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Jes Beard

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« Reply #330 on: February 19, 2016, 07:30:18 am »
Bloomberg getting into a Trump vs. Sanders race would basically just gift wrap the election for Sanders, and word has it that would be the only way Bloomberg gets in.  I think Sanders would love it if he could portray himself as the man of the people versus a couple of ego driven billionaires trying to buy the presidency.


I'd be interested in voting for Bloomberg in that kind of race, but he'd be making a mistake if he ran. 

Not at all.  It would seriously increase the odds a Republican would win.

CurtOne

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« Reply #331 on: February 23, 2016, 08:52:36 am »
Trump tweet

Donald J. Trump

‎@realDonaldTrump

I hear the Rickets family, who own the Chicago Cubs, are secretly spending $'s against me. They better be careful, they have a lot to hide!
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« Reply #332 on: February 23, 2016, 09:03:28 am »
Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse response to Mr Trump.

Ben Sasse ‏@BenSasse  16h16 hours ago
Ben Sasse Retweeted Donald J. Trump
Yeah, we should definitely put @realDonaldTrump in charge of the FBI and the IRS.
#WhatWouldNixonDo

ticohans

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« Reply #333 on: February 23, 2016, 05:03:00 pm »
Anyone but Trump. Seriously. Except maybe Cruz.

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« Reply #334 on: February 23, 2016, 05:19:26 pm »
Cant we just delay this for a year? see if more competent candidates come around?

I have changed my view on Trump, if enough people want to vote for him and he gets the crown.... so be it. they had it coming to em.

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« Reply #335 on: February 23, 2016, 05:22:55 pm »
He's gonna be the POTUS whether we like it or not.

Anyone but Hilary.

brjones

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« Reply #336 on: February 23, 2016, 05:36:52 pm »
I'm to the point where I think Hillary is the least bad of all of them.  She and Kasich are the only two I don't think would be complete disasters (and don't get me wrong, I think both of them would be bad). I have no confidence in any of the other four governing on a daily basis.

It says a lot about the political system when someone who is as far right as Rubio is branded as the "establishment" candidate.

Jes Beard

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« Reply #337 on: February 23, 2016, 06:50:28 pm »
He's gonna be the POTUS whether we like it or not.

Anyone but Hilary.

The perfect Trump supporter.

ticohans

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« Reply #338 on: February 23, 2016, 07:31:42 pm »
I honestly don't know how far right Rubio is. I think he's pretty standard republican, which is obviously right of center, but I don't think Rubio is an extreme manifestation of right wing politics.

Paul was always the guy I wanted, but he was never going to get elected. I'd love Kasich, but that's not going to happen either. Even though I am actually very concerned about the practical outcomes of some of Bernie's more extreme leftist positions, the truth is that Washington is so gridlocked that I doubt he'd be able to accomplish much of the things on his furthest-left-leaning agenda. Within that context, I would gladly vote for Bernie over Hillary, Trump, and Cruz, because I think he is a truly decent man, someone who is honest and stands by principles, and someone not so pig headed as to be unreasonable. I'd vote for Hillary ahead of Trump or Cruz; Trump because he's a lunatic narcissist, Cruz because he's ideologically dangerous.

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« Reply #339 on: February 23, 2016, 07:32:44 pm »
Property in Belize is starting to become appealing.

Jes Beard

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« Reply #340 on: February 23, 2016, 07:40:33 pm »
, I would gladly vote for Bernie over Hillary, Trump, and Cruz, because I think he is a truly decent man

Yup.  It's always "decent" to forcibly take the earnings of one person to give them to another,

Can't get more decent than that.

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« Reply #341 on: February 23, 2016, 07:41:42 pm »
I'm to the point where I think Hillary is the least bad of all of them.  She and Kasich are the only two I don't think would be
It says a lot about the political system when someone who is as far right as Rubio is branded as the "establishment" candidate.

With the Democratic party producing radical leftists like Obama and Sanders, it is going to make any mainstream politician look far to the right.

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« Reply #342 on: February 23, 2016, 08:00:27 pm »
Clinton will become President, Democrats will regain the Senate, and then she'll name Obama to the Supreme Court.    The Republicans will have shot themselves in the foot with a shotgun.

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« Reply #343 on: February 23, 2016, 08:10:13 pm »
With the Democratic party producing radical leftists like Obama and Sanders, it is going to make any mainstream politician look far to the right.

The Heritage Foundation rates Rubio as the 4th most conservative senator, behind only Cruz, Mike Lee, and Richard Shelby.  And the Heritage Foundation doesn't like anyone who's not far right.  He's clearly far right, and nowhere close to being part of the same "establishment" of guys like Bush and Kasich. 

http://heritageactionscorecard.com/

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« Reply #344 on: February 23, 2016, 08:34:20 pm »
Bold prediction:  The Republican Party will NEVER AGAIN win a Presidential election as long as the United States of America exists.