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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I kinda doubt Trump would pick a VP from his former opponents, but I wouldn't be entirely surprised. He's consistently been much nicer to them once he perceives they are no longer a threat, Christie being the most embarrassing example. One dumb suggestion I heard would be for him to nominate one of his kids, which I'm not sure any of them are even viable for, but it's so stupid I can't rule it out.
On Sanders' supporters switch to Trump, polls have shown an incredibly vast difference in values held between Sanders and Trump supporters. I can only see the seriously anti-establishment types that would flip, and admittedly some racists and sexists as well ("of course blacks and women would get conned by Clinton, this is why we can't have nice things" and other such lines of thought).
However, I can't really imagine that there is a significant number of (left-leaning) people out there who think Clinton is fundamentally untrustworthy, and at the same time think that Trump is not. And I highly doubt most Sanders supporters fall in that category.
edited 3rd May '16 7:43:10 PM by Eschaton
X3 That's why I'm so horrified by the fact that some people here are considering voting for Trump/not voting against him, this is a man committed to carrying out war crimes, this is an actual Fascist, no joke no exaggeration. Right now in Europe Poland, Hungary and in part Austria have got fascist/are about to have openly fascist governments, Greece is cosntnstly on a knife edge of tipping into Fascist rule and yet there are people here who'd willingly place the US under the control of a Fascist?
If the US goes fascist then it's kinda game over for a lot of people, maybe not in the US but everywhere else, I especially find the idea of someone who calls themself "pro life" voting for a man who has a policy of child murder (again not an exaggeration, Trump has called for the murder of the children of 'terrorists') to be almost comically insane.
edited 3rd May '16 7:42:56 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran@Silasw: There's a ban against talking about abortion in detail IIRC, but I will admit that my views are pretty extreme even by Republican standards-perhaps too extreme. You do make a good point about Hindenburg, though.
And of course there's the whole foreign relations thing. I do rather like having Canada be an ally. Fine, I'll consider voting for Hillary
Sigh Anyone want to join my new underwater city project?
edited 3rd May '16 7:47:24 PM by Protagonist506
Leviticus 19:34The President and the VP can't be from the same state.
I honestly doubt that Trump will advocate genocide. At least in America.
The big difference between Trump and Hitler is that Trump is not known for his consistency.
Case in point:
Donald Trump: Israel should keep building West Bank settlements.
Good job, remaining neutral on the subject! /s
edited 3rd May '16 7:49:45 PM by Demonic_Braeburn
Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.@Nervmeister; if you're voting based on that one single issue you've got some serious single issue wonk going on and are probably voting poorly. Trump might not sign the TPP (I don't think anyone's asked him and I think it's fallen out of the general public consciousness) but he would be terrible in regards to things like women's rights, the rights of immigrants, Muslims, equal pay, foreign relations.
Yeah, for a president you've really got to consider the whole package and not just one or two issues.
I mean his policies on Mexicans (AKA Hispanics) and Muslims (AKA Arabs) might well lead to ethnic cleansing but that wasn't my focus, it's more his mass murder forign policy that I was talking about.
It wouldn't just be Canada, Japan and South Korea would go, as likely would what bits of Europe aren't themselves subject to the rise of Fascism, you wouldn't become North Korea, but there'd be no reason to ally with the US over Russia. In fact Russia might well be the comparative good guy, that's why Putin likes Trump, he makes Putin look reasonable and peaceful.
edited 3rd May '16 7:52:41 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranIvanka Trump is only 34 years old, so she doesn't qualify.
Kasich has no plans to drop out yet. http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/03/politics/john-kasich-not-leaving-race-ted-cruz/index.html
edited 3rd May '16 7:50:59 PM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.@Trump committing genocide: He's already talked about banning Muslims from reentering the US and said something about creating a database of them. He's only one or two steps removed from actually wanting to do it. Who knows, it wouldn't shock me if he'd actually try it if he thought he could get away with it.
Actually she is eligible. She'd turn 35 before being sworn in.
edited 3rd May '16 7:53:08 PM by Kostya
Clinton will probably try to focus more on the general election.
The problem with that plan is that Sanders shows no sign of letting this primary end, especially now that he won Indiana.
Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.Also, I want to remind people that Trump doesn't actually want to commit any war crimes. He just wants to rewrite the laws so they are no longer "crimes." What's wrong with that?
edited 3rd May '16 7:57:27 PM by Eschaton
X4 That's a reason not the panic, not a reason to vote for him/not vote against him.
You don't give a wannabe mass murderer power just because the system will stop him from killing.
edited 3rd May '16 8:05:56 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranBut he'll still let in his rich Muslim friends. Skip to 1:50.
That's the thing about Trump. There isn't a genuine bone in his body.
What I'm worried about is all the people that will take Trump at face value, and try to imitate him.
Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) ‘not interested’ in being Trump’s running mate.
edited 3rd May '16 8:23:39 PM by Demonic_Braeburn
Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.

One thing to keep in mind about Trump, this coming from a Canadian. Trump is ridiculously unpopular in most of the world (except Russia for some reason). At the very least, Trump will likely wreck many of the positive relationships the US still has. I'm pretty sure Justin Trudeau and the Canadian Parliament are really worried about him as well, especially since Trump really has not had much to do with Canada in the past.
Clinton, on the other hand, is at the very least, respected in most of the world. She won't wreck the US foreign relations out of spite.
edited 3rd May '16 7:37:21 PM by Zendervai