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2016 U.S. Presidential Race Megathread Mark 2.

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  • #7082
    Liamalone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,020 ✭✭✭Liamalone


    Sparks43 wrote: »
    Once is funny

    Twice is annoying


    Donald the Elephant packed his trunk
    And said hello to the circus
    Off he went with a trumpety-trump

    Trump, Trump , Trump


  • #7083
    Mr.Micro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,336 ✭✭✭Mr.Micro


    oscarBravo wrote: »
    I think you're partly wrong about the first part, and probably right about the second. Pence will likely dictate much policy, which is a terrifying prospect for anyone with any respect for science or, well, people.

    The problem with the first part is that Trump's ego won't allow him to settle for being a figurehead. He's emotionally incapable of ignoring a slight, and is entirely capable of starting an actual shooting war over a Twitter insult.

    In a word, unstable.


  • #7084
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »
    The FBI and James Comey will be slated.
    Well given the tight margins in the key states, it's beyond doubt if Trump wins, that Comey was the deciding factor in the election.

    Dow Jones has already come down considerably more than on 9/11, per Tom Brokaw.


  • #7085
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,775 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    I guess those large crowds for Trump were reflective, while Hillary got concert goers for her large rallies.

    Also the lies of the Democrats with their negative ads while saying 'when they go low, we go high', made some think 'do they think we are stupid, they are going low'.


  • #7086
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,775 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Billy86 wrote: »
    Well given the tight margins in the key states, it's beyond doubt if Trump wins, that Comey was the deciding factor in the election.

    Dow Jones has already come down considerably more than on 9/11, per Tom Brokaw.

    The dow has run a long way up since 9/11. percentage wise it is nowhere close.


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  • #7087
    Amazingfun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,161 ✭✭✭Amazingfun


    Whoa, the liberal devastation on Twitter is very sad.......not sure why they have given up already......?


  • #7088
    Amazingfun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,161 ✭✭✭Amazingfun


    Trump wins Florida :)


  • #7089
    A Primal Nut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭A Primal Nut


    Suryavarman wrote: »
    NYT giving Trump an 87% chance of winning with ~290 electoral votes but Clinton winning popular vote by 1.5%.

    If he wins either Michigan or Wisconsin he wins.

    It's safe to say the big winner of this election is Nate Silver.
    Why? He gave Hilary a 71% chance of winning. He gave Trump a better chance than most but certainly didn't predict the result.
    http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/


  • #7090
    ECO_Mental
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,726 ✭✭✭ECO_Mental


    Fox calling Florida for Trump.....sqeeky bum time

    6.1kWp south facing, South of Cork City



  • #7091
    FISMA.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭FISMA.


    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    Hillary wins Florida .
    I'd call it now /.
    Ha ha!!! Nice try! It' trumps'


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  • #7092
    dark crystal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    If Trump wins this, it's such a sad indictment of the way America is going.

    Less gun control, less women's autonomy over their own bodies, more racial tension, climate change becomes a non issue.

    Ireland should be worried about US companies here - The Donald doesn't agree with our corporation tax laws.

    The next four years will be fun....


  • #7093
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    At this point, I think Trump is a good deal more likely to win - on top of Comey being the difference maker, you have to give credit to the job he did galvanizing the rural vote, which didn't even show in the primaries for him. In the more likely event that he does win... it's going to be a very interesting few years to put it mildly.


  • #7094
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    god this is beautiful


  • #7095
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,313 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    Astonishing as that was, we'd a choice between the first dude, with all his sexual predilections, and a President with a third marriage for a first lady, who some members (ahem!) of the White House are perving over nude photo shoots of her in lads mags.

    Anerica, you've a bright future.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #7096
    dark crystal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    At least Alec Baldwin will have plenty of work over the next four years :o


  • #7097
    Harry Angstrom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,351 ✭✭✭✭Harry Angstrom


    dark crystal wrote: »
    At least Alec Baldwin will have plenty of work over the next four years :o

    Bigly.


  • #7098
    Suryavarman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭Suryavarman


    A Primal Nut wrote: »
    Why? He gave Hilary a 71% chance of winning. He gave Trump a better chance than most but certainly didn't predict the result.
    http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/

    He predicted the race to be far tighter than any other pollster. Admittedly he got it wrong but he definitely got it more right than any other outfit.


  • #7099
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,643 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    I worry about what this is going to do the racial tensions in America. Troubling signs already...

    https://twitter.com/SRowntreeNews/status/796141495573155840


  • #7100
    Amazingfun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,161 ✭✭✭Amazingfun


    Hank Scorpio wrote: »
    god this is beautiful

    And Clint Eastwood just tweeted a Pepe :D ***beauty intensifies***


    https://twitter.com/EastwoodUSA/status/796151374312599552


  • #7101
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,775 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    dark crystal wrote: »
    If Trump wins this, it's such a sad indictment of the way America is going.

    Less gun control, less women's autonomy over their own bodies, more racial tension, climate change becomes a non issue.

    Ireland should be worried about US companies here - The Donald doesn't agree with our corporation tax laws.

    The next four years will be fun....

    Trump does not agree with US corporation tax and wants to reduce it from 35% to 15%.
    Makes perfect sense, and will allow US companies to bring the $2 trillion they keep offshore back home to the US.


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  • #7102
    Liamalone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,020 ✭✭✭Liamalone


    What's a pepe?


  • #7103
    jooksavage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,545 ✭✭✭jooksavage


    Just woke up and checked my phone. Wow. Bad wow.


  • #7104
    Jayop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,377 ✭✭✭✭Jayop


    Liamalone wrote: »
    What's a pepe?

    No blue tick


  • #7105
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,984 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    RobertKK wrote: »
    Trump does not agree with US corporation tax and wants to reduce it from 35% to 15%.
    Makes perfect sense, and will allow US companies to bring the $2 trillion they keep offshore back home to the US.

    Well they will need it, cause this will tank the Dollar and their stock markets....


  • #7106
    A Primal Nut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭A Primal Nut


    It will be a great four years for comedians.


  • #7107
    schizo1014
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 307 ✭✭schizo1014


    Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »
    I worry about what this is going to do the racial tensions in America. Troubling signs already...

    https://twitter.com/SRowntreeNews/status/796141495573155840

    Thats a spoof twitter account that tweets made up stories


  • #7108
    FISMA.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭FISMA.


    Utah is Trump's...


  • #7109
    aligator_am
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,598 ✭✭✭aligator_am


    RobertKK wrote: »
    The odds are starting to shorten for Trump to win.

    It seems the highest rating thing people want is change, which polls show Trump wins on.
    Obama promised change and the only change was skin colour.

    Yeah, I stuck a tenner on him to win earlier at 5.5 on Bet365 and cashed out there a few minutes ago for 50 quid :D

    Honestly still wouldn't be surprised if Clinton clinches it but am surprised at Trump winning Florida, will see how it pans out shortly I suppose.


  • #7110
    Amazingfun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,161 ✭✭✭Amazingfun


    Liamalone wrote: »
    What's a pepe?

    Best explainer here:


    https://pepethefrogfaith.wordpress.com/


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  • #7111
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,775 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Lord TSC wrote: »
    Well they will need it, cause this will tank the Dollar and their stock markets....

    Stock markets have been in a bubble pumped by central bankers with record low interest rates along with quantitative easing.


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