2016 Politics Thread - Enter At Your Own Risk - All Politics & Dumb Opinions Here

[ssbledsoe]

Originally Posted by NoleinJax

According to you. And that means absolutely nothing to me.

What about Breitbart? Do you trust Breitbart?
Polls: Libertarian Gary Johnson Will Likely Hurt Hillary Clinton More Than Donald Trump - Breitbart

[VeedonFleece]

Originally Posted by NoleinJax

Can you please elaborate on why you think she is more qualified to lead? I'm extremely curious because her record says otherwise.

What aboou Trump's record says he's more qualified? The fact that he doesn't have one?

[ssbledsoe]

Originally Posted by NoleinJax

Don't read it. Why you so worried about convincing me. I'm just a uneducated deplorable while you are an upstanding citizen that loves to throw insults from his mountaintop in a truly democratic way. Keep being you

Actually, I'm not "worried" at all. I'm merely entertained by people that can't accept the truth.

Side note, you seem to have me confused with "Her." Not once have I said that you're uneducated or deplorable.

Keep burying your head in the sand. Maybe if you switch to kitty litter you might find the prize that you seek.

[VeedonFleece]

To be clear, ostriches do NOT bury their heads in the sand. They do put fingers in their ears though.

[NeedChapmans]

https://www.buzzfeed.com/darrensands...q22#.li9A6MwAA

[ssbledsoe]

Originally Posted by NoleinJax

Aren't you so cute with your little insults. Again just because you say it's the truth doesn't make it so. I know you think you are smarter and better than everyone on here so have a wonderful day while I go look for a shovel.

I'm not saying it's the truth. A renowned conservative blog is saying it's the truth (and even the leftists at HuffPo have said GJ pulls more from Hillary than Trump). I'm merely spreading their good word.

I'd love to hear your reasoning as to why "I'm" wrong... Just because you say I'm wrong, or do you have any factually information to support your point?

[oldgoldy97]

Wow, near fanaticism round here.

[ssbledsoe]

Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

Wow, *deleted for accuracy* fanaticism round here.

Fixed it for you

[ssbledsoe]

Originally Posted by NoleinJax

Voting for Hillary I see. Any vote not for Trump is a vote for Hillary.

Originally Posted by NoleinJax

K I'll stand by my statement.

Originally Posted by NoleinJax

Did I say you are wrong? I try not to tell people they are wrong for believing something different than what the media may be saying, conservative or not. I'll be thrilled to be wrong if Trump wins because more people leaning towards Hillary over Trump decided to vote a 3rd party.

Actually, you did say I was wrong...

[Timmay]

Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

Wow, near fanaticism round here.

Change your password, you've been hacked. This obviously is your first post in this thread if you are just realizing this.

[ssbledsoe]

Originally Posted by NoleinJax

Hmm. I must be blind because I do not see the words "you are wrong" anywhere in one of my responses, but I guess if anyone disagrees with you that's how you take it. You (or Breitbart or whoever you want to get your info from) may be absolutely correct. Maybe I should have just said a vote for any 3rd party candidate is a wasted vote imo.

Can you define what a "wasted vote" is? I hear this phrase pretty regularly, but don't "get it."

[JohnRyno]

Every other post:

[trixstar]

Originally Posted by NeedChapmans

https://www.buzzfeed.com/darrensands...q22#.li9A6MwAA

Failing to deliver on promises, who else would he back besides Trump?

EXCLUSIVE: ?Black Men for Bernie? founder has a record of failed promises - The Rebel

[oldgoldy97]

I personally don't get worked up over stuff, but it sure is interesting watching others get all in a tizzy.

[Timmay]

Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

A viral graphic said that Hillary Clinton was forced to return about $200,000 worth of furniture, artwork and china that she had stolen from the White House. The statement contains several inaccuracies.

The Clintons returned about $48,000 in furniture, and they paid the government about $86,000 for other items. Any way you count it, the $200,000 figure is too high.

According to top ethics lawyers, it’s at least debatable -- and at worst hyperbolic -- to say the Clintons "stole" the items. A congressional investigation found poor tracking of ownership and final disposition of gifts, which makes it hard to speak definitively of wrongdoing. In fact, two items the Clintons returned were ultimately sent back to them. Finally, it’s worth making clear that the "force" they responded to was political pressure, not legal jeopardy.

