eagle54
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Post by eagle54 on Aug 9, 2016 22:49:52 GMT -5
The voices of our favorite conservative stalwarts on this board are silenced and it's deafening. I would be with them in almost all years if the party had put forth a candidate that could win and wasn't this train wreck.
I'm calling this election over now as Trump has become disinterested in dealing with the constant fact checking scrutiny of the general election or the fact that more people are listening to his idiotic remarks. I think it's no longer fun for him like it was when he was tearing down the RNC's primary candidates. It's a shame for the party that they let this debacle happen and let's hope it doesn't carry over to the Senate and House.
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Elvado
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Post by Elvado on Aug 10, 2016 4:08:57 GMT -5
While the election is likely over and Trump is clearly a train wreck who is checking out on the hard work of this election, the "debacle" you speak of is the democratic process. Unlike the DNC, which "tilted" the contest toward and got an odious candidate, the RNC ran a fair contest and got their own stinker of a candidate.
The real debacle is the current two-party system and the dearth of qualified, interested, honorable public servants who might want the job.
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blueeagle
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Post by blueeagle on Aug 10, 2016 9:38:42 GMT -5
Two plus months of compaigning notwithstanding, I agree that Trump the candidate is done. The focus now has to be in minimizing the damage that may be inflicted by "Trumpism," a term coined by the WSJ. The GOP has to do its part to mend these bonds preferably through grassroots efforts as opposed to an agenda dictated by the leadership.
Unfortunately, even if she wins the election by a landslide, Hillary Clinton will not be embraced as a unifying figure. The "real America" will continue to oppose progressive reforms that ironically will help them more than anything that Trump has put forth to stimulate the economy or to institute "law and order."
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eagle54
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Post by eagle54 on Oct 20, 2016 22:52:22 GMT -5
Two plus months of compaigning notwithstanding, I agree that Trump the candidate is done. The focus now has to be in minimizing the damage that may be inflicted by "Trumpism," a term coined by the WSJ. The GOP has to do its part to mend these bonds preferably through grassroots efforts as opposed to an agenda dictated by the leadership. Unfortunately, even if she wins the election by a landslide, Hillary Clinton will not be embraced as a unifying figure. The "real America" will continue to oppose progressive reforms that ironically will help them more than anything that Trump has put forth to stimulate the economy or to institute "law and order." I'm calling it, Presidential is over it's just a matter of how much of the Senate can they save as the RNC is way more vulnerable.
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ksf42001
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Post by ksf42001 on Oct 22, 2016 15:38:39 GMT -5
Honestly, the only thing that can keep Clinton out of the White House at this point is if she collapses in public again. Not even a new big wikileaks revelation would throw her off at this point.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Oct 22, 2016 17:38:57 GMT -5
If I were a conspiracy advocate (and I am not), I would say that the people in the shadows put Trump up to this to guarantee a Clinton victory. He seemed to do everything to lose. I still think at some point, he is going to say "gotcha."
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TC
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Post by TC on Oct 23, 2016 10:11:39 GMT -5
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eagle54
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Post by eagle54 on Oct 23, 2016 18:55:26 GMT -5
That's a problem in the party and why they continue to lose elections.
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