Oh No, The New Awesome Primary Thread

I went back through all the mentions of Cruz on this thread. I don't see a lot of explanation about what Cruz says or does that makes people call him nuts. Good question. You want an explanation of why Rubio is not considered crazy?

Super Tuesday is dominated by states which seem more similar to South Carolina than they do to New Hampshire.

Most of these guys are talking trash about what they would or would not do with regard to pursuing military objectives. With the exception of the senators, none of these guys have any significant foreign policy experience of any kind. The governors in particular have less experience at foreign policy than did Palin because they cannot see any foreign countries from their house. And even the senators are arm chairing it when they talk about their military objectives.The only support from the military that means anything are the opinions of the top generals. For the rest of the military, when they disagree, they have to vote with their feet by leaving the service, and they are generally easily replaced.

Uh, let's keep it PG?

Not to pick on Faith, because she did not start this crap, but I personally find the Hitler comparisons on either side quite distasteful. There are of course some connections that either side could point to, but on balance all of the 'Third Reich comparisons' is empty rhetoric. Surely we can disagree about each others politics without invoking the holocaust.Edited by NoNukes, : change cause to because. And only one use of the word 'crap' per post rule was violated. change 'crap' to 'Third Reich comparisons'

Perhaps it is a matter of opinion, but I found the comparisons made by Percy and the ones he referenced to be superficial and weak. Trump is clearly a demagogue, but not all of those types deserve to be compared to Hitler. And of course the comparison brought out the expected response, full of even sillier rhetoric.Yeah, there are some times where the comparison is valid and in fact a useful warning; it is important that history happens never again. But pretty close to 100% of the time, comparisons to Hitler are over the top; this time was no exception. Your own mileage may vary.ABE:I did not invoke Godwin's law. I know full well what Godwin's law is.Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

It appears that Romney is on a mission to make sure Trump does not get elected. Seems he'd prefer Ted Cruz and then anyone else as long as they are not trump.

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His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University. He's playing the American public for suckers: He gets a free ride to the White House and all we get is a lousy hat," Romney said, referring to a real estate seminar Trump launched in 2005 that was forced to change its name because it wasn't a real university. It is now the subject of multiple lawsuits alleging fraudulent behavior.

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I find it difficult to imagine anyone less credible, but perhaps this is a sign that the Republican party is in an uproar. In many case he is chewing right into the teeth of a buzz saw by railing against the very Trump statements that are getting Trump his support.Interesting.

I think you are correct. Jesse is does not seem to be endorsing Trump. Maybe he's just trying to get attention.

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Jesse Ventura said Monday that if Bernie Sanders loses the Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton, he would consider mounting a third party run for at the White House.

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They’re setting the groundwork for me, the former Minnesota governor told The Daily Beast. Because if Bernie loses, by the time we get to June, how sick are the people going to be of all these people?

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You did not tell the half of this crazy story. Trump is quoted as backing completely off of his statements regarding torturing and waterboarding because the practices are clearly illegal and violations of treaty. The response to Trump flip come from one of America's finest complaining about Trump not getting the Geneva convention changed, and a second hawk complaining that Trumps about face makes it harder for him to wriggle around the law and to torture despite the Geneva convention. Megan Kelly is the voice of reason who complains about Trump spending months on an indefensible position before publicly backing off.There guys actually made Kelly sound like the left wing, pinko in the room. Sad.

After a one day bout of sanity, Trump is back on track with regard to torture...

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(CNN)Donald Trump is casting aside any doubt about his position on torture: He's in favor of it because "we have to beat the savages."

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Trump vowed on Friday that he would never instruct the military to break the law -- appearing to flip on his previous promise to bring back waterboarding and more severe forms of torture. But on Saturday he said repeatedly, during a rally and a late-night news conference, that he would seek to "broaden" the laws to allow torture, including but not limited to waterboarding.

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Edited by Admin, : "bought" => "bout"

For people who haven't had their fill of Hitler comparisons, here are a bunch of them.Donald Trump responds to Adolf Hitler comparison | CNN PoliticsStarting with:

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Donald Trump on Tuesday addressed criticism of a new practice at his rallies that has been compared to the "Heil" salute from Nazi Germany, dismissing the controversy as "ridiculous" before saying he would look into ending it.

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How about the editor's note on the article?

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Editor's note: Donald Trump is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist, birther and bully who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims -- 1.6 billion members of an entire religion -- from entering the U.S

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My point in mentioning the note was to point out the overstatements. But I note that nothing stopped you from attributing the remarks to the rest of us.But seriously is the birther accusation a lie? Did not Trump threaten to sue Cruz with respect to his eligibility for being president.? Wasn't he the birther in chief with respect to Obama.And what is this about? Really? Have you been denied some Christian refugees?

The screening process already existed. Trump (and others) are not satisfied with screening refugees. That's why they add nebulous statements like 'until we understand what's going on'.

Really? What has Trump said about the screening process? That process that you stated you were glad existed?