Theresa Tennyson Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Lori Paramour wrote: Provided that the hundreds of thousands of "Syrian" refugees don;t turn out to be more than 10-15% ISIS and start a major civil war withing the US and Uncle Barry doesn't declare Marshal Law ans suspend the elections: The -3%er no chance Fiorina will go Bush will go Trump will go and 85% of his supporters will go to Cruz Carson will go and 60-70% of his supporters will go to Cruz Cruz and Rubio head to head in debates, Rubio loses. Cruz grudgingly gets nomination. Hillary get's indicted but fix in in and DOJ won;t take it to trail. Career FBI investigators get pissed and leak all the evidence. DNC forced to turn to Biden. Biden and Sanders a toss up for the whackadoodle primary voters. Sanders squeaks by and the DNC are left with no choice Head to head debate between Sanders and Cruz. Cruz kills him and Sanders sounds just like what he is, a far left crack pot that should be in a loony bin on thorazine. Sanders scares the hell out of the Republican and independent voters and they turn out en-masse. Cruz is next president FYI: I am a PhD Candidate in Political Science and an Associate Professor of Political Science at an Eastern US College. Which has a very well known political think tank for which I work as an analyist. Both of which shall remain un-named. Be happy to provide further updates as the situation warrants it Just happened to notice this one again. Any more updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qie Niangao Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Phil Deakins wrote: I think it was during her last campaign for the Presidency. In the interview she said that, in the course of being Foreign Secretary(?), she once had to keep low and run to the building to avoid the bullets when she got off the plane in a particular country. Yeah, that was pretty embarrassing, but in the context of her many retellings of the incident, I'm not sure I'd call it a "lie" exactly. I had to refresh my memory of that event, and found this summary from PolitiFact. It seems she'd progressively embellished her recollection in the years between her memoir recounting of it and that campaign speech. (It happened while she was First Lady; she only became Secretary of State -- the American equivalent of Foreign Minister -- after she lost that election and Obama appointed her.) Reading about it again now, I'm struck by the similarity to successive embellishments by Brian Williams, who got shuffled from his NBC anchor desk for remembering a more dangerous situation than really occurred to a helicopter he rode in Iraq. And funny thing: that fish that got away grows bigger each time I remember it, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalytha Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 I immediately think of Brian Williams as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 That was an interesting read, Qie. Thank you for the link. She sounds a lot like Al Gore was when he claimed to have invented the Internet lol. As I said earlier, you americans have my sympathy this time around, because there's nobody worth voting for from the 2 major parties. I wouldn't want either of them running the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeye Afterthought Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 How many people bothered to even vote? One thousand or one hundred or ten - Trump Trousers got in. Oh. Dear. We are all doomed, Mr Mainwaring, doomed I tell ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claireschen Hesten Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 someone i know put on social media "At least we're (UK) no longer the laughing stock of the world" in response to Trump getting voted in as president, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy Beck Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Lori Paramour wrote: Provided that the hundreds of thousands of "Syrian" refugees don;t turn out to be more than 10-15% ISIS and start a major civil war withing the US and Uncle Barry doesn't declare Marshal Law ans suspend the elections: The -3%er no chance Fiorina will go Bush will go Trump will go and 85% of his supporters will go to Cruz Carson will go and 60-70% of his supporters will go to Cruz Cruz and Rubio head to head in debates, Rubio loses. Cruz grudgingly gets nomination. Hillary get's indicted but fix in in and DOJ won;t take it to trail. Career FBI investigators get pissed and leak all the evidence. DNC forced to turn to Biden. Biden and Sanders a toss up for the whackadoodle primary voters. Sanders squeaks by and the DNC are left with no choice Head to head debate between Sanders and Cruz. Cruz kills him and Sanders sounds just like what he is, a far left crack pot that should be in a loony bin on thorazine. Sanders scares the hell out of the Republican and independent voters and they turn out en-masse. Cruz is next president FYI: I am a PhD Candidate in Political Science and an Associate Professor of Political Science at an Eastern US College. Which has a very well known political think tank for which I work as an analyist. Both of which shall remain un-named. Be happy to provide further updates as the situation warrants it You were wise to keep both your identity and that of your think tank unnamed because that was a terrible advert for the political analyses of you both. P.S. Don't you have to already have gained a doctorate to be an associate professor or professor in an academic field? It seems somewhat odd to be studying for a doctorate in a field where you have already been given the grade of associate professor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innula Zenovka Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 CheriColette wrote: Isnt that (speaks his mind) part of his charm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candysugar Treat Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 bet you feel like eating crow now . