this so awesome!! Trump doesn't have one religious bone in him, he is forced to play to religious nutters
How many of them really do?
Just scores political points with the overwhelming majority of Americans. This goes for Democrats as well.
this so awesome!! Trump doesn't have one religious bone in him, he is forced to play to religious nutters
Donald Trump butchers Bible, quotes non-existent verse during TV interview about his love for holy book
EDIT: I hope we have the greatest collection of gifs ever assembled for Super Tuesday.
It's gonna be huuuuuuuuuge.
You're telling me the establishment guys STILL see Trump as a flash-in-the-pan candidate? That he will inevitably burn out? At this juncture?
I know these people live in their own little bubble, but the time for writing off Trump passed months ago.
Make no mistake, if the GOP could have their way we would have Rubio and Kasich as Pres/VP ticket.
Kasich is almost positive with Democrats in favorable ratings. Rubio is doing well with independents. They are both popular in their home swing states of Florida and Ohio.
He will if Bernie becomes the dem nominee.
People hate socialists more than any other group in US.
Make no mistake, if the GOP could have their way we would have Rubio and Kasich as Pres/VP ticket.
Kasich is almost positive with Democrats in favorable ratings. Rubio is doing well with independents. They are both popular in their home swing states of Florida and Ohio.
That's certainly what a lot of Sanders supporters keep telling me. "It'll be fiiiine, Americans don't actually care about socialism anymore. The GOP calls everyone that. Does anyone even remember the Cold War these days?" and so on. And we're supposed to forget that the difference is the claim would actually stick to Bernie and, unlike Obama before him, wouldn't be denied full stop.This is the GOP. Everybody is a communist socialist pinko to them these days. That word has lost most of its meaning. I'm not even sure it was thrown around so casually during the MccArthy era.
That's certainly what a lot of Sanders supporters keep telling me. "It'll be fiiiine, Americans don't actually care about socialism anymore. The GOP calls everyone that. Does anyone even remember the Cold War these days?" and so on. And we're supposed to forget that the difference is the claim would actually stick to Bernie and, unlike Obama before him, wouldn't be denied full stop.
Obama was and still is decried as a secret Muslim, and he won two terms anyway. But do you think his chances of getting elected would have been the same if those attacks were actually true?
Can someone for the love of God, tell me what people see in Cruz? I can understand why Trump is popular, but Cruz? Guy looks like a creepy scumbag.
That's certainly what a lot of Sanders supporters keep telling me. "It'll be fiiiine, Americans don't actually care about socialism anymore. The GOP calls everyone that. Does anyone even remember the Cold War these days?" and so on. And we're supposed to forget that the difference is the claim would actually stick to Bernie and, unlike Obama before him, wouldn't be denied full stop.
Obama was and still is decried as a secret Muslim, and he won two terms anyway. But do you think his chances of getting elected would have been the same if those attacks were actually true?
This is the thing Sanders hardcore fans don't get. It's one thing to be accused of fucking a goat. It's another thing for to be there hours of videos of you fucking multiple goats and taking a vacation at a goat fucking resort.
This is getting legit fucking scary. Please don't fuck this up guys.
And Trump doesn't? Even if you ignore the horrific shit he says, doesn't he just look like the least trustworthy, most scummy piece of shit on the planet?
Seeing Trump in the lead isn't surprising.... but what is surprising in Cruz over Rubio... Cruz is so awful in every way... I mean so is Rubio.. but at least Rubio can speak.
Is there a single good candidate in the whole race? Democrat or Republican?Seeing Trump in the lead isn't surprising.... but what is surprising in Cruz over Rubio... Cruz is so awful in every way... I mean so is Rubio.. but at least Rubio can speak.
It is going to happen. Get in the Great™ bunker.
Her popularity is not sky high because she has been in the public eye for 30 years. She has a massive political baggage with her. This is why she is polling worse against Trump or Cruz who are polling generic R at the moment. Bernie is also polling as generic D. Honestly the general population doesn't care for the primary season and the theatrics it brings along, so once things settle down and if Bernie is the nominee he will get chewed and spit by the GOP and the mainstream media in general. At this point people dont know about Cruz' comments about spanking Hillary or Rubio's regressive stance on women's rights or Ben Carson and his granaries.And the GOP has already devoured Hillary without even spending a single dime.
