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« Reply #5340 on: October 14, 2016, 10:44:31 PM »
As his time in office winds down, President Obama is putting pen to paper as it were and writing editorials and essays for various magazines. True, they are most likely penned by his speechwriters, but the style fits him and since they go out under his name....

In a recent essay in The Economist, he defends capitalism and free trade - but not without reasonable constraints.

He was also given the opportunity to "guest edit" the November issue of Wired. In an editorial, he shows that he's optimistic for the future - something he probably picked up from watching Star Trek... There are also a couple of interviews where he talks with the magazine about things like self-driving cars and space travel.

By the way, if you would rather not get indigestion, don't read the comments....

Meanwhile, the most recent poll in Texas (by SurveyUSA), has Trump leading there by just 4%.... basically the statistical margin of error. Is the Lone Star state in play?
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Re: MERGED: The Politics Thread
« Reply #5341 on: October 15, 2016, 01:53:10 AM »
Texas likes Trumpo the clown? There's a shock...


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« Reply #5342 on: October 15, 2016, 07:39:27 PM »
In a recent essay in The Economist, he defends capitalism and free trade - but not without reasonable constraints.

Thats cute. What exactly has Obama done with capitalism and free trade? Oh yeah, he allowed and increased crony capitalism and pushed/promoted (and created?) TPP.   :-\

Speaking of Barry, he has made these statements about the internet and media:
“We are going to have to rebuild within this wild-wild-west-of-information flow some sort of curating function that people agree to.”

And just recently, Obama said: “There has to be, I think, some sort of way in which we can sort through information that passes some basic truthiness tests and those that we have to discard because they just don’t have any basis in anything that’s actually happening in the world,”

He basically wants more control over the media narrative. You know, those trustworthy people at CNN, MSNBC, New York Times, Yahoo!...

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He was sniffling a lot too. Like he snorted a line of coke before coming out. We should be concerned about his health, would he be fit enough to serve as potus?

All these people saying hes sniffing cocaine at the first debate and the second, well you guys might have to eat your own words because Trump is proposing that both he and Hillary take a drug test before the final debate. Might be time to put your money where your mouth is. Or... or... or... or... or... were they just jokes and now this proposal is ridiculous?   ::)
Imagine if Obama, Kamala, or Biden survived two assassination attempts and the media not publicly destroying the reputation of everyone who issued even the most mild criticism of them and then just dropping the story completely.

Yeah, I cannot either.

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« Reply #5343 on: October 17, 2016, 01:31:56 AM »
It was a joke but a drug test would be fine by me. Also I think there should be some kind of fact-checking from a panel of judges from all sides of the political spectrum. So that we can have some standards on what we spread around.

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« Reply #5344 on: October 17, 2016, 06:41:57 AM »
Switches for the microphones. You get two minutes to respond and your microphone is shut off.

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« Reply #5345 on: October 17, 2016, 07:38:34 AM »
Switches for the microphones. You get two minutes to respond and your microphone is shut off.

With the timer visible so they can see the countdown, when it hits zero - cut the mic.
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« Reply #5346 on: October 17, 2016, 06:32:35 PM »
It was a joke but a drug test would be fine by me. Also I think there should be some kind of fact-checking from a panel of judges from all sides of the political spectrum. So that we can have some standards on what we spread around.

There is (Politifact, FactCheck.org), but you can't really do it in real time without breaking up the flow of the debate. And do we really need to see Trump arguing with the moderators even more?
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« Reply #5347 on: October 18, 2016, 09:52:34 PM »
And yes, I'm awake. I'm not being paid. I'm not dyed in the wool and I watched the debate (live and once again).

Hear me out here, I want to illustrate how powerful the media is and how they can control what the viewer thinks. You might not get convinced but what the hell...

Post the 2nd debate, pretty much 80% or more of the media ran the idea that Trump was "menacing" and "stalking" Hillary around the stage. Remember all the coverage that got? Hillary even went on Ellen Degenerus to talk about it. Hell, a lot of people here also seemed to think so. Since you stated you watched it twice, I assume you have easy access to it (TiVo or something) or would be willing to watch or skip through it again.

Go back and watch the first half of it and pay attention to how Hillary walks over to Trumps side of the stage over 4 times. She walks completely in front of him and essentially invades his "safe space" that liberals pray for. Yet, somehow it got turned around to Trump "lurching across the stage" or "wandering all over the stage."

What actually happened  is equivalent to someone coming into your home UNINVITED and then when you follow them around YOUR home, a story is made that you were menacing. It is unbelievable.