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliJo Aldrin Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 The world isn't laughing, they are crying because they all know their game of socialism and internationalism is coming to an end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc DeSantis Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 And Caesar's spirit, raging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war, That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial. But you can now fly your Confederate rag with pride. Hums the Internationale (by BB natch) as I doubt you could follow the words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innula Zenovka Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 As a Brit, I'm concerned, among other things, about the damage President Trump's policies are likely to inflict on both the US and world economies. The USA will doubtless bear the brunt of it, but it's going to be pretty difficult for the rest of us to deal with the fall-out. Doubtless things will stablilise, and we'll have to learn to live with a weaker and less influential USA, a more aggressive Russia and more agressive militant political Islamists. Why do people think Vladimir Putin was supportive of Donald Trump's election campaign? I had dealings with Mr Putin back the 1990s, when he the Director for External Economic Affairs in St Petersburg, just after the collapse of the old Soviet Union. I was then working with British companies trying to set up joint ventures in the St Petersburg region, and his office oversaw such business partnerships, as well as running the port there. He's a very smart and very scary guy. He is also a Russian nationalist who deeply resented the the humiliation his country experienced at the hands fo the west in general and the USA in particular, when it appeared the West had won the cold war. Not to put too fine a point on it, he hated America and Americans back then and I doubt he's mellowed since. He's not a man I would like to have holding a grudge against me, for reasons I suspect the USA is about to learn. I fear Donald Trump is only an early part of Mr Putin's game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc DeSantis Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Agreed. Also was in biz at the time the wall fell (Hungary tbe) And we lost a poet even if we knew it was coming. This is not a good year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celestiall Nightfire Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Sy Beck wrote: Lori Paramour wrote: Hillary get's indicted but fix in in and DOJ won;t take it to trail. Career FBI investigators get pissed and leak all the evidence. DNC forced to turn to Biden. Biden and Sanders a toss up for the whackadoodle primary voters. Sanders squeaks by and the DNC are left with no choice Head to head debate between Sanders and Cruz. Cruz kills him and Sanders sounds just like what he is, a far left crack pot that should be in a loony bin on thorazine. Sanders scares the hell out of the Republican and independent voters and they turn out en-masse. Cruz is next president FYI: I am a PhD Candidate in Political Science and an Associate Professor of Political Science at an Eastern US College. Which has a very well known political think tank for which I work as an analyist. Both of which shall remain un-named. Be happy to provide further updates as the situation warrants it You were wise to keep both your identity and that of your think tank unnamed because that was a terrible advert for the political analyses of you both. I was thinking the same. ; ) Here's to hindsight: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christin73 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 One thing I have learned in life never talk politics or religion with a forum such as this. I am surprised its aloud to go on as long as it has. That said, my opinion (and i voted for Hillary) is that these protesters 1, most of them didn't actualy vote and 2, Trump isn't even sworn in yet and they have NO CLUE what he WILL OR WILL NOT do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qie Niangao Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Christin73 wrote: 2, Trump isn't even sworn in yet and they have NO CLUE what he WILL OR WILL NOT do. While it's true that his pronouncements on policy have been so inconsistent and contradictory as to give scant hint of any plan, there is one consistent thread throughout Trump's life: He scams everybody. That's really it. That's how he made a fortune through scores of tax dodges, bankruptcies, and unpaid suppliers. Now he has the full faith and credit of the United States to swindle into his family's greedy grasp, eager as always to take the federal hand-out. Prepare to be sold to Putin, America, in the "most terrific" kleptocracy in history. "Sad" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Kidd Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 As an Aussie I was delighted that Mr Trump has just given the nod to Mr Obama to allow us to send 1500 more Muslims to America. A wonderful thing to happen with Mr Trump's blessing. That America is so accepting of my despicable countries rejected refugees makes me think such warm and good things about your country. So welcoming to take those my leaders have been torturing on Nauru and Manus Island for the past few years. Afganis, Iraquis, Kurds, Ronhinjyan, Tamil... all will have the chance to better themselves, get new jobs, make new lives safe from the wars that ravage their homes. Kudos United States of America, and kudos Mr Trump for standing up, shoulder to shoulder with Mr Obama on the world stage and welcoming the Muslims my criminal right wing government refused to help. You know, it's a good sign that he will be a great, tolerant leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bree Giffen Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 The great thing about America is that our democracy really works and there is no such thing as a dynasty that promotes a single way of running the government. I didn't like both candidates and I don't like the outcome of the election but at least Trump was voted in by the majority of people who bothered to vote. Another great thing is that in four years we can vote him out if we really want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Bree Giffen wrote: The great thing about America is that our democracy really works and there is no such thing as a dynasty that promotes a single way of running the government. I didn't like both candidates and I don't like the outcome of the election but at least Trump was voted in by the majority of people who bothered to vote. Another great thing is that in four years we can vote him out if we really want to. Not quite. Trump will be voted in by a majority of electors in the Electoral College on Dec 19. Clinton looks to win the popular vote by about a million. This will once again set off arguments about the value of the Electoral College. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please take a moment to consider if this thread is worth bumping.
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now