Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby CalvinBall » Fri Mar 11, 2016 10:29:54

Yeah, so genuinely curious if you, Brantt, think this is acceptable from someone running to be President?

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby The Crimson Cyclone » Fri Mar 11, 2016 10:30:24

Brantt wrote:
pacino wrote:and the Breitbart reporter?
and the blind person?
and the multitude of others who were NOT 'mouthing off'?
the n words? the swearing? the violence?

no different than a sporting event, so no big. except, this is for the presidency of the United States, not a game between the Flyers and Rangers. it's disgusting. it's pathetic and it makes a complete joke of our country. i'm ashamed.


Wait.........there are shitty human beings who go to Trump rallies?

The hell you say!


Trump quote snippets from various rallies

"In the old days," Trump added, protesters would be "carried out on stretchers."

"I'd like to punch him in the face,"

"There may be somebody with tomatoes in the audience. So if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously. Okay? Just knock the hell— I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees. I promise, I promise. It won’t be so much ’cause the courts agree with us too."



(it should be noted that Trump is not paying for legal fees of the man who punched the protester and he could not afford to pay $2500 bail, 1st promise broken?)
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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby swishnicholson » Fri Mar 11, 2016 10:32:23

The US Virgin Islands were supposed to select six of their Republican delegates at a caucus yesterday, but I can't find out who got 'em.

Also, it's somehow like Kasich didn't even participate in the last debate. Thought he had gained a little more prominence, but apparently not so.
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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby TomatoPie » Fri Mar 11, 2016 10:34:25

Doll Is Mine wrote:Thoughts on the racist piece of #$!&@ who sucker punched that black kid at the Trump rally because "he might've been an ISIS terrorist"?

It's getting ugly out there. This is today's Republican party.


While there's no question that the GOP overall is a mess, it's not accurate to paint all Republicans as goons, racists, or - even worse - Trump supporters. Trump is getting 35% of the base.

I'm hopeful that this is the tipping point for blowing up the party. The GOP had to confront and dismiss the John Birchers a generation ago. This year, when Hillary beats Cruz while Trump runs as a third party, should be impetus for thinking conservatives to build a new party of small government both in fiscal affairs and bedroom affairs.
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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby CalvinBall » Fri Mar 11, 2016 10:34:54

swish:

jerseyhoya wrote:US Virgin Islands GOP voters affirmatively choose a slate of uncommitted delegates rather than support those pledged to Cruz/Trump/Rubio. There's going to be a decent chunk of unpledged delegates on the first ballot. If there's 150 unpledged plus the non-Trump/Cruz delegates (assuming little more gains from Rubio/Kasich), you're looking at like 15% going to not Cruz or Trump.

Cruz really fucking needs to realize, soon, that he's very unlikely to hit a majority of delegates, and needs to stop diminishing the legitimacy of taking the nomination at the convention. He thinks he's likely to get fucked there, because he's a megadouche that no one likes (for good reason), but if the alternative is Trump and he is clearly in second, he'll get the nomination. Trump 1100 Cruz 900 Kasich 200 Rubio 150 Other/Unpledged the rest better fucking end up with Ted Cruz as the nominee. And there's nothing wrong with that because the majority of the party will be in support of the decision rather than just a plurality backing poofyhaired mcshithead. But Ted's trying to deny the legitimacy of winning at the convention because Rubio is in such a delegate hole that that's the only way he can win. Unfortunately this is the sort of chess that makes people hate him, and tends to work in the short term while fucking him in the long run.

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby swishnicholson » Fri Mar 11, 2016 10:38:04

CalvinBall wrote:swish:

jerseyhoya wrote:US Virgin Islands GOP voters affirmatively choose a slate of uncommitted delegates rather than support those pledged to Cruz/Trump/Rubio.


Thanks, Cal.
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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby TomatoPie » Fri Mar 11, 2016 10:38:25

CalvinBall wrote:would be our first purple president


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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby pacino » Fri Mar 11, 2016 11:26:43

thephan wrote:pacino's posting is one of the more important things revealed in weeks.

