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#102 Jul 22 2015 at 11:44 AM Rating: Excellent
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#103 Jul 22 2015 at 11:55 AM Rating: Good
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Today I learned that Lindsey Graham has a sense of humor, needs assistance with blenders, and would be horrible with pinatas.
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I learned that he has his phones mailed to him from 2006.
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#105 Jul 22 2015 at 12:30 PM Rating: Good
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He wasn't going to wreck a smart phone. That'd besmirch his delicate sensibilities.
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#106 Jul 22 2015 at 2:32 PM Rating: Decent
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Friar Bijou wrote:
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Anyone who tries to simplify things down to be "for/against" immigrants just does not do the issue justice.
This your way of saying you agree that Trump was a total a-hole for calling all the Mexican illegals "druggies and rapists and murderers"?


Are you suggesting that Trump wasn't already a total a-hole for a host of other things he's said and done before? Seriously?
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#107 Jul 22 2015 at 2:34 PM Rating: Decent
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gbaji wrote:
Friar Bijou wrote:
gbaji wrote:
Anyone who tries to simplify things down to be "for/against" immigrants just does not do the issue justice.
This your way of saying you agree that Trump was a total a-hole for calling all the Mexican illegals "druggies and rapists and murderers"?

Are you suggesting that Trump wasn't already a total a-hole for a host of other things he's said and done before? Seriously?

No, he's always been, but that his statement on Mexicans was particularly vile in the present circumstances.
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#108 Jul 22 2015 at 2:47 PM Rating: Decent
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I didn't say corrupt. Corruption implies taking advantage of special access/power for personal gain. In this case, the stated objective of a sanctuary city is to make a place where illegal aliens will feel safe from deportation. So using that policy to do exactly that isn't corruption. At issue is the degree to which the general public is aware of just how far this policy goes.


it's also possible that this technique (request a transfer for a deportee on a local charge and then drop said charge in order to prevent deportation) . If done, solely for that reason, would be taking advantage of special powers.


As per usual, you conveniently left off a portion of my statement.

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You are correct in that you didn't say corrupt, you just implied it.


No, I didn't.
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#109 Jul 22 2015 at 2:48 PM Rating: Good
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It's effective, though. He's got the entire GOP field marching to the beat of his drum.
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#110 Jul 22 2015 at 3:18 PM Rating: Decent
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He's leading the GOP field in popularity. So Idiocracy is well on its way to fruition.
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#111 Jul 22 2015 at 3:19 PM Rating: Decent
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Debalic wrote:
gbaji wrote:
Friar Bijou wrote:
gbaji wrote:
Anyone who tries to simplify things down to be "for/against" immigrants just does not do the issue justice.
This your way of saying you agree that Trump was a total a-hole for calling all the Mexican illegals "druggies and rapists and murderers"?

Are you suggesting that Trump wasn't already a total a-hole for a host of other things he's said and done before? Seriously?

No, he's always been, but that his statement on Mexicans was particularly vile in the present circumstances.


I agree that it was a terribly worded statement, almost certainly designed to offend and create controversy, but what "present circumstances" make his statements "particularly vile"? For reference, here's the quote:

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Thank you. It’s true, and these are the best and the finest. When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.


Are you saying that at some other time in the past, this would have been less vile? I'd think that present circumstances such as a very recent murder committed by someone who should have been deported but wasn't because of a set of institutionalized loopholes designed to prevent deportations would make this the best time (if there were such a thing) to make such a statement. The fact is that, while poorly worded, he's correct. We are seeing horrific rates of human trafficking. Virtual slavery going on with the sex trade. Tons of drugs, guns, gangs, and all the violence that goes with that. And this is largely because our current leaders are following a policy that basically just looks the other way and pretends nothing is going on.

It's become politically incorrect to even suggest that any illegal immigrant could be anything other than some poor honest worker just looking for a better life. But the reality is that it's never black and white. Yes, many illegals are doing just that. But a growing percentage are taking advantage of our absent immigration enforcement to engage in criminal behavior. Some border towns in AZ and NM are virtually controlled by gangs from Mexico. Right now. I suspect that most of you have simply never heard this. You don't hear it because it doesn't match the narrative that those in power want you to hear.

