Did Cruz just insult his wife?

Definitely. I don't recall Lonnie, Charity, and Barry (can't remember the fourth candidate) tearing each other down when they ran for ASB President at the end of my junior year.
 
The Pauper said:
Definitely. I don't recall Lonnie, Charity, and Barry (can't remember the fourth candidate) tearing each other down when they ran for ASB President at the end of my junior year.
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And Trump has pictures of your girlfriend and will use them now.

So I hair.
 
Talked with a person today and they asked me about the current political situation with the candidates. I said, Trump is a joke who I never thought would make it this far. He responded, yeah, me too. I said, I think a lot of people are voting for him just to shake things up with both parties. He agreed, but he said (he is Mexican) that if Trump is elected there will be no brown or white people in the White House. I asked, how is that much different than now. He said, there will be less browns and blacks.

Okay, I say, but I don't think Trump is the racist bigot that he plays on the candidate trail. I said, I think he is simply playing to the far right and with some of his middle of the road policies, that when he takes office, he will make deals, not war.
 
I don't think an intelligent or sane voter should be expected to vote for a candidate based upon the assumption that the candidate is not actually dangerous, and will behave themself after taking office. Hope is not a plan, and never will be. If Trump wants to be taken seriously as a political candidate, he should have established himself through lower offices, activism, and, ideally, some academic contributions (other than his books about his business experiences). Voting for someone who may, or may not, turn out to be a despot is just an accident waiting to befall a republic (once Caesar restores order and eliminates corruption, he "might" relinquish his dictatorial powers).
 
I meant if he takes office.

On the one hand, the guy today and I agreed that it would be fun and cool if Trump took office, despite his reservations about browns and blacks, because he wants to shake up the entire status quo. He thinks that Hillary will just be more of the same. He can't stand Trump and his rhetoric, but loves the fact he massacring the republican party.

He is an independent. He hopes that if Trump destroys the republican party, then the democrats are soon to follow.

I believe many and many and many Americans are voting for Trump for this reason, and that is why they ignore his utter incompetency.
 
The Pauper said:
I don't think an intelligent or sane voter should be expected to vote for a candidate based upon the assumption that the candidate is not actually dangerous, and will behave themself after taking office. Hope is not a plan, and never will be. If Trump wants to be taken seriously as a political candidate, he should have established himself through lower offices, activism, and, ideally, some academic contributions (other than his books about his business experiences). Voting for someone who may, or may not, turn out to be a despot is just an accident waiting to befall a republic (once Caesar restores order and eliminates corruption, he "might" relinquish his dictatorial powers).
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So all politicians should be politicians before they win office? I don't think you're saying that, but it seems like you are. Just want to clarify.

Hope is a plan, I believe. Throughout the history of my people, hope has many times been a plan and the hope ended up favorably, though not always. Without hope, we have what is in front of us, what we see on a daily basis.

Academic contributions are given too much weight. Academic opinions are, by and large, written by people who have never seen 'society'. They live in ivory towers and pronounce their opinions as if the colors on their black robes means something. George W. Bush is a prime example of why most of America doesn't relate to the Ivory tower. The guy was a buffoon, a frat pack party dumbass. But, he spoke 'Texan'. Used real simple words and people voted for him because they were tired of Clinton's Ivory Tower.

Then along comes Obama, the opposite of Bush. Now along comes Trump, the opposite of Obama.

What do you make of that?
 
Konono said:
I meant if he takes office.

On the one hand, the guy today and I agreed that it would be fun and cool if Trump took office, despite his reservations about browns and blacks, because he wants to shake up the entire status quo. He thinks that Hillary will just be more of the same. He can't stand Trump and his rhetoric, but loves the fact he massacring the republican party.

He is an independent. He hopes that if Trump destroys the republican party, then the democrats are soon to follow.

I believe many and many and many Americans are voting for Trump for this reason, and that is why they ignore his utter incompetency.
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The Democratic Party is the oldest in existence. It has survived the treason of the Civil War. It has survived nullification and secession, slavery and segregation, mob bosses and union bosses, Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson, communist apologia and the New Left. It has sustained its own rotting corpse through the sacrifice of infant lives, and will continue to do so for some time. It has always been able to draw-in immigrant voters, from Germans in the 1790s to illegal Mexicans now, and would probably have no qualms with courting Syrian refugees at the risk of increased terrorism. It will never die or lose the lust for power that has defined it from Aaron Burr to Stephen Douglas, and from John F. Kennedy to Bill and Hillary Clinton. There is not a stake sharp enough, clove of garlic potent enough, or gold crucifix pure enough.
 
