|kennethmw| Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 I would have to say I'm leaning towards Ben Carson. That's idiocy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 I would have to say I'm leaning towards Ben Carson. Sorry but this post made me laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|OneHeartBeat| Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Sorry but this post made me laugh Good! I like to make people laugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Skins Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 http://wtop.com/politics/2015/07/former-virginia-sen-jim-webb-to-run-for-president/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Bernie Sanders just drew a crowd of 10K people...the largest crowd of any candidate yet Silly Socialist. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Bernie Sanders just drew a crowd of 10K people...the largest crowd of any candidate yet Silly Socialist. :) I still don't know that he has a legitimate shot at the nomination, but he's certainly going to shake shit up along the way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Yeah well see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer_Rice Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 I still don't know that he has a legitimate shot at the nomination, but he's certainly going to shake shit up along the way... That's because some people plan to vote for the guy who has always voted for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 That's because some people plan to vote for the guy who has always voted for them. I hope I get the chance to do so as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer_Rice Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 I hope I get the chance to do so as well... Me, too. But in spite of my previous response--which is true for the most part, I think--the importance of his campaign is that it is defining a practical moment for the large number of people who are dissatisfied with our current political climate to actually organize. This could be, and ought be, imo, a potentially potent populist upsurge which forces pols to respond to pressures from the organized efforts of regular folks around certain policies. Astute pols know what the "correct" political move is when pressured by folks whom they represent. At least, they do if they want to keep their jobs. If you consider the relative success of the Tea Party movement and the general failure of Occupy, this is the key. Being organized. Even if the fix may be in for Clinton--and it surely will be if the New York Dem party won't allow Sanders on the primary ballot--the positives from Sanders campaign can act as a catalyst. I personally think this is his primary motive for making the effort. And, keep in mind that there does exist the remote but real possibility that he can win the nomination. See McGovern 72. In any case, drop by his website, sign up, go to meetings in your area, and raise a ruckus. No more Bushes or Clintons... And I would have voted for Clinton in 2008... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Not sure if this was the thread we were talking about Germany paing tuition for its citizens or not but this happened... http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-33425-oregon_will_become_second_state_to_offer_free_community_college.html Now Oregon and Tenn both pay full tuition for their citizens community college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaddChatter Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Those crafty Dems. They've planted Trump as a Rep candidate to sabotage the party from the inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HairOnFire Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Trump is a bomb thrower in a target rich environment. Other candidates will face increasing pressure to acknowledge and respond. Debates should be epic....and if they attempt to exclude him Trump will simply lob bombs in the press the following day. Shades of Ross Perot but with more fucking class....and better looking broads. God bless America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Skins Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 I'm in. I'm running for president because Americans deserve a leader who will fight and win for them. - SW http://ScottWalker.com #Walker16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Fuck Scott Walker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Skins Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Fuck Scott Walker. A few people wanted him in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 One person from what i saw He would be a horrible choice, Wisconsin has gotten worse because of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Wisconsin has seen the largest decline middle class decline of any state study finds. Like I said ...fuck Scott Walker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Skins Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-elections/2016-candidates-presidential-resume-20150707 There is a chart as to the candidates degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Gotta say Bernie for the dems, gonna be real interesting to see how that shakes out vs the entrenched powers-that-be, though I'm not convinced he's as far removed from all that as he's made out to be. I said the same about Warren; you don't get where they are without getting a little dirt on ya. For the 'pubs, shit IDK.. Sometimes Rand Paul says cool stuff and sometimes he sounds like a complete tool, plus his Daddy's long ties to the Klan and white supremacists is alarming to me. He seems like he could be the most secular of their possible candidates, which admittedly isn't saying much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 Gotta say Bernie for the dems, gonna be real interesting to see how that shakes out vs the entrenched powers-that-be, though I'm not convinced he's as far removed from all that as he's made out to be. I said the same about Warren; you don't get where they are without getting a little dirt on ya. For the 'pubs, shit IDK.. Sometimes Rand Paul says cool stuff and sometimes he sounds like a complete tool, plus his Daddy's long ties to the Klan and white supremacists is alarming to me. He seems like he could be the most secular of their possible candidates, which admittedly isn't saying much. He's not.... This is Bernie's platform and the percentage of Americans that support the ideas. Allow Government to Negotiate Drug Prices (79%) Give Students the Same Low Interest Rates as Big Banks (78%) Universal Pre-Kindergarten (77%) Fair Trade that Protect Workers, the Environment, and Jobs (75%) End Tax Loopholes for Corporations that Ship Jobs Overseas (74%) End Gerrymandering (73%) Let Homeowners Pay Down Mortgage With 401k (72%) Debt-Free College at All Public Universities (Message A) (71%) Infrastructure Jobs Program — $400 Billion / Year (71%) Require NSA to Get Warrants (71%) Disclose Corporate Spending on Politics/Lobbying (71%) Medicare Buy-In for All (71%) Close Offshore Corporate Tax Loopholes (70%) Green New Deal — Millions Of Clean-Energy Jobs (70%) Full Employment Act (70%) Expand Social Security Benefits (70%) http://www.salon.com/2015/07/11/america_is_ready_for_socialism_massive_majorities_back_bernie_sanders_on_the_issues_and_disdain_donald_trump/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|OneHeartBeat| Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 He's not.... This is Bernie's platform and the percentage of Americans that support the ideas. Allow Government to Negotiate Drug Prices (79%) Give Students the Same Low Interest Rates as Big Banks (78%) Universal Pre-Kindergarten (77%) Fair Trade that Protect Workers, the Environment, and Jobs (75%) End Tax Loopholes for Corporations that Ship Jobs Overseas (74%) End Gerrymandering (73%) Let Homeowners Pay Down Mortgage With 401k (72%) Debt-Free College at All Public Universities (Message A) (71%) Infrastructure Jobs Program $400 Billion / Year (71%) Require NSA to Get Warrants (71%) Disclose Corporate Spending on Politics/Lobbying (71%) Medicare Buy-In for All (71%) Close Offshore Corporate Tax Loopholes (70%) Green New Deal Millions Of Clean-Energy Jobs (70%) Full Employment Act (70%) Expand Social Security Benefits (70%) http://www.salon.com/2015/07/11/america_is_ready_for_socialism_massive_majorities_back_bernie_sanders_on_the_issues_and_disdain_donald_trump/ In other words, big government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|kennethmw| Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 In other words, Intelligence! FIFY! :headbang: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 In other words, big government. Â Â Â Â Â This is such a stupid argument. Â The size of government does not matter, the argument isn't whether it's big or small, or it shouldn't be, it's whether it's doing it's job of working for the people and if so leave it alone and if not fix it where its not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer_Rice Posted July 13, 2015 Report Share Posted July 13, 2015 In other words, big government. Hey, you beat Richard Trumka by one word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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