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In normalcy; useful knowledge is built, so I have no idea how you can be retired and still maintain, or even assert such lack-of-knowledge views?

As for your 'polls' ...Every Legitimate opinion poll I have seen shows the opposite.

The Sarah Brady types in America need to be be educated to understand that because we have an armed citizenry, a dictatorship has not happened here.
The Anti-Gun Fools we have in the USA are more Dangerous to Liberty than street criminals or foreign spies.

seems almost circus-worth on purpose

If they can't get rid of him before that, it's either going to be a 'heart-attack' or this

Im just here selling EMPANADAS, who want some?

:pimp

Here's some actual data on that; they are called "Faithless Electors" (really) and it is extremely rare. It won't happen to Trump if he wins the nom fair and square, and in a number of states they have laws against it.

Faithless Electors

Trump is appealing to the id of the Republican party that's been concealed in the last few years. We've all had our suspicions the party was full of xenophobic, racist mongrels, but now they've come out of the woodwork that Trump has brought their concerns into the open with his blunt style.

60% of Trump supporters believe Barack Obama is not American. Why is it they don't believe he's American?

One poll taken said more Trump supporters think Ted Cruz was born in America than Obama. It just shows that they're a misinformed, miserable group of pricks. They'll be of no consequence once the general election comes -- this is if Trump doesn't flame out before then.

Lol. What a dumb analysis.

Just watched CNN and they showed Bush's new attack ad accusing Trump of being a Democrat by using Trump's own words in interviews.

Then they had commentary on CNN fron Van Jones, and he said Trump is no conservative...and that's why Bush's attack ad would NOT work. Jones said Trump's supporters are not conservative and are polling for him because they are disgusted with the way politicians have lied.

Bronco, you are so far offbase with your thinking on Trump. He doesn't draw the right wing at all. His positions are more Democrat than Republican. He represents an idea of getting rid of lying career politicians who are bought and sold every day.

You are thinking in terms of Trump being part of the political process you are used to, but he is a whole different animal.

It would not be too hard to hijack the Republican party. That is what I think is happening with the Republican party it may not be a bad thing :2 cents:

Conversely, Bernie Sunders is an elected Independent attempting to hijack the Democrat party.

"partyjackers" ? New buzz word?

Trump is a secret liberal, like Andy Kaufman style. He is getting the political right to feel comfortable about its ugliest positions, and it will cost them the election; no matter who gets the ticket, the white rabbit will be out of the hat.

I have to hand it to him, he is honest. We've needed that ever since political correctness gave racism and sexism a place to hide. Finally, a republican is being up front about the racist perspectives behind immigration. He's an unabashed misogynist, so when he talks women's issues, it makes sense. And people are loving it because they share those values. It's good for transparency, but it is very bad for the republican party.

Maybe it's not so much a hijacking as it is just bringing back some sanity to politics.

People have gotten so used to the political bullshit that they have seen their whole lives that they have started to think it's "normal".

Baddog, Crockett is right. It has even been said that St. Ronald Reagan would never become a republican nominee because even he is considered left by today's ultra-far-right republicans.




Baddog I agree with Barry-xlovecam. Just because you and others like you don't give a shit anymore about human life, and just because righties seem willing to dismiss human lives for the "freedom to carry guns" bullshit that is spoon-fed to you by the NRA, doesn't mean that the rest of the world doesn't care. We do. From our non-American (not un-American) point of view, any candidate, republican or otherwise that is soft on gun control, is just another low life ready to take it up the ass by the NRA so they will look the other way as gun laws become softer, software, and practically non existent, while more and more men, women, and CHILDREN die it fucking horrible, violent deaths.

You're off base.

He doesn't draw the right wing at all? Do you think the 60% of his supporters who believe Obama isn't American are liberal, or even Libertarian or Independent? They're conservative. That's a conservative idea.

You're right that he's anti-establishment, but he's speaking hardcore Republicans language.

I think maybe it depends who the moderator is.

If the moderator asks a good question and refuses to accept a general, no-answer answer, and instead demands details, I think Hillary would do a better job answering it than Trump. Don't forget that Hillary or any other politician for that matter, has real political experience. Trump has zero experience, which is why I think he will lose in a real debate.

No it's not a "conservative" idea.

Conservatism has to do with fiscal policy. (not speaking of religious nuts and so-called "social conservatism")

The birther idea is a STUPID idea. And trust me...there are just as many stupid fake liberals as there are stupid fake conservatives.
Stupidity doesn't discriminate based on political ideology.

no.

actually the adults that can comprehend complex issues realize throwing laws at this willy-nilly avoids most all of the actual reasons behind the issues.

in your simpleton brain you need to point your finger at the NRA and squeal about NRA brainwashing so you can use that to insult people like baddog. just like your made up bullshit that guns laws have become softer (under a democrat controlled EO and Congress btw) which they have not, and your nonsense that more and more people are dying when in reality gun fatalities are on the decline and have been for years and years.

but hey, keep making shit up so you can insult people, it's what you do. besides, you like to have personal freedoms and rights banned, we all get that.

Why do you think that? You think that because Hillary ran for Senate and President one time that she somehow magically becomes great at these fake debates (they are nothing more than glorified question and answer sessions...not true debates)?

Think about what you're saying. You think that politicians are suddenly so skilled and gifted.
Why?
They have no special talents. Hell, they never ever even try to make it in the real world and live their lives on the govt. teat as they "serve" (themselves).

And speaking of serving yourself...Anderson Cooper's show last night on CNN showed Hillary saying that she and Bill were not only "broke" when he left office 15 years ago...but that they were deeply in debt. Then they reported that the Clintons are worth millions now.

