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2016 U.S. Presidential Race Megathread Mark 2.

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  • #7472
    Igotadose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,882 ✭✭✭✭Igotadose


    When we look back in a couple years, if (heaven prevent) Trump's caused some of the disasters we're all expecting, remember those that voted for him and agitated for him, here and elsewhere. Like that fellow from Pennsylvania, a place where all the votes mattered, who constantly reposted Breitbart and other sites here despite being roundly debunked. Pretty much daily. Pennsylvania really mattered.

    When the disaster strike, they'll try the 'we didn't know' 'we made a mistake' 'we didn't expect this.'
    They did, and are very happy this morning.

    If through some miracle, he hasn't done something disastrous (and given all I know about him, I think that's unlikely,) then hats off to those that voted for him. But, I think if I still have a hat by then, it won't be coming off.

    Stay safe.


  • #7473
    FISMA.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭FISMA.


    Christy42 wrote: »
    Given this could be the second idiot the electoral college will elect over the wishes of the voting public it will hopefully give an incentive to get rid of the system altogether.

    We're a Republic, not a Democracy...


  • #7474
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,158 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    FISMA. wrote: »
    Been saying it for a while and would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Trump: NO MORE BUSH's, NO MORE CLINTON's, and NO MORE KENNEDY's!!!

    Remember those words when the Russian tanks are crossing borders.

    Apple and those other US companies that make stuff in China must be ecstatic. If you have shares in any of them, sell them the minute the market opens today.


  • #7475
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,313 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    Any time Republicans or Trump go on about cutting costs, that means jobs.


    Maybe Trump is when the penny finally drops, the light bulb moment.

    Maybe people finally cop that that the last 40 years of wage stagnation ties in with the the obliteration of unions.

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



  • #7476
    FISMA.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭FISMA.


    Amerika wrote: »
    Ben Carson as SG is a good pick.

    Kelly Conway? Press Secretary seems a bit beneath here at this point.

    She took a beating from the liberal media. I'll have to find the clip where she said there were multiple paths to victory and the entire room, filled with liberal media, broke in to laughter.


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  • #7477
    20Cent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭20Cent


    Wanna see the look on trump supporters faces when their health insurance gets revoked.


  • #7478
    aloyisious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,351 ✭✭✭✭aloyisious


    FISMA. wrote: »
    We're a Republic, not a Democracy...

    True, and founded on the basis of no taxation without representation. Looking back on the election, i guess it was a citizens re-run, after a fashion, of 1776, two hundred and forty years later.


  • #7479
    Christy42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,107 ✭✭✭Christy42


    FISMA. wrote: »
    We're a Republic, not a Democracy...

    There is already a campaign to make it happen that has been going on. Seeing that it is a silly system and it has an effect could give that campaign a boost.


  • #7480
    Amerika
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,175 ✭✭✭Amerika


    Maybe, just maybe, Trump will help to make America great again.


  • #7481
    learn_more
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,520 ✭✭✭learn_more


    Nody wrote: »
    That is as likely as Politicians starting to vote for their salaries to be lowered; even the Democrats would never bother pushing for it for the simple reason it could rock the boat to much (and they would be the likely benefactor of the change after all).

    Indeed. Obama promised he was going to 'change Washington', in his speeches of 2008.

    He never did anything of the like, and he didn't even try to.


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  • #7482
    FISMA.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭FISMA.


    Amerika wrote: »
    Maybe, just maybe, Trump will help to make America great again.

    The greatest fear of the Democrats and many Republicans too, is that he will succeed!


  • #7483
    FA Hayek
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,084 ✭✭✭FA Hayek


    A result that is surprising but the fact no one in the establishment saw it coming shows us how far removed they are.


  • #7484
    Zubeneschamali
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,644 ✭✭✭✭Zubeneschamali


    Just chiming in to admit I was wrong - I believed the polls and they were very wrong. My hand is up - glad I didn't put my money where my mouth was.

    Now off to throw stones at the beach - help widen the Atlantic, folks!


  • #7485
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,495 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    I'm shocked he won. Woke up at 5am, and saw that it was pretty much done, and i was genuinely worried. To think that Donald Trump is now the president elect of the United States...jesus christ. Anyone who thinks the middle class will benefit from this is deluding themselves.

    The DNC absolutely screwed the pooch here.


  • #7486
    vetinari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,045 ✭✭✭vetinari


    The problem is that the electorate quickly forget what **** ups Republican presidents are. Trump is a billionaire that's going to stand for the working class. What ****ing idiocy.


  • #7487
    vetinari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,045 ✭✭✭vetinari


    Seriously if we're living in a world that has a president Trump, why the **** are curse words censored? What's the ****ing point of that?


