The Trump/Republican Primary/General Election Megathread

[indiucky]

Nor would I. After Johnson's Alleppo gaffe, I don't have a candidate.

I know someone...He's kind of tacky, a little orange and will leave you somewhere between laughter and tears within the same two minute time frame...

 

[printcraft]

Nor would I. After Johnson's Alleppo gaffe, I don't have a candidate.

Come to the orange side. We have juice.

 

[JettaKnight]

But you can't pull the whistle.....

I'll bring an icy cold Dr. Pepper and some BBQ ribs back to you...Welcome aboard....I have never backed a middle finger before either...Trump is my first one...

I'm going to need something stronger than Dr. Pepper...


I still reserve my right to be classified as NeverTrump; I have stronger convictions on NeverHillary.

 

[indiucky]

FOR THE ONE MILLIONTH TIME: NeverTrump is not pro-Hillary!!!!!!

LOL.......

 

[JettaKnight]

LOL.......

IKR?

You tried, Indiucky, but some just got be jerks about things...

 

[BugI02]

Look, if you're gonna be a Trump supporter, you can't act like Hillary getting into her SUV.

I didn't say you have smelly feet. You said you smell something...victory? (which doesn't have a biologic smell). I redirected you to something closer to reality.

No, no. I have it on good authority that victory smells very similar to burning napalm

 

[ghitch75]

[video=youtube;bPXVGQnJm0w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPXVGQnJm0w[/video]

 

[BugI02]

 

[jbombelli]

FOR THE ONE MILLIONTH TIME: NeverTrump is not pro-Hillary!!!!!!

It's less anti-Hilary than it is anti-Trump.

 

[Kutnupe14]

In the politics of yore the challenge was to speak to your base without alienating the rest. I guess that's no longer deemed necessary.

99.99% of the time, you'd be right. Now with Pence's comment, she comment looks masterful.... Though actually incredible luck. I have no idea why Pence answered that question the way he did. Was he drinking?

 

[foszoe]

I feel compelled to point out that this gif, combined with printcraft's avatar gif, makes a mind put together a story. But it is a VERY strange story. Boy meets girl. Girl falls for boy. Boy is socially awkward and doesn't understand the significance of girl falling for boy.

It could probably be considered a kind of disturbed Rorschach test.

With this post I really feel that I have gotten to know you

 

[jamil]

99.99% of the time, you'd be right. Now with Pence's comment, she comment looks masterful.... Though actually incredible luck. I have no idea why Pence answered that question the way he did. Was he drinking?

Masterful? Not really. The only reason it works out well for Hillary is because the media has her back.

I'm not often one to defend Pence or Trump, but I will defend reality. The press wanted Pence to use Hillary's word. Why? Well, of course that's a loaded question. They can fry him with just about any answer he gives. If he uses Hillary's word to describe Duke, they can make headlines and stories up about Pence using her word to describe a Republican. If he refuses to use the word they want him to use, they can make headlines and stories up that say he won't call David Duke deplorable.

He said, after repeatedly stating that he doesn't agree with Duke and that their campaign wants nothing to do with Duke, that he would not use HER word. He made it clear that the reason he would not use that word has nothing to do with his opinion about Duke, but because it would validate Hillary's use of it. At one point he even said that he could call Duke names that are worse, but he doesn't engage in name calling. That is actually a principled and honorable position. But that's not what the headlines read, because the news didn't tell that part of the story.

There is no answer that Pence could have given for that "gotcha" question that would not have resulted in a "gotcha" answer printed. That has nothing to do with Hillary's mastery, and everything to do with a corrupt political machine working with a corrupt press.

 

[hoosierdoc]

FOR THE ONE MILLIONTH TIME: NeverTrump is not pro-Hillary!!!!!!

keep telling yourself that

"pro Hillary in white house" at least is how we see it

 

[IndyDave1776]

I'd also warn you that certain search histories can lead to blindness.

I would add that voting for Johnson could do more damage than jerking on Johnson!

 

[IndyDave1776]

Masterful? Not really. The only reason it works out well for Hillary is because the media has her back.

I'm not often one to defend Pence or Trump, but I will defend reality. The press wanted Pence to use Hillary's word. Why? Well, of course that's a loaded question. They can fry him with just about any answer he gives. If he uses Hillary's word to describe Duke, they can make headlines and stories up about Pence using her word to describe a Republican. If he refuses to use the word they want him to use, they can make headlines and stories up that say he won't call David Duke deplorable.

He said, after repeatedly stating that he doesn't agree with Duke and that their campaign wants nothing to do with Duke, that he would not use HER word. He made it clear that the reason he would not use that word has nothing to do with his opinion about Duke, but because it would validate Hillary's use of it. At one point he even said that he could call Duke names that are worse, but he doesn't engage in name calling. That is actually a principled and honorable position. But that's not what the headlines read, because the news didn't tell that part of the story.

There is no answer that Pence could have given for that "gotcha" question that would not have resulted in a "gotcha" answer printed. That has nothing to do with Hillary's mastery, and everything to do with a corrupt political machine working with a corrupt press.

All of this is true and insightful. The only thing I see missing is addressing the question of why it is that anyone who happens to be white is considered to be required to preemptively attack any/all white racists, yet no one ever demanded Obama denounce the NBPP for suppressing the vote with baseball bats or demanded that Obama direct the justice department do it's duty rather than giving it a wink and a nod.

 

[bwframe]

Helping the enemy is helping the enemy. Call it liberal, call it NeverTrump, call it anti-gun, it doesn't really matter what you call it.
Helping the enemy is helping the enemy.

 

[Kutnupe14]

All of this is true and insightful. The only thing I see missing is addressing the question of why it is that anyone who happens to be white is considered to be required to preemptively attack any/all white racists, yet no one ever demanded Obama denounce the NBPP for suppressing the vote with baseball bats or demanded that Obama direct the justice department do it's duty rather than giving it a wink and a nod.

That's not exactly Obama's problem. He can't exactly respond to a question that isn't asked.

 

[T.Lex]

Helping the enemy is helping the enemy. Call it liberal, call it NeverTrump, call it anti-gun, it doesn't really matter what you call it.
Helping the enemy is helping the enemy.

You do realize they need more zealots in OH and PA, right? So when are you establishing residency there to really walk the walk?

 

[IndyDave1776]

That's not exactly Obama's problem. He can't exactly respond to a question that isn't asked.

That's my point. Why is it that anyone who happens to be white is supposed to be ready with the condemnations to the questioner's satisfaction but the shoe never lands on the other foot, even when, as in Obama's case, he had a legal responsibility as the overseer of the executive branch to see that the law is enforced, and signally failed to do so, with hardly a word of criticism, yet Pence is expected to go on the offensive regarding the opinions of an admittedly distasteful individual who, to the best of my knowledge, has not translated his opinions into direct harm/intimidation/illegal activity?

 

[cbhausen]

I can grok an anti-hillary/anti-politician wave...at least to some degree. But I won't vote for a person I consider to be dishonest and fraudulent in almost everything they have done and in what they say. And yes, Clinton has been dishonest AT TIMES. She has a long public record that can be picked apart. Trump? A real estate developer who doesn't pay his vendors. That's not the person I want to see running anything.

And Indy? It's not fair using The Dude against me. That is an unfair debate tactic! Foul!

So, Hillary is dishonest and fraudulent some of the time and Trump most of the time? Laughable.