General Politics Discussion [ARCHIVED] • Page 11

I've been curious about whether 'more sane' Republicans would follow the Vote to Stop Trump proposal from the establishment. Sure seems like it's at least playing a factor.

Side note, I've come to the conclusion that a Cruz presidency would probably be worse than a Trump one. Which is both amazing and terrifying to think about.

 

The more she tries to attack, the better it is for Bernie. She's practically guaranteed to come off the wrong way.

 

One of her staffers linked to Panama Papers stuff, if that US list gets out soon she is going to look way more corrupt.

 

Going negative on Bernie is only going to backfire

 

New mural that went up in Richmond recently. Skanking Bernie. It's a Circle Jerks rip.

 

definitely , he's been planning this his whole life and he has actual policy behind his awfulness

 

A Republican representative from Wisconsin just pointed to voter ID as a predictor of the eventual GOP nominee's success.

Fuck this state.

 

If you aren't from the UK you might not get this but the latest party election broadcast from the Greens is spot on.

 

@secretsociety92 haha, that video was pretty funny. I still wouldn't want to vote Green though, some of their proposed policies just seem insane to me, and I consider myself to be fairly left-wing. I've seen interviews with Natalie Bennett where she literally can't explain them. I find Jeremy Corbyn more appealing but sadly his party isn't behind him...

 

If Trump ends up being the nominee, the electoral map is going to be so interesting.

Completely possible that he flips Michigan and another state or two red, while states like Georgia and NC possibly flip blue.

 

That Washington Times article has a point, but I would take into consideration that it is more right-wing and conservative than the Post.

 

DOJ just announced they uncovered a massive visa fraud ring using a fake university.
The feds set up a fake university in N.J. and had a real learning experience — about alleged visa fraud

 

and yet...

http://gawker.com/fake-new-jersey-university-established-by-cops-to-catch-1769354830

 

So basically background checks are useless?

 

Fair enough, each to their own.

 

FiveThirtyEight is predicting that the GOP will nominate Cruz instead of Trump. Possibly.
Ted Cruz, Not Paul Ryan, Would Probably Win A Contested Convention

 

trump bumps his head harder in the upper midwest than he does about anywhere, i dont think he has any chance in michigan. i dont think he can feasibly flip any state outside of potentially florida. won't make a difference though.

 

Ha, that is spot on! Man, UK politics is so depressing at the moment.

Side note: I found this old quote from David Foster Wallace that I really liked.

“If you are bored and disgusted by politics and don't bother to vote, you are in effect voting for the entrenched Establishments of the two major parties, who please rest assured are not dumb, and who are keenly aware that it is in their interests to keep you disgusted and bored and cynical and to give you every possible reason to stay at home doing one-hitters and watching MTV on primary day. By all means stay home if you want, but don't bullshit yourself that you're not voting. In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.”

 

why the hell is ted cruz in the bronx

 

Just curious -- and I'm not trying to be snarky or anything -- has 538 been right about anything regarding this election? It seems like all of their predictions tend to be way off.

 

Ted Cruz is the human form of the squirts.

 

Generally, they're pretty accurate within the range of the results in past elections , but this election is so whacked out, I'm not surprised they're wrong.

 

I think everyone's been wrong about everything this election.

 

I actually thought Jeb! would be the nominee

 

That's not true.

Wasn't it predicted that dickheads would dominate the election cycle?