  • #7488
    Amazingfun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,161 ✭✭✭Amazingfun


    Hank Scorpio wrote: »
    Donald is very emotional

    I saw him a wee bit teary and almost cried myself.....never saw him like that.

    The Best Day Ever :)


  • #7489
    Nody
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,558 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    vetinari wrote: »
    Seriously if we're living in a world that has a president Trump, why the **** are curse words censored? What's the ****ing point of that?
    Well I guess we can use Trump in a few years instead if things goes that way; oh ffs you trumped up again, oh you moron you're as bad as trump. Did you trump it again?


  • #7490
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,983 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    vetinari wrote: »
    The problem is that the electorate quickly forget what **** ups Republican presidents are. Trump is a billionaire that's going to stand for the working class. What ****ing idiocy.

    Man literally lived in a solid gold penthouse before he won.

    "Man of the normal people" :rolleyes:

    Obama, the first Black president, will have to shake hands with a man who was endorsed by the KKK. 2016 is ****ed. Up.


  • #7491
    Stealthfins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,141 ✭✭✭Stealthfins


    DrumSteve wrote: »
    Now watch Russia in the next few weeks start expanding into Eastern Europe...

    Drum roll please.....it won't happen...


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  • #7492
    Walter2016
    Closed Accounts Posts: 522 ✭✭✭Walter2016


    Irish stock exchange has turned positive, no chnage in dollar or sterling v euro after initial negativity.

    Dow futures down but improving.

    Nasdaq futures down but recovering.


    Looks like the markets are now pricing it as a non event


  • #7493
    Nody
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,558 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    Lord TSC wrote: »
    Obama, the first Black president, will have to shake hands with a man who was endorsed by the KKK. 2016 is ****ed. Up.
    To be fair Clinton also got at least one KKK chapter supporting her as well and unlike Trump Obama got enough brains to make a suitable gesture and joke over it (though knowing Trump he'll threaten to sue).


  • #7494
    learn_more
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,520 ✭✭✭learn_more


    Nody wrote: »
    Well I guess we can use Trump in a few years instead if things goes that way; oh ffs you trumped up again, oh you moron you're as bad as trump. Did you trump it again?

    trump off ya trump ya.


  • #7495
    devnull
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭devnull


    What we're seeing is that the kind of people to vote for Brexit and Trump are shy about saying it publicly.


  • #7496
    Nody
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,558 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    devnull wrote: »
    What we're seeing is that the kind of people to vote for Brexit and Trump are shy about saying it publicly.
    But is a random phone call from a polling company really public? I'm more inclined on the wrong cross section of people (i.e. they normally find a small area that is always called because historically it has worked but that does not mean it should not be challenged).


  • #7497
    SimonTemplar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,815 ✭✭✭SimonTemplar


    Ignoring her policies or flaws, on a purely personal level, I feel very sorry for Clinton.
    For an extremely ambitious and determined career politician, who rose from First Lady to Senator to Secretary of State, to loose the White House to Donald Trump must be an absolutely crushing blow to her.


  • #7498
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    FISMA. wrote: »
    Been saying it for a while and would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Trump: NO MORE BUSH's, NO MORE CLINTON's, and NO MORE KENNEDY's!!!

    You really think Ivanka isn't lining up / being lined up to run for office and quite probably Donald Jr and Eric - other political dynasties may be on the wane, but this looks like the start - or attempted start - of a new one......

    .......of course it could be stillborn if by some miracle someone somewhere could persuade Michelle Obama to run ;)


  • #7499
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Amerika wrote: »
    Maybe, just maybe, Trump will help to make America great again.

    How?

    Seriously how?

    His speech struck a nice tone, but how is he going to reduce taxes and increase infrastructure spending and maintain fiscal discipline?


  • #7500
    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    devnull wrote: »
    What we're seeing is that the kind of people to vote for Brexit and Trump are shy about saying it publicly.

    Is it any wonder? Show any kind of support for Brexit, Trump, Le Pen, Orban and you immediately get cast as some kind of rabid racist.

    The fault for this lies squarely with those people who demonise people who would like to see some kind of immigration control. Wanting to see an Australian-style system introduced to the EU is just not racist, but people who want to see unfettered inward movement, for whatever reason, shout the loudest, cast aspersions and behave disgustingly toward people of a different tack.


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  • #7501
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Walter2016 wrote: »
    Irish stock exchange has turned positive, no chnage in dollar or sterling v euro after initial negativity.

    Dow future up.

    Nasdaq futures down but recovering.


    Looks like the markets are now pricing it as a non event

    unless you look at gold ;)


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