Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby drsmooth » Tue Nov 10, 2015 23:52:42

Ted Cruz saying out loud he wants to go back to a gold-backed currency system.

Bzzzzzzt! Your abject ignorance disqualifies you from executive office, Mr. Cruz. Please return to your seat.
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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby drsmooth » Wed Nov 11, 2015 00:07:20

what if you conducted a nominating process and no actual credible candidates showed up? I had hopes for Kasich but, well, no
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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby SK790 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 00:09:26

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drsmooth wrote:"Many" employers are NOT opting to pay the ACA fine for not offering coverage, money honey.

Yeah, for a 'business' channel they don't seem to do much research I guess?

Just running a "fair" debate!
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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby drsmooth » Wed Nov 11, 2015 00:20:13

Fox postmortem: "Ben Carson delivered in a BIG way"

they were watching on a monitor that was unearthed from the pyramids
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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby smitty » Wed Nov 11, 2015 00:26:57

To sum up.

Democrats have ruined the country.

We will make America great again.

We'll take care of everybody except rich people.

We'll take care of Veterans. We'll run the illegals out and build a beautiful fence and increase the Defense budget and cut taxes.

We'll take care of women and children and everyone. Except rich people.

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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby Doll Is Mine » Wed Nov 11, 2015 00:59:03

Did one of the moderators really ask whose tax plan God would endorse?

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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby Doll Is Mine » Wed Nov 11, 2015 01:00:53

Vanity Fair's worst moments:

Marco Rubio, on technology: “Took the telephone 75 years to reach 100 million users. Took Candy Crush one year to reach 100 million users.”

Moderator Neil Cavuto, on tax plans: “Whose plan would God endorse?”

Ben Carson, on taxes: “I do care about the poor people.”

Ted Cruz, on taxes: “There are more words in the I.R.S. code than there are in the Bible. And not a one of them is good.”

Marco Rubio: “You know what [the banks] say, with a wink and a nod? We are so big.”

Ted Cruz (channeling Rick Perry), on the size of government: “Five major agencies that I would eliminate, the IRS, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, the Department of Commerce and HUD.”

Ben Carson, on fighting “global jihadists”: “We have to make them look like losers.”

Donald Trump, on his foreign policy advisors: “I spoke to a general two weeks ago. A general who is really up on what we’re talking about.”

Donald Trump, on Putin: “As far as Syria, I like if Putin wants to go in, and I got to know him very well because we were both on 60 Minutes, we were stablemates, we did well that night.” (Note: they appeared on the show from separate continents.)

Donald Trump on Russia, an actual nuclear power: “First of all, it’s not only Russia. We have problems with North Korea, where they actually have nuclear weapons.”

Donald Trump, on the Iranian nuclear deal: “We talk about Iran and that’s one of the worst deals ever made, one of the worst contracts ever signed, ever in anything.”

Donald Trump, on Carly Fiorina: “Why does she keep interrupting everybody? Terrible.”

Donald Trump, on why he’s better than John Kasich: “Built an unbelievable company worth billions and billions of dollars. I don’t have to hear from this man. Believe me. I don’t have to hear from him.”

Jeb Bush: stays silent when Donald Trump tells him to stay silent.

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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby Doll Is Mine » Wed Nov 11, 2015 01:02:44

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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby Doll Is Mine » Wed Nov 11, 2015 01:05:39

I think what killed John Kasich tonight was his comment that he would save the banks if they failed again, and when he was pressured by Ted Cruz made some ridiculous comment about saving the hard-earned people's money and not those that are well off.

The crowd even moaned when he said that.

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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby pacino » Wed Nov 11, 2015 01:08:03

Am I living in The Onion?
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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby Doll Is Mine » Wed Nov 11, 2015 01:10:04

They didn't even include the best moment. Trump kept going on and on how the TPP was a horrible deal because China are crooks and Rand Paul non-chalantly says "is anyone going to tell him that China isn't part of the deal?"

lol...

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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby pacino » Wed Nov 11, 2015 01:16:33

Apparently Trump said wages were already too high in the US.


Fiorina said the ACA helps no one. My job is useless.
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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby Doll Is Mine » Wed Nov 11, 2015 01:18:50

pacino wrote:Apparently Trump said wages were already too high in the US.

Fiorina said the ACA helps no one. My job is useless.


Yeah, he said "wages are too high". This was when they were discussing the minimum wage.

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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby Phan In Phlorida » Wed Nov 11, 2015 05:13:16

smitty wrote:Carly wants a war with Russia. Awesome.

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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby Soren » Wed Nov 11, 2015 06:57:46

Phan In Phlorida wrote:
smitty wrote:Carly wants a war with Russia. Awesome.

Missiles are cheaper than inkjet cartridges.


Well the trick with that is that when you buy the silo it comes with a rocket in it but it only has 1/4 of the fuel it needs.
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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby drsmooth » Wed Nov 11, 2015 07:48:38

Doll Is Mine wrote:They didn't even include the best moment. Trump kept going on and on how the TPP was a horrible deal because China are crooks and Rand Paul non-chalantly says "is anyone going to tell him that China isn't part of the deal?"

lol...


Paul had some scores that were reminiscent of his old man's. He can be good when he's in droll humor mode, particularly on foreign policy & defense. Unlike the others on the podium he does at least some homework. His contrast with McCain-lite Rubio is especially sharp. Sullen young hipsters who need a candidate for their contrarian votes should take note.
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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby Bucky » Wed Nov 11, 2015 09:55:54

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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby Soren » Wed Nov 11, 2015 11:30:00

France won’t dine with Iran unless wine is served
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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby traderdave » Wed Nov 11, 2015 11:40:58

Doll Is Mine wrote:They didn't even include the best moment. Trump kept going on and on how the TPP was a horrible deal because China are crooks and Rand Paul non-chalantly says "is anyone going to tell him that China isn't part of the deal?"

lol...


That was a truly awesome moment, which also included this nugget from Trump:

"The TPP is horrible deal. It is a deal that is going to lead to nothing but trouble. It’s a deal that was designed for China to come in, as they always do, through the back door and totally take advantage of everyone. It’s 5,600 pages long. So complex that nobodies read it".

If I were a moderator I would have followed up with: if nobody (which presumably includes you) has read it, how do you know its a bad deal?

The really sad thing is that many of the talking heads seem to be including Trump as one of the "winners" last night. Well I spoke to somebody who is really up on it and I thought Trump was terrible. I am hoping that people will eventually come to the conclusion that saying whatever the hell you feel like saying (most of which is 1/32" deep) does not equal winning. Or maybe it does, I really cannot tell anymore in this country. Everyone likes to talk about how the shrinking middle class but perhaps even more scary is the shrinking political middle. The extreme ends of the political teeter-totter are getting awfully full.

God forgive me for saying it out loud but I thought Rand Paul did really well. Seemed like the only adult on the stage.

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Re: Wanted: House Speaker Apply Within (Politics thread)

Postby SK790 » Wed Nov 11, 2015 11:52:13

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