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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 6, 2015 14:21:13 GMT -5
So, you want to live in a dictatorship, like North Korea? Obama was elected BY THE PEOPLE.
No. To clarify, I would like to live in a thriving republic where people are of better moral fiber so that they would not vote for someone like Obama. So was Hitler. i am not sure i would call the 1933 election "free and fair".
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 6, 2015 15:44:54 GMT -5
LOL! No way would I vote for Hillary Clinton or Jeb Bush. I don't care much about either. If my choice is between the two of them, I'll go for someone else. I'm not particularly enamored of either party. Don't like politicians in general. Of course, I've said that many times before but some just have to find a neat little hole to try to fit others into, even if those others don't fit. We actually agree on something.
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Post by mmhmm on Oct 6, 2015 15:46:26 GMT -5
LOL! No way would I vote for Hillary Clinton or Jeb Bush. I don't care much about either. If my choice is between the two of them, I'll go for someone else. I'm not particularly enamored of either party. Don't like politicians in general. Of course, I've said that many times before but some just have to find a neat little hole to try to fit others into, even if those others don't fit. We actually agree on something. While you and I certainly don't agree on everything, paul, we agree a lot more often than many would realize.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 6, 2015 15:50:45 GMT -5
No. To clarify, I would like to live in a thriving republic where people are of better moral fiber so that they would not vote for someone like Obama. So was Hitler. i am not sure i would call the 1933 election "free and fair". I'm not sure 2016 will be free and fair, either. Politico finally acknowledged something amnesty proponents have been denying for years. ymam.proboards.com/post/2338571/thread
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 7, 2015 14:19:47 GMT -5
i am not sure i would call the 1933 election "free and fair". I'm not sure 2016 will be free and fair, either. Politico finally acknowledged something amnesty proponents have been denying for years. ymam.proboards.com/post/2338571/threadObama isn't running in 2016, so that has nothing to do with our discussion, right?
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 8, 2015 12:26:40 GMT -5
all hail HRH King Trump!
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 9, 2015 8:01:01 GMT -5
Obama isn't running in 2016, so that has nothing to do with our discussion, right? Illegal aliens may decide 2016 election has what to do with Obama?
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 9, 2015 8:02:30 GMT -5
PRESIDENTIAL PRESS RELEASE, OCTOBER 9TH, 2018
After a whirlwind foreign diplomatic trip which was based out of the plush and beautiful Royal Trump Golf and Glory Club in Troon Scotland, your President has once again graced our shores with his magnificent presence. After a short stop in Washington DC to direct Congress on how it will be the President and Mrs. Trump were quickly off to the Southern White House at Trump Doral in Florida.
The President has decreed that after consulting with (re: commanding) our NATO Allies, he will direct Russia to continue their long campaign in Syria, and that Turkey has graciously agreed to allow Russian personnel and equipment passage through their derelict country, for which Trump Golf and Resorts International may develop a signature property along the Turkish shores on the Mediterranean. This would be a wonderful boost to the local Turkish economy. A few broken Turkish relics may have to be destroyed in the construction of this magnificent world class resort.
On the domestic front, the President continues his reform of Wall Street, with a bold directive to provide tax incentives for the use of labor in certain fields of construction, by certain companies that begin with the letter T. He has also blessed the latest construction documents for The Wall, which he has declared is Magnificent. We are all fortunate to have such a leader!
Meanwhile, Vice President Palin is in Alaska, keeping an eye on those pesky Russians from her house, per order of the President. It is good to be King.
God Bless America, and God Bless President Trump!
Well, I can't say I don't like the VP Palin part of that.
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 9, 2015 10:13:00 GMT -5
Obama isn't running in 2016, so that has nothing to do with our discussion, right? Illegal aliens may decide 2016 election has what to do with Obama? OH! you were CHANGING the subject? got it. thanks.
