The Republican Debate thread

Discussion in 'Politics' started by gwb-trading, Aug 6, 2015.

  1. loyek590

    loyek590

    you're supposed to drink the shot, and then chase it with a beer
     
    #11     Aug 6, 2015
  2. wjk

    wjk

    When did they start that rule? :eek:
     
    #12     Aug 6, 2015
  3. loyek590

    loyek590

    Thelonious Monk, Straight No Chaser
     
    #13     Aug 6, 2015
  4. loyek590

    loyek590

    John Lee Hooker, One Bourbon One Scotch and One Beer
     
    #14     Aug 6, 2015
  5. wjk

    wjk

    Alright! You're up on your jazz!

    I only do shots chased with beer when challenged (or when the hard stuff sucks).
     
    #15     Aug 6, 2015
  6. JTrades

    JTrades

    "He seems to be coated in mix of permatan and Teflon, and he's ripping up the rule book."

    - how one BBC correspondent described him a moment a ago
     
    #16     Aug 6, 2015
  7. wjk

    wjk

    I guess he can do that because he's not saying what the other candidate's billionaire donors are telling them what they think the constituency needs to hear to elect them. I find it somewhat refreshing. Of all the candidates involved in tonight's Mr. America show, I think only one owns himself.
     
    #17     Aug 6, 2015
  8. loyek590

    loyek590

    when he starts dropping in the polls, "I'm fed up with this broken system and will have no part in it, when a man who has created one of the greatest real estate empires and fabulous golf courses (you ought to see my new resort, it is absoulutely fabulous.)
     
    #18     Aug 6, 2015
  9. wjk

    wjk

    LOL. You're probably right. Or he could just "fire" himself from the race.
     
    #19     Aug 6, 2015
  10. Ok Mr Loyek ,
    Please tell me why would Trump call Clinton before deciding to run ?


    Rachel Maddow Thinks Bill Clinton Call Could Sink Trump's Chances

    Rachel Maddow marveled at Donald Trump's ability to draw Republican voters even while committing what would for other candidates be considered gaffe after gaffe. But she thinks there's one thing that could knock him down a few pegs.

    "We keep thinking that the over-the-line things that Donald Trump says will have some sort of political cost for him -- that every new third-rail comment he makes will hurt him this time," Maddow said on her program Wednesday. "But none of this has happened. ... For some reason, the normal political rules don't apply to him, or they apply to him in reverse."

    However, Maddow said Trump's call with former President Bill Clinton, reported by The Washington Post yesterday, could be the thing that sinks him. The Post reported that Trump and Clinton spoke weeks before the reality TV star launched his presidential bid, and that Clinton "encouraged Trump’s efforts to play a larger role in the Republican Party and offered his own views of the political landscape."

    "It might be toxic for him if he is now seen as someone who is running for president with the support of former President Bill Clinton," Maddow said. "That is the wooly implication from this very provocative report from The Washington Post."

    It seems some Republican voters have interesting priorities, if calling Mexican immigrants rapists and questioning Sen. John McCain's heroism only propels Trump higher in the polls, yet an innocuous conversation with a former president could be the thing that knocks him off his pedestal.
     
    #20     Aug 6, 2015
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