2016 U.S Election Thread

[Carpe Mortem]

I've never voted due to a strong distrust of the lobbyists behind the scene of every candidate, but I might actually go for Trump if he makes it to the end. Chaos. Utter chaos, let's hit that reset button,

[Josef K]

Originally Posted by Two Spirit

Trump is forcing the Republicans to re-evaluate their stances on illegal immigration, a topic many of them are soft on.

say what now

[John Wilkes Booth]

Originally Posted by Carpe Mortem

I've never voted due to a strong distrust of the lobbyists behind the scene of every candidate, but I might actually go for Trump if he makes it to the end. Chaos. Utter chaos, let's hit that reset button,

yea honestly at this point i feel like i want trump to be president just so i 1) i can be right and rub it in chula's face and 2) cause regardless of whether he is great or he sucks or he is the new fuhrer leading america to its hellish dystopian semi-fascist police state future, at least it will be interesting whenever the president gives a speech

i'm not an obamahater but tbh i don't tune in for anything that guy says... he's articulate but dull as all hell. and he speaks so slowly and calmly all the time. he's like bill cosby without the charisma and daterape skills

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

yea honestly at this point i feel like i want trump to be president just so i 1) i can be right and rub it in chula's face and 2) cause regardless of whether he is great or he sucks or he is the new fuhrer leading america to its hellish dystopian semi-fascist police state future, at least it will be interesting whenever the president gives a speech

i'm not an obamahater but tbh i don't tune in for anything that guy says... he's articulate but dull as all hell. and he speaks so slowly and calmly all the time. he's like bill cosby without the charisma and daterape skills

Yeah, whatever happened to the charismatic presidential candidate?

And I'd definitely give him a troll vote. I don't see this country pulling out of its slump anytime soon, so might as well just treat the election process as a joke. Who knows? Maybe people might become so ashamed of their voting actions that they actually changed their basic approach to deciding between candidates... for a couple elections at least.

[John Wilkes Booth]

i feel like the reason trump refuses to 'swear not to run as a 3rd party candidate,' even though he indicates that he has no intention of doing so, is to send a subliminal coercive threat to the republican establishment. basically the establishment fears that he might just rile up the far right and then lose the general election for them against hillary by damaging the more moderate candidate that they choose to support with his smear tactics.

so they are weary of supporting him... they want him to swear allegiance to 'whoever wins the primaries', i.e. they want to use him as a sort of expendable martyr for bringing up certain talking points that might be a bit too risky for say a bush or a rubio to broach, cause stirring up said sentiments strengthens their base. but then if/when he doesn't win they want him to stand down and support their guy. and he's basically giving non-answers to that question each time they ask him as a hint like hey... you realize i have a cult like following right, and i can ralph nader the **** out of you with a 3rd party campaign... but i'd rather do it as a republican, so it's time to hop aboard the trump train or get left in the dust, losers..

[Two Spirit]

Originally Posted by Josef K

say what now

They're soft in the sense that the party has candidates like Marco Rubio who have openly advocated giving amnesty to illegal immigrants already in the country. Jeb Bush is this way about amnesty as well.

The party has slowly been caving in to the Democrats on this issue.

[Frownland]

Every time a candidate is accused of supporting amnesty, it's usually the product of another candidate who thinks said amnesty advocator's stance being less extremist than 'kill all the Mexicans'. Not too sure about Rubio's position on the subject though, but I'm glad his dad was a down to earth American like me (and not some derned deceptive politician) and that he hates Obamacare as much as I do. I mean if it had Osama in the name then it should pretty much go **** itself imo. I'm glad when we finally get a republican in offfice, this nonsense about not having an untimely death will die out.

[hip hop bunny hop]

So, I'm going to go ahead and say that while my ideal candidate would be Joe Biden, I support Hillary Clinton in her bid for the presidency 100%. People who think this election doesn't matter need to understand that Scott Walker's anti-union tactics will perforate and be embedded within the GOP for years unless there is a resounding Democratic victory.

Originally Posted by Burning Down

Also, because I have different political views than you, you find that amusing? Or is it amusing because maybe you don't think I am smart enough to be discussing such things in the first place? That was kind of a vague statement, which I find amusing.

I found it funny due to irony.

[John Wilkes Booth]

Originally Posted by Frownland

Every time a candidate is accused of supporting amnesty, it's usually the product of another candidate who thinks said amnesty advocator's stance being less extremist than 'kill all the Mexicans'.

strawman alert!

[Chula Vista]

Originally Posted by Frownland

I'm glad his dad was a down to earth American like me and that he hates Obamacare as much as I do.

Sarcasm? (my meter is broken)