Oh No, The New Awesome Primary Thread

Welp. This thread is dead.

I'm nowhere near a "Marxist" and I don't like Trump either. And something you seem to be forgetting... The overwhelming majority of the Republican base can't stand this guy either. Perhaps he is gaining traction on the ground, but the Republican party itself has no faith in this guy. So are Cruz or Rubio supporters being "Marxists" for disliking him on the same grounds that people have shared at EvC?In the same breath that you say anyone criticizing Trump must be a PC Marxist, you likewise slander them as PC Marxists. Imagine that?!?!

Faith, in a perfect world who would you vote for? Bear in mind that no one is ahead in the polls and no one has dropped out of the race and that none of them at this point are deemed unelectable. Which candidate would you support? Huckabee?

Some of it is true (dipping rounds in pig's blood to metaphorically send them to hell), but lining people up for execution and LOL! allowing the 50th to live is something Trump watched in Inglorious Basterds. Never fucking happened.

Cruz and Kaisich seem the sanest out of the bunch... which is a truly remarkable statement to make and makes for a very sad state of affairs.I'm still hoping against hope that the Libertarian candidate will be halfway decentEdited by Hyroglyphx, : No reason given.

I'm sorry, I misspoke. I meant to say Rubio, not Cruz. Cruz is batshit. And believe me, that's definitely not an endorsement for Rubio!

Who is "he?"

Because of the lifestyle he advocates, including ogling over his own daughter. That evangelicals are supporting him, of all the candidates, is absurd to the point where it is almost impossible to believe.

Well, Cruz beat Trump by about half, but that's not really a surprising result given that Cruz is a Texan. Hillary beat the brakes off Sanders.Overall, it looks more and more likely that my nightmare scenario will come true.And choosing between Trump and Clinton is a little bit like choosing between Gonorrhea and Syphilis.

You got that right. Patriotism and Christianity have merged in to this hideous chimera. There's barely a semblance remaining of the original Christian message.The other thing it highlights is how the collective will ultimately disavow their conscience so long as it appears that this candidate can beat an even more despised candidate (the lesser of two evils)

I don't know. Most of the time when someone creates parallels between Hitler and someone else, usually it is supposed to be tinged with some humor and sarcasm. Most people know that making comparisons to Hitler is obviously hyperbole because there's just so few damn people that could actually be likened to someone who ordered the murder of 6 million people!With that said, Trump is very clearly an authoritarian and has many of the elements of a dictator. But he's no Hitler... Yet. *gulp*

With how much he craves and covets power, to have that much power seems like a recipe for disaster. He seems like the kind of guy that would vindictively attack nations for daring to challenge him.

When I see Ted Cruz's rat face Maybe there's something to Heidi's prophecy

There seems to me to be a battle of extremes. Europe has a very serious problem with radicalized Muslims and they are letting everyone in carte blanche. The problem with Trump is he is the extreme to the opposite end of the spectrum who wants to bar everyone that is associated with Islam in any way only on the basis of their faith.As you alluded to, Syria has a sizeable Christian population -- in fact, the Syrians are one of the most ancient Christian sects in existence. Under Trump's plan, it simply bans everyone on the basis that people coming from Syria are more than likely Muslim and so he doesn't want anything to come through.There needs to be a reasonable policy in place that is somewhere in between both extremes -- one that is humanitarian in nature, but also weeds out extremists.

Yes, I agree. In reference to Syrian refugees, yes, it is common sense to ensure they aren't affiliated with terror organizations. The issue with Trump is that he was specific to "banning Muslims" from "Muslim countries." Well, my girlfriend is a Turkish citizen. Turkey is recognized as a Muslim country (even though they have a strong tradition of secularism and probably 2/3 of the population self-identify as secular, including herself). So was Trump referencing Syrians refugees specifically or was he referencing Muslims? Identifying as a Christian doesn't mean you don't have any proclivities to violence. Why are we showing preferential treatment at all? We should be looking at all of them equally. A lot have but I agree that more should be done.