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2016 American Presidential Campaign

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Ted Cruz called Donald Trump a "sniveling coward" and told him to leave his wife "the hell alone" on Thursday after Trump retweeted an unflattering photo of his spouse, Heidi Cruz.

"It's not easy to tick me off. I don't get angry often," Cruz told reporters while campaigning in Wisconsin. "But you mess with my wife, you mess with my kids, that'll do it every time. Donald you are a sniveling coward and leave Heidi the hell alone."
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the republican candidates really focusing on the issues facing america...

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jammin83 said:
The level of perceived idiocy in this election is mine blowing.

Its like politicians think we're a crowd at the coliseum.
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Unfortunately, at least for a certain proportion of us, this is true (obviously not all, but some quantifiable amount).

These are the Trump types. Any time he orders the "lions" to be released into the coliseum (inciting violence, whipping up racial tensions, denigrating women, etc etc), his crowd goes wild.
 
This republican race is extremely scary. The candidate that is not being followed closely is the only reasonable one in comparison to the two that are highly publicized ie. Kasich would be the most reasonable republican nominee. That is saying a lot about the average american conservative voter. The even sadder thing is the democratic candidate that is actively giving solutions to the problems we are presented this way is being lambasted for being old, even though he is the most in touch with what the average citizen in the country needs. Who cares if he is old? He is actually talking about fixing problems that are causing the average american an intense amount of grief. It does not matter if a democrat is elected. Every single person of voting age and capacity needs to get out and vote in local elections. I found that it becomes a lot easier to do so if you ask for absentee ballots. They will send them right to you, and you fill them out and send them in.

I feel scared for what has happened to this country, but there is one thing that actually makes me less worried. Regardless of if millennial voters are conservative, or liberal they tend not to look at religion as a deciding point on which candidate to support. It is true that religion has played a role in american politics for quite a long time, but it truly should not. I am catholic and I try to keep those two aspects of my life so far removed from each other that my religious belief structure has no part in the way I cast my vote, especially in local elections. Ted Cruz for example has an extremely evangelical leader of his superPAC. If/When he is nominated, and if/when he becomes president he will be leading an army while having ties to very strong, wealthy extremely religious people. Bernie sanders is the only candidate to actually say he is not very religious. I would like to take that a step farther and say; He is the only candidate that understands that religion should not be touching politics with a ten foot pole.

Another terrifying thing about this election is that the republican nominees are actively making fun of each other's lives and spouses. Is nothing sacred? I have a feeling this is all a deliberate attempt on the part of conservatives at misdirection. In magic acts you have a flashy assistant distracting you from what the magician is doing so that the magician can secretly swap something, or hide something to setup the next trick. Unfortunately in politics the thing the magician is hiding or swapping directly changes our lives for the better or worse.

I would like to ask a question to those on this board. What legislation would you like to see in the future?

Mine is: Term limits on all elected officials and no passing seats down, or auctioning off seats Rod Blagojevich style.
 
I think sanders can continue to have an impact after the race. He's received donations from more individuals in US election history, thats not a small feat. There's an idea at work there, and a lot of people are jumping on board. If you ask Bernie himself, he'll tell you that he can't single handedly fix our problems, because he can't. No one can. His message of mass direct action and fundamental change isn't going to die in November. Remember Occupy? Remember the battle of Seattle in 1999? These ideas aren't new and they're not going to go away due to results at the ballot box. Politics extends well beyond the Senate Floor or the White House and into homes and organizations around the country.
 
The establishment is stupid if they think they can have a contested convention and install a Romney or a Ryan. They created Trump and they will only further divide the party doing that. They got a huge wave of support from the tea party movement and they did nothing with it. Conservative politicians are morons compared to progressives. The left takes a far left stance and then finds common ground somewhere in the middle left. Now that the republicans maybe realize this they look like obstructionists for no longer adhering to the tactic. At this point we need a Trump or anyone that will not allow our country to follow the mold of some insignificant European country by further eroding our individuality by form of regressive policies/abolishing freedoms for the good of the collective. Trump is an idiot and this whole election process makes me not even want to be engaged, but there is too much at stake. Freedom and liberty will hopefully prevail.If Hilary Clinton becomes president it guarantees a radical activist SCOTUS which has the power to fundamentally change this country and move it towards the one world government the evil elites are pressing for. At this point I am even willing to vote for Cruz to keep a person as evil as the Clintons out of office.
 
