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Trump walks in a room.

1. Moshe123 shoots at him because he is pure evil, 2. ilherman+hachover jump in front of the bullets because Trump is our savior. 3. aygart tackles Moshe123 because Trump is better than HRC, 4. but Baruch can't stand Trump so he tells aygart he's crazy and Trump is a madman. 5. ExGingi would like to point out that who cares what he is, all that matters is the supreme court nominations. 6. Dan and others aren't really sure how this makes them feel plus they don't really want to drink poison. 7. Spoiler alert: Moshe123's gun was empty, it was just a blank.

And Freddie is in the back of the room just cooking his cholent. Until he announces that there are TWO menu choices, Pareve Cholent or Vegetable Lasagna. While etech0 figured out that they are both poisoned.


Repeat x100.

And then Hilary walks into the room with the most confidence a candidate has had in recent history. She is so confident that she eats both the Pareve Cholent and Vegetable Lasagna. Everyone is the room is aghast, they don't know how this happened, could it be Comey is behind this poisoning or was it that her Obamacare premiums were to high to get her the help she needed.

Everyone stared as she choked and was cast into oblivion on November, 8, 2016 the last day she was heard from in the public eye.

Moshe123, ilherman, hachover, Baruch, ExGingi, Dan, Freddie, etech0, and the rest of America are in total shock and hope that so long as Trump doesn't eat any Pareve Cholent and Vegetable Lasagna and stays true to his supreme court nominees this may be the greatest thing to happen since the CSR and GC's.

But remember this may be the beginning of the end...

P.S. Thanks to cognitive dissonance aygart, Michael Moore, and Scott Adams knew the whole time that Trump could win, unfortunately for JTZ he may be off DDF for the next 4 years due to his mandatory 3 times daily consumption of CROW!

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Sub notes:

Nov 8 : Time to edit the wiki. Biggest upset in American History according to Michael Isikoff.


http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=57647.0

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson_vs_stein-5952.html
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump?lang=en
http://blog.dilbert.com/
http://fivethirtyeight.com/
All Political Ads - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvuOH0oJFwElBgRKz-eMlLw

As things turns out, the most prescient view on this election was that of Michael Moore! Though Scott Adams is also claiming a high view level of prescience.


Poll

Who are you voting for?

Clinton
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Trump
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Johnson
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Other (Write in)
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I don't vote in general and won't be voting this year
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I do vote in general, but won't be this year
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Total Members Voted: 117

Author Topic: US Politics/2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread  (Read 3771802 times)

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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9080 on: December 14, 2016, 04:42:54 AM »
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/13/why-the-political-world-needs-more-mitt-romneys/
I don't buy it. He's a politician for crying out loud. They live by selling their soul to the highest bidder. All of a sudden he only has the public at heart, eh? Give me a break. He played a losing hand and instead of going out his way, he let Trump give him one in the gut. Period.
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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9081 on: December 14, 2016, 10:09:17 AM »
I don't buy it. He's a politician for crying out loud. They live by selling their soul to the highest bidder. All of a sudden he only has the public at heart, eh? Give me a break. He played a losing hand and instead of going out his way, he let Trump give him one in the gut. Period.
I tend to mostly agree with you. The author did not have any evidence that Romney did this for public service. It is impossible to know what is in his heart so i wouldnt say that he definitely did this out of pure ambition. Just that the author dismisses this idea basically saying that MR doesnt need to do that because he has already had power (running the olympics and running for president twice). That is something I just dont buy. Someone who wants power is not content with running for president and losing. and just because someone has some power doesnt mean that he doesnt want more.

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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9082 on: December 14, 2016, 10:15:30 AM »
I don't buy it. He's a politician for crying out loud. They live by selling their soul to the highest bidder.
So when someone runs for office they become a different person?
"LESS IS MORE" It is the cumulative effect that kills deals!!! How many times do I have to say this?  >:(

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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9083 on: December 14, 2016, 10:16:42 AM »
So when someone runs for office they become a different person?
It shows who they are
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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9084 on: December 14, 2016, 10:18:54 AM »
It shows who they are
So who is Trump?
"LESS IS MORE" It is the cumulative effect that kills deals!!! How many times do I have to say this?  >:(

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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9085 on: December 14, 2016, 10:29:16 AM »
So who is Trump?
I dont know about anyone else here but I for one do not have any "trumped up" notion of who Trump is. I am not sitting here saying that he is a great or even good person.
I also dont agree that every person who runs for office is a bad person who is willing to sell their soul to the highest bidder. I think that is an oversimplified way of looking at things.

