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Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by croat: 11:15pm On Apr 06, 2016
happney65:
And Mr nonignorant,Isnt Sanders supporters asking to be fed?Tell me how he's Policies would would in 21st century America and how Socialism would work in the Capitalism Capital of the World..Yeye

They ask to be fed? You're dumb.

Why it would't work? Look at Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Portugal, Russia, etc... Japan, Philippines, India, etc... you brainless fool is unaware of the world and you don't know it which is both sad and funny.
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 9:44am On Apr 07, 2016
Ted Cruz has no reasonable path to nomination. Hence the real winner in Wisconsin is the establishment:

[b]" The perfect week for the Republican establishment ended with Ted Cruz wining the Wisconsin primary. Cruz declared "it is a turning point" and he is correct it is indeed a turning point but not for Cruz. This is the point where the establishment take over the party. For months the establishment in the RNC has been leaking their wound for not taking Donald Trump seriously. They were running out of time and scared that it may be too late to stop the Trump train. They have supported about any candidate apart from Trump and have spent over $69 billion on the #NeverTrump movement.

Trump rivals love the #NeverTrump campaign and they naively think it was meant to boost their own chances to become the GOP nominee. They think the establishment is now uniting behind them as the message is clear that it would never be Trump. John Kasich enjoyed the establishment support in Ohio. In fact Mitt Romney stood by him and told the people of Ohio "Vote Kasich" but John was shocked two weeks after the Ohio primaries when Mitt was standing by ted Cruz telling the people of Utah "Vote Cruz". Kasich looked confused on TV when asked why he kept using Romney’s image in advertisement when he was clearly supporting Cruz in Utah. Kasich replied “He supported me" Mitt has supported Marco Rubio in Florida and made robocalls on his behalf. This may look confusing to the apolitical folks but it's a strategy the establishment announced when Mitt Romney made his infamous speech in Utah on March 3, 2016. The strategy is to send a clear message to Donald Trump that the establishment and not the people (ordinary republicans) own the RNC."[/b]

http://igunnu..co.uk/2016/04/wisconsin-gop-primary-results.html

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Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 11:36am On Apr 07, 2016
^^
Makes sense. There is no way the Tea-publican establishment would support someone like Ted Cruz - a religious nut.

John Kasich ain't the man either, because it's sooo clear that he ain't popular amongst Republicans outside Ohio.

It could be that Speaker Paul Ryan would emerge as a 'consensus' nominee in Cleveland. His (secret) backers, including the Koch brothers believe that he is the right nominee to unite the different factions of the party...
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by armyofone(m): 10:24pm On Apr 07, 2016
@CFCman,
Are you saying if Trump wins NY or possibly NY and CA
the establishment would still go ahead and hand pick Paul Ryan ?
A big riot ahead then....just like Trump said.
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by itstpia8: 10:29pm On Apr 07, 2016
we are watching.
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 11:56pm On Apr 07, 2016
armyofone:

Are you saying if Trump wins NY or possibly NY and CA
the establishment would still go ahead and hand pick Paul Ryan ?
A big riot ahead then....just like Trump said.
If Trump doesn't get the required 1,237 delegates, the party could legally choose another candidate. But as you said, it would result in a massive riot, not only in Cleveland, but nationwide.

If neither Trump nor Cruz or Kasich win a majority on the first ballot, some outsider candidate could solicit for votes on the convention floor - hence all the talk about Paul Ryan.

In reality though, I think the delegates would swing to Trump if his political operatives do enough courting of them.
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 11:09pm On Apr 08, 2016
Hillary Clinton will get to the magic number of 2,382 if she wins 64% of the remaining pledged delegates.
Bernie Sanders will get to the same number if he wins 77% of the remaining pledged delegates.

To date, Clinton has 1,280 pledged delegates, Sanders has 1,030 pledged delegates.

To further compound Senator Sander's woes, only 3 nominating contests (Wyoming, Guam, and Virgin Islands) out of the remaining 21 are caucuses. Those 3 contests account for only 28 delegates out of the 1738 pledged delegates to be allocated from tomorrow till the June 14 D.C. primary.

Most of Bernie's wins have been in caucus states; he won 10 caucus contests. The only primaries he has won are the New Hampshire, Michigan, Democrats abroad, Vermont, Wisconsin and Oklahoma primaries.
Clinton has won 16 primaries and 3 caucuses (Iowa, Nevada, American Samoa) to date. She has won 59.2% of the delegates in the 22 primaries held so far.

Clinton has won 165 delegates in the caucuses, so far, out of 509 pledged delegates in the past caucuses.

