Upcoming Primaries

March 28th, 2016 at 11:03:41 AM permalink
Pacomartin
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On Super Tuesday, Trump won Louisiana with 124,818 votes to 113,949 for Cruz, 33,804 for Rubio and 19,355 for Kasich. There was a threshold to receive delegates and it seems Kasich did not

Delegates were assigned 18 Trump, 18 Cruz , 5 Rubio, 0 to Kasich with 5 unassigned. Cruz's organization is trying to get all of the 10 delegates (5 to Rubio and 5 unassigned). Trump is suing and he's angry.

My takeaway from this is that the rules are not very clear what to do with delegates that are unassigned or went to people who have withdrawn from the race. Since the only time since WWII that the Republicans have gone to convention without a clear nomination was 1976, the rules may never have been made crystal clear.
March 28th, 2016 at 11:08:07 AM permalink
Nareed
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Quote: Pacomartin
Trump is suing and he's angry.


Water is wet and boils at 100 C at sea level.

We are stating the bleeping obvious, yes?
Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER
April 14th, 2016 at 6:26:40 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Listening to Trump talking about what he's
done in NYC at the RNC dinner. Really
impressive in the first 15 min. The amount
of hands on experience with actually doing
real things in the real world, nobody can
touch Trump.
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
April 15th, 2016 at 3:45:32 AM permalink
AZDuffman
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Quote: Evenbob
Listening to Trump talking about what he's
done in NYC at the RNC dinner. Really
impressive in the first 15 min. The amount
of hands on experience with actually doing
real things in the real world, nobody can
touch Trump.



Trump vs. Hillary (or any of the rest) to me looks a lot like this!

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength
April 15th, 2016 at 5:41:05 AM permalink
terapined
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Quote: AZDuffman
Trump vs. Hillary (or any of the rest) to me looks a lot like this!


Just a fantasy
Back to reality
Bookies have Clinton around 1/2
Trump is around 5/1

http://www.oddschecker.com/politics/us-politics/us-presidential-election-2016/winner

Wanna make a bet. Even odds :-)
Money talks, BS walks
Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World"
April 17th, 2016 at 2:40:54 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Ever notice that nobody in the media
ever mentions that Hillary is the former
First Lady to a president that got impeached
by the House of Representatives. You
have to know that if it was a Repub ex
president, they would mention it every time
they said her name. If Trump gets the nod,
I hope he dwells on this, you know he wants
to.
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
April 17th, 2016 at 2:47:22 PM permalink
petroglyph
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Quote: Evenbob
Ever notice that nobody in the media
ever mentions that Hillary is the former
First Lady to a president that got impeached
by the House of Representatives. You
have to know that if it was a Repub ex
president, they would mention it every time
they said her name. If Trump gets the nod,
I hope he dwells on this, you know he wants
to.
Are you talking about Mrs. Bill Clinton?

Why doesn't everyone refer to her as Mrs. Clinton?
The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW
April 17th, 2016 at 2:51:50 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: petroglyph
Are you talking about Mrs. Bill Clinton?

Why doesn't everyone refer to her as Mrs. Clinton?


Some do, Rush and a few others.
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
April 17th, 2016 at 6:33:49 PM permalink
Pacomartin
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Quote: Evenbob
Ever notice that nobody in the media ever mentions that Hillary is the former First Lady to a president that got impeached by the House of Representatives.


Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton are the only two presidents to have been successfully impeached by the House of Representatives, and both were later acquitted by the Senate. The impeachment process of Richard Nixon was technically unsuccessful, as Nixon resigned his office before the vote of the full House for impeachment. To date, no U.S. President has been removed from office by impeachment and conviction.

Many people seem to confuse the word "impeachment" with a successful conviction. Impeachment is actually similar to indictment. An indictment , in the common law system, is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime.
April 17th, 2016 at 8:08:36 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: Pacomartin

Many people seem to confuse the word "impeachment" with a successful conviction.


He was still impeached, not a small thing.
He was disbarred in Arkansas, and in 2001:

'The US supreme court yesterday issued an order disbarring former president Bill Clinton from practising law before the high court. The ruling is seen as marking the official end of the Monica Lewinsky scandal.'

This is a very big deal. If it was the wife
of a Repub, we would be reminded of
it daily.
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.