Bardeaux said:
I think sanders can continue to have an impact after the race. He's received donations from more individuals in US election history, thats not a small feat. There's an idea at work there, and a lot of people are jumping on board. If you ask Bernie himself, he'll tell you that he can't single handedly fix our problems, because he can't. No one can. His message of mass direct action and fundamental change isn't going to die in November. Remember Occupy? Remember the battle of Seattle in 1999? These ideas aren't new and they're not going to go away due to results at the ballot box. Politics extends well beyond the Senate Floor or the White House and into homes and organizations around the country.
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Agreed, and i've been thinking the whole time his campaign has played out that this is an extension of the "battle of seattle"/anti-globalist/Occupy movements - as well as the 60s counterculture political movements that came before - of which Sanders was a part.
It is great to see those grassroots radical political ideals making it to the political stage in the way they have in the shape of Bernie Sanders (and his incredible push for Presidency).
Even if he isn't successful - which seems likely - he has achieved a lot more than many of his supporters probably assumed possible.
It is heartening for the american left, and i am interested to see what the incredibly organised people that are working with him do from here.
If nothing else, it has been an inspiring exercise in demonstrating that a lot of people really do give a shit about the political future of their country.
 
Bardeaux said:
I think sanders can continue to have an impact after the race. He's received donations from more individuals in US election history, thats not a small feat. There's an idea at work there, and a lot of people are jumping on board. If you ask Bernie himself, he'll tell you that he can't single handedly fix our problems, because he can't. No one can. His message of mass direct action and fundamental change isn't going to die in November. Remember Occupy? Remember the battle of Seattle in 1999? These ideas aren't new and they're not going to go away due to results at the ballot box. Politics extends well beyond the Senate Floor or the White House and into homes and organizations around the country.
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I watched his TYT interview and I still like a decent amount about Bernie. Basically I trust him, but fundamentally disagree with him. I want him to stay strong so his followers stay away from the polls when Hilary needs them tbh. This video reminds me of CE&P and my conversations. Great video from occupy
 
Fuckin'A, Droppy: the.Soviet.Union.Wasn't.Socialist!!!

It was what Trotsky called a Deformed/Degenerated Workers State, also sometimes called State Capitalist (the "party" has taken over the organs of capital power and uses it to its own sole benefit).

The "socialism" of Sanders is what you see in Northern Europe/Scandinavia, whose countries happen to land at the top of every standard of living index, ever.
 
Good day :D Depending on how Hawaii goes, Sanders could easily cut into Hillary's lead by like 70 delegates just in these three caucuses.
 
spacejunk said:
Agreed, and i've been thinking the whole time his campaign has played out that this is an extension of the "battle of seattle"/anti-globalist/Occupy movements - as well as the 60s counterculture political movements that came before - of which Sanders was a part.
It is great to see those grassroots radical political ideals making it to the political stage in the way they have in the shape of Bernie Sanders (and his incredible push for Presidency).
Even if he isn't successful - which seems likely - he has achieved a lot more than many of his supporters probably assumed possible.
It is heartening for the american left, and i am interested to see what the incredibly organised people that are working with him do from here.
If nothing else, it has been an inspiring exercise in demonstrating that a lot of people really do give a shit about the political future of their country.
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There's a lot boiling under the surface. The IS an American left, it's just not represented by our government. We resort to calling moderate liberals "far leftists". And "the far right" are just... "the right". The left is seeping through the cracks though. The first socialist (in the Marxian sense) in almost a century was elected to office in the US during the Sawant campaign in Seattle. She also won re-election. Surprise.

Droppersneck said:
Great video from occupy
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It's a classic and circular debate, In the US, it goes back to the first congressional congress during the drafting of the constitution. Many of these "European ideals" were discussed by and supported by some of the founding fathers. It's not going to end until technology replaces highly trained labor and the only jobs left are thousands of percent lower in salary ratio than those who own the means of production, then their legitimacy will come into question just like any king or queen has throughout history. Let them eat caviar?

(PS, Yes, Cuba has the largest economy in the Caribbean behind the Dominican Republic)
 
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Sanders would have to get bewildering results in NY, PA , CA (about 1047 delegates) which is approximately half of the delegates remaining.
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Why would Bernie need to get bewildering results? He'll be fine even if he edges her out with 55% of the vote in NY and Cali. He just cut her lead today by more than 70 delegates, and that's before WA's 17 Superdelegates pledge to him because he won by such a huge margin.
 
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