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 13, 2016 17:03:15 GMT -5
Now, I am sorry, but I have my own reasons for being happy this week, which I will not discuss here. And you admit they are tied as of today. i was trying to cheer you up! similarly, you will have trouble getting under my skin this year, but i will explain why: my stock portfolio has doubled in the last (12) months. i am loving me some DONALD TRUMP (if he had anything to do with it, and i think he did, actually)I congratulate you on the stock performance I could only dream of a doubler performance in twelve months. That is like hitting three grand slams in one game
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Post by Opti on Jul 13, 2016 17:03:42 GMT -5
I unfortunately can't post the one I was looking for, "If Trump becomes President, there will be hell toupee".
Fixed. Now I just need to remember to never post anything I find from Pinterest.
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 13, 2016 17:06:27 GMT -5
Crap I found a funny meme and I can't post it.
Look at - Donald Trump's hair runs off to have a better life. I unfortunately can't post the one I was looking for, "If Trump becomes President, there will be hell toupee" on the left towards the top.
Just arrow down on your picture in the post. It is there. Scooby used to use that one without the caption
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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 13, 2016 17:09:13 GMT -5
i was trying to cheer you up! similarly, you will have trouble getting under my skin this year, but i will explain why: my stock portfolio has doubled in the last (12) months. i am loving me some DONALD TRUMP (if he had anything to do with it, and i think he did, actually)I congratulate you on the stock performance I could only dream of a doubler performance in twelve months. That is like hitting three grand slams in one game it was a negative hedge that finally paid off. and a bit of luck.
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 13, 2016 18:41:53 GMT -5
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 13, 2016 19:21:04 GMT -5
I am concerned that ISIS is planning an "October surprise" aimed at getting Trump elected. Billis? Subscribing to a conspiracy theory?
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Post by Opti on Jul 13, 2016 20:21:37 GMT -5
Wait, photo shopped bumper stickers are OK?
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 13, 2016 20:22:32 GMT -5
Wait, photo shopped bumper stickers are OK? Firstly, it's not photoshopped. Secondly, yes.
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Post by Opti on Jul 13, 2016 20:33:45 GMT -5
Wait, photo shopped bumper stickers are OK? Firstly, it's not photoshopped. Secondly, yes. Really? How do you know?
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 13, 2016 20:52:28 GMT -5
Christ, what a big baby! Now Trump wants Ruth Bader Ginsburg to resign because "she was mean to me!"
He's like a giant toddler in so many ways.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 13, 2016 20:55:19 GMT -5
He can dish it out, but he certainly can't take it.
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 13, 2016 21:20:16 GMT -5
Christ, what a big baby! Now Trump wants Ruth Bader Ginsburg to resign because "she was mean to me!" He's like a giant toddler in so many ways. Evidently you have forgotten the way SC Judges operate. They keep quiet and never show their biases in public. They only screw the people they hate when they have a case in front of them with that person involved.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 13, 2016 21:21:31 GMT -5
Christ, what a big baby! Now Trump wants Ruth Bader Ginsburg to resign because "she was mean to me!" He's like a giant toddler in so many ways. He's just a "Junior high"* "mean girl"*. *Per Amercan Thinker
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 13, 2016 21:50:23 GMT -5
Firstly, it's not photoshopped. Secondly, yes. Really? How do you know? Technically I don't. It's still not a photoshopped image of a political figure. The rule is in place so that the forum isn't cluttered up with photos of Hillary Clinton kissing a monkey, Donald Trump shaking hands with David Duke, Bernie Sanders holding a gun to his head, etc., etc. I didn't make the rule. I try to enforce it as consistently as possible, and Paul's photo of Donald Trump eating photoshopped tears, standing next to a cereal box with a photoshopped name, is a photoshopped image of a political figure. Animated images where a public figure is made to look spastic, etc. through frame cuts are also off-limits. Possibly-fake political ads (such as the "law the and order" ad posted by Paul earlier) are borderline. Two bumper stickers on a car doesn't qualify. Neither do political cartoons, real-life gag photos, photos of a candidate with a weird expression on his/her face, or photoshopped images where no political figure appears (e.g. a picture of a scientist holding a dead spider monkey photoshopped to look like Donald Trump's hairpiece.)
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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 13, 2016 22:05:48 GMT -5
Christ, what a big baby! Now Trump wants Ruth Bader Ginsburg to resign because "she was mean to me!" He's like a giant toddler in so many ways. like most narcissists, he has the skin of a gossamer.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 13, 2016 22:06:40 GMT -5
Christ, what a big baby! Now Trump wants Ruth Bader Ginsburg to resign because "she was mean to me!" He's like a giant toddler in so many ways. Evidently you have forgotten the way SC Judges operate. They keep quiet and never show their biases in public. They only screw the people they hate when they have a case in front of them with that person involved. evidently you are not familiar with the late Antonin Scalia. the man was no wallflower.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 13, 2016 22:25:02 GMT -5
Christ, what a big baby! Now Trump wants Ruth Bader Ginsburg to resign because "she was mean to me!" He's like a giant toddler in so many ways. like most narcissists, he has the skin of a gossamer.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 13, 2016 22:40:41 GMT -5
like most narcissists, he has the skin of gossamer. good catch. i have been misusing that for months. thanks.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 14, 2016 5:07:29 GMT -5
Reality explained pictorially, for Opti.
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