I didn’t mean just this board
Yeah those idiots with 200 years of aggregate political experience were out maneuvered by a guy with 0.
He gets no credit for his success. Anyone could have done it
I could believe it. But that fat twat can’t make up his mind. Just a few months ago he was saying how Trump was going to win because of how stupid the American electorate is. This was in regards to the general, not primary.
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I’ll give him credit there. He ran a great campaign during the primary, one of the nost electrifying ever. Doesn’t change the fact that he’s grossly deficient and unqualified for the job though.
You are of course free to think however you want, but this is a prime example of how the status quo was changed. Many would argue it was changed for the better.
There are a million examples just in U.S. history where, “That’s just the way it is,” was challenged and ultimately changed.
The GOP is dying. It’ll last another election, maybe.
Trump cannot win. So a vote for Trump is a defacto vote for Hillary.
Key sentence. He’s a good snake oil salesman. Bravo…
Lol, no. Foreign born employment rose ie increased by 1.27M jobs, which represents 47% of the increase in employment over whatever period that BLS data was from.
Foreign-born workers represent roughly 17% of the labor force of which about 48% are hispanic.
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2015/foreign-born-represented-17-percent-of-the-labor-force-in-2014-up-from-15-percent-in-2005.htm
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/forbrn.nr0.htm
Meanwhile, there are still over 5M open jobs in the U.S. right this second.
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I never give credit to politicians able to appeal to dumb ignorant masses through hatred, scare tactics, free things and buzzwords. If I did, I’d be voting dem. In fact, I consider that contrary to a good president. What credit do you think he deserves for the office for his ability to stir up a minority of ignorant people who care so much about civic duty, they haven’t ever bothered to vote until they see a reality TV star whom they like because he yells and calls other politicians names. Congratulations on pulling together the least educated and most racist elements of the Republican party that happen to be larger than all the republicans voting for non-crackpots when you split the non-crackpot vote 10 ways.
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To be clear you think white working class people in flyover states are largely dumb and ignorant?
That’s his base
No, neither white nor working class bears any specific relation to dumb or ignorant as you are implying. His base is just the working class people in flyover states who also are independently ignorant. You are incorrectly reversing the logical flow of the statement. His supporters are ignorant and the base of his support is white working class, but this does not logically lead to the conclusion that the white working class are disproportionately ignorant over any other demographic.
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I am a Republican. Donald Trump is the Republican nominee. Clearly by “we” I mean Republicans. Look, I’m not happy with Trump as our nominee either. I didn’t vote for him in the primary, but I knew he would win the nomination. I wasn’t happy with Romney or McCain, neither of which had a snow balls chance in hell of winning the general election. Our party is not bringing us electable candidates. Romney and McCain may have both been good Presidents, but neither one of them were electable. Bob Dole would have been an awesome President, but he wasn’t electable. Trump has been in the public spotlight for most of my lifetime. He is electable, in my opinion, based upon the general state of the voting base in this country. People are stupid and will vote for the name they know the best. It doesn’t matter why they know the name or what they know about the person. Trump may be electable. Unless you know how we can eradicate stupidity, this is not going to change. The Republican party platform reflects my conservative beliefs and I feel that there is a better chance that those beliefs will be promoted with a Republican in the White House, even if that Republican is Donald Trump. I know what Hillary will do if she is elected. I am willing to take my chances with Trump.
Change likely isn’t going to happen with a 3rd party or an independent. The 2 parties we have are too old and big and the country’s population and voter base is too large. I have heard 3rd party this, independent that, my entire adult life and no outside candidate has been able to do anything in a general election. The biggest claim to fame that the outsiders have up to this point is helping to get Bill Clinton elected. The best chance for change is from within a party.
One might be able to argue that is exactly what is happening with a large chunk of the GoP rebelling against Trump. Again, “change” doesn’t necessarily mean the GoP adapts…it might mean the GoP dies as a party instead. “Change” doesn’t mean easy or even positive.
No crap, and why exactly do you think that is?
If you guessed people just like you, you’re right.
Were you able to type this with a straight face?
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@anon50325502
Which direction do you think the country will head if Clinton is elected - more conservative or more liberal?
Short term, more liberal.
LT - more conservative? Why?
Congressional counterbalance?
I see a Clinton victory, and then a very successful rally behind Kasich, Cruz, Rubio, or even Jeb in 2020 as a very realistic outcome to this election.
For many of the reasons that CountingBeans highlighted several months ago.
Clinton will likely inherit:
The economic downturn we’re due = Clinton, Obama, and Democrats fault.
The racial tension we currently face. Good luck with that.
The complete cluster fuck that is the Middle East. Good luck solving that one, which you’re partial to blame for.
etc. etc…
All that should lead to the Republicans completly routing the Dems in the future. It’s playing the long game.
Now, replace Clinton with Trump. All of a sudden it’s the Republican’s fault that the economy sucks, it’s the R’s fault that the Middle East is on fire, it’s Trumps fault BLM is rioting in _________(insert City).
Then we get Warren…
Agreed
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This is another point I made a while back. With a President Trump Republicans have very little choice except to support his policies whether they agree with them or not.
This is because:
a) If they don’t they will be seen as the problem and be replaced (no job security).
b) If the Trump administration isn’t able to do anything (ie reform immigration, defeat ISIS, create jobs, etc…) Then they will take a portion of the blame for this and could lose their job and/or it’ll lead to Warren…
So, they’re pretty much screwed.
On the other hand, if Clinton is elected they can oppose everything she wants simply along party lines (I don’t support this, but am just saying) and they will be seen as hero’s to Republican’s nationwide.
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