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Post by dondub on Oct 10, 2015 10:55:39 GMT -5
Well, I can't say I don't like the VP Palin part of that.
Why not? It's not like her half term as 'the quitter' up there is Alaska, a boob job, and a bus tour are an adequate CV for such a high office.
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 11, 2015 17:29:14 GMT -5
i think i am starting to see why the beltway and the GOP are taking Trump seriously.
during 2012, NON-mainstream candidates were not taken seriously very long. they bubbled to the top, quickly made fools of themselves, and disappeared, with rare exceptions. over time, this made Romney look more and more inevitable- though if you were watching carefully, there was no reason to expect that Romney would not eventually prevail.
it is almost the exact opposite in 2016. being a mainstream candidate is considered negative, and the ones that have bubbled to the top are not making serious errors that dethrone them quickly (other than Fiorina and her "i saw PP selling fetal brains on YouTube", followed by "i really did actually see that video"). i think Trump made a mistake with his tax proposal. it is a $12T black hole, and only physicists like black holes. Carson is doing a lot better by keeping it vague. that is smart this early, but it won't work forever.
well, maybe it will. i don't really understand the GOP "outsider" mindset. radicalism is actually really bad for governing.
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Post by tallguy on Oct 11, 2015 17:40:23 GMT -5
I would suggest that your problem is that you still (naively) think that they are actually interested in governing.
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 11, 2015 17:46:14 GMT -5
I would suggest that your problem is that you still (naively) think that they are actually interested in governing. it depends on who you mean by "they".
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 13, 2015 13:19:02 GMT -5
Well, I can't say I don't like the VP Palin part of that. Why not? It's not like her half term as 'the quitter' up there is Alaska, a boob job, and a bus tour are an adequate CV for such a high office. It's got to drive you libs nuts that even if all the claptrap you people spew about Palin were true, she's still better qualified to be POTUS than Obama.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 13, 2015 13:20:22 GMT -5
i think i am starting to see why the beltway and the GOP are taking Trump seriously. during 2012, NON-mainstream candidates were not taken seriously very long. they bubbled to the top, quickly made fools of themselves, and disappeared, with rare exceptions. over time, this made Romney look more and more inevitable- though if you were watching carefully, there was no reason to expect that Romney would not eventually prevail. it is almost the exact opposite in 2016. being a mainstream candidate is considered negative, and the ones that have bubbled to the top are not making serious errors that dethrone them quickly (other than Fiorina and her "i saw PP selling fetal brains on YouTube", followed by "i really did actually see that video"). i think Trump made a mistake with his tax proposal. it is a $12T black hole, and only physicists like black holes. Carson is doing a lot better by keeping it vague. that is smart this early, but it won't work forever. well, maybe it will. i don't really understand the GOP "outsider" mindset. radicalism is actually really bad for governing. You should at least credit David Brooks. (Yeah- I read it, too. It's horseshit.)
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 13, 2015 13:44:57 GMT -5
i think i am starting to see why the beltway and the GOP are taking Trump seriously. during 2012, NON-mainstream candidates were not taken seriously very long. they bubbled to the top, quickly made fools of themselves, and disappeared, with rare exceptions. over time, this made Romney look more and more inevitable- though if you were watching carefully, there was no reason to expect that Romney would not eventually prevail. it is almost the exact opposite in 2016. being a mainstream candidate is considered negative, and the ones that have bubbled to the top are not making serious errors that dethrone them quickly (other than Fiorina and her "i saw PP selling fetal brains on YouTube", followed by "i really did actually see that video"). i think Trump made a mistake with his tax proposal. it is a $12T black hole, and only physicists like black holes. Carson is doing a lot better by keeping it vague. that is smart this early, but it won't work forever. well, maybe it will. i don't really understand the GOP "outsider" mindset. radicalism is actually really bad for governing. You should at least credit David Brooks. (Yeah- I read it, too. It's horseshit.) i don't really know who David Brooks is, Paul. no kidding. what i wrote is based ENTIRELY on my own observations.
