The Big Thread For the USA 2016 Presidential Candidates [Poll updated!]

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Cassandra LeMay

Quote from: eBadger on October 22, 2015, 04:22:37 PM
I can't speak for everyone, but personally I lean toward her because she's a completely known factor that represents a fairly moderate path that promises a general lack of crazy.  In a race that I currently see devoid of anyone I actually WANT in the white house, she's the best option.  Bernie is a starry eyed idealist, which is great for feel good Hollywood but not as endearing for national leadership.  Having watched Obama founder on basic stuff like health care in a democratic legislature, I don't think Sanders will accomplish anything with socialism in a split government and I fear the outcome for our politics if he tries.  I would prefer stability and small improvements to grand disasters. 

In short, he has some good messages but I don't think he'd be able to actually carry them through.
Personally I'd rather give someone with ideals a chance and see him fail than give someone without ideals a chance to plod on with business as usual. The first case at least allows for a chance to go beyond mediocracy. At least Sanders is trying. All Clinton is trying is triangulating whatever focus group promises the most votes.

And if you want to avoid grand disasters, Sanders may actually be your man. Last really grand disaster for the US I recall is the financial crisis of 2008. A repeat of that would cost the American economy and taxpayer untold billions of dollars. So far I don't see regulation strong enough to stop something similar from happening again, and given where Clinton's campaign money comes from I wouldn't bet on her to do anything about Wall Street excesses.
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Zillah

Was the poor man ever really in, though?

His campaign had a whopping ten donors funding it. That's kind of adorably sad.


Mithlomwen

Carly Fiorina had this to say in part:

Quote“I think she did reasonably well,” Mrs. Fiorina said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “I think it demonstrates that she won’t be held accountable until we have a nominee in a general election debate who will hold her accountable.”
source

Hold her accountable for what exactly?  If they haven't been able to find anything in the previous what....six? investigations what the heck does the GOP think they are going to hold her accountable for?  It boggles my mind.
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Ebb

Quote from: Cycle on October 23, 2015, 08:39:39 AM

WTF?!  Eleven hours and you got zip??  Just how dumb are you?  Eleven hours and you can't learn one d*mn thing?  I swear.  If any of you were working for me, you'd be fired.  That's just gross incompetence.

Well, there are these employee reviews that come around every other November. But I imagine that you're not one of the hiring managers for this particular doofus.


Cassandra LeMay

Quote from: Mithlomwen on October 23, 2015, 08:59:17 AM
Carly Fiorina had this to say in part:
source

Hold her accountable for what exactly?  If they haven't been able to find anything in the previous what....six? investigations what the heck does the GOP think they are going to hold her accountable for?  It boggles my mind.
It reminds me a bit of the CIA "enhanced interogation" program. Even when the interrogators would tell headquarters they were completely convinced someone didn't know anything, headquarters would usually tell them to waterboard him some more because they were certain the guy knew something, even if there was no rational basis for that assumption.

Providing complete, absolute proof that you do not know something is kinda difficult, and even those on the commitee who are not out to get Clinton have perhaps fully convinced themselves by now that she must be holding something back. Plus, admitting that there is no "smoking gun" would be akin to admitting that you have waste a whole lot of time - and taxpayer dollars. Doing that would take some courage. The longer these procedings take, the more some will fixate on looking for something that just isn't there, instead of admitting what must look like failure to them.
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Cycle

Gowdy may have handed Clinton the Presidency. 

Seriously, he provided her a stage to show the world how she handles stress and pressure.  And then he let her perform for eleven hours.  Eleven hours.  By all accounts, she remained calm, focused, strong, and skilled in face of the questions.  Questions which by Gowdy's own admission were pointless and futile.

Seven on one, and she prevailed you failed. 

The conservatives still won't vote for her, and the liberals will.  This hearing doesn't change any of that.  But the key independent voters have seen this side of Clinton.  Because you, Gowdy, gave her that opening.  And I suspect many were impressed by her.

Congressman, again I ask, just how dumb are you?


Oniya

Quote from: KalebHyde on October 21, 2015, 09:55:31 AM
As long as an ongoing.FBI investigation, which could easily disqualify Clinton from even running for President, exists, there is no reason to drop the e-mail situation. 

Actually, the FBI has stated that Clinton is not the target of the investigation.
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Cycle

Even more bad news for 3.0.  He's slashing his staff's pay yet again.  Not a good sign.  Not a good sign at all.

He's trying to put a good spin on it, though:

QuoteIn public and in private, Mr. Bush has invoked another example of late, recalling an encounter in October 2007 with Sen. John McCain at the Atlanta airport.

“He’s carrying his bag, he has no aide, he’s running for president, he has no staff,” Mr. Bush said in New Hampshire last month. “The campaign was basically over. Everybody said it. All the pundits said, ‘It’s over, why waste your time?’”

