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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I don't have enough confidence in that to agree and continue to fear the possibility that Trump will win the Presidency.
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With the amount of voters Trump has been able to alienate, I am sure the sizable amounts of latin americans in the US would vote democrat out of spite would outnumber the morons who think Trump's deportation policy is a good idea.
Trump and the Reps are throwing the women, blacks and latino voters right towards the Dems.
Inter arma enim silent legesRelevant Trump-ish discussion from earlier today:
new girl: I don't care about the debates.
Hardcore Tea Partier: You should care, this is your future!
Me: If you're not paying attention to what's going on with politicians, even a little, you'll end up with someone who will do even worse than a Kim Kardashian presidency.
Her: I would totally vote for Kim!
Me & TPer: *exit stage right*
That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - SilaswMy biggest fear about Trump is that his Chewbacca Defense of a campaign will so thoroughly alienate the country that they'll scramble into a mad panic voting for anyone who isn't him, resulting in a largely divided opposition in which Trump gets, like, 20% of the votes as a result of his hardcare fanbase but beats out six other people who each got 13% or something.
We need a unifying force against Trump.
edited 17th Sep '15 9:18:44 AM by TobiasDrake
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Which is we must vote for Mickey Mouse. He can run a theme park, he can run a country.
...is there a rule against the President being foreign royalty, provided he was born in the U.S.?
edited 17th Sep '15 9:43:39 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.The only rules on who can be President are that they must be a natural-born U.S. citizen, be at least 35 years old, and have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years.
edited 17th Sep '15 9:46:17 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Dunno why we're talking about Trump still. He didn't do well at all this debate. Carson looked asleep. Huckabee was forgotten.
This was the Fiorina show with special help from Rubio and Bush.
Kasich continues to be the only one on that particular stage I would even consider electing president though.
Everyone else muddled. Not bad. Not good.
If Fiorina and Clinton win their respective primaries, the 2016 election will be between two female candidates.
Is it bad if I want this to happen?
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I don't understand Carson's appeal. I kinda get why some people might like Trump, but Carson? The man has no oratory skills, no personal charisma and barely any cohesive ideas or policies, not even over-the-top crazy ones. Really, he's playing the exact same game as any desperate career politician — that of spouting vague, noncommittal right-wing jargon — except he's incredibly bad at it.

Trump cannot fail; he can only be failed.
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