jerseyhoya wrote:Apparently all of the delegates elected are Rubio people so if it goes to a second ballot, that's 19 rather than 10 for Rubio. 9 of them pledged first ballot to Kasich.

Bucky wrote:Aha, here's why all the stupid people are parroting the "bernie set it up" thing:

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/03/12 ... ts-tweets/

Bucky wrote:DID YOU EVEN READ BEEZ'S POST

FUCK OFF

jerseyhoya wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:Apparently all of the delegates elected are Rubio people so if it goes to a second ballot, that's 19 rather than 10 for Rubio. 9 of them pledged first ballot to Kasich.

I was misled. 13-6 Rubio in elected delegates not 19-0. But 3 of the Rubio delegates have to vote Kasich first ballot because of how they're tied with the rules.

ashton wrote:Among Rubio's problems is that he has no constituency. The people who want a strong leader to protect "us" from "them" are voting for Trump. The people who want more God in government are voting for Cruz, and the Rockefeller Republicans who want someone who knows how to govern are voting for Kasich. Rubio is a poor man's Cruz mixed with a poor man's Kasich. The only things he brings to the table are youth and being Cuban. Youth gets him nothing, and being Cuban helps in Miami. The people who are voting for him are doing so because he's the party approved anti-Trump candidate; yet most of the anti-Trump people have rejected him. At this point he's just taking party loyalist votes away from Kasich and "the Bible has all the answers" voters from Cruz. If Rubio had dropped out a few weeks ago like he should have and the Party had endorsed Kasich, then Rubio's votes would be going to Kasich and Cruz, strengthening those two at the expense of Trump.

Monkeyboy wrote:If he can dial back his rhetoric before the undecideds start paying close attention, and there are signs that he can, I think he wins.

pacino wrote:Clinton's very good piece and apology about HIV/AIDS

ACT UP was very important. Surprised to see it mentioned in the 21st century by a presidential candidate.

"You're president of the United States," Nancy Reagan, reminded Ronald Reagan as he sat up in bed in 1983. She begged him to do something about the growing scourge of AIDS. "If you don't talk about it, nobody will talk about it. Nobody will do anything, and all these people - these children, these young boys - they're all going to die. And the blame will be on our heads, Ronnie."

President Reagan quietly kept reading through his half glasses. He seemed very cozy, clad in his bathrobe, beneath his blankets.

"Ronnie, say something," Nancy pleaded. The president coolly maintained his silence. He never even looked at his beloved First Lady.

That's how Showtime depicted a scene from the White House residence in The Reagans, the controversial TV movie about the conservative chief executive and his devoted wife. Reagan's alleged homophobia and indifference to AIDS patients are among the reasons Reaganites attacked the program, leading CBS to cancel its broadcast premiere and shift it instead to Showtime, the network's sister pay-cable channel.

The original script was far worse.

"Those who live in sin will die in sin," says President Reagan, as portrayed by actor James Brolin. Teleplaywright Elizabeth Egloff eventually admitted she had no evidence on which to base this scandalous comment. "We know he ducked the issue over and over again," she told the New York Times in self-defense.

Monkeyboy wrote:And I'm increasingly of the mind that Trump will beat Hillary in the general. He will make this election about the trade agreements, agreements her husband had a BIG part in. She will lose that battle handily. If he can dial back his rhetoric before the undecideds start paying close attention, and there are signs that he can, I think he wins.

I think there's a reason Trump has been going after Sanders recently. He knows Sanders is the real threat. Sanders would take away Trump's greatest advantage and do what Trump is doing, except from a position of sanity. The trade agreements fade into the background a bit and the two styles will be on display. Given the choice, I still think Americans would pick the decent human being over the racist. I'm not so sure what they'll do with their minds clouded by anger about the trade stuff.