Trump cheats at golf - the ONE and ONLY politics thread

old_tony · Feb 3, 2016

Michael_ Gee said: ↑

Let's recap. Iowa Republican caucus participants are very conservative overall and heavily evangelical. The most conservative and evangelical candidate finished first, the second-most conservative but hardly evangelical candidate finished second and the third most conservative candidate came in third. Seems pretty logical to me.
Iowa Democratic caucusgoers are very liberal overall. They are majority women, and like voters everywhere, are more likely to be old or middle aged than young. The very, very liberal candidate and the woman just plain liberal candidate finished in a tie. Also sounds logical.
I wouldn't put a Confederate nickel on any predictions for either the primaries or general election based on the above data.
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If you really think Trump is the "second-most conservative," you either aren't paying attention ... or worse.

SnarkShark · Feb 3, 2016

www.Loser.com

Click it.

Spartan Squad · Feb 3, 2016

SnarkShark said: ↑

www.Loser.com

Click it.
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That isn't some link that one of my coworkers would send me that I open in mixed company and have to quickly click out of it?

BDC99 · Feb 3, 2016

Spartan Squad said: ↑

That isn't some link that one of my coworkers would send me that I open in mixed company and have to quickly click out of it?
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Only one way to find out!

Alma · Feb 3, 2016

Clinton vs. Rubio

HanSenSE · Feb 3, 2016

SnarkShark said: ↑

www.Loser.com

Click it.
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Click bait?

Riptide · Feb 3, 2016

exmediahack · Feb 3, 2016

RickStain said: ↑

I'm 95% sure that sanity will reign, but if Bernie Sanders wins the nomination, I want a personal explanation from every liberal that voted for him after mocking Republicans for nominating old white guys too far from center to be electable.
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Or if any

SFIND said: ↑

I think some of you underestimate and misunderstand Rubio. I think he's closer ideologically to a Rockefeller Republican and plays the part of a Goldwater. I mean, how much of Goldwater can you really be listening to hip hop while growing up in Miami?

I don't have the time to look it up, but there was a story a few years ago about him teaching Political Science part-time at some Florida university. From that and all other articles I've read about him, he's very intelligent and calculative of everything he says or does -- much moreso than Cruz or others. Unlike Cruz, I don't think Rubio believes much of the hard-line twaddle he spews. The "we'll never know how fast the earth was created" line is a perfect example -- doesn't alienate moderates as much as "God created the Earth in seven literal days" and doesn't scare off the Evangelicals by saying "Science has proven that's not factually accurate but I still believe it metaphorically/mythological."

Rubio gives me some (limited) excitement (I'm a realist and will never fully drink the kool-aid of anybody). I followed him since he was elected six years ago. I think he would tackle immigration and help support a viable long-term solution (as he tried with the Gang of 8). He will get my vote in the primary. If he doesn't get the nomination, I'm voting for Clinton vs. Cruz or Trump. As much as I don't like Hillary, I trust her more in the office than the wingnut or the hair.
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Rubio just has to wait out Trump/Cruz to have their meltdown and then move in. He has the message discipline the other two don't have. I'll agree that, when he seems to go 'hard-edge' to appeal to the far right, it's like watching a high school student in a debate class having the advocate for the side he's not fully invested in. You're also right on Rubio in that EVERYTHING he says is calculated for future reaction...and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

YankeeFan · Feb 3, 2016

Donald Trump Isn’t Real
FEBRUARY 2, 2016

David Brooks

Donald Trump was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2013. He’d been involved with professional wrestlingfor over a quarter century. At first his interest was on the business side, because so many of the events were held at his hotels. But then he began appearing in the ring as an actual character.

His greatest moment came in 2007 with the pay-per-view series called “Battle of the Billionaires,” when he verbally went up against the WWE’s chief executive, Vince McMahon. The feud started when Trump interrupted McMahon on Fan Appreciation Night and upstaged him by raining thousands of dollars in cash down on the crowd in the arena. It continued with a verbal barrage and proxy match, and ended with a triumphant Trump shaving McMahon’s head in the middle of the ring.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/02/opinion/donald-trump-isnt-real.html?_r=2

YankeeFan · Feb 3, 2016

Rand Paul out.

No real surprise. He needs to focus on getting reelected to the Senate.

cranberry · Feb 3, 2016

SFIND said: ↑

I think some of you underestimate and misunderstand Rubio. I think he's closer ideologically to a Rockefeller Republican and plays the part of a Goldwater. I mean, how much of Goldwater can you really be listening to hip hop while growing up in Miami?

I don't have the time to look it up, but there was a story a few years ago about him teaching Political Science part-time at some Florida university. From that and all other articles I've read about him, he's very intelligent and calculative of everything he says or does -- much moreso than Cruz or others. Unlike Cruz, I don't think Rubio believes much of the hard-line twaddle he spews. The "we'll never know how fast the earth was created" line is a perfect example -- doesn't alienate moderates as much as "God created the Earth in seven literal days" and doesn't scare off the Evangelicals by saying "Science has proven that's not factually accurate but I still believe it metaphorically/mythological."

Rubio gives me some (limited) excitement (I'm a realist and will never fully drink the kool-aid of anybody). I followed him since he was elected six years ago. I think he would tackle immigration and help support a viable long-term solution (as he tried with the Gang of 8). He will get my vote in the primary. If he doesn't get the nomination, I'm voting for Clinton vs. Cruz or Trump. As much as I don't like Hillary, I trust her more in the office than the wingnut or the hair.
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Rubio has been owned by Norman Braman his entire political career. Braman has bankrolled Rubio's career, employed him as a lawyer, hired his wife to work for his charity, helped fund his position as a college instructor and bailed him out when his personal finances were a mess. Rubio stands for whatever Braman wants him to stand for.

YankeeFan · Feb 3, 2016

Rubio has always been a Dolphins fan. You think Braman supports the Dolphins? Huh?

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