Calvinball wrote:Pacino was right.

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby MoBettle » Fri Mar 11, 2016 12:08:00

I live how "being politically incorrect" has become the politically correct way to say you're about to say something racist or sexist.
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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby drsmooth » Fri Mar 11, 2016 12:15:52

it's politically incorrect to say so, but the assholes misusing the sense of "politically incorrect", when what they're being is socially incorrect - as in, they're being assholes - are assholes.
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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby Doll Is Mine » Fri Mar 11, 2016 12:23:18

TomatoPie wrote:
Doll Is Mine wrote:Thoughts on the racist piece of #$!&@ who sucker punched that black kid at the Trump rally because "he might've been an ISIS terrorist"?

It's getting ugly out there. This is today's Republican party.


While there's no question that the GOP overall is a mess, it's not accurate to paint all Republicans as goons, racists, or - even worse - Trump supporters. Trump is getting 35% of the base.


Yes it is. The Republican party has been in bed with this sort of behavior and rhetoric for years.

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby Soren » Fri Mar 11, 2016 12:38:37

Olivia Meadows, your "emotional poltergeist"

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby Luzinski's Gut » Fri Mar 11, 2016 13:01:05

He has the worst voting record in Congress because he never shows up to actually cast a vote. That sort of stuff turns voters off at all levels and party affiliation.

My cousin works for a Representative from Pennsylvania here in DC and told me a few months ago that Rubio is a complete lightweight because he never actually understands what is going on with bills. Trump has been pounding him on the lack of work ethic with Rubio and rightly so. He's going to have real issues getting re-elected as a Senator.

And he's a total neo-con to boot, which means everyone who cares about foreign policy should vote against him.

"A New American Century" - taken right out of the 1997 Project for a New American Century, you know, the one that called for a new Pearl Harbor attack to galvanize the public...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_f ... an_Century

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby jerseyhoya » Fri Mar 11, 2016 13:19:06

Luzinski's Gut wrote:He's going to have real issues getting re-elected as a Senator.

Indeed. It is hard to win if you aren't running.

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby Doll Is Mine » Fri Mar 11, 2016 13:22:22

jerseyhoya wrote:
Luzinski's Gut wrote:He's going to have real issues getting re-elected as a Senator.

Indeed. It is hard to win if you aren't running.


He should've done what Rand Paul did in Kentucky. Convince the state of Florida to totally change the rules so he can run for both President and Senator. If that wasn't an abuse of power, I don't know what is.
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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby Brantt » Fri Mar 11, 2016 13:22:43

Soren wrote:RE: Brantt's undying support of Drumpf

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Fantastic find.
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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby JUburton » Fri Mar 11, 2016 13:28:56

brantt is goose gossage?

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby TomatoPie » Fri Mar 11, 2016 13:49:26

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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby The Nightman Cometh » Fri Mar 11, 2016 14:19:03

Doll Is Mine wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:
Luzinski's Gut wrote:He's going to have real issues getting re-elected as a Senator.

Indeed. It is hard to win if you aren't running.


He should've done what Rand Paul did in Kentucky. Convince the state of Florida to totally change the rules so he can run for both President and Senator. If that wasn't an abuse of power, I don't know what is.

Those were party rules, not state rules. Nothing unethical about it.
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Re: Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

Postby Doll Is Mine » Fri Mar 11, 2016 14:22:19

The Nightman Cometh wrote:
Doll Is Mine wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:
Luzinski's Gut wrote:He's going to have real issues getting re-elected as a Senator.

Indeed. It is hard to win if you aren't running.


He should've done what Rand Paul did in Kentucky. Convince the state of Florida to totally change the rules so he can run for both President and Senator. If that wasn't an abuse of power, I don't know what is.

Those were party rules, not state rules. Nothing unethical about it.


No...but let's inconvenience voters in Kentucky by changing from a primary to a caucus just so Rand Paul can still run for Senator.

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