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How will they rule ??!

  • YES - Qualified

    Votes: 41 82.0%
  • NO - Disqualified

    Votes: 9 18.0%

  • Total voters
    50
  • Poll closed .
I wasn’t old enough to know exactly what Clinton did to help the economy in the 90s, so I can’t say he was or wasn’t responsible. But if he limited unnecessary regulations that helped the tech companies boom, then yes, he deserves some credit for the tech boom AND CRASH. But Trump did clear regulations while lowering taxes (among other things) and our economy took off. He absolutely deserves credit for that. And yes, he deserves some of the blame for COVID as well. But at the end of the day, Trump knows how the economy works and Harris doesn’t. That’s about as simple as it gets.

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Hunter was giving his dad 10% of his money and 99% of it was coming from overseas and almost all of it was shady countries. Hunter wasn't doing business in the UK or Germany. He was doing business in Russia and Ukraine, China and Kazakhstan and countries like that.
The difference: there's a paper trail for Trump's emoluments and a fever dream for your accusations.

"We have lots of theories" famously said Giuliani. I wish you could tell the difference.
 
This is easy.
Are the Repubs supposed to beg them to run like Dems do? Its a homerun if they want the position due to sweeping the votes on both sides... but Black people dont want to run for president on the Repub side. Black people are only 13% of the population, what is the % of blacks that are Republicans, maybe half a percent at best? It's not like thousands grow up dreaming of becoming a politician. Seems like the love the mayoral positions and it stops there.

Dems have more minorities in politics because theyre gifted or pushed into it. Thats EXACTLY how you get nut cases pushing for violence like Maxine Waters, or classless losers like Stacey Abrams, or completely lost politicians like Kamala. They aren't qualified and have made terrible fools of themselves. They weren't qualified, they were gifted the position through skin color.

I like Tim Scott, and he seemed motivated but he's not sharp enough to carry on a conversation about anything but gas prices. He'd get demolished in an open debate. Nikki Haley is great, she'd beat Kamala with ease but thats another conversation.

But if you want to discuss DEI, why aren't there more white running backs in the NFL?
So if there are no qualified Black Republicans, and all Black Democrats are unqualified DEI pushes, then where are the qualified Black people since they're in neither party?
 
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2nd amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear arms.... So why should I have to show an ID to buy a gun since owning guns is more protected by the constitution than voting?
Because there isn't an amendment banning gun taxes. Duh. Amendments are the Constitution. There is no higher authority than the 24th.
 
Only about 10% of MAGA voters are Trump only voters. You just really don't want to accept that. 90%ish of Trump voters would have supported Ron if he won. The other 10% aren't pub voters. They only vote pub for Trump. Tons of democrats "walked away" and are die hards. Tons of black and hispanic voters are voting for Trump but not Pubs in general.

You have to look deeper than just surface level. And why are you so opposed to tarrifs? That was how the constitution was set up to fund the government. How about we tax foreigners for selling here instead taxing Americans and not foreigners?
When one candidate wins 60%+ of the vote in every state, there is a heavy bond to that one candidate. What other candidates say is irrelevant to the vote. So there was no chance to nominate someone who could do better than him the general election. No idea where you get that 10% number. But that's a lot when an election is close. I seriously doubt that 10% of non-Trump Pub primary voters are not voting for him.

Tariffs raise costs and thus consumer prices. They're a sales tax. What's not to not like about them? 10% across the board for all imports is as crazy as Harris' price controls are crazy. Dumb & dumber. Targeted tariffs can be useful in a few special cases, but they still hurt consumers. His steel tariffs raised prices while creating just a handful of jobs.
 
Pretty much why guys are saying the hell with marriage. He says want to have a kid & she can dump it out any time she wishes. Why go thru that?
This is a ridiculous position. Any time a baby is brought into this world it should be on the desires of both parents. Doing it anyway when only one or neither of them want it is a recipe for disaster.
 
2nd amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear arms.... So why should I have to show an ID to buy a gun since owning guns is more protected by the constitution than voting?
The right to keep and bear arms. Not to manufacture or transport or sell. That's not fanciful. Look at how the alcohol prohibition amendment was written. How detailed. Scalia joked that the 2nd amendment right only applied to 18th century arms. A distinction that SCOTUS flirts with every time that they look at who can be prohibited from owning guns. Who was prohibited back in the 18th century?

