Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby Gimpy » Fri Mar 04, 2016 17:57:25

JFLNYC wrote:Used to be that if you found a Black guy at the bottom of a swamp tied up in chains you'd think, OK, just like him to steal more chains than he could swim with.


More chains than he could swim with? So zero?

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby Houshphandzadeh » Fri Mar 04, 2016 18:00:24

violets aren't even blue

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby Bucky » Fri Mar 04, 2016 18:36:10

What he left out of that speech, however, is that last month Romney quietly filed with the Federal Election Commission, reactivating his Presidential campaign organizations, Romney for President, Inc. and Romney Victory, Inc. By reactivating his campaign committees, Romney will now be able to collect campaign contributions and coordinate fundraising activities with other organizations. On these forms, it even tells us which organizations will be part of this fundraising. These organizations already set up to fund-raise with Romney’s new campaign committee are the Idaho Republican Party, the Massachusetts Republican Party, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, the Oklahoma Leadership Council, the Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, and the Republican National Committee.


http://reverbpress.com/politics/battleg ... ommittees/

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby Slowhand » Fri Mar 04, 2016 18:39:16

I have this morbid curiosity to go see Trump tomorrow so I can get a look at these cretins up close. Tried convincing my Muslim boss to go, but for some reason he's not interested.
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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby jerseyhoya » Fri Mar 04, 2016 18:41:34

Bucky wrote:
What he left out of that speech, however, is that last month Romney quietly filed with the Federal Election Commission, reactivating his Presidential campaign organizations, Romney for President, Inc. and Romney Victory, Inc. By reactivating his campaign committees, Romney will now be able to collect campaign contributions and coordinate fundraising activities with other organizations. On these forms, it even tells us which organizations will be part of this fundraising. These organizations already set up to fund-raise with Romney’s new campaign committee are the Idaho Republican Party, the Massachusetts Republican Party, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, the Oklahoma Leadership Council, the Vermont Republican Federal Elections Committee, and the Republican National Committee.


http://reverbpress.com/politics/battleg ... ommittees/

This isn't actually what happened. Old campaigns filed amended stuff all the time.

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby BigEd76 » Fri Mar 04, 2016 18:43:00

Carson is out. bout time

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby traderdave » Fri Mar 04, 2016 19:27:59

Exactly 11 months too late.

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby SK790 » Fri Mar 04, 2016 20:15:57

Sucks for his friends who made a mint off of "consulting" on his campaign. One of the most obvious non - campaigns I can ever remember.
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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby SK790 » Fri Mar 04, 2016 20:21:02

JFLNYC wrote:
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TomatoPie wrote:I think this was posted here - great article that The PC Police Propelled Trump.

The last time the liberals shut down the voices of ordinary Americans, they got Reagan in response. I was one of those young and neither left-nor-right people at the time - confused and frustrated that no one was speaking up for the America in which I was raised and its values. Standing up to overpaid postal workers and then stomping on pissant countries that dared to defy us - that was red meat, baby.

Today you may have Fox News and Am yak radio, but you have an overwhelming PC police force in politics and the media. Here is what's in the mind of Trump voters:

* A cop shoots a black guy. Used to be, OK, a criminal got shot. Now #BLM and the cop is a criminal and you're a racist if you challenge that.

* A freak starts wearing dresses and calling himself a lady. Used to be, ha-ha what a freak. Now (s)he is brave and noble and Woman Of The Year. You're intolerant and bigoted if you don't embrace her wonder.

* Overwhelmingly, modern terrorism is Islamist. But if you dare whisper that or fret about how we vet Muslim immigrants, you're a racist.

Finally along comes a guy who says what you're thinking.

Trump is enabled because the PC police have shouted down every other politician, professor, pundit, and public figure. You could have had reasoned discussion, but you closed it off. So now you get the crass version.


Lemme guess, you find what's "it" today to be weird and scary.


Used to be that if you found a Black guy at the bottom of a swamp tied up in chains you'd think, OK, just like him to steal more chains than he could swim with. Now the PC police want you to believe some racists guys chained the guy up, dragged him around from the back of a pickup truck and dumped in a swamp.

Used to be if you saw a couple of gay guys in the park you just kicked the shit out of them. Now you not only have to let them get married, you also have to sell those cupcakes a cupcake.

Used to be if you didn't want the Jews around you just rounded them up, stuffed them into cattle cars, hauled them off and toasted them. Now you actually have to let them in your country club.

The PC police have destroyed American traditions and values and you can't even discuss this stuff with them in a fair and balanced way!

