2016 US Presidential Election Thread 2 - Always Darkest before Don

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Rou said:
I'll have to side with TK here, it's not over until it's over, no matter how likely the results seem to be.

Anyways, I found this interesting article over how the Left, particularly Progressives, are reacting and planning with the Wikileaks dumps. I don't think it goes into any new leaks, just discusses the reactions over the current ones. The mindset of some of her staff is interesting, to say the least.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/wikileaks-hilary-clinton-progressives-230009
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Of course nobody knows exactly. But to throw out the model (and the polls with it) is risking an Icarus' flight matching Rove in 2012.
And the steps they're taking isn't all that shocking. Rubio and co. are probably also having staff use burner phones. I see what the Dems doing as practical. Technology has become a very important tool, but any tool can be abused. I forsee a time where the parties could indirectly call upon some techies to act like PI's. Imagine the sort of shit that would hit the fan if people like Bannon had their emails leaked.
 
I'd elect TK as president I think it would be a good attribute in a head of state to be undistracted and oblivious to the charms of women
 
I'd elect a plank of wood for president because who gives a fuck right? It's a free crunchy I can vote for whatever I see fit.
 
I vote for myself, because I know enough about politics and government, but have not let it corrupt pragmatic ideas.
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Worth noting that 538 is actually among the most bullish for Trump of all the polling aggregators. Princeton Election Consortium, run by a Princeton neuroscientist and statistician named Sam Wang, has Clinton at 97-99% to win based on whether you go by random drift or Bayesian approximation. Wang and Silver have had a number of Twitter slapfights, it's pretty funny. It's generally better quality because he dives into Senate and House races as well and explains his underlying model a bit more.

Oh, and NC and VA early voting data are in. Extremely blue NoVa's early voting is up some 60-odd percent from last cycle, reddish downstate VA is down a couple percent. NC early voting is heavily favoring Dems, so that one's looking to go blue as well. The really weird thing is that Democrats have a slight lead (or maybe they've fallen slightly behind at this point) in FL early voting. Typically, early voting in Florida heavily favors Republicans, and because they get slaughtered on election day voting (lots of urban hispanic turnout for Team Blue) they rely on the early voting advantage to win the state. If they can't build up a strong lead they're in trouble and if FL goes blue, there is 100% no chance for Trump to win no matter what.
 
What concerns me is the whole "North American Union" Idea Hillary's little crew has been cooking up.
History shows how well that sort of thing will turn out.
Some examples that come to mind are the legacy of the disaster that the USSR became before it fell, and the current shit show that is the EU.
What scares me more is the fact that it's probably an inevitable thing now considering how this election is supposedly going. Chances are she's just gonna dish it out as an exacutive order Like Obama did with obamacare as well as giving away ICANN
 
Trump has released what he would do in his first 100 days as President.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-touts-first-100-days-plan-for-presidency-1477157650

In no particular order

SECOND, a hiring freeze on all federal employees to reduce federal workforce through attrition (exempting military, public safety, and public health)
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THIRD, a requirement that for every new federal regulation, two existing regulations must be eliminated
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SEVENTH, cancel billions in payments to U.N. climate change programs and use the money to fix America’s water and environmental infrastructure
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FIFTH, I will lift the restrictions on the production of $50 trillion dollars’ worth of job-producing American energy reserves, including shale, oil, natural gas and clean coal.
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However all this was overshadowed when in the same speech he promised to go after the now 11 women who have accused him of sexual harassment during his presidency.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewi...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

“All of these liars will be sued after the election,” Trump claimed, alleging that the 10 women who have so far accused him of unwanted advances came forward “to hurt my campaign.”

“We’ll find out about their involvement at a later date through litigation,” Trump charged.

“I’m looking so forward to doing that,” the Republican nominee told the approving crowd.

A number of women went public with stories of Trump groping their body without consent, forcibly kissing them, and engaging in other inappropriate behavior in the days after he declared at the second presidential debate that he had never sexually assaulted anyone. The denial came after a recording leaked in which Trump boasted about using his celebrity status to “do anything” he wanted to women, including grabbing them “by the pussy.”
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TL;DR: Presidential Candidate of the Republican Party focuses on personal grievances rather than issues.
 
Pikimon said:
Trump has released what he would do in his first 100 days as President.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-touts-first-100-days-plan-for-presidency-1477157650

In no particular order






However all this was overshadowed when in the same speech he promised to go after the now 11 women who have accused him of sexual harassment during his presidency.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewi...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer



TL;DR: Presidential Candidate of the Republican Party focuses on personal grievances rather than issues.
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Jesus Christ, how horrifying...


Well, at least a newspaper endorsed him after this!
The Las Vegas Review Journal! Which is owned by Sheldon Adelson...the same shitbag trying to move the Raiders to Vegas. Birds of a feather...
 
Trump already turned Utah and Arizona into swing states, another scandal may put Georgia and Texas into play.

Since the recent scandal involving a porn star has come in, it is becoming painfully obvious that in my opinion that Trump bamboozled the Republican party and thanks to the constituents' fuckery, this is what the party has to deal with.
 
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VortekPMD said:
Trump already turned Utah and Arizona into swing states, another sandal may put Georgia and Texas into play.

Since the recent scandal involving a porn star has come in, it is becoming painfully obvious that in my opinion that Trump bamboozled the Republican party and thanks to the constituents' fuckery, this is what the party has to deal with.
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I wish I read your second paragraph before I spent two minutes trying to figure out what a sandal was in political lingo.
 
So, to paraphrase some Gettysburg speeches...

Lincoln: "The fate of our nation hangs in the balance as a trying war tests our young nation's ability to endure"

Trump: "I'd never even touch that ugly bitch! I'm suing her when I win"
 
KatsuKitty said:
So, to paraphrase some Gettysburg speeches...

Lincoln: "The fate of our nation hangs in the balance as a trying war tests our young nation's ability to endure"

Trump: "I'd never even touch that ugly bitch! I'm suing her when I win"
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Shit like this is why ants and flies are looking like a better option to me. Either that, or resurrecting Abe from the dead.

Besides I bet he could stop the war with Russia and the Middle East (hence why things are so shitty there and getting worse still...) Hillary's concocting alongside others loyal to her - behind (and later, ON) our backs. Just an example of what to continue to look forward to... Besides skyrocketing healthcare (insurance)/medicine/education costs for the majority of us normal folk, as well as more jobs lost to overseas that need to be kept here so those, especially in large-sized states, can make a real living for once.

Now, If only ants and flies had control over the money, too.
 
KatsuKitty said:
So, to paraphrase some Gettysburg speeches...

Lincoln: "The fate of our nation hangs in the balance as a trying war tests our young nation's ability to endure"

Trump: "I'd never even touch that ugly bitch! I'm suing her when I win"
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Don't sully the name of the Great Liberator with a fucking clown like Trump.
Side note, Trump is polling at about 39% nationally. Carter and Mondale both managed to get 41%. Goldwater and McGovern both got 38%.

MAKE TEXAS BLUE AGAIN
 
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I think most of you guys are making a big flaw in your arguments by comparing Trump to past candidates.

It's completely different this time around, for many reasons relating mostly to Trump and his background.
 
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