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BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#101126: Sep 17th 2015 at 11:09:54 PM

but Carson? The man has no oratory skills
Honestly at the start of the debate, his manner of speaking reminded me of William Shatner.
I sort of respect Fiorina, but I'd respect her more if she was right.
That was pretty much my impression of Rubio during the debate. He and Fiorino were certainly the most collected candidates for the debate.
I bet Fiorina wont get over 6%
I don't know if I'd bet that low, but I agree with you, I don't see Fiorino winning the nomination. Nor Carson, for all that he's currently polling second.
So the apparat is trying to keep the election as quiet as possible to avoid a brawl that might damage Hillary in the general - or worse, allow Sanders to clinch the nomination.
I'm already seeing ads on Facebook talking about how Hillary's Super PAC is attacking Bernie and he needs donations to respond. Which, given his comments about Hillary so far, make me highly suspicious about this ad.
there is a lot of shade on the Clinton legacy that looks like dirt if you spin it the right way
Pretty much; the TPer of the office was talking yesterday about how Hillary has done literally nothing that would qualify her to be President, and I really haven't paid enough attention to her to provide honest rebuttal. But then again, this is the same guy who thinks it's less evil to let people starve to death in the street, or gun down children crossing the border, than force billionaires to pay income tax at all.

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DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#101127: Sep 18th 2015 at 1:18:15 AM

I think the Democrats desperately need to have a debate, and soon. The Republican debates, crowded as they are, are attracting a lot of media attention, and ensuring that whoever wins is seen as having earned it by proving him/herself the best candidate.

If Hillary just quietly wins "by default" instead of actually publicly meeting the challenge of her fellow candidates in some serious way, I think it's going to create further resentment for her among the voting populace come the primaries.

edited 18th Sep '15 1:19:46 AM by DrDougsh

BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#101128: Sep 18th 2015 at 2:05:11 AM

[up] Uh, the first Dem debate is in less than a month, and still three months before the first primaries. They will get their debate time, with all 2.5 candidates. (or 3.5 if Biden actually enters the race.)note 

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#101129: Sep 18th 2015 at 2:10:07 AM

In the Republican voter mind woman should be submissive, or really really dumb. I mean, this is America, not... Communist Britain.

Their apparent idolisation of Mrs Thatcher notwithstanding.

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#101130: Sep 18th 2015 at 2:21:27 AM

not... Communist Britain.

How cute, he thinks this place is not a parochial, nostalgic, backwards shithole.

edited 18th Sep '15 2:35:50 AM by Achaemenid

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#101131: Sep 18th 2015 at 2:30:07 AM

[up]&[up][up] Wait, who said that? Someone really believes Great Britain of all countries is communist?

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PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#101132: Sep 18th 2015 at 3:26:14 AM

Nationalized Health Care is Soviet Communism.

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#101133: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:17:14 AM

[up][up]I don't think anybody thinks the Brits are commie, though they may say it as a joke. They think they are socialist though, and that's terrible.

edited 18th Sep '15 5:25:10 AM by JackOLantern1337

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#101134: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:37:30 AM

Even Donald Trump admitted that progressive tax systems are not "socialist" during the debate. Too bad his economic doctrine is his only good attribute.

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#101136: Sep 18th 2015 at 6:54:25 AM

Whoops just reread that, my mistake.

edited 18th Sep '15 6:56:04 AM by Skycobra51

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#101137: Sep 18th 2015 at 6:56:08 AM

Edit: Post I was replying to has now been edited after the mistake I was pointing out was noticed on a reread.

edited 18th Sep '15 6:57:13 AM by Silasw

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#101138: Sep 18th 2015 at 6:57:22 AM

[up]I've been up for forty eight hours, give me a break.

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#101139: Sep 18th 2015 at 7:26:06 AM

Going back a bit...

Hillary has done literally nothing that would qualify her to be President
You mean aside from her stints as a U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of State? That's infinitely more government experience than Trump has.

Of course, one must remember that hardcore Tea Party types see government itself as inherently illegitimate, so that doesn't count, but if they are to be intellectually consistent, they must also disqualify any government service undertaken by any of the GOP candidates.

edited 18th Sep '15 7:28:42 AM by Fighteer

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#101140: Sep 18th 2015 at 7:28:38 AM

Hillary would be far from horrible as president. I think giving her a shot would definitely not be a bad thing.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
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#101141: Sep 18th 2015 at 7:41:20 AM

So long as its not someone like O'Malley (who successfully managed to run both Baltimore and Maryland into the ground.) I'd be cool with it.

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#101142: Sep 18th 2015 at 7:43:19 AM

O'Malley has run Maryland into the ground?

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#101143: Sep 18th 2015 at 7:50:57 AM

[up][up] [citation needed]

I will admit that he presided over some pretty crappy behavior from the Baltimore police, which is the primary stain on his record as far as I'm concerned. Also, I have no idea what his platform is and the media is basically ignoring him, so... whatever.

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#101144: Sep 18th 2015 at 7:52:48 AM

You mean aside from her stints as a U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of State? ... so that doesn't count
This. As far as he's concerned, her stints are entirely negative, because Benghazemail.
Hillary would be far from horrible as president.
She'd have to work hard to be as bad as W.

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#101145: Sep 18th 2015 at 7:54:24 AM

Hilary practically was presidential already. Of course she's qualified.

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#101146: Sep 18th 2015 at 8:18:53 AM

While I find it hard to think she would have gotten to her positions if she hadn't been married to Bill Clinton, the fact remains that she has more than proved herself since.

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BAFFU Since: Dec, 2012
#101147: Sep 18th 2015 at 8:52:20 AM

I actually think the email thing is bad. Even if its legal...

Having your own personal server to try to manage official correspondence. Sounds like something Nixon would do...

But then again, Nixon was our last liberal president.

edited 18th Sep '15 8:52:51 AM by BAFFU

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#101148: Sep 18th 2015 at 8:54:14 AM

It's one of those Things Everyone Did that nobody worried about until it suddenly became a political issue.

Unless she actually engaged in illegal behavior, it doesn't really matter where she kept her emails. Of course, it would be nice if the State Department could get some money to build a better email system.

edited 18th Sep '15 8:55:05 AM by Fighteer

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#101149: Sep 18th 2015 at 8:56:26 AM

It makes sense to me, it means you can access and process a ton of work stuff easily even without having to connect to the Internet, it protects you from network outages and means that secure correspondence can be sent out in secure bursts rather then in drinks and drabs that might be picked up.

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BAFFU Since: Dec, 2012
#101150: Sep 18th 2015 at 8:58:25 AM

[up][up]

Just because others did it is no good justification though.


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