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Post by dondub on Oct 13, 2015 13:58:00 GMT -5
It's got to drive you libs nuts that even if all the claptrap you people spew about Palin were true, she's still better qualified to be POTUS than Obama.
No bimbo airhead has ever driven me nuts at all. And if you would like to deny my "spew" that Palin is a quitter please google the history of her governorship.
As for your assertion that she is more qualified to be POTUS than the guy that has been for 6 years I'll file that under the list of untruths that you have foisted on this board, in category D for delusions. She was a small town mayor and a quitter as governor. hard to compare that to Obama's resume', at least for all but the most extreme.
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 13, 2015 14:09:41 GMT -5
Well, I can't say I don't like the VP Palin part of that. Why not? It's not like her half term as 'the quitter' up there is Alaska, a boob job, and a bus tour are an adequate CV for such a high office. It's got to drive you libs nuts that even if all the claptrap you people spew about Palin were true, she's still better qualified to be POTUS than Obama. at least she knows when to quit. she could have written a doctoral thesis on it, if she hadn't quit school.
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Post by weltschmerz on Oct 13, 2015 14:34:16 GMT -5
Well, I can't say I don't like the VP Palin part of that. Why not? It's not like her half term as 'the quitter' up there is Alaska, a boob job, and a bus tour are an adequate CV for such a high office. It's got to drive you libs nuts that even if all the claptrap you people spew about Palin were true, she's still better qualified to be POTUS than Obama. Not nuts at all, as Bible Spice would have no effect on my life at all. It is hysterically funny, though. You had a woman vying to be VP, while not knowing what a VP does, and having no desire to learn. Too busy checking her tweets.
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Post by dondub on Oct 13, 2015 14:38:55 GMT -5
4 schools. She did win the Wasilla mayoral race with 651 votes the first time and 909 the second time. No claptrap there. Although with Wasilla being considered the meth capital of Alaska there was probably a clap trap or two somewhere in town. Then she did win the Governorship, although with less than 50% of the vote. (verifiable truth) Paul often cites that Clinton won with less than 50% of the vote too, for what ever reason. I do wonder how quitting on her constituency makes her more qualified than Obama. As for any spewed claptrap, it would be nice to see a few examples instead of the usual that because libs figured her out she must somehow be qualified. She is the most over her head pol I've ever witnessed.
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 13, 2015 14:42:11 GMT -5
4 schools. . that's why i suggested she could write a thesis on it. she is an expert, by any measure, at quitting.
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Post by dondub on Oct 13, 2015 14:50:10 GMT -5
The repos thought it would solidify their vote total if they pandered to the wackos out on the fringes of the party, considering McCain was less than an excellent candidate. I guess the TP types did vote as they were so enthusiastic for Caribou Barbie. When Romney came along, a better candidate than McCain, they stayed home and complained about RINO's. What a fabulous strategy that was. Some noted members here didn't even vote.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 13, 2015 23:30:14 GMT -5
At least she didn't campaign in 58 states.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 13, 2015 23:31:49 GMT -5
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Oct 13, 2015 23:34:20 GMT -5
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 14, 2015 0:06:36 GMT -5
i pointed this out a few days ago, along with the fact that Trump's lead is down to 5%.
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Post by djAdvocate on Oct 14, 2015 0:28:15 GMT -5
At least she didn't campaign in 58 states. 57. don't exaggerate. no, but she knows how important it is to stand with our North Korean allies.
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 14, 2015 8:49:48 GMT -5
The Donald will be hosting SNL November 7th.
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Post by Value Buy on Oct 14, 2015 9:23:37 GMT -5
The Donald will be hosting SNL November 7th. If Hillary can appear on SNL, for the grins and giggles, I have no problem with Donald on SNL as the host. He was recently on the Tonight show with Jimmy Fallon, and had no problem poking fun at himself.
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