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Author Topic: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée  (Read 1454027 times)

Reelya

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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #17250 on: May 04, 2016, 01:28:07 am »

Hmm maybe. There are two possibilities here:

A) Trump is a political genius, thus he's gained such a large following in such a short time.

B) Trump is a political moron, who has stumbled onto a "winning" formula by chance.

Basically, I think B is true more than A.

Think about how future Republican candidates are looking at Trump. I'm sure people will be modeling their campaigns on his for years to come.
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« Reply #17251 on: May 04, 2016, 01:33:57 am »

C) Trump has been selling Trump for fourty years, anand is thus the world's leading expert at making himself into a winner.
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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #17252 on: May 04, 2016, 01:53:02 am »

Just because he has been doing it a while doesn't mean he was particularly good at it.  Trump is probably no richer then he was when daddy warbucks gave him money back in the 80s.  Compare that to Oprah Winfrey

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Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to an unmarried teenage mother ... Her mother, Vernita Lee (born c. 1935), was a housemaid ... As of 2014 Winfrey has a net worth in excess of 2.9 billion dollars

Oprah is selling a brand of herself for forty years but her brand is actually worth something.

But I'm still a skeptic that Trump winning was nothing more then a product of a poor showing by the republican mainstream and some really lucky breaks.  He needed Jeb AND Rubio to both be unappealing candidates and have Cruz there acting as a spoiler keeping the hardcore conservatives from supporting an establishment candidate but being too alienating to be a #NeverTrump.  So a hater like me will say anything.
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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #17253 on: May 04, 2016, 03:55:51 am »

I'll believe Trump is politically savy if he makes a half decent showing in the general. I still suspect he's pissed off/worried more voters than he has convinced.
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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #17254 on: May 04, 2016, 04:42:11 am »

Lyin' Ted can't win even when he signs on a female to play the woman card. Sad!
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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #17255 on: May 04, 2016, 05:43:48 am »

So now, Trump's tweets aren't against Lyin' Ted, they're directed at Crooked Hillary. Seems like his new strategy is to convince as many Sanders supporters as possible that the system is rigged and to give up on Clinton.

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I would rather run against Crooked Hillary Clinton than Bernie Sanders and that will happen because the books are cooked against Bernie!

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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #17256 on: May 04, 2016, 05:54:38 am »

So now, Trump's tweets aren't against Lyin' Ted, they're directed at Crooked Hillary. Seems like his new strategy is to convince as many Sanders supporters as possible that the system is rigged and to give up on Clinton.
He's got a point.
And on the off-chance that the strategy does work, I can't see the American public choosing Bernie "Not-actually-socialist-but-still-derided-as-socialist" Sanders over Trump.
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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #17257 on: May 04, 2016, 05:56:07 am »

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Re: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée
« Reply #17258 on: May 04, 2016, 05:58:04 am »

So now, Trump's tweets aren't against Lyin' Ted, they're directed at Crooked Hillary. Seems like his new strategy is to convince as many Sanders supporters as possible that the system is rigged and to give up on Clinton.
He's got a point.
And on the off-chance that the strategy does work, I can't see the American public choosing Bernie "Not-actually-socialist-but-still-derided-as-socialist" Sanders over Trump.
I can, because we actually like the guy.  And that's an achievement.
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« Reply #17259 on: May 04, 2016, 06:05:32 am »

I can, because we actually like the guy.  And that's an achievement.
Who is "we"? I mean, going by actual results so far, he's not nearly as popular as Trump. Most of his fans seem to be college liberals, which is kinda funny. Trump has support from across the board.

I still have no idea how Shillary McCoinsGoClinkton has support.
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« Reply #17260 on: May 04, 2016, 06:06:14 am »

I can, because we actually like the guy.  And that's an achievement.
Who is "we"? I mean, going by actual results so far, he's not nearly as popular as Trump. Most of his fans seem to be college liberals, which is kinda funny. Trump is popular across the board.
"We" being likeability ratings.
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« Reply #17261 on: May 04, 2016, 06:10:02 am »

I can, because we actually like the guy.  And that's an achievement.
Who is "we"? I mean, going by actual results so far, he's not nearly as popular as Trump. Most of his fans seem to be college liberals, which is kinda funny. Trump is popular across the board.
College liberals speak in plurals to gain more legitimacy, you should read your common core which encourages children to use their inclusive plural pronouns to do so :D
Kinda funny to see a single problem glasses shouting by themself as we, as if they are speaking for God and themself as Sultan, King or space Pope

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« Reply #17262 on: May 04, 2016, 06:11:41 am »

Say what?
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« Reply #17263 on: May 04, 2016, 06:14:08 am »

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« Reply #17264 on: May 04, 2016, 06:15:45 am »

Say what?
Me for Space Pope

I am neither liberal nor college, the perfect choice
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