So, you say you're like McCain?  Smart move there, buddy.  You seem to have forgotten one rather important fact.

McCain lost.


MasterMischief

Quote from: Cassandra LeMay on October 23, 2015, 09:11:49 AM
Plus, admitting that there is no "smoking gun" would be akin to admitting that you have waste a whole lot of time - and taxpayer dollars. Doing that would take some courage.

They are not going to admit they were wrong.  It would be kind of hard to keep selling the 'Hillary is untrustworthy' line.

Cassandra LeMay

Quote from: MasterMischief on October 24, 2015, 06:34:29 AM
They are not going to admit they were wrong.  It would be kind of hard to keep selling the 'Hillary is untrustworthy' line.
You could always try the "yes, we messed up, but that's not our fault. It's because those Washington insiders game the system to their advantage" line, at least if you haven't been in politics as long as Clinton. Admit defeat, but blame it one the system you are fighting against. In the hands of a real spin artist it might actually work.
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Anyone remember when a certain New Jersey Governor panicked and pandered in response to the Ebola boogeyman?

Well, he's been sued.

Go get em, Hickox.  Take Chuckles down.  You'll be doing the rest of the world a huge service.


Mithlomwen

Quote from: Cassandra LeMay on October 24, 2015, 06:48:14 AM
You could always try the "yes, we messed up, but that's not our fault. It's because those Washington insiders game the system to their advantage" line, at least if you haven't been in politics as long as Clinton. Admit defeat, but blame it one the system you are fighting against. In the hands of a real spin artist it might actually work.

I ran across an article somewhere (and can't find it again for the life of me) that said that they've spent more time investigating Benghazi than the 9/11 attacks.   :-\
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TheGlyphstone

Quote from: Mithlomwen on October 24, 2015, 10:38:25 AM
I ran across an article somewhere (and can't find it again for the life of me) that said that they've spent more time investigating Benghazi than the 9/11 attacks.   :-\

Benghazi was an inside job?

Cycle

Quote from: Mithlomwen on October 24, 2015, 10:38:25 AM
I ran across an article somewhere (and can't find it again for the life of me) that said that they've spent more time investigating Benghazi than the 9/11 attacks.   :-\

I found these:





TheGlyphstone

That second graph there is making my inner statistician bounce off the walls, because it is awfully (so probably intentionally misleadingly) disproportionate. The length of the black bar for Bengazhi has no logical correlation, either in money or time, to the other committees listed there.

Cassandra LeMay

Quote from: Mithlomwen on October 24, 2015, 10:38:25 AM
I ran across an article somewhere (and can't find it again for the life of me) that said that they've spent more time investigating Benghazi than the 9/11 attacks.   :-\
See? That only goes to show how good that Clinton woman is at hding stuff! She even hides things better than Al Qaeda or they would have gotten to the bottom of her lies long ago! Goes to show how evil she is!

*coughs and loses the fake outrage in his voice*

The Democrats on the Committee claim the investigation has cost more than 4.8 million, so far. Source: http://democrats.benghazi.house.gov/ You can find all the previous reports on Benghazi there too.
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So, 3.0 responded to questions that his campaign is failing:

QuoteAsked to respond to rumors his campaign is in trouble, Bush said, “Blah, blah, blah, blah. That’s my answer: Blah, blah, blah.”

On this, 3.0 and I agree.  His campaign is in trouble because he is blah.


Oniya

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MasterMischief

Quote from: Cassandra LeMay on October 24, 2015, 11:20:36 AM
The Democrats on the Committee claim the investigation has cost more than 4.8 million, so far. Source: http://democrats.benghazi.house.gov/ You can find all the previous reports on Benghazi there too.

Let's cut some actual wasteful spending.

Oniya

You know what's bad?  I read a news article that the Republicans were looking at Paul Ryan for Speaker of the House - and I had to double check whether or not he was running for President.
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Zillah

Quote from: Oniya on October 24, 2015, 06:33:05 PM
You know what's bad?  I read a news article that the Republicans were looking at Paul Ryan for Speaker of the House - and I had to double check whether or not he was running for President.

At this point, he's an eminently more qualified candidate than the majority of the rest of the existing field.

Not sure what that really says about the Republican Party at this point ...


Cycle

Now 3.0 is whining about losing.

Quote“If this election is about how we’re going to fight to get nothing done,” Mr. Bush said, then “I don’t want any part of it. I don’t want to be elected president to sit around and see gridlock just become so dominant that people literally are in decline in their lives. That is not my motivation.”

He added, “I’ve got a lot of really cool things I could do other than sit around, being miserable, listening to people demonize me and me feeling compelled to demonize them. That is a joke. Elect Trump if you want that.”

Boo-hoo.  Seriously, show some backbone.  Be Presidential.  One of your main opponents just trounced seven Congresspeople in an eleven hour hearing. 

You, you can't even taking Twitter needling from The Donald.