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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9086 on: December 14, 2016, 11:06:37 AM »
So who is Trump?
Someone who actually cares about the country and trying to make it great again?

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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9087 on: December 14, 2016, 11:09:02 AM »
Someone who actually cares about the country and trying to make it great again?
Do have to go through five bankruptcies first?
"LESS IS MORE" It is the cumulative effect that kills deals!!! How many times do I have to say this?  >:(

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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9088 on: December 14, 2016, 11:12:39 AM »
So who is Trump?
A politician like all others who wants power and honor. There is no way someone is running for such an office otherwise.

The talmud brings a story that the rabbis did something to kill the inclination for adultery but then found that there were no fresh chicken eggs available so they prayed to bring it back.

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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9089 on: December 14, 2016, 11:13:19 AM »
Do have to go through five bankruptcies first?
What does that have to do with his intentions?
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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9090 on: December 14, 2016, 11:13:23 AM »
Do have to go through five bankruptcies first?
Nope he already did that

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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9091 on: December 14, 2016, 11:15:03 AM »
@JTZ under which column do you place the market runup since the election-Obama or Trump? It is during the Obama term but almost definitely has SOMETHING to do with Trump winning.
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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9092 on: December 14, 2016, 11:15:38 AM »
@JTZ under which column do you place the market runup since the election-Obama or Trump? It is during the Obama term but almost definitely has SOMETHING to do with Trump winning.
It's not even a question.

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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9093 on: December 14, 2016, 11:16:21 AM »
It's not even a question.
I didn't ask which column YOU put it.
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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9094 on: December 14, 2016, 11:17:09 AM »
A politician like all others who wants power and honor.
He might get one but you stick a fork in the other.
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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9095 on: December 14, 2016, 11:18:47 AM »
He might get one but you stick a fork in the other.
Not everyone can get what they want. Also, everyone has a different way of measuring each of those. One person can feel powerful by beating his wife while the other by controlling a country.
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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9096 on: December 14, 2016, 11:19:36 AM »
@JTZ under which column do you place the market runup since the election-Obama or Trump? It is during the Obama term but almost definitely has SOMETHING to do with Trump winning.
For every president it is from the day they take office to the day they leave. I don't believe in moving the goalposts when it is to my benefit like some here.
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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9097 on: December 14, 2016, 11:21:36 AM »
Also, everyone has a different way of measuring each of those.
The only way he will get honor is if it is considered honorable to grab a women by you know what.
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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9098 on: December 14, 2016, 11:28:21 AM »
For every president it is from the day they take office to the day they leave. I don't believe in moving the goalposts when it is to my benefit like some here.
I agree that the goalposts shouldn't be moved. My position on this has been argued with you numerous times and has always been that these goalposts can't exist at all. There is no really good way to place the goalposts since the market will react to the incoming president gradually as it become clear who will win as I have said previously a number of months ago (I think that was the first thing I debated with JTZ). This year was a rare case when the market clearly was priced for one result and then flipped to a different one. Either way this is only a short term gain and will need to be viewed together with the entire presidency at which point it will be diluted by many outside influences.

You, on the other hand, give credit to the president for market movement. At the end of the day it is quite clear that the election of Trump contributed in some level to the recent market rise. Why shouldn't he be credited for it?
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Re: 2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread
« Reply #9099 on: December 14, 2016, 11:30:06 AM »
The only way he will get honor is if it is considered honorable to grab a women by you know what.
What do you mean? He has already gotten plenty of honor by have all sorts of powerful people come to lick his shoes with a bunch more coming today. I am sure he considers having his shoes licked to be getting honor.
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