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Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 4:45am On Apr 09, 2016
Veep stakes..Some women Hillary may consider as her running mate:

Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill,
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo
New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 5:31am On Apr 09, 2016
Megyn Kelly was the talk of the media elite following her comment that she might leave Fox News after the election — but some believe she’ll get $15 million in reasons to stay.

Guests at The Hollywood Reporter’s Most Powerful People in New York Media event were buzzing Wednesday about Kelly’s comment this week. “I don’t know what’s going to happen,” she said when asked if she was going to extend her time at Fox, where she’s been for 12 years. Her current contract, inked in 2013, expires in summer 2017.

But most TV insiders said they thought it was likely she’ll stay put at Fox.

An insider said that Kelly, who reportedly earns up to $9 million a year, could ask for $15 million to put her on par with O’Reilly, who commands between $15 million and $17 million a year. The source said, “The only place she’ll earn a salary that large is Fox News, and Megyn knows it.” Fox News anchors’ pay packages include incentives based on ratings. O’Reilly has been at the channel for 20 years, and has been No. 1 since 2001.
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by bayocanny: 1:33pm On Apr 10, 2016
As for as I am concern trump will emerge as the republican presidential candidate, its going to be TRUMP VS HILLARY
But he will lose the general election

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Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by itstpia8: 3:07pm On Apr 10, 2016
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Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 3:18pm On Apr 10, 2016
itstpia8:



Only females?
cheesy

Males that could end up on her short list are:

Tim Kaine (Virginia)
Julian Castro (Texas)
Sen Sherrod Brown (Ohio)
Sen Al Franken (Minnesota)
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by itstpia8: 3:49pm On Apr 10, 2016
^btw, what criteria did you use, just curious.

You didnt mention that.

Aside from political experience (obviously, since most are Senators and Governors).


btw, nothing wrong with your original list.
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 1:58am On Apr 11, 2016
itstpia8:
^btw, what criteria did you use, just curious.

You didnt mention that.

Aside from political experience (obviously, since most are Senators and Governors).


btw, nothing wrong with your original list.
Senators Kaine and Brown are both senators from key swing states. Putting either on the ticket could swing the election in Virginia and Ohio, respectively, to Hillary. Both senators are also popular in their states.

Senator Al Franken has been in the Senate for 7 years and is a devoted voice for Progressives in the chamber. Before getting to the Senate, he was a well-known comedian.

Julian Castro is the mayor of San Antonio, Texas. He is in his forties, and Hispanic. If he is on the ticket, he MAY swing the election in Texas for Clinton. No Democrat presidential nominee has carried Texas in more than 30 years.
Moreover, a massive Latino turnout - a key constituency for Democrats - would ensue if he is paired with HRC.
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 11:13pm On Apr 11, 2016
Results of the latest Monmouth poll amongst NY Democrats:

If the Democratic primary election for president was today, would you vote for – [NAMES WERE ROTATED] April 2016
Hillary Clinton 51%
Bernie Sanders 39%
(VOL) Other 1%
(VOL) Undecided 9%
(n) (302)


How would you rate the job Clinton did when she was a U.S. Senator representing New York – excellent, good, only fair, or poor? April 2016 Excellent 28%
Good 42%
Only fair 20%
Poor 7%
(VOL) Don’t know 3%
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 4:47am On Apr 13, 2016
As of today, it appears that xHamster—one of the world’s biggest porn sites, and ranked 91st among websites in the world—is protesting North Carolinians with a special pop-up.

It was reported earlier that the site was blocking users from North Carolina altogether. Right now, it appears the site is instead serving users with an informative pop-up, protesting the state’s new law that forces transgender people to use the restrooms corresponding to their gender at birth.



Porn sites getting politically active isn’t a new idea: Pornhub and Redtube protested in favor of net neutrality back in 2014, and we ended up with a robust set of favorable FCC rulings.

XHamster’s data is funny—and a good reminder that even the most outwardly homophobic states have plenty of people who swing every which way—but I would urge xHamster to be a little more specific. The IP address block owned by the North Carolina General Assembly is freely available information, after all.
http://gizmodo.com/porn-site-xhamster-is-protesting-north-carolinas-anti-l-1770411824
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 2:57pm On Apr 13, 2016
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 2:19am On Apr 15, 2016
"If elected President, I'll break up the big banks" - Senator Sanders.
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by ValerianSteel(m): 4:28am On Apr 15, 2016
CFCman:
"If elected President, I'll break up the big banks" - Senator Sanders.
On his interview with Daily News he couldn't even explain what he meant by that.Instead it was Hillary who did a great job of explaining a detailed policy to break up big plans.Sanders came off as someone who knows nothing about half of what he says most times.

