Smart Republicans.... there are a few.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

I'm curious to see how the EC map will look this election. People are predicting that states that usually go blue/red may flip this time around. It'll be interesting to see, though I'm willing to bet my own state still goes red -_-

Some of the NE and Great Lakes States will go red.  Trump will win.

[GrandizerII]

Since it's remotely related to the topic title, just found out today that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican ... gasp ...

I'm not an American, so don't blame me for not knowing until now.

[ReptilianPeon]

Since it's remotely related to the topic title, just found out today that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican ... gasp ...

I'm not an American, so don't blame me for not knowing until now.

Already knew that. But the political parties switched in the last fifty years. In Abraham's time it was the Democratic Party who represented the crazies in the Deep South. The Southern Stratergy ensured that the Republicans took the place of the Democrats as representing racist people. If Abraham were alive today I think he'd see both parties (Republican and Democratic) as too crazy.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

Since it's remotely related to the topic title, just found out today that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican ... gasp ...

I'm not an American, so don't blame me for not knowing until now.

Already knew that. But the political parties switched in the last fifty years. In Abraham's time it was the Democratic Party who represented the crazies in the Deep South. The Southern Stratergy ensured that the Republicans took the place of the Democrats as representing racist people. If Abraham were alive today I think he'd see both parties (Republican and Democratic) as too crazy.

Actually they were all racists.  The big difference was that the Dems wanted more black people and the Repubs wanted to get rid of all of them. The Dems wanted to increase taxes to pay off the Civil war debt but the Repubs said "screw that, the grand kids can pay it" and its been that way since.

[downbeatplumb]

I'm curious to see how the EC map will look this election. People are predicting that states that usually go blue/red may flip this time around. It'll be interesting to see, though I'm willing to bet my own state still goes red -_-

Some of the NE and Great Lakes States will go red.  Trump will win.

New poll, Hilary leads Trump by 13 points.

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/natio...ld-/nrnQ7/

[Wyrd of Gawd]

Some of the NE and Great Lakes States will go red.  Trump will win.

New poll, Hilary leads Trump by 13 points.

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/natio...ld-/nrnQ7/

Such polls are meaningless because they never say who is being polled.  If you poll California Dems Hillary should be the runaway winner.  If you poll Red State Repubs Trump should be the runaway winner.  And if you poll anyone in those States, or States like them, chances are you will get skewed results.  Poll 20,000 people in the Rust Belt States.

[vorlon13]

I've been known to lie to pollsters.

I've also asked spammers from 'Internet Security" if I can meet up with them somewhere and go poopy in their mouths . . .

[CapnAwesome]

Min, there are tons of conservatives who hate Trump. George Will left the Republican party over him.

http://nypost.com/2016/06/26/george-will...-of-trump/

Also before you call them too sane, some of them oppose Trump because they think he is too liberal on social issues or too pro-gay. Some are hawks who prefer Hillary's foreign policies. So I wouldn't be too quick to be calling them smart.

[ReptilianPeon]

Well there seems to be this double standard that as soon as Republican, no matter who they are, says they support Hilary they automatically become sane. Because supporting Hilary somehow equals sanity even if they are the silliest politician ever. The Saudi king supports Hilary, is he sane too?

[Minimalist]

Yeah...because you have to be a dumb fucking shithead to fall for Drumpf's routine.  You fill the bill nicely.

Mark Salter.  Former Aide to John McCain.


http://www.realclearpolitics.com/article...29762.html

Donald Trump, the Anti-Patriot

Trump recently cited as an example of how to deal with captured Muslim insurgents an anecdote from America’s occupation of the Philippines in the beginning of the 20th century. Gen. John J. Pershing ordered 49 of 50 Muslim prisoners shot with bullets dipped in pig’s blood, defiling them under Islamic law, and ordered the survivor to report to his confederates what he had witnessed. After which, Trump assured his audience, “for 25 years there wasn’t a problem.”

The story is fiction. Pershing did nothing of the kind. He was a disciplined general officer, whose sense of honor remained intact through the trials of war, as did his loyalty to our country and values. See what I mean about dumbass cruelty? Trump’s never more ignorant then when he’s playing at being a tough guy.