........(I can already imagine what Hillary die hard defenders will say and thats "well she was just answering the questions!".... "well, Trump answered questions that came from her side of the stage just fine"........ "but Trumps a racist!")
Imagine if Obama, Kamala, or Biden survived two assassination attempts and the media not publicly destroying the reputation of everyone who issued even the most mild criticism of them and then just dropping the story completely.

Yeah, I cannot either.

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« Reply #5348 on: October 18, 2016, 09:58:47 PM »
The Donald is telling people there will be voter fraud/election will be rigged. Obama defends the system and pretty much calls Trump ridiculous and various other things.

Well, lucky for you, I will provide PROOF and then you can decide for yourself if you want to believe what CNN, Obama, and Hillary tell you to believe or you can think for yourself.

WATCH THESE NOW!
Before they get deleted.

Example 1

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These are very important. Very telling. What is more telling is that CNN,Yahoo, MSNBC wont touch this because talking about vagina is more important.
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Yeah, I cannot either.

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« Reply #5349 on: October 19, 2016, 03:29:11 AM »
The Ecuardorian embassy cut Assange's internet connection.  No one knows what his current status is.  Wikileaks is still releasing more Podesta emails.
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« Reply #5350 on: October 19, 2016, 08:59:10 PM »
Assange has outlived his relevance. What may have started as a worthy endeavor has become the work of a nut-job radical.

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« Reply #5351 on: October 19, 2016, 11:29:42 PM »
The Donald is telling people there will be voter fraud/election will be rigged. Obama defends the system and pretty much calls Trump ridiculous and various other things.

Well, lucky for you, I will provide PROOF and then you can decide for yourself if you want to believe what CNN, Obama, and Hillary tell you to believe or you can think for yourself.

WATCH THESE NOW!
Before they get deleted.

Example 1

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These are very important. Very telling. What is more telling is that CNN,Yahoo, MSNBC wont touch this because talking about vagina is more important.

Trump brought these up and Hillary dodged.

Trump and Wallace brought up Clinton Foundation with Haiti and Hillary dodged.

Trump asked her himself about Saudi Arabia and Hillary dodged.

Trump pressed her about open borders and Hillary dodged.

Trump proved to the world once again that Hillary is a grand amazingly highly skilled liar.

Hillary proved she can dodge better than anybody!

But WAIT, theres more!

ProjectVeritas Proven right by CNN!

You guys cant be... oh my god, i dont even know anymore. This is NOT a "conspiracy theory." Sorry. Grow up and get your heads out of the sand!
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« Reply #5352 on: October 20, 2016, 10:32:24 PM »
Stick a fork in him, he's done.

When the one takeaway from the debate that you give people is that you refuse to state that you will accept the outcome of the election if you lose, no one is going to remember anything else that was said in the debate.

It is truly horrifying that a presidential candidate dares to undermine the legitimacy of our electoral process AHEAD OF TIME. Heck, even Al Gore conceded once the legal challenges to the recounting process were exhausted:

"Let there be no doubt, while I strongly disagree with the court's decision, I accept it. I accept the finality of this outcome which will be ratified next Monday in the Electoral College. And tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession. I also accept my responsibility, which I will discharge unconditionally, to honor the new President-elect and do everything possible to help him bring Americans together in fulfillment of the great vision that our Declaration of Independence defines and that our Constitution affirms and defends." - Al Gore

And this doesn't even take into account his lying to the moderator, his "No, you are!" whine worthy of a six-year-old, or Clinton's masterful defense of her decades in politics, as compared to his shady career in real estate and self-promoting career in entertainment.

He's toast, and he knows it. And no badly hacked-together "video" or WikiLeak of e-mails and documents showing a politician and her staff doing the necessarily difficult and complex business of politics is going to change that.

He took a chance at applying for a job that was way beyond him. Somehow, he made it to the interview stage. Instead of being thankful for the opportunity and cramming as much as possible on the nature of the job he wanted, he thought that simply wearing clean collars and a brand new suit to the interviews would have been enough preparation.

Naturally, he got taken to the cleaners by someone who has forgotten more about government then he will ever learn. He's reduced to whining and sulking and ripping up his notes in a hissy fit.

He's sunk so low he's even getting booed at a charity dinner:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/10/20/al-smith-dinner-reactions/92493992/

What's really worrisome is not him refusing to go quietly, but that some of his more rabid followers will commit violence in response when he loses..... And it will be his fault for allowing if not encouraging them.
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« Reply #5353 on: October 20, 2016, 11:24:19 PM »
She did dodge his questions, pretty much all his hard-hitting questions, and that's pretty deplorable.

However I don't trust anything from WikiLeaks, just as I don't trust anything related to James O'Keefe.

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« Reply #5354 on: October 21, 2016, 12:40:46 AM »
Proof That Rigged Polls Are Oversampling Democrats

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