Forget debate: Two simple reasons a Republican will likely win in 2016

[Trakar]

I know it was a poster. I had one.

I voted for Nixon,...twice (the first two national elections I actually voted in)

 

[Trakar]

It makes complete sense. We don't have such problems with car dealers. We would say he looks like someone selling lots in a new urban development, those having the signposts with the fancy street names but not yet the streets nor the public services.

We just equate it with people who will tell you any lie you want to hear as long as there is a chance they can sell you whatever they are peddling for five times its actual value,...I guess that fits well with your analogy!

 

[Trebuchet]

I voted for Nixon,...twice (the first two national elections I actually voted in)

You're slightly older than me, I only got to vote for him the second time.

 

[Trakar]

You're slightly older than me, I only got to vote for him the second time.

21 n '68

 

[logger]

You're slightly older than me, I only got to vote for him the second time.

And now you two will be voting for the socialist, maybe its time for you guys to sit this election out, give the country a chance to prove it can vote in a leftist without you.

 

[Trakar]

And now you two will be voting for the socialist, maybe its time for you guys to sit this election out, give the country a chance to prove it can vote in a leftist without you.

The closest this nation came to voting in a leftist was in September of 1901, and that's a progressive Republican I would have gladly voted for, for another 3 or 4 terms.

 

[aleCcowaN]

The closest this nation came to voting in a leftist was in September of 1901, and that's a progressive Republican I would have gladly voted for, for another 3 or 4 terms.

Do you always reincarnate in the same country?

 

[Trakar]

Do you always reincarnate in the same country?

"would have"

Personally, I don't believe in reincarnation. I don't categorically reject it, but I don't perceive compelling evidentiary support for it and I don't feel a strong inclination to accept it without compelling support.

That said, if choice were involved, I can't imagine a nation, other than this, that I would rather be incarnated within.

 

[aleCcowaN]

"would have"

There's an "and" missing after a comma.

 

[Belz...]

As president of a nation of 50 sovereign States

Sovereign? Tell that to the Confederacy.

 

[Nihilianth]

I call BS.

And yet, the bookies consider the Democratic Party the favorite. And Hillary is close to even money while the Republican candidates start at 7:1 and move on up from there.

I am not saying the Democrats will win. I am just saying it is still a horse race and overeliance on general trends ignores the fact that in the end it is a competition between two very specific people. With very specific baggage and very specific skills.

Double wins this time, folks!

 

[Trebuchet]

21 n '68

One ahead of me, then.
If I'm remembering correctly, the voting age was lowered to 18 in '72. That made me angry.

 

[Nihilianth]

Trump is a clown, almost by definition. I would think he was brilliant if I thought his strategy was pre-planned, but I don't. He might not be a bad President, but just about the only idea he has that makes any sense at all is the idea to build a wall on the Southern border (although not to try to deport 11 million people).

Trump is probably the favorite to be the nominee, but he is still well below 50% probability in my opinion. Marco Rubio probably has the best chance besides Trump. At the moment, he's my choice.

There's your problem right there. Or, I should say Trumps. The ONLY viable plan he has, is a pretty crazy plan, opposed by even border patrol themselves. A 2,000-mile-long border that will then need to be staffed every teen feet of the way. And this is the party of "fiscal responsibility."

Idiotic.

 

[Mike!]

21 n '68

I was nine in 1968.

 

[Ladewig]

I was nine in 1968.

Oh yeah, well, my grandfather lived in Chicago and he was dead in 1968, but that didn't stop him from voting.

 

[Mike!]

Oh yeah, well, my grandfather lived in Chicago and he was dead in 1968, but that didn't stop him from voting.