You can scoff but Scalia's reasoning was just like Barrett's sophistry that the 13th amendment only applied to the slaves of the moment. (She says she's changed her mind, but what kind of mind would even believe it to begin with? Someone with autism, maybe.)

This actually has some relevance to our political landscape. One of the 2025 Project goals is to get rid of the 14th amendment. (They want to get rid of birthright citizenship.) If you do that, though, each state would be free to set its own gun restrictions. (It's the 14th amendment that makes states subject to the same restrictions that the Feds have.)
 


Rich Baris is a pollster many on here need to follow. He pols scientifically and not to get the result he wants. Him and Robert Barnes talk about methodology and mistakes pollsters are using to get the Kamala bump. He goes into new voter registration and people flipping their party affiliation.

For instance.... Dems aren't doing voter drives in PA anymore because they found out they were more likely to register a Trump voter than a Biden/Harris voter. Stuff like that makes it obvious how skewed the polls are. He also goes into the scenario VHcat mentioned about voters in an apartment building and someone harvesting all those votes in one hour..... They can't be sure that those apartments are 99% dem anymore. Trump is polling better and better with Hispanics and black men.

Pubs have lapped dems in voter registration since 2020 in PA. People that think Kamala is out pacing Joe in '20 are insane. They just need it to be close enough to harvest "votes" in Philly.
 
The right to keep and bear arms. Not to manufacture or transport or sell. That's not fanciful. Look at how the alcohol prohibition amendment was written. How detailed. Scalia joked that the 2nd amendment right only applied to 18th century arms. A distinction that SCOTUS flirts with every time that they look at who can be prohibited from owning guns. Who was prohibited back in the 18th century?

You can scoff but Scalia's reasoning was just like Barrett's sophistry that the 13th amendment only applied to the slaves of the moment. (She says she's changed her mind, but what kind of mind would even believe it to begin with? Someone with autism, maybe.)

This actually has some relevance to our political landscape. One of the 2025 Project goals is to get rid of the 14th amendment. (They want to get rid of birthright citizenship.) If you do that, though, each state would be free to set its own gun restrictions. (It's the 14th amendment that makes states subject to the same restrictions that the Feds have.)
What does "bear" in this context mean?
 
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So basically Kamala’s “campaign platform” is to promise a bunch of free shit that will essentially irreparably wreck the economy and usher in full on socialism/communism.

What’s not to like?

IF she's elected class president or homecoming queen, there will be free coke in the cafeteria for everyone (except Hunter).
 
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Wrong.... He has stated his red lines for using nukes. People just want to ignore it and pretend Russia doesn't have the largest nuclear arsenal in the world.
His red lines have been breached and we're still here. Russia's territory is occupied by Ukrainian forces.
 


Rich Baris is a pollster many on here need to follow. He pols scientifically and not to get the result he wants. Him and Robert Barnes talk about methodology and mistakes pollsters are using to get the Kamala bump. He goes into new voter registration and people flipping their party affiliation.

For instance.... Dems aren't doing voter drives in PA anymore because they found out they were more likely to register a Trump voter than a Biden/Harris voter. Stuff like that makes it obvious how skewed the polls are. He also goes into the scenario VHcat mentioned about voters in an apartment building and someone harvesting all those votes in one hour..... They can't be sure that those apartments are 99% dem anymore. Trump is polling better and better with Hispanics and black men.

Pubs have lapped dems in voter registration since 2020 in PA. People that think Kamala is out pacing Joe in '20 are insane. They just need it to be close enough to harvest "votes" in Philly.

What's sad and funny about this is that it doesn't matter how many people register Republican. It just creates another registration whose ballot they can flip electronically when the ballot is scanned into the system.
 
I guess on this site, you have to be one or the other (you, a Marxist or most of the rest of them, way on the other side). Most Americans are not so extreme. I love politics (you maybe do, but most on here just like to spew hatred and anger) so the strategy of it is fascinating to me. Bottom line - Trump has a great chance to win this election if he gets it together.
I just think it's wild that you realize he's Marxist and then say we are "way on the other side".... you are way on the other side too. LOL. We should all be way on the other side of Marxism.
 
So GM is shutting down production on their EV vehicles. It turns out that people are not keen to pay 94,000 dollars for an entry level EV Silverado.

Who knew????


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This is true. But Trump’s tariffs are equally dumb. This is the conundrum. Both sides advocate dumb populist plans that have no chance of actually going into effect.
You're confusing populism with marxism. Tariffs are how our constitution was set up to fund itself.
 