Accusations of stealing are serious and require a high threshold of evidence, unmet by the charges in this over-the-top graphic. We rate the claim Mostly False.

Nice try. What other right wing BS would you like to throw out?

Here's one that is right:

Trump said, "While Hillary Clinton plans a massive, and I mean massive, tax increase, I have proposed the largest tax reduction of any candidate who has run for president this year, Democrat or Republican."

Clinton is indeed proposing a tax increase, though it can be described as "massive" for only the richest Americans. Meanwhile, Trump is correct that his tax cuts were the biggest of any 2016 candidate. We rate the claim Mostly True

Reading this, I can see why a healthy chunk of BO members are behind Trump. They'll FOR SURE fall into the richest tax bracket and are worried about Billary's tax plan. Need more money for those cases of Exquiste basketball and NT football.

Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

I personally don't get worked up over stuff, but it sure is interesting watching others get all in a tizzy.

Like I said, check your account.

[37Jetson]

Originally Posted by ssbledsoe

A vote FOR Gary Johnson or Jill Stein or a write-in candidate is nothing more than a vote FOR that candidate. Only fear mongers resort to the "if you vote for anyone other than Trump, you're voting for Hillary" bull crap.

My guess is that the polls show that a third party candidate pulls more votes from Clinton than Trump which explains why the media is totally ignoring Gary Johnson with the exception of the Aleppo Gaffe.

[Addison]

Originally Posted by NeedChapmans

Look at Iowa in the middle there ... all alone.

Yeeesh....

If you're gonna post, at least have the intellectual integrity to know what you're posting rather than posting random garbage you see on your Facebook feed.

A map doesn't show the results of the 2012 election if only people who pay taxes had voted, but instead was stolen from an article about what voting would have looked like without universal suffrage.

What If Only Taxpayers Voted? : snopes.com

https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpol...N5K5#.qg0Jdewe

[zachtruitt]

But..but..it was a meme that fit a narrative I wanted to support. Those facts got in the way.

[jarrodsalas]

Back on topic. Hillary now losing recent polls out of Ohio and Florida. So much for that 10 point lead going into the debates.

CNN and Bloomberg have Trump up 4% and 5% in Ohio.

Another 2 point Vegas swing today in favor of Trump. 4 points in a 24 hour period.

RealClearPolitics - Election 2016 - Ohio: Trump vs. Clinton

[ssbledsoe]

Originally Posted by 37Jetson

My guess is that the polls show that a third party candidate pulls more votes from Clinton than Trump which explains why the media is totally ignoring Gary Johnson with the exception of the Aleppo Gaffe.

Nah, it's because of this:

Libertarians are usually weird people that want to cook meth in their backyard or walk around naked.

[JohnRyno]

Originally Posted by Addison

Yeeesh....

If you're gonna post, at least have the intellectual integrity to know what you're posting rather than posting random garbage you see on your Facebook feed.

Not to mention that the right to vote is inalienable, endowed by one's creator, as guaranteed by the Constitution, irrespective of a tax return.

[Astros19]

Originally Posted by JohnRyno

Not to mention that the right to vote is inalienable, endowed by one's creator, as guaranteed by the Constitution, irrespective of a tax return.

Or IQ's.
lol

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[quackhead]

[Onions]

Originally Posted by JohnRyno

Not to mention that the right to vote is inalienable, endowed by one's creator, as guaranteed by the Constitution, irrespective of a tax return.

Equality, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are bestowed upon us by our creator. Regardless of the government representing us.

The rest are rights that our government defined along the way.

And actually, originally the Constitution included no outline regarding the right to vote for anyone. This was, like many other things, left up to the individual states to decide who was allowed (and not allowed) to vote. Subsequent amendments defined those rights later on.

[ssbledsoe]

Originally Posted by JohnRyno

Not to mention that the right to vote is inalienable, endowed by one's creator, as guaranteed by the Constitution, irrespective of a tax return.

I tend to prefer George Carlin's philosophy on "rights"; just a list of temporary privileges:


Not that I should have to, but this is a Carlin link - NSFW -