Trump cheats at golf - the ONE and ONLY politics thread

There is only one side to every story.

 

When the BernieBros are chanting "She's a liar!" when Hillary comes on the screen, I think you overestimate how easily they will fall in line.

 

People get hot during campaigns and say stupid stuff all the time. It's a given, look at all of us. But if Sanders endorses Clinton, as he has said he will, what are the Bros going to do? Repudiate their idol? I doubt it. Sanders is an idealist/ideologue call it what you will. He has garnered more influence to advance his ideas in the last six months than in his previous 20 years in Congress. He's not likely to throw that away to play spoiler. At 75, he can't wait around until 2020. A Clinton victory is very much in his interest, and he will almost surely do what he can to make sure his supporters see it that way, too.

 

A lot of Bernie's voters are pretty young and might not vote if he's not on the ballot.

Unless Trump scares them to the polls.

 

She just had a baby. Starman's probably busy trying to get a DNA sample.

 

Who told Iran it was fine for them to have nuclear weapons? Your answer cannot be Obama.

 

The deal Obama made ensures Iran will have nukes. At best, it slows down their timetable. Eventually they can build them with no repercussions.

 

What was stopping Iran before the deal?

 

I think "the media" gets it all too well. And, some of them realize a simple argument that appeals to tens of millions of people too dumb to understand the world's complexities is not a good basis for sound policy.

 

Depends on the policy. I haven't seen much in the way of media skepticism re: e.g., the $15 minimum wage.

 

I'm not surprised OT doesn't remember much about past elections. They don't usually paint him in a good light.

The Bernie Bros may be loud in some corners of the internet, but right now Clinton is more popular with primary voters who aren't voting for her than is normal for this point in a relatively contested primary.

Basically, it's the Ratters vs. Eagles effect, the Robbers Cave experiment. Put people into two groups fighting over one thing, and they'll get like this every time. And then in a few months there will be two new groups and no matter how much they swear they won't fall in line, they will.