I think you forgot to close with a [/sarcasm] tag.
I think he forgot to open his mind tag.
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this one needs more Squad Leader
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Saw my first Trump lawn sign â 5-6 houses down from me. Part of me wants to talk to the guy and see why heâs pro-Trump. The only reasons I can think of are ⌠you really hate the Democratic partyâs platform ⌠or you really hate Hillary Clinton⌠Clintonâs whole email thing is going to sink her.(being cleared or not is irrelevant â Trump will be all over her on this and enough people will believe what he says if he says it often enough).
This textbook case narcissist has a decent shot at winning.
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Just a question ⌠if you vote for a third party, does that make you NOT an AMERICAN, or does would that make you a TRUE AMERICAN? See ⌠I was born here and would like to stay. Just not 100% sure who Iâm allowed to vote for.
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Seems very possible! What I donât quite get is the whole superdelegate thing, which is wrapped up with the idea that so many Dems (let alone its establishment core) are backing Clinton over Sanders because they need a winner over Trump, and sheâs more likely to be one than Sanders. But polls show Clintonâs support is shriveling, and Sanders is growing, especially in a projected match with Trump (who ran running scared from a debate with Sanders). Point being: if the Democratic Party wants to win, why donât they do what superdelegates were designed to do, and back the candidate whoâs more likely to put a Dem in the White House?
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I wish I knew. But Iâm guessing â just a guess â that has has to do with allegiance, alliance (same thing?), and money. Nobody wants to be the first person to walk off the field and go play for another team â to do so puts one at risk of not being followed which would be political suicide. Itâs better to just go with the flow â and hell if she loses the election, guess what life goes on career wise for those politicians.
Interestingly enough, I saw the whole âsuperdelegatesâ thing as a way to ensure that a âDonald Trumpâ type character doesnât run away with the Democratic nomination.
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Eh, you could (unjustifiedly) say Iâm in the tank for Hillary, but I donât think Bernie is more electable. The barrage of attacks from the right making Bernie out to be the second coming of Stalin and Pol Pot all wrapped into one would be withering.
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It is, isnât it?
IIRC, McGovern helped put a system in place after '68 to give voters more of a say than party leaders, then used it to win in '72. Then, when he got stabbed in the back by centrist Dems (and after Carter lost badly in '80) they added super delegates to let the party put their thumbs on the scale to stop fringe (read:left wing) candidates from winning the primary again.
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That sound you hear is my eyes rolling so far back in my head that they fell out and are rolling around on the floor.
Sheâs been repeatedly cleared of any wrongdoing. If âthe email thingâ sinks her itâs because of the same ignorance thatâs letting Trump get nominated.
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Well she could use some contrast.
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Getting back to the topic, how much has all this litigation cost ordinary taxpayers for such things as court upkeep, judge/bailiff/court clerk salaries, âExhibit Aâ labels, etc., etc.? I canât imagine âcourt costsâ cover everything. Not to mention making the rest of us wait in line to have a so-called âspeedy trial.â
Edit: added âusâ
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Oh I should edit my comment there (I will). Iâm not saying she did anything illegal, or wonât be cleared, etc ⌠not commenting on that. But Trump is going to be all over that and enough people â hearing it again and again â will start believing itâs true. Itâll be used by Trump to put doubt in peoplesâ minds. So yeah Iâm agreeing with you.
Iâm actually looking forward to their first debate. I think itâll have an enormous impact on the election.
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Same here. The daily updates on poll numbers are so meaningless right now; once the race becomes Clinton v Trump (or, well, Sanders v Trump, crazier things have happened) rather than Clinton and Sanders snarling at each other while Trump enjoys a free media-coverage buffet, the whole dynamic will change. Iâm very much looking forward to getting it over with, really.
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Informed observers disagree.
Yes, thereâs a particular brand of hair-on-fire left-wing journalism thatâs as fixated on her emails as FOX News is, itâs true.
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I suspect those are exactly the roots he meant. Ah, the good old days!
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From the article:
However, even by those measures, the number of cases in which Trump is involved is extraordinary. For comparison, USA TODAY analyzed the legal involvement for five top real-estate business executives: Edward DeBartolo, shopping-center developer and former San Francisco 49ers owner; Donald Bren, Irvine Company chairman and owner; Stephen Ross, Time Warner Center developer; Sam Zell, Chicago real-estate magnate; and Larry Silverstein, a New York developer famous for his involvement in the World Trade Center properties.
To maintain an apples-to-apples comparison, only actions that used the developersâ names were included. The analysis found Trump has been involved in more legal skirmishes than all five of the others â combined.
Reading is FUNdamental, or so I hear.
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Which wallpaper, in your humble opinion, would look best in their office?
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The republicans say that they are against liberalismâbut liberalism has deep philosophical roots. To attack liberals, you must think like a fascist and uproot it all, even the supposedly âgoodâ parts. The delusion of objectivity strengthens and empowers liberals, and the belief in shallow âfactsâ blinds society to deeper truths.
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