Is it wrong to reverse the relative numbers, as Trump did? Absolutely. But it's equally wrong to pretend that there isn't a huge and growing problem that should be dealt with. And if Trumps offensive speech maybe wakes a few people up on this issue, then I'm more than willing to let him take the heat on this one. And I suspect, so is he.
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#112 Jul 22 2015 at 3:44 PM Rating: Decent
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gbaji wrote:
Debalic wrote:
gbaji wrote:
Friar Bijou wrote:
gbaji wrote:
Anyone who tries to simplify things down to be "for/against" immigrants just does not do the issue justice.
This your way of saying you agree that Trump was a total a-hole for calling all the Mexican illegals "druggies and rapists and murderers"?

Are you suggesting that Trump wasn't already a total a-hole for a host of other things he's said and done before? Seriously?

No, he's always been, but that his statement on Mexicans was particularly vile in the present circumstances.


I agree that it was a terribly worded statement, almost certainly designed to offend and create controversy

Yes, you do have a way of wording things terribly in order to offend and create controversy. You're the one intentionally misinterpreting Bijou.
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#113 Jul 22 2015 at 4:06 PM Rating: Good
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But it's equally wrong to pretend that there isn't a huge and growing problem that should be dealt with.
Just like those vicious Irish!!
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#114 Jul 22 2015 at 8:20 PM Rating: Good
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This.
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#115 Jul 23 2015 at 7:06 AM Rating: Excellent
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****, that's not even satire.
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#116 Jul 23 2015 at 7:47 AM Rating: Good
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Are you saying that at some other time in the past, this would have been less vile?
Yeah, when he was doing it as a private citizen and not as a representative of the American people.
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#117 Jul 23 2015 at 7:50 AM Rating: Excellent
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Donald Trump says the chances that he will launch a third-party White House run will “absolutely” increase if the Republican National Committee is unfair to him during the 2016 primary season.

“The RNC has not been supportive. They were always supportive when I was a contributor. I was their fair-haired boy,” the business mogul told The Hill in a 40-minute interview from his Manhattan office at Trump Tower on Wednesday. “The RNC has been, I think, very foolish.”

Pressed on whether he would run as a third-party candidate if he fails to clinch the GOP nomination, Trump said that “so many people want me to, if I don’t win.”
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#118 Jul 23 2015 at 7:55 AM Rating: Excellent
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The "If I'm going to die, I'm taking you with me" strategy.
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#119 Jul 23 2015 at 8:44 AM Rating: Good
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****, that's not even satire.


It's satire cutting so close, it's gone plaid.

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#120 Jul 23 2015 at 10:44 AM Rating: Excellent
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The "If I'm going to die, I'm taking you with me" strategy.

Pretty much.
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Trump, however, could become a factor if he were to leave the GOP race and run for president as an independent. The survey shows that in a hypothetical three-way race, Clinton is at 46 percent, Bush is at 30 percent and Trump is at 20 percent among registered voters.

Trump takes more support away from Bush than Clinton in such a contest. In a head-to-head matchup, Clinton tops Bush by 50 percent to 44 percent among registered voters.

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#121 Jul 23 2015 at 10:50 AM Rating: Excellent
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Who are these people who would vote for Clinton over Bush, but Trump over Clinton.
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#122 Jul 23 2015 at 10:53 AM Rating: Excellent
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I guess that 4% is either "He's a businessman so he'll fix things", "He tells it like it is, not like Clinton or Bush" or just maybe for the lulz.
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#123 Jul 23 2015 at 11:12 AM Rating: Good
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People that don't like the fact that both candidates come from established political dynasties, people that love liberalism but hate Mexicans, uh, people that think the system needs 'shaking up' by an independent candidate, people that anticipate Donald Trump bribing them for their votes.
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#124 Jul 23 2015 at 12:30 PM Rating: Decent
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Jophiel wrote:
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The "If I'm going to die, I'm taking you with me" strategy.

Pretty much.
Washington Post/ABC Poll wrote:
Trump, however, could become a factor if he were to leave the GOP race and run for president as an independent. The survey shows that in a hypothetical three-way race, Clinton is at 46 percent, Bush is at 30 percent and Trump is at 20 percent among registered voters.

Trump takes more support away from Bush than Clinton in such a contest. In a head-to-head matchup, Clinton tops Bush by 50 percent to 44 percent among registered voters.


Looks like the only real race will be Clinton vs. Sanders. Dem nom will have the only chance.
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#125 Jul 23 2015 at 12:55 PM Rating: Good
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Heh, businessman. "If you don't let me run your McDonalds, I'm going to build a Burger King next door and sink both our profits!"
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#126 Jul 23 2015 at 1:05 PM Rating: Good
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I can't see Trump running as an independent. If anything he would start the Trump party.
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