The 2016 Presidential Election Trainwreck

[CardiacCoug]

Agreed PAC and that's why it was so important to rein in Obama legislating unilaterally by way of executive order, pulling off extrajudicial drone-strike killings of Americans in foreign countries, etc.

Obama is a good and sane person but there is no guarantee the next guy will be the same and some of the stuff Obama had done sets a horrible precedent.

Look what the Internet age and direct democracy has wrought. Obama was the first iteration of this and has been fine but now there is a very real chance we are going to end up with an insane demogogues.

[frank ryan]

I thought this add was effective https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrX3Ql31URA

[YOhio]

I thought this add was effective https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrX3Ql31URA

Yes. During the DNC Convention they had a similar ad with just the horrible things he's said about women. I had to mute so my daughters playing in the corner wouldn't here.

[wuapinmon]

I side with Jill Stein on most 2016 Presidential Election issues


Candidates you side with...

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Jill Stein ^Green

on criminal, domestic policy, healthcare, social, science, and electoral issues.
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Hillary Clinton ^Democratic

on criminal, domestic policy, social, healthcare, science, education, foreign policy, and electoral issues.
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Gary Johnson ^Libertarian

on domestic policy, immigration, social, foreign policy, and electoral issues.
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Donald Trump ^Republican

on immigration issues.
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Darrell Castle ^Constitution

on immigration issues.
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I got the immigration thing with Trump because I don't think that undocumented aliens should have access to subsidized health insurance.

[All-American]

I did, last election. But he's not running now, and now the GOP is even further away from the the party I tepidly supported four years ago. So I'm going to do my small part to keep Trump away from the presidency.

Hillary 2016!

Why did you write him in when he was on the ballot?

[Northwestcoug]

Why did you write him in when he was on the ballot?

Because I wrote in Mitt "the only one who can save us" Romney.

[Commando]

I got the immigration thing with Trump because I don't think that undocumented aliens should have access to subsidized health insurance.

What a weird question. That's not even at issue. They should have asked about US vs. Arizona and US vs. Texas or something. Of course, I wouldn't expect Trump to be versed in anything relevant, so it's not like he'd have answered...

[Pelado]

Because I wrote in Mitt "the only one who can save us" Romney.

I actually did write in Mitt, but it wasn't in 2012.

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[Commando]

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[wuapinmon]

What a weird question. That's not even at issue. They should have asked about US vs. Arizona and US vs. Texas or something. Of course, I wouldn't expect Trump to be versed in anything relevant, so it's not like he'd have answered...

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[SCcoug]

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[myboynoah]

Because I wrote in Mitt "the only one who can save us" Romney.

That. Is. Awesome!

And still true today.

Write in Mitt!!!

[Sleeping in EQ]

I know a little bit about chess, but help us out professor.

Unlike other competitive activities, chess' ties to the world of politics are not simply symbolic. Russian chess is as serious as a heart attack. Lenin referred to chess as the Russian national pastime and the Soviets used chess to demonstrate their superiority over the West for decades. Chess was a major propaganda tool.

During the Cold War, chess was all wrapped up in international espionage. During Fisher's rise, even Kissinger and Nixon were caught up in it. When Fisher defeated Spassky, there were real political consequences in Russia.

Is Putin playing chess? Russians would say, "Of course he is."

[Northwestcoug]

Donald Trump has children whom he loves. Does he really need to wonder why I did not speak?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ghazala-khan-donald-trump-criticized-my-silence-he-knows-nothing-about-true-sacrifice/2016/07/31/c46e52ec-571c-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html

After all of the insane things he's said to fire up his base over the past year, could his insult of an immigrant be the thing that finally trips him up? I think that would be some good irony.

[Moliere]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...856_story.html

After all of the insane things he's said to fire up his base over the past year, could his insult of an immigrant be the thing that finally trips him up? I think that would be some good irony.

I doubt it will trip him up, just like all the other crap he's spewed none of it makes a difference. He will still get destroyed in the election in November.

I do find it ironic that this immigrant family is going after Trump. I understand they are Muslim immigrants, but Hillary is part of the reason their son died in the Iraq war. Hillary voted for that war and Trump has been very public, even back then, about not supporting the Iraq war.

I still continue to find the Democrats support of Muslims confounding. I understand they want to protect a minority group from discrimination, which is admirable, but Muslim treatment of women and gays pales in comparison to how Mormons treat those groups....and yet Democrats drag Mormons through the mud for what we do/believe. It's odd and two-faced.