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Message 2 of 478 (780535)
03-16-2016 9:26 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by AZPaul3
03-16-2016 8:02 AM


if there is an Anyone but il Donald vote...
If you add up the current standings il Donald has something less than half of the current pledged delegates.
If there really is an anyone but il Donald movement this might foreshadow a brokered convention and perhaps a split into a third party movement.

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Message 6 of 478 (780542)
03-16-2016 10:43 AM
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03-16-2016 10:35 AM


Re: if there is an Anyone but il Donald vote...
Chicago Police are experienced with handling rowdy Political Convention crowds. If it comes to that my money would be on the Chicago Police.

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jar
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Message 16 of 478 (780574)
03-17-2016 9:58 AM


Let's stroll down memory lane.
AbE:
The message seems even more relevant today than in 1964.
Edited by jar, : higher quality video
Edited by jar, : see AbE:
Edited by jar, : found the confessions of a Republican ad as well

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Message 26 of 478 (780678)
03-18-2016 6:10 PM
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03-18-2016 5:51 PM


Re: Chicago 68, Cleveland 16
Point to remember.
In Chicago '68 it was the police that rioted, just as at the il Donald rallies it has been the Trump supporters who attacked protesters.

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Message 31 of 478 (780765)
03-20-2016 11:32 AM
Reply to: Message 30 by NoNukes
03-20-2016 11:16 AM


Re: Chicago 68, Cleveland 16
Imagine the following scenario. Trump goes into the convention with just short of half of the delegates and does not get the nomination. Trump then elects to run as a third party candidate. In the general election, nobody gets over 50 percent of the electoral vote, but Sanders or Clinton gets the largest percentage. Guess who gets to be president?
That could get really interesting. The House would choose a President from the three highest vote counts, almost certainly the Republican candidate. In the Senate the choice for Vice-President would be between the two highest electoral counts. If Trump happened to have one of the two highest counts and the Democratic candidate the other highest count the Senate would be forced to choose either the Trump running mate as Vice President or the Democratic candidate's running mate.

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Message 34 of 478 (780777)
03-20-2016 6:37 PM
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03-20-2016 5:35 PM


Re: Chicago 68, Cleveland 16
Correct but the choices would still be from the three top vote getters in the House and from the two top vote getters in the Senate.

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jar
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Message 46 of 478 (780819)
03-22-2016 1:49 PM
Reply to: Message 45 by Diomedes
03-22-2016 1:31 PM


Corporation as an individual
Until we remove the concept of "The Corporation" as an individual with voting rights there is little hope regardless of which party is in power. Fascist Oligarchy forever.
AbE: And if we hope for change the very voice of Corporations must be silenced, the lobbyists thrown out and banned from having any contact other than contractual with governments at federal, state and local levels.
Edited by jar, : see AbE:

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jar
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Message 52 of 478 (780829)
03-22-2016 6:06 PM
Reply to: Message 50 by Blue Jay
03-22-2016 3:21 PM


Re: Republicans To Battle Trump
Numbers are essential, else Trump might not be able to keep his alter-egos inline.

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Message 59 of 478 (780841)
03-23-2016 9:40 PM


The US if Trump does get elected.
If Trump does get elected (after all we did see a "B" actor get elected twice) what realistically would happen?
The President can issue Executive Orders to tell Federal Administrative Departments how to operate. Congress's role is pretty much limited to trying to get new laws passed and signed or in the area of (de)funding.
Areas such as Immigration and Naturalization, Border Control, Environmental Protection, even Military, DoD, FBI, CIA, NSA and the Department of Homeland Security are under the direct control of the Executive Branch.
Some still remember the era of Joe McCarthy and the "Fight for America", J. Edgar Hoover and Nixon's "Enemies List". They were all immensely popular at one point and ruined many lives.
We have seen Trump find new enemies wherever he looks, reporters and journalists, protestors signs, Muslims, illegal immigrants, Mexicans, criminals, liberals ... We have heard him say that we need to torture folk, to spy on folk, to watch the mosques, to infiltrate religious and political groups.
We have heard him lie and the public applaud, heard him recommend violence to those who dare to speak against him and heard him say that the protestors brought the violence on themselves, that sucker punching someone was justified.
And all those behaviors are being welcomed and supported by audiences across the nation.
He is telling folk that "It's not their fault" and they want that assurance. They welcome the opportunity to blame others, blame Muslims, blame immigrants, blame liberals, blame Mexicans, blame everyone but them. Tell them they are right to fear and hate the Muslims, immigrants, liberals, Mexicans, everyone but themselves.
All animals are equal but some are more equal than others.

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jar
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Message 65 of 478 (780852)
03-24-2016 3:18 PM
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03-24-2016 2:04 PM


Re: The US if Trump does get elected.
The biggest difference is that the Governor of Illinois will have little effect on the rest of the nation or the world.

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Message 83 of 478 (780944)
03-28-2016 1:33 PM
Reply to: Message 82 by dronestar
03-28-2016 1:21 PM


Re: Hillary and Fracking?
The dead only vote in Cook County but there they get to vote in more than one precinct.

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Message 86 of 478 (780952)
03-28-2016 5:12 PM
Reply to: Message 85 by dronestar
03-28-2016 4:44 PM


Re: Hillary and Fracking?
il Drone writes:
I don't exactly have the extra incentive for 'style points.'
Or much of any point it seems.

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jar
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Message 90 of 478 (780978)
03-29-2016 12:14 PM


Great example of NewSpeak.
quote:
In a statement, the Trump campaign insisted that Lewandowski "was not arrested" despite a police report distributed to news outlets that listed his arrest at 8:10 a.m.
"Mr. Lewandowski is absolutely innocent of this charge," the campaign statement said. "He will enter a plea of not guilty and looks forward to his day in court. He is completely confident that he will be exonerated."
How can they continue to get away with such nonsense.
Now Trump says he might withdraw US Troops from Japan and South Korea. That should certainly make the world safer (can't say it would make Japan or South Korea feel safer).
Edited by jar, : fix quote box

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Message 128 of 478 (781080)
03-31-2016 1:01 PM
Reply to: Message 126 by dronestar
03-31-2016 12:50 PM


Re: Hillary and Fracking?
Droneon writes:
Besides Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General, I would guess this Iraqi woman below would call you an idiot:
And what do either of those have to do with whether or not it was illegal or immoral?

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jar
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Message 130 of 478 (781082)
03-31-2016 1:13 PM
Reply to: Message 129 by dronestar
03-31-2016 1:07 PM


Re: Hillary and Fracking?
Yet I note you did not answer the question as usual. So again, what do either of those have to do with whether or not the Iraq war was illegal or immoral?
AbE: or either Hilary or Fracking?
Edited by jar, : see AbE:

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