THAT is what politicians are good at. Leveraging their power to make tons of money.
And that is a GOOD thing in the private sector. Most of that money has been made by the companies that the Clintons helped while they were in office (both Bill and Hillary) paying Bill millions of dollars to speak at their functions.

But I'm just telling you that politicians are not "special" people with super powers.

They are mostly looking out for themselves and talk a lot of bullshit to stay in power so they can funnel govt. money to the companies that will end up hiring them when they finally (if ever) leave office.

And oh, by the way, Mark I took a nice shot at you and crockett in this thread:
https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-pr...scientist.html

lol :)

we all get that you want politics as usual in America, and your worship of entrenched career politicians is unwavering.

He is a classic American thug.

The SEO brothers, Porn and Cyber, really don't like America.

There is no classic American thug, bro. You mean like Adolf Hitler, or Josef Stalin, or Benito Mussolini, or Pol Pot, or Mao Ze Dong, or Kim Il Sung, or Idi Amin, or Muammar Qaddafi, or Nicolae Ceausescu? All those people that killed millions? None of them were American.

100 trump's

Fully 61% of self-identified supporters of Trump, who famously demanded to see Obama?s birth certificate as proof he was born in Hawaii, said they believed the President was not born in the U.S. Only 21% in the Public Policy Polling study said Obama was born in America; 18% weren?t sure.

By comparison, 44% of usual Republican primary voters overall said they?re convinced Obama was not born in the U.S., while 29% think he was and 26% couldn?t say. 40% believe Ted Cruz was born in the US.

About 54% of average likely GOP primary voters told the pollsters they think he?s a Muslim, while only 14% said they believe he?s a Christian, as he says, and 32% weren?t sure.

But among Trump voters, the percentage of those who believe Obama is Muslim jumps to 66%, while 12% say the President is Christian and 23% weren?t sure.

Trump supporters :1orglaugh

Those are great statistics and all...but a small sample of a group of people conducted by a "study" that was fishing for the answer they wanted does not really reflect the truth.

Fact is, Trump made a huge mistake with that whole "birther" bullshit in 2012.

He doesn't bring it up anymore...but the media and anti-trump people sure do. It's all they want to talk about. I guess trying to drag him back down?

That kind of political play usually works on the average candidate. But nothing seems to affect Trump. He's learned to say "Yeah, so what?" instead of trying to make lame excuses like the other candidates do.

It's part of his reverse-charm that makes him bigger than life. And it's why all the other candidates look kind of puny and weak next to him.

Not saying they ARE puny and weak...just talking about perception. When you have an alpha male on one side who doesn't give a fuck what anybody thinks VS a group of guys who have every word coming out of their mouths written for them by a team of "experts" who ran tests ahead of time to make sure that they don't say ANYTHING even remotely that could possibly offend anyone...well, it makes Trump larger than life and makes the rest look like nothing more than the lying politicians that they are.

On being a "birther";
?If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.? ... George Bernard Shaw

?There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless? ... Wilson Mizner

You are always preceded by your reputation in life ....

Lol, who the fuck cares if he is a birther or not? That is less than microscopic issue compared to everything else that is important when talking about politics. It is like nothing actually.
NOBODY KNOWS for 100% is Hussein was born there or there anyways. What is a big deal if you question that? Or, more likely, just troll with that :1orglaugh
Funny how demtards exaggerate this minuscule issue... Shows they have nothing else.

I mean wtf, how could people give this issue even 0.000001% of consideration is laughable.
Questioning Hussein's place of birth has no effect on the course of the country. This is a PERSONAL thing, not a presidential campaign thing.

It has pretty much the same importance as if you would question some candidate if he liked snickers or twix.

I judge a man by what he says and does.

Not by his rhetoric.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

his father was a slumlord.. are slumlords not thugs?

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.~George Orwell

Well to be fair, Trump has only himself to blame for that present vulnerability.

I still like the guy though :thumbsup

Moreover, most people know that Trump's not a real birther. He only did that to get under Obama's skin.

Moreover, most people know that Trump's not a real misogynist. He only said those things to get under Rosie O'Donnell's fat skin.

rosie o'donnell's own adopted daughter recently chose to go live with her biological mother, that says a lot.

Yea, it says she would rather be with her biological mom. Crazy.

I'm no fan of Rosie but that's pretty common with adopted children. Teenagers are difficult to deal with as is, imagine dealing with an adopted child that can't understand/accept why her biological mother "left her."

yes, it says she would rather be with her low-income mother who gave her away when she was born rather than live in a mansion with a wealthy celebrity psycho.

going back to live with your biological mother who abandoned you is not pretty common at all. tracking them down and asking why is.

Trump trumpets may be sounding the seventh celestial trumpet with a little haste ...

My observation is that Trump is doing what no other candidate has EVER done or could do.

Think about it, the media has thrown everything but the kitchen sink at him so far. And he's still leading the polls.

Every other time that the media has went after a candidate, they either dropped out of the race or watched their numbers plummet the next day.

Trump has trumped them all so far.

I wonder how high his numbers would be if the media weren't talking negatively about him every day and instead just covered the campaign without trying to determine the outcome of it.

When the media goes after a candidate, the candidate will usually change their tone or deflect or try to deny somehow.

Hillary would be a good example. She is straight out denying any wrongdoing at all and trying to change the topic whenever possible.

Trump has just taken them head on, whether he was right or wrong. "Fuck you, I'm Donald Trump, bring it on."

The way he got Fox News to back down was really a holy fuck moment.

You hit the nail on the head Sly.

I've even heard the "experts" on CNN and Fox News pretty much demanding that Trump change his "tone" and make apologies or he's "done".

And then he climbs higher in the polls and makes them all look like the out of touch fools that they really are.