Her popularity was sky high in 2012. Then it took a huge hit after Benghazi, and another steep decline after the e-mail controversy, and her numbers only continue to deteriorate.
Regardless of whether or not you think there's any merit to those two 'scandals' (there isn't) you cannot deny that the Republican strategy has worked.
I'll take my chances with Bernie, socialism boogieman and all. The damage has already been done to Hillary. A majority of Americans don't like and don't trust her, and that's not going to change.
Yeah Bernie doesn't have a chance once the GOP starts their attack ads!
Remember when Trump was briefly leading but then Bush spent $53 million on attack ads which effectively ended Trump's candidacy?
You're telling me the establishment guys STILL see Trump as a flash-in-the-pan candidate? That he will inevitably burn out? At this juncture?
I know these people live in their own little bubble, but the time for writing off Trump passed months ago.
And the GOP has already devoured Hillary without even spending a single dime.
Well, first of all, Sanders' platform is firmly Social Democrat, not Socialist.
Secondly, I think those attacks -just like the allegations of Obama being a secret muslim- will mostly work among Republicans, and they are largely a lost cause to the Dem camp anyway. I'm not fully convinced they'd scare off enough liberal leaning voters to ruin his chances, but I guess that's up to debate.
Hillary probably has it much rougher. I don't know if she could be more competitive than Sanders once the attack ads would start rolling, but the hate towards her and the Clinton name makes the GOP crazier than a bag of wet cats. They really have it for her.
Man, I absolutely cannot wait for Trump to wipe the floor with his inept crazy co-candidates.
...Mainly because the democrat will win in a victorious landslide. Even Sanders, who in a normal election would be pretty unlikely to win an election, would run rings around Trump in the General Election.
Craziest? Yes.I still can't believe the two craziest dumbest candidates became the frontrunners. What the hell is America drinking
At least they are isolationists and not neocons.I still can't believe the two craziest dumbest candidates became the frontrunners. What the hell is America drinking
At least they are isolationists and not neocons.
Jeb and Rubio may speak softly but they have an inchier finger when it comes to expanding more wars
Have you learned nothing?
Trump could not win a general election.
The GOP is fucked.
A year ago you would have been laughed out of a thread to even suggest he could win a primary. And yet here we are...
31 Governor seats.
54 Senators.
246 Representatives.
An election away from completely controlling the US Government... but they're fucked?
Trump could not win a general election. He is already understood to be a joke among anyone who isn't a republican and even quite a few who are (even if those few can not cobble together a majority of the party). My mother, for instance, has reliably voted republican for decades and backs Ted Cruz in the primary. She hates Hillary Clinton. If the general election is between Clinton and Trump, though, she said she's not voting. My grandma is more of an Eisenhower republican (as far as I can tell, anyway) and she would vote for Hillary if Trump or Cruz are the nominees.
It's been said before that Trump has a high floor and a low ceiling and I think that's 100% accurate. I think history will find that 2004 was the last year you could run as a Southern Strategy Republican and win an election. Obama's high turnout in 2008 probably jump started that trend a bit, but demographic changes would have eventually made it an inevitability. I don't think any republican candidate can win a general election until the party totally reinvents itself. The GOP even acknowledged this after the loss in 2012, but instead decided to double down on courting the crazies, despite demographics skewing even further against their favor this time around.
Here's a fun statistic: for the first time in American history, white voters are poised to represent less than 70% of the electorate this November. The GOP is fucked.
I mean the Trump/Clinton national polls are within the margin of error, but ok. I hope the Democratic Party doesn't just ride the wave of the Obama turnout the way you seem too. That isn't happening for Sanders or Clinton.
This "fucked" GOP controls the House, Senate and governs 31 of our states.
I mean the Trump/Clinton national polls are within the margin of error, but ok. I hope the Democratic Party doesn't just ride the wave of the Obama turnout the way you seem too. That isn't happening for Sanders or Clinton.
This "fucked" GOP controls the House, Senate and governs 31 of our states.
It's a simple math problem for the GOP. Unless minorities wake up election day and decide Trump isn't actually the worst thing for them, he can't win. If anything, his presence on the ticket ensures they go out and vote against him. I'm willing to bet you'd see more voter turnout if he got the nomination compared to anyone else. More voter turnout will always be bad for the GOP, and the flip side of this explains why they do well in non-presidential elections.