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Thought we should have separate thread from the main politics one.

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Long, Long, Long way to go..
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Are you authorised to start threads?
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T_R wrote:Are you authorised to start threads?
You're just a proxy admin so I don't have to answer that question.
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Rubbish. I'm inner circle.

You'll talk, damn you.
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T_R wrote:Rubbish. I'm inner circle.

You'll talk, damn you.
When you become Trump's VP I might talk out of fear.
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Im hoping for a Sarah Palin reprise.
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Elections are the best
I listen to a pod today which described Trump as the Washington Generals
I think that's spot on
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Trump will be the Republican candidate.
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I can't see Trump being beaten either so whilst the campaign will be fun to watch this time next year the leader of the free world will either be a 2 faced, power hungry narcissist with highly questionable ethics or Donald Trump.
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Probably, though I don't think Rubio is out of it just yet
But I think the Generals point is it doesn't matter who wins the GOP, they'll get wiped out in the general election by (probably) Hilary
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Pigman wrote:Probably, though I don't think Rubio is out of it just yet
But I think the Generals point is it doesn't matter who wins the GOP, they'll get wiped out in the general election by (probably) Hilary
Don't discount the ability of the Dems to self destruct with an unelectable Sanders candidacy.

Even if Clinton gets up, her horrendous campaigning skills will be a pretty stark constrast to our reality TV star.

There is a real chance that Trump could be in the White House next year.
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I think the real hope for the Presidential Election is people turning out to not vote for Trump rather than Hillary getting people motivated to work..

If Trump doubles down and makes Palin the VP this will happen even more.
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If there's a low turnout, the Republicans win
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I think if Trump is the GOP candidate that will inspire some dem voters to get off their ****


At least I HOPE that's the case
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Well there's one Republican that would vote for Clinton over Trump.


http://www.politicususa.com/2016/02/20/ ... -wins.html


Only need a few million more and we're safe.
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For Clinton?

Maybe.
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The other side of it is this... Are we sure the Donald actually wants this job? He spent a lot of time there seemingly trying to sabotage his own campaign

I mean he's a wildcard, he could do anything at this point and it wouldn't shock me. Including pulling out of the race on the eve of nomination :lol:
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Pigman wrote:The other side of it is this... Are we sure the Donald actually wants this job? He spent a lot of time there seemingly trying to sabotage his own campaign

I mean he's a wildcard, he could do anything at this point and it wouldn't shock me. Including pulling out of the race on the eve of nomination :lol:
It might just be one massive **** troll.. Forgot which comedian it was but they said something like "Trump is acting like someone trying to get fired but not quit so he gets the payout"

I think it started off as a joke until he saw he was still leading after a few months so stuck with it.
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I think we need a quick recap of some of Trump's messages this campaign.

*Build a wall across Mexico.
*Make Mexico pay for that wall
*Ban Muslims from America.
*Call Mexicans a bunch of Rapist
*Deport 12 Million "illegals'
*Remove all gun free zones, including schools
*Get to ISIS buy killing their families.
*Say there'll be no state dinners for Chinese President, he'll buy him Maccas
*Say he could shoot someone in the street and not lose a vote
*Bring back waterboarding
*Insult the Pope
*Claim at least one of his opponents isn't eligible to run for President

Did I miss anything??
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Schifty wrote:I think we need a quick recap of some of Trump's messages this campaign.

*Build a wall across Mexico.
*Make Mexico pay for that wall
*Ban Muslims from America.
*Call Mexicans a bunch of Rapist
*Deport 12 Million "illegals'
*Remove all gun free zones, including schools
*Get to ISIS buy killing their families.
*Say there'll be no state dinners for Chinese President, he'll buy him Maccas
*Say he could shoot someone in the street and not lose a vote
*Bring back waterboarding
*Insult the Pope
*Claim at least one of his opponents isn't eligible to run for President

Did I miss anything??
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Hahahaha the longer this goes the more I hope Trump wins.

He's just an old-school troll, and I can associate with that
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The Nickman wrote:Hahahaha the longer this goes the more I hope Trump wins.

He's just an old-school troll, and I can associate with that

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He's not going to destroy the world! He's just a big-mouth, he won't do ANY of those things he said he would if he actually gets in

At the end of the day the guy is a successful businessman and will probably run the country like a business
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The Nickman wrote:He's not going to destroy the world! He's just a big-mouth, he won't do ANY of those things he said he would if he actually gets in

At the end of the day the guy is a successful businessman and will probably run the country like a business
He's been bankrupt three times and even now has less money than if he'd taken his inheritance and invested it on a share market average return.

The man could have spent the last 40 years watching TV and would be richer.

Interesting definition of successful.
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I am interested to see how significant the blowback against Hillary will be if she wins the nomination. A lot of centre left people despise Clinton.
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I am surprised there are people outside of america who supports the D Trump.

The guy wants to bar all muslims from entering the country. That in itself should be ridiculous enough not to support him regardless of his thoughts on other areas of policy.
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Green eyed Mick wrote:I am interested to see how significant the blowback against Hillary will be if she wins the nomination. A lot of centre left people despise Clinton.
The issue in this whole campaign is going to be just how many people can be bothered getting out of bed on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.

If it's Trump v Clinton, his best hope is that everyone stays up late the night before and sleeps in. She's going to have to somehow - SOMEHOW - convince people she's worth going out in the snow to vote for.
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T_R wrote:
The Nickman wrote:He's not going to destroy the world! He's just a big-mouth, he won't do ANY of those things he said he would if he actually gets in

At the end of the day the guy is a successful businessman and will probably run the country like a business
He's been bankrupt three times and even now has less money than if he'd taken his inheritance and invested it on a share market average return.

The man could have spent the last 40 years watching TV and would be richer.

Interesting definition of successful.
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papabear wrote:I am surprised there are people outside of america who supports the D Trump.

The guy wants to bar all muslims from entering the country. That in itself should be ridiculous enough not to support him regardless of his thoughts on other areas of policy.
I dunno, substitute D Trump for P Hansen and there's people in Australia willing to vote based on largely that same principle.
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Article a mate forwarded to me today by Matt Taibbi at Rolling Stone:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/ne ... e-20160224

Interesting read.
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Seems fair enough to me
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Pigman wrote:Article a mate forwarded to me today by Matt Taibbi at Rolling Stone:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/ne ... e-20160224

Interesting read.
What a fantastic read! Thanks Nocko.

I hope the **** wins.
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Schifty wrote:
Hahaha this guy is seriously going to towel Hilary up.

This is happening. And may God have mercy on us all.
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I think you're spot on.

Donald Trump is a walking attack ad on himself and only seems to gain votes!
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