Konono said:
So all politicians should be politicians before they win office? I don't think you're saying that, but it seems like you are. Just want to clarify.

Hope is a plan, I believe. Throughout the history of my people, hope has many times been a plan and the hope ended up favorably, though not always. Without hope, we have what is in front of us, what we see on a daily basis.

Academic contributions are given too much weight. Academic opinions are, by and large, written by people who have never seen 'society'. They live in ivory towers and pronounce their opinions as if the colors on their black robes means something. George W. Bush is a prime example of why most of America doesn't relate to the Ivory tower. The guy was a buffoon, a frat pack party dumbass. But, he spoke 'Texan'. Used real simple words and people voted for him because they were tired of Clinton's Ivory Tower.

Then along comes Obama, the opposite of Bush. Now along comes Trump, the opposite of Obama.

What do you make of that?
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We should know where they stand on the issues, and not have to hope and guess. Running for office is ideal, if a candidate isn't otherwise prepared to handle the daily business of the presidency. One can argue that Trump is prepared for the job, but that still leaves the first part a complete mystery.
 
The Pauper said:
We should know where they stand on the issues, and not have to hope and guess. Running for office is ideal, if a candidate isn't otherwise prepared to handle the daily business of the presidency. One can argue that Trump is prepared for the job, but that still leaves the first part a complete mystery.
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I don't think people care about the 'issues' anymore. It is the same tripe and trod spoken again and again. Trump is something new. Something that will end the same tripe being trod out again and again.
 
The issues tell us about a person's character. It is a great tool for determining, for example, how dangerous a Trump presidency could potentially be. It is generally assumed that he is a man of extremely poor character, and the OP plays into that theme.
 
Konono said:
Talked with a person today and they asked me about the current political situation with the candidates. I said, Trump is a joke who I never thought would make it this far. He responded, yeah, me too. I said, I think a lot of people are voting for him just to shake things up with both parties. He agreed, but he said (he is Mexican) that if Trump is elected there will be no brown or white people in the White House. I asked, how is that much different than now. He said, there will be less browns and blacks.

Okay, I say, but I don't think Trump is the racist bigot that he plays on the candidate trail. I said, I think he is simply playing to the far right and with some of his middle of the road policies, that when he takes office, he will make deals, not war.
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Here is some food for thought!

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/me-gusta-trump-portrait-of-a-hispanic-trump-voter
 
At this point I am starting to wonder if HRC can get indicted and still beat Trump.
 
The Pauper said:
I don't think an intelligent or sane voter should be expected to vote for a candidate based upon the assumption that the candidate is not actually dangerous, and will behave themself after taking office. Hope is not a plan, and never will be. If Trump wants to be taken seriously as a political candidate, he should have established himself through lower offices, activism, and, ideally, some academic contributions (other than his books about his business experiences). Voting for someone who may, or may not, turn out to be a despot is just an accident waiting to befall a republic (once Caesar restores order and eliminates corruption, he "might" relinquish his dictatorial powers).
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Hitler actually attracted a lot of support from people who were just angry at the establishment, they thought he was all talk and would moderate once in office. They were wrong.
 
Look at the photo of Trump's wife in my avatar, arnt her breasts terrible misshapen? They seem lumpy and strange.
 
The only people to oppose Hitler in the end were the Socialists and the Communists. The conservatives, liberals, moderates, centrists, and rightists all went over to the Hitler camp in the end. And the left will, again, be the only ones to vote against Trumps enabling act. We are the only ones who stand firm for liberty and freedom, while the rightists are all potential fascists.
 
Patriotic American said:
The only people to oppose Hitler in the end were the Socialists and the Communists. The conservatives, liberals, moderates, centrists, and rightists all went over to the Hitler camp in the end. And the left will, again, be the only ones to vote against Trumps enabling act. We are the only ones who stand firm for liberty and freedom, while the rightists are all potential fascists.
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Do you have a cite for that? Hitler was killing the Gays, Jews, and disabled, he was after every minority or weak person.

Where do you find that the Liberals were supporting him? The Communists and the Socialists were fighting him for sure, I don't think there was an organized group of liberals akin to American liberals in Germany at the time, they were lumped in with the Socialists.
 
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