The Official 2016 GOP Presidential Primary Thread

Started by ImmortalTechnique, Jan 20, 2015, in Life Add to Reading List

  1. Red Rum
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    Obama won because he was Black.
     
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  2. Red Rum
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    I bet @Swizz is one of those liberals who suffers from white guilt holding "black lives matter" sign at a protest over an 18 year kid who was shot because he assaulted a police officer.
     
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  3. lil uzi vert stan
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    LOLLLLLLLL nail on the head
     
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  4. ImmortalTechnique
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    Lol. Obama mostly won because Bush was a failure and McCain was dumb enough to pick Sarah Palin.
    Heron because he was a Democrat in 2008
    But I think your theory has some merit. President Herman Cain is going to do a great job until president Ben Carson takes over
     
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  5. Goku187
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    How is Paul that bridge though? The establishment HATES his entire foreign policy, so I think he's a non-starter. If Paul gets it, it's either a) he got lucky with such a fractured field, and his individualism reigned where others cancelled each other out (Romney/Bush/Christie, Huckabee/Santorum, Cruz/Perry), or b) the strongest grassroots support. It probably wouldn't be due to a blessing from the establishment, as I simply cannot imagine the McCains and the Boehners and the Bill Kristols of the world tolerating, let alone supporting his foreign policy positions. I will say, despite my personal opinion that his FP views make winning the nomination close to impossible, he has done a better job than anyone else at laying the groundwork for a campaign and reaching out to voters he would need to win over in a general election. He's literally the only national figure in the Republican party that I can think of who has actively tried to fix his party's problems with minorities, for example. Also, he posts a lot of memes on twitter to appeal to the youth vote :'( :'(

    Yeah you know me really well. I'm a big protester. I'm at all the protests, with the signs
     
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  6. ImmortalTechnique
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    ^^
    Paul's attempts at reaching out to minorities have been pretty f---ing abysmal, though.
    That's going to be a tough sell for any GOP candidate running with a GOP congress

    Plus his dad is a huge racist, as is a large part of his natural base of support
     
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  7. lil uzi vert stan
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    I think its a work in progress, he needs to demonstrate to the establishment that he isnt a wingnut, that he has crossover appeal, that he represents the kind of change they can believe in (pardon the pun). if he is able to pass criminal justice legislation anytime, i think that furthers the perceptions he can get stuff done

    Right now, its walking a tightrope without a circus net, but he seems to be the only true outlier out of the groups u describe.
     
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  8. ImmortalTechnique
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    he's a nervous wreck. he deserves respect, he's about to bust this tec at someone to reverse the debt


    edit: holy s---, Lindsay Graham really did file and actually made press statements about running to address the issues with the country. I hope he isn't seriously considering it and is just doing some kind of vanity exercise
     
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  9. Goku187
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    alright got dat John McCain endorsement :'( :'(

    just gonna start calling him 45 tbh
     
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  10. ImmortalTechnique
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    Romney shook as f--- at the idea of losing again, not gonna run after all
     
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  11. lil uzi vert stan
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    I'm disappointed.
    i kind of wanted him to run
    but like, run the right way ya know
    no more pandering
    only focus on jobs, economics... and be honest: "i dont care about anything else. sry. immigration, climate change, gay marriage WHATEVER"
    o well
     
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  12. ImmortalTechnique
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    He doesn't really give a s--- about jobs either, though
    Part of the reason he didn't win is because he didn't really bring anything to the table
     
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  13. Goku187
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    Mitt Romney lawwwssstttt

    kind of annoyed he made me spend 3 weeks re-arranging all my expectations about 2016 and it was all for nothing!
     
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  14. Alchemist34
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    I kind of want republicans to win just so Hillary won't win. Aren't you guys sick of seeing her all these decades
     
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  15. ImmortalTechnique
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    It certainly changes the dynamics wrt the big money donors.
    Whether he endorses or stays out will have a bigger impact on them than primary voters. Absent his declaration of support, I think most of that money flows towards Bush. He could make a big difference, though, if he backs Walker or another credible candidate. Sounds like he and Christie hate each other though.
     
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  16. tm87
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    Yes....It seems some American's enjoy scandals from the Clinton family for multiple decades.
     
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  17. ImmortalTechnique
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    better than Bush scandals. blow jobs vs lying us into war is no contest
     
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  18. tm87
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    Yeah because we're totally comparing Bush to Clinton. I've already said the Bush family is corrupt with higher connections within the government.

    I would just like to see a president without having irs and sex scandals during their whole term. It makes other countries think our leadership is weak, causing a higher chance of terrorists attacks on US soil.

    Btw, you're probably rooting for the Patriots today, am I right? Full out scandal team, a disgrace to American sports.
     
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  19. ImmortalTechnique
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    I was comparing the Bush family because another one of them is the frontrunner for the GOP nomination.

    Anyways, if you like having a scandal free President, then Obama is your guy. No Administration will ever be perfect, but the desperate attempts the GOP has made to invent scandals gives you a pretty good idea of how relatively clean this Admin has been.

    And f--- the Patriots. Packers lost to the Seahawks, so I want them to win to show we lost to the best.
     
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  20. tm87
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    True. Obama was really aimed at abusing the constitution when Bush was a lot worse. Surprised to see some people in the house still racist.

    Lol. Good s---. f--- the pats and @redsoxx
     
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