You gotta love that in TP's own example that it's assumed the black guy who got shot is a criminal(which we know is always true, I read it on CATO).

Also people who do something different in order to feel better about themselves while not bothering anyone are "freaks" and deserved to be made fun of and most terrorists are Islam despite most mass shootings in this country being committed by white males.

Clearly the PC Police(and facts!) are the problem.
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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby Monkeyboy » Fri Mar 04, 2016 20:39:31

Yh, it used to be you could call a freak a freak. Now you have to treat them like a person. It's crazy!
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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby jerseyhoya » Sat Mar 05, 2016 00:45:52

Cruz is apparently going all in to deny Rubio Florida handing it to Trump so he can get a 1 on 1 with Trump, except he'll be a few hundred delegates behind, with all of his good states gone, and most of the delegates already allocated. Plus there's no guarantee Kasich will leave (especially if he wins Ohio), which would completely screw Cruz because a ton of Marco's vote would go to Kasich. And Rubio is not guaranteed to leave the race either. All in all seems like an awesome plan from Cruz.

If this actually happens from Ted, that would be a fitting bow tie on this shitshow. The most obnoxious self righteous prick in the party acting in a fashion detrimental to the party, the conservative movement, the country, and his own chances of being nominated (which I think are much higher in a contested convention where he's got the most non-Trump delegates than in a 1 on 1 v Trump) because he thinks he has the best plan possible and everyone will love him if only things will work out according to his own most brilliant plan. This seems even more poorly thought out than the government shutdown.

My counter to this is Rubio needs to spend time and money in NC and IL, which are both also on 3/15. Both states are demographically better for him than Florida. Win one of them and can go on without winning Florida. But really if Cruz goes up negative against Rubio just fucking burn it down. What a disgrace.

The institutional weakness of the Republican Party has many, many factors to blame, but good god this is such a shitshow.

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby SK790 » Sat Mar 05, 2016 00:52:41

What a shock, a Republican who is willing to fuck a bunch of others over for the slightest chance at personal gain.
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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby jerseyhoya » Sat Mar 05, 2016 00:53:37

SK790 wrote:What a shock, a Republican who is willing to fuck a bunch of others over for the slightest chance at personal gain.

Your party is nominating Hillary Clinton :h:

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby Bucky » Sat Mar 05, 2016 00:54:30

one of my friends made the observation that cruz sounds like dana carvey doing GHWB

can't argue with him

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby Doll Is Mine » Sat Mar 05, 2016 01:04:06

jerseyhoya wrote:
SK790 wrote:What a shock, a Republican who is willing to fuck a bunch of others over for the slightest chance at personal gain.

Your party is nominating Hillary Clinton :h:


What's wrong with Hillary Clinton?

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby td11 » Sat Mar 05, 2016 01:33:43

jerseyhoya wrote:
SK790 wrote:What a shock, a Republican who is willing to fuck a bunch of others over for the slightest chance at personal gain.

Your party is nominating Hillary Clinton :h:

What
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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby jerseyhoya » Sat Mar 05, 2016 01:44:37

td11 wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:
SK790 wrote:What a shock, a Republican who is willing to fuck a bunch of others over for the slightest chance at personal gain.

Your party is nominating Hillary Clinton :h:

What

How much are the Clintons' worth? How many corporations whose policies she 'opposes' as a pol has she feted in her speeches? How much shady shit has the family condoned to garner speaking fees for Bill and Hillary and donations to the Clinton Foundation?

You think it's particularly controversial or complicated to point out Hillary has been eager to sell out to make a buck along the way? Seriously?

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby SK790 » Sat Mar 05, 2016 01:47:24

jerseyhoya wrote:
SK790 wrote:What a shock, a Republican who is willing to fuck a bunch of others over for the slightest chance at personal gain.

Your party is nominating Hillary Clinton :h:

Your party spent decades spreading a message of fear and hatred and now you have a candidate who is leading their race who embodies all of those things and you're all trying to run away from him as fast as possible. :h:

I'm ecstatic with semi-shady Clinton by comparison. I'll let pacino defend her, though.
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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby pacino » Sat Mar 05, 2016 02:03:32

She's fine. This idea that she's some scary or devious person is absurd. She's a competent politician. 20 years of a campaign against her doesn't negate that.
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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby jerseyhoya » Sat Mar 05, 2016 02:07:10

Don't mind the FBI investigations. Don't mind the refusal to release the transcripts to the speeches to Goldman. She's definitely not someone who would fuck over people or take shortcuts for personal gain, unlike Republican politicians!

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