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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Republicans are screwing other Republicans in other politicals arenas as well. Moderate Republicans defeat Tea Party in 14 Kansas legislature primaries
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Kansas being the state whose governor has been enacting Tea Party legislation after legislation, which has cut countless services for all it's citizens and sent the state into spiraling debt. anti-Tea Party contenders won nominations for open seats in another seven races.
edited 4th Aug '16 12:03:43 PM by Parable
Short version: Donald Trump has attempted to coast through his entire professional career on personal charisma alone, never quite understanding that there's a reason the most effective classes consider CHA to be a dump stat.
And since he's not willing to put in the effort to become a Sorcerer, he's left trying to be a party leader despite only being qualified to be the Bard.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.That class in particular requires having supernatural ancestry or magical influence in your bloodline. Trump is too racially pure for that.
Found a cool op ed that dismisses the idea that Trump is throwing the election. His missteps are just Trump being Trump.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/04/opinions/trump-just-being-trump-axelrod/index.html
edited 4th Aug '16 12:29:55 PM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.So heard this from a customer, and was surprised that reputable news sites are covering the idea of "What if Trump drops out?"
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It's not impossible. If Trump sinks the party's reputation enough, it'll become suicide to be linked to him in the general election. In that event, they might try to get him to drop out and run with someone less controversial, even if it costs them the White House. There are already some rumors of another "intervention" in the works, and GOP officials have begun trying to figure out an "exit strategy".
edited 4th Aug '16 1:16:28 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Not "most". Libertarianism is a fringe position no matter how much your Facebook friends might try to convince you otherwise. It should be a fringe position because it's fundamentally loony.
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I'm not sure when this latest one is planned for; it could be going on today.
edited 4th Aug '16 1:20:34 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Many of them will choose Clinton. Some may choose Johnson. But, frankly, the white nationalists who came out to choose Trump don't have another option.
edited 4th Aug '16 1:40:11 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
The people who do though will almost certainly go the libertarians unless Clinton moves quite a bit to the right.
It should also be noted that, at this point, Trump is slated to lose by a similar margin to Romney, so I don't expect him to go away any time soon.
edited 4th Aug '16 1:47:20 PM by CaptainCapsase

Donald Trump's Business Failures, Explained
Trump Shuttle never turned a profit. But it didn’t have much of a chance; even as he was preening about his successes, Trump’s businesses were falling apart and would soon bring the shuttle crashing down with them.
Donald Trump looks like he expects to coast by on personality alone, and that just doesn't do it. Personality can get a lot of dumbasses to trust you, but it doesn't replace business sense. This idiot could never run the country.
It's a fascinating read if anyone's up for it.