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There are millions of Muslims on this planet. They aren't all fighting for their independence in Gaza. Your assertion that this conflict is happening just because of who they are is insane(and obviously extremely bigoted). It's happening because of the specifics of the decades-long conflict over who controls the land in that area. Not because one side is Muslim. Christians and Hindus and Jews and everyone else are also violent and terroristic for their causes. I think fundamentalist Islam is as ridiculous as you do, but that doesn't mean the other side is in the right just because they aren't that. There's, you know, the actual facts to consider. (And just btw, you think some of the Zionist settlers aren't radical fundamentalist religious zealot terrorist nuts?)
 
So GM is shutting down production on their EV vehicles. It turns out that people are not keen to pay 94,000 dollars for an entry level EV Silverado.

Who knew????
Probably just gave Kamala a new idea. Wouldn’t be surprised if she came out tomorrow with a new “federal law”..every company must produce 100,00 ev cars every year and price cannot be above $5,000. She is a genius.
 
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In Kentucky that ratio is 3:1, like you said about 25% urban. Most states that ratio is much closer. We are not typical. Or the US would be a very different place politically. You know that. We are rednecks. Not average Americans. The sooner you realize that the easier it’ll be on you.

See those electoral maps of blue vs red nationwide?

Those red areas, all over the country, are full of what you derisively call rednecks.

It ain't just Kentucky, Racist Commie Boy.
 
Pretty much why guys are saying the hell with marriage. He says want to have a kid & she can dump it out any time she wishes. Why go thru that?
Both genders are saying the hell with marriage...while they're young. The days of kids and marriage by the time you're 24 is over. People are having kids in their 30s or getting married in their 40s now. Some don't want children at all. Trump will grab some of the young males for various reasons. He and Vance give off an out of date mindset where men are the strong providers and women take care of kids. That doesn't jive with current women. The abortion issue pretty much screwed republicans as well as Project 2025. That's spooking people. Folks just wanna be left alone, they don't want America torn down and built back up as some Christian conservative's wet dream, which likely includes abortion and book bans. In general, being weirdly aggressive towards women or believing they all crave abortions (this is the vibe MAGA gives off) is just an odd and incorrect reaction to the issue. Hell, we've had republicans recently suggest having committees whose job it is to check the junk of athletes, men and women. That's weird.

Anyway, I like some of your takes. You always seem pretty calm which is unusual for this thread lol.
 
This is easy.
Are the Repubs supposed to beg them to run like Dems do? Its a homerun if they want the position due to sweeping the votes on both sides... but Black people dont want to run for president on the Repub side. Black people are only 13% of the population, what is the % of blacks that are Republicans, maybe half a percent at best? It's not like thousands grow up dreaming of becoming a politician. Seems like the love the mayoral positions and it stops there.

Dems have more minorities in politics because theyre gifted or pushed into it. Thats EXACTLY how you get nut cases pushing for violence like Maxine Waters, or classless losers like Stacey Abrams, or completely lost politicians like Kamala. They aren't qualified and have made terrible fools of themselves. They weren't qualified, they were gifted the position through skin color.

I like Tim Scott, and he seemed motivated but he's not sharp enough to carry on a conversation about anything but gas prices. He'd get demolished in an open debate. Nikki Haley is great, she'd beat Kamala with ease but thats another conversation.

But if you want to discuss DEI, why aren't there more white running backs in the NFL?
What's Haley got to do with black people?
 
Probably just gave Kamala a new idea. Wouldn’t be surprised if she came out tomorrow with a new “federal law”..every company must produce 100,000 ev cars every year and price cannot be above $5,000. She is a genius.

Even though that is obviously satire, it actually isn't that far off from how she looks at complex issues.
 
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No argument here. When it started to look like Biden would drop out, and Kam would take over, I predicted that would happen. And took a lot of crap over it. It's anyone's race, no doubt about it.


Here's the thing with dems saying "we only believe the polls we agree with"... Pollsters were saying South Carolina was tied in 2016. Anyone with a brain knew that wasn't close to accurate. Fast forward to election day and Trump won 55% to 41%. So South Carolina went from tied to Trump winning by 14% and people act like we are crazy for thinking Trump is doing better in some places than being reported.

The media is trying to suppress enthusiasm. It's a tactic that goes back to Nazi Germany.
 
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