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Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 4:33am On Apr 15, 2016
ValerianSteel:
On his interview with Daily News he couldn't even explain what he meant by that.Instead it was Hillary who did a great job of explaining a detailed policy to break up big plans.Sanders came off as someone who knows nothing about half of what he says most times.
I know right? I don't buy the argument that it was a 'gotcha' question. He should have expected that question from a NY-based newspaper, and as you said, he should have developed a policy position on his signature issue.

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Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by BekeeBuAgbara: 5:52am On Apr 15, 2016
Megyn Kelly met Donald Trump at Trump Tower, she requested the private meeting. After insulting her severally? shocked
It seems Fox doesn't want to lose Trump.
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by ValerianSteel(m): 7:04am On Apr 15, 2016
CFCman:

I know right? I don't buy the argument that it was a 'gotcha' question. He should have expected that question from a NY-based newspaper, and as you said, he should have developed a policy position on his signature issue.
If Sanders were to get the Democratic nomination.I don't think he would survive the first two weeks of Republican attacks.

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Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 12:03am On Apr 16, 2016
BekeeBuAgbara:
Megyn Kelly met Donald Trump at Trump Tower, she requested the private meeting. After insulting her severally? shocked
It seems Fox doesn't want to lose Trump.
She wants to thank him for the increased ratings of her tv show...
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 12:04am On Apr 16, 2016
Is it just me, or doesn't Katrina Pierson - Trump's campaign national spokeswoman - look like Lisa Ann? wink
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Missy89(f): 12:10am On Apr 16, 2016
CFCman:
Is it just me, or doesn't Katrina Pierson - Trump's campaign national spokeswoman - look like Lisa Ann? wink

Sarah Palin looks more like Lisa Ann.
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by BekeeBuAgbara: 5:44am On Apr 16, 2016
CFCman:

She wants to thank him for the increased ratings of her tv show...
Initially she was fuming as if she didn't like the publicity, although she later admitted to Charlie Rose of CBS News that Donald Trump had made her more popular, Trump gets free massive media coverage also but if it's good or bad publicity for him, only Cleveland convention or (if he wins the ticket) November election will tell.
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by ValerianSteel(m): 9:50am On Apr 16, 2016
CFCman:
Is it just me, or doesn't Katrina Pierson - Trump's campaign national spokeswoman - look like Lisa Ann? wink
grin grin grin
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by ValerianSteel(m): 9:58am On Apr 16, 2016
Found this comment on Hillary's Facebook page.

Hillary is the most qualified candidate who has ever run for president. She is going into the job, fully understanding the pressures and responsibilities. She was a senator and Secretary of State. She served as First Lady of a state and understands the demands that governors have. There is no one, (Washington, Lincoln, Adams, Kennedy) who had a more comprehensive background for this job.

I concur,no Presidential candidate has built a resume like hers ever.She knows the intrinisics of governance,power and diplomacy.

Some funny memes I found grin

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Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by ValerianSteel(m): 4:10am On Apr 18, 2016
Bernie Sanders stance on Israel has angered Jews both at home and abroad.

This is a comment from a fellow Jew on Hillary's Facebook page.Sorry about the grammar,dude really has it out for Senator Sanders.

Bernie Sanders is a LOSER , Israel hater. He born as a Jew, but he is a shame, a scum traitor for the jewish people. The people of Israel hates Sander. If is not good to Israel, can not be good to America . Americans do not deserve a man like this , NO CARATER, COWARD , IMORAL, LIAR, ....just a HUMAN TRASH !!!

Another comment from another FB user.(BS=Bernie Sanders)

BS is far more Despicable Than People realize He is a TRAITOR to his own people. According to an article published in the Jewish press "in 1971 before the Yom Kippur War he refused to let a shipment of guns go through to Israel", as a result a MASSACRE occurred!!! Hillary has always stood with Israel.
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 5:10am On Apr 19, 2016
If Donald Trump wins at least 83 New York delegates:

- He would only need to get 53% of the remaining delegates to get to the magic number of 1,237 needed to win the nomination.

- Ted Cruz would need to win 90% of the remaining delegates.

- Kasich would need 143% of the remaining delegates grin
Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by ValerianSteel(m): 5:11pm On Apr 19, 2016
It's her State afterall.Looks like Sanders campaign comes to an end today.
Picture of Hillary Clinton voting in New York.

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Re: American Politics Lounge - Donald Trump Is US President-Elect ! by Nobody: 5:57pm On Apr 19, 2016
ValerianSteel:
It's her State afterall.Looks like Sanders campaign comes to an end today.

Picture of Hillary Clinton voting in New York.
Nah..
His campaign comes to an end next week Tuesday

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