2016 Election - Page 15

Griff · 10-16-2015, 12:47 PM

I look at the GOP right now and I don't see a clear way for them to right the ship. It seems like there are at least three separate constituencies who are incompatible with each other. I don't feel bad that monopolists and Tea Partiers are gonna get punched in the gob but small business people need representation.

classicman · 10-16-2015, 01:10 PM

Bernie is a great guy - He'd give you the shirt of someone else's back.

classicman · 10-16-2015, 01:13 PM

Very disheartened here. The GOP has no one that I like and I HATE Killary.
So far the political quizzes have me supporting Bernie the most. I'm still hoping Joe runs.
At least I think he loves this country. Thats more than I can say fro the rest of them.

tw · 10-16-2015, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Sarge

After watching the debates, I'm leaning toward Sanders.

His details are completely different. But his overall strategy (or how he promotes himself) is similar to what Ross Perot did.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-05-2015, 11:52 AM

OK, 2016 election minus one year, time for the candidate anointed by the money behind the curtain to be revealed. Time for him... her? fuck no... to start his push, having so far avoided interaction with the dog & pony show, which might have soiled the voter's perception of the white knight.

Oh, and Putin blew up that plane to have an excuse to push further into the middle east.

Lamplighter · 11-05-2015, 05:25 PM

Herman Cain has been sitting quietly and is looking very good now.

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Undertoad · 06-04-2016, 11:32 AM

^^^ update, on Thursday, Wolf lost the appeal; and now there will be a battle over ballot access laws for third parties in Pennsylvania.

Which will affect the upcoming election season. Someone can give the Johnson/Weld campaign a boost, or a headache, according to how the law is legislated or interpreted from here on out.

It's kind of a big deal, but the only reason I know this happened is because one of the people in the lawsuit is a good friend. Because there is no coverage of any of this, in any media... yet...

xoxoxoBruce · 06-04-2016, 12:08 PM

OK, glad to hear no coverage, because I hadn't heard anything.

Griff · 06-04-2016, 12:20 PM

Legal battle or legislative battle?

Undertoad · 06-04-2016, 06:59 PM

Don't know, I think it clears the land for new legislation to figure out how it works. But there isn't much time and I don't know what happens if they don't get it done.

Griff · 06-08-2016, 06:50 AM

I'm still trying to figure out how we could have come up with worse candidates for this thing. Maybe if the Stanford rapist would run?

glatt · 06-08-2016, 07:06 AM

It's disheartening.
It was a train wreck happening in slow motion right in front of our noses, and there was not a damn thing we could do about it.

classicman · 06-08-2016, 09:28 PM

The blind partisans have won.

Griff · 06-09-2016, 06:21 AM

What's the prognosis for either party? My gut says whoever wins destroys their party but will the losing party do a sensible realignment?

The Dems have an obvious need to move in a Progressive direction but I don't expect the Waltons etc... to let that happen.

The Republicans don't appear to have an obvious move. They're in deep trouble with the next generation on social issues but their core is driven by the same. It looks like the Whigs are back.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-09-2016, 10:38 AM

The GOP has been victim of the chest burster tea party, destroying their friends-with-benefits affair with the Chamber of Commerce, and biting the hand, while giving the finger, to the Koch&Co imperial council.

10-16-2015, 12:47 PM	#211
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I look at the GOP right now and I don't see a clear way for them to right the ship. It seems like there are at least three separate constituencies who are incompatible with each other. I don't feel bad that monopolists and Tea Partiers are gonna get punched in the gob but small business people need representation. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-16-2015, 01:10 PM	#212
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Bernie is a great guy - He'd give you the shirt of someone else's back. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-16-2015, 01:13 PM	#213
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Very disheartened here. The GOP has no one that I like and I HATE Killary. So far the political quizzes have me supporting Bernie the most. I'm still hoping Joe runs. At least I think he loves this country. Thats more than I can say fro the rest of them. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-05-2015, 11:52 AM	#215
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	OK, 2016 election minus one year, time for the candidate anointed by the money behind the curtain to be revealed. Time for him... her? fuck no... to start his push, having so far avoided interaction with the dog & pony show, which might have soiled the voter's perception of the white knight. Oh, and Putin blew up that plane to have an excuse to push further into the middle east. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-04-2016, 12:08 PM	#218
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	OK, glad to hear no coverage, because I hadn't heard anything. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-05-2015, 05:25 PM	#216
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Herman Cain has been sitting quietly and is looking very good now. .

06-04-2016, 11:32 AM	#217
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	^^^ update, on Thursday, Wolf lost the appeal; and now there will be a battle over ballot access laws for third parties in Pennsylvania. Which will affect the upcoming election season. Someone can give the Johnson/Weld campaign a boost, or a headache, according to how the law is legislated or interpreted from here on out. It's kind of a big deal, but the only reason I know this happened is because one of the people in the lawsuit is a good friend. Because there is no coverage of any of this, in any media... yet...

06-04-2016, 12:20 PM	#219
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Legal battle or legislative battle? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-04-2016, 06:59 PM	#220
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Don't know, I think it clears the land for new legislation to figure out how it works. But there isn't much time and I don't know what happens if they don't get it done.

06-08-2016, 06:50 AM	#221
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I'm still trying to figure out how we could have come up with worse candidates for this thing. Maybe if the Stanford rapist would run? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-08-2016, 07:06 AM	#222
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It's disheartening. It was a train wreck happening in slow motion right in front of our noses, and there was not a damn thing we could do about it.

06-08-2016, 09:28 PM	#223
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	The blind partisans have won. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-09-2016, 06:21 AM	#224
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	What's the prognosis for either party? My gut says whoever wins destroys their party but will the losing party do a sensible realignment? The Dems have an obvious need to move in a Progressive direction but I don't expect the Waltons etc... to let that happen. The Republicans don't appear to have an obvious move. They're in deep trouble with the next generation on social issues but their core is driven by the same. It looks like the Whigs are back. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-09-2016, 10:38 AM	#225
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The GOP has been victim of the chest burster tea party, destroying their friends-with-benefits affair with the Chamber of Commerce, and biting the hand, while giving the finger, to the Koch&Co imperial council. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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