pacino wrote:It's pathetic.

Brantt wrote:

Youseff wrote:

Brantt wrote:

Youseff wrote:ok, well I've confirmed my preconceived belief that Trump fans are bigots and doofuses concerned with "PC culture" that cant defend their doofus beliefs.

Incredibly lazy and weak.

A complete bailout.

You seem to be on the same intellectual level as pacino.

These are not positive traits.

significantly above you?

Yet the crazy thing is you'd have to come to me to try to get a job. Pacino too.

I wouldn't hire either of you though. Too soft. If you were actually as smart as you thought you were, then you'd have something.

Feel the Berrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn.

Edit........just remember, if Trump doesn't get the nomination and somehow Bernie pulls it off, I'll be back on your "team." That's big. I need to be welcomed with open arms.

Monkeyboy wrote:Brantt, I think what people don't understand (or at least what I don't understand) is how your top two picks can be Trump and Sanders. I assume you can't be voting based on policy positions because those two are completely opposed to each other. I think your stated reason is that you want someone from the outside, anyone from the outside to win. OK, but what about these two is from the outside? Sanders is a career politician and Trump is the poster boy for what the GOP insiders want -- concentrated wealth, people riled up about stupid social issues, and complete immunity from failure (except for poor people who just have to learn!!!). How many times has Trump filed bankruptcy?

Ultimately, which one of these candidates would tear down the current system? Trump? I really hope you don't think that. He's benefitted from the system as much or more than anyone, gaming it to his advantage and covering up his failures thanks to his vast wealth. Do you really think he'll tear things down? I think he'll build more walls to keep people from tearing it down. Rich people and the horrible money in the system will never be safer.

I agree that Bernie would try to make changes.... he's probably the only candidate that would. Hillary would make modest reform, at least pushing in the right direction, but the banks will be safe.

Anyway, I'm just trying to figure out if you really think Trump will do anything to change the system. I think that is really, really wrong and I'd like some kind of evidence that shows he'll do that. He says he's a Christian and all kinds of things, so him just saying he will tear it down will not be proof enough. I would love to see something tangible.

Brantt wrote:....name calling and throwing tantrums...

Rep. Graham Hunt, a conservative from Orting, Wash., wants to go even farther in correcting what he also considers a “grave overstep by a government agency.”

“Repealing is great because it undoes what happened,” Hunt told The Daily Signal minutes before dropping his own bill addressing the updated rules. “But I don’t think it preserves or protects to prevent this from happening again in another way.”

On Wednesday at the state capitol, Hunt introduced a bill that bans transgender individuals from using bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, or saunas if such individuals are “preoperative, nonoperative, or otherwise [have] genitalia of a different gender from that for which the facility is segregated.”

“I’ve tried to make this about the genitalia,” Hunt said bluntly. “If you don’t have the parts…if you don’t have the plumbing, then you don’t go in.”

The legislation includes exceptions for parents and caretakers of minors or persons with disabilities, and enforcement, he said, “would be complaint driven.”

drsmooth wrote:

Brantt wrote:....name calling and throwing tantrums...

why so down on Youseff, when this is essentially the governing 'platform' (and the essence of every one of his "policies", for that matter) of your candidate of choice?

pacino wrote:

slugsrbad wrote:

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad wrote:Defeat Ted Cruz

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/19/politics/terry-branstad-ted-cruz-defeat/index.html

known liberal!

i love that reason he dislikes Cruz is because Cruz supports one massive subsidy to a set of corporations (oil) while he supports a completely different massive subsidy to a different set of corporations (ethanol/corn). pathetic

It takes about 29 percent more energy to refine a gallon of ethanol than gasoline, and that process is often fueled by dirty sources like coal. Factor in the emissions generated during this production process, and ethanol sometimes comes in less green than old-fashioned gasoline. On top of that, burning ethanol also emits higher quantities of the chemical compounds that produce smog.

It takes about 29 percent more energy to refine a gallon of ethanol than gasoline. Then again, perhaps it’s not surprising that Trump likes federal support of ethanol. After all, the real-estate mogul’s business model has historically hinged on using tax abatements and other subsidies to make his building projects profitable.

(An example: As we reported in August, Trump Tower — which features a Gucci store Trump claimed was “worth more money than Romney” — has received a $163.775 million tax break from the city of New York.)

Many of Trump’s constituents have rejected the so-called Republican establishment because of its corrupt preferential treatment for Wall Street and Big Business. But Trump’s support for ethanol belies his populist Main Street rhetoric. In reality, he’s just another rich, East Coast politician who would prop up special interests at the expense of the taxpayer

Brantt wrote:

drsmooth wrote:

Brantt wrote:....name calling and throwing tantrums...

why so down on Youseff, when this is essentially the governing 'platform' (and the essence of every one of his "policies", for that matter) of your candidate of choice?

Nah, Trump's go to market strategy, and my message board strategy for years is always throw the second punch. That way outbursts are completely justified since you didn't start the altercation or deterioration of the argument and you can always fall back on playing the victim if need be.

Simple stuff. But you also have to come hard at all times. That's where Youseff falters. My vision of him is the kid from the "leave Brittany alone" videos.

SK790 wrote:

Brantt wrote:

drsmooth wrote:

Brantt wrote:....name calling and throwing tantrums...

why so down on Youseff, when this is essentially the governing 'platform' (and the essence of every one of his "policies", for that matter) of your candidate of choice?

Nah, Trump's go to market strategy, and my message board strategy for years is always throw the second punch. That way outbursts are completely justified since you didn't start the altercation or deterioration of the argument and you can always fall back on playing the victim if need be.

Simple stuff. But you also have to come hard at all times. That's where Youseff falters. My vision of him is the kid from the "leave Brittany alone" videos.

Sounds like some great presidential qualities.

Brantt wrote:I'm not necessarily looking for someone to tear the system down, rather would just like to have a President in my lifetime who is not on the take from big money and actually governs the country based on what he genuinely thinks is best for the country and the citizens.