The 2016 Presidential Election Trainwreck

[pelagius]

Maybe, but she has so many undesirable characteristics That I am not sure which one is causing it.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I do think she has really good plastic surgeons. I actually think she looks pretty good at the moment. Good enough that I thought the W/HRC hugging picture was very endearing.

[pelagius]

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I'm going to be shocked when the French revolution wing of the party is unable to get the anti-trump forces to coalesce.

[Northwestcoug]

I know this will confirm just how shallow I am, but is it just me or does Hillary have tiny hands on short arms? Whenever I see her gesticulating at the podium it looks like she has T-rex arms. And if THAT's not impugnable, I don't know what is.

I'm calling impugnant on your shallowness. For shame.

[PaloAltoCougar]

http://theweek.com/articles/613016/d...blem-not-think

Another article that goes into the intricacies of the delegate selection process and how a lot of delegates will be sent to the convention that only need to vote for Trump on the first ballot, but will go for someone else on a second vote. Trump has not been building bridges with the state GOP officials, while Cruz has.

As Maximus said, there's that rule that the only candidates that can be voted on are those that won a majority of delegates in 8 states or territories. Trump has already qualified and Cruz is at four. Cruz will undoubtedly get there with Utah, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, etc. It's unlikely that there will be enough turncoat delegates to change that rule.

It'd be nice if they'd change the rule or, less likely unfortunately, Kasich got to 8. One of the more interesting Republican conventions resulted in the nomination of James Garfield (of Ohio!) after around 35 ballots. There was no such rule then, of course, and Garfield wasn't even a candidate before the convention began. He was one of finest persons ever nominated and would have been, I think, a great president were it not for his incompetent physicians.

[Uncle Ted]

Trump: I consult myself on foreign policy


Donald Trump finally shared the name of someone he consults on foreign policy: himself.
Asked on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” who he talks with consistently about foreign policy, Trump responded, “I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain and I’ve said a lot of things."
"I know what I’m doing and I listen to a lot of people, I talk to a lot of people and at the appropriate time I’ll tell you who the people are," Trump said. “But my primary consultant is myself and I have a good instinct for this stuff."
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http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-g...adviser-220853


Well, I guess that is better than Reagan, who consulted with his astrologer, before make these tough decisions.

[cougjunkie]

Uncle Ted, are you against public roads, courts, police and firefighters?

...yeah...didn't think so.

There's a pretty wide gulf between the corrupt hellholes that are Detroit, Baltimore, Philly, etc. and not having public roads and courts of law, and I don't think being a libertarian means you don't believe there should be public roads. It's a belief in limited government, not non-existent government.

All Uncle Ted cares about are alleys.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Dang it. Second time today. Uncle Ted stealing all my material.

Memo to self: Never ask Ben Carson to write a letter of recommendation.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/...-bad-president

LOL... Yeah, how much damage can a bad president do?

http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-g...20754?lo=ap_e2

We have a caricature running for president.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-g...adviser-220853

http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-g...adviser-220853

Well, I guess that is better than Reagan, who consulted with his astrologer, before make these tough decisions.

[dabrockster]

So what are the odds of Bernie Sanders to run as an Independent once he loses? If he does what impact would it have of HRC Run? I think it may derail a win..

[Jeff Lebowski]

So what are the odds of Bernie Sanders to run as an Independent once he loses? If he does what impact would it have of HRC Run? I think it may derail a win..

Zero.

[snowcat]

So what are the odds of Bernie Sanders to run as an Independent once he loses? If he does what impact would it have of HRC Run? I think it may derail a win..

How about a Sanders/Trump Populist ticket.

[Uncle Ted]

Dang it. Second time today. Uncle Ted stealing all my material.

No one reads the crap you write.

[Uncle Ted]

So what are the odds of Bernie Sanders to run as an Independent once he loses? If he does what impact would it have of HRC Run? I think it may derail a win..

About the same as Bernie Sanders running as a Libertarian.

[Jeff Lebowski]

No one reads the crap you write.

[dabrockster]

Zero.

You crush any hope I have with no remorse and sympathy..

You're mean Bro..

[Uncle Ted]

Disclaimer: JL may claim he already posted this but who reads his expressions of love for Hillary anyway (other than '71)?

The Economist rates Trump presidency among its top 10 global risks


A Donald Trump presidency poses a top-10 risk event that could disrupt the world economy, lead to political chaos in the U.S. and heighten security risks for the United States, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit.


Electing Trump could also start a trade war, hurt trade with Mexico and be a godsend to terrorist recruiters in the Middle East, according to the latest EIU forecasts.
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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/0...al-risk-220887

https://gfs.eiu.com/Article.aspx?art...articleId=2866


I bet there is a professor of economics at Trump University that will state otherwise.