Maybe we should just elect Trump president

[sweetcell]

couldn't decide if this belongs here or in the Onion thread:

More than 20,000 sign petition to allow guns at Republican National Convention
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/26/politics/guns-petition-republican-national-convention/index.html

"And supporters would like RNC Chairman Reince Priebus to explain why a "gun-free" venue was chosen for the Republican convention and to communicate a contingency plan to relocate the convention if nothing changes."

the Secret Service has got to be loving this...

This totally plays in to my dream of sending Julian to the convention
It's going to be a shit show. 
Didn't realize we'd have to pay for a bullet proof Armani suit

I think they should come up with a compromise and allow people to be paint guns
now that would be fun

shitshow is about to get shittier: secret service has said no guns at the convention.  they can suspend local laws when it comes to protecting politicians & dignitaries.

a gun-nut's interpretation: a federal agency is taking away a state-sanctioned right (ohio is an open carry state), and a constitutional right (2nd amendment).

pass the popcorn!

[killsaly]

https://youtu.be/U4xdSr7x8yI
Trump tweets make sense as mean girls

[sweetcell]

https://twitter.com/NewDay/status/710065948657635328?ref_src=twsrc

Donald seems to think there will be riots if he does not get the nomination.  And other "bad things." 

paraphrasing here, but trump said "if i'm 100 votes short, but closer to the needed number than the next guy, i can't see how i shouldn't be given the nomination automatically".  actually, you dolt, that's how the system works.  if you didn't get 50% you don't get it automatically.

I'll actually sort of defend Trump on this. While, yes, that is not how the system works, he's speaking more on a "fairness" level not a procedural one. He would be the clear choice of the voters. If Trump has 48% of the delegates and they go and give the nomination to Rubio or Bush, that's totally acceptable legally/procedurally, but it's also clearly giving a giant middle finger to the will of the people.

i guess we'll agree to disagree... i'm more in line with http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/donald-trump-republican-convention-213770

[Space Freely]

https://twitter.com/NewDay/status/710065948657635328?ref_src=twsrc

Donald seems to think there will be riots if he does not get the nomination.  And other "bad things." 

paraphrasing here, but trump said "if i'm 100 votes short, but closer to the needed number than the next guy, i can't see how i shouldn't be given the nomination automatically".  actually, you dolt, that's how the system works.  if you didn't get 50% you don't get it automatically.

I'll actually sort of defend Trump on this. While, yes, that is not how the system works, he's speaking more on a "fairness" level not a procedural one. He would be the clear choice of the voters. If Trump has 48% of the delegates and they go and give the nomination to Rubio or Bush, that's totally acceptable legally/procedurally, but it's also clearly giving a giant middle finger to the will of the people.

i guess we'll agree to disagree... i'm more in line with http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/donald-trump-republican-convention-213770

I never understand arguments like the one below. This writer assumes that a vote for an opposing candidate is a vote AGAINST Trump. Like someone somehow can't like BOTH Trump AND (pick one, or more) Cruz, Carson, Rubio, Kasich, etc and just happen to like one of those other guys MORE THAN Trump.



Here are the hard facts: As of today, 32 states have cast votes in the Republican presidential race through primaries, caucuses or conventions. In every single one of them, the anti-Trump forces have won a majority. In 22 of those states, more than 60 percent of Republican voters have rejected the Donald; in nine of those states, more than 70 percent rejected Trump. In all, according to the New York Times, 21,027,107 votes have been cast so far in the Republican nominating contests; and the anti-Trump vote has trounced the self-proclaimed avatar of greatness, 12,944,945 to 8,082,148. With the campaign essentially all about him, Trump or non-Trump, he is losing by nearly five million votes.

[hutch]

that's cause its a moronic argument... I recall hearing about some polling of Kasich supporters and it showed many of them would vote for Trump if Trump and Cruz were the only guys left.. The media and politcal pundit class and republican establishment is constantly trying to spin this "Trump voters are insane morons" narrative..so those not voting for Trump are "not morons" and would not go for the "moron"... if only it were that simple...

[analogfossa]

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-idUSKCN0WV1TP
Trump's Campaign Manger arrested for battery

[hutch]

 

[sweetcell]

I never understand arguments like the one below. This writer assumes that a vote for an opposing candidate is a vote AGAINST Trump. Like someone somehow can't like BOTH Trump AND (pick one, or more) Cruz, Carson, Rubio, Kasich, etc and just happen to like one of those other guys MORE THAN Trump.

you're missing the point.  given the choices, more people prefer someone other than trump than those who do.  you're right. they aren't saying the don't like trump.  what they are saying is that trump isn't their first choice.  the rules for obtaining the nomination are that the candidate must be the first choice of a majority of voters (50%+1), otherwise the alternate process kicks in.  the end.

[K8teebug]

He is the worst. I would like to get through a morning without screaming obscenities at my radio.

[Relaxer]

Well at least you're tuned into your local public radio station! Whether a public or commercial broadcast, today's radio industry is as active and healthy as it ever has been and fears no other media to topple its dominance! RADIO FOR ALL RADIO FOREVER PLEASE GOD I JUST NEED A FEW MORE YEARS

[GetThee2aHatcheryıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

PLEASE GOD I JUST NEED A FEW MORE YEARS

that ended differently than expected, but I was thinking it before you said it
time to learn how to put an iPhone together as trump is bringing that job back

[walk,on,by]

relaxer is upset, that his fuck thread, went nowhere.

[Relaxer]

relaxer is upset, that his fuck thread, went nowhere.

SAYS YOU, GIRLFRIEND
C'mon, that was some straight up unique content I provided for you all. Problem is, I haven't had any more super dramatic adventures. I also have a bad habit of starting threads and then just abandoning them. How you doin, neglected KPOP thread?

[walk,on,by]

you were providing porn to guys who talk about beer, wrestling, lps, baseball, shows, gifs, cats, and jul,ian.  guurl.

[Space Freely]

relaxer is upset, that his fuck thread, went nowhere.

SAYS YOU, GIRLFRIEND
C'mon, that was some straight up unique content I provided for you all. Problem is, I haven't had any more super dramatic adventures. I also have a bad habit of starting threads and then just abandoning them. How you doin, neglected KPOP thread?

But you shared a nice long list of potential candidates. Surely one or two of them must have panned out?