GOP Master thread

[Moshe123]

And that poll was conducted post orlando. The only issues trump beats hillary is tackling ISIS and MAYBE the economy. So, in other words, if it weren't for his baggage he'd have a good shot.

In other words, if he'd actually be a sane person.

[aygart]

Could the same not be said for any dictator voted into power?

Sounds like you are getting sold on Dem paranoia. I really don't see the issue with him fighting back against the media. Conservatives have been saying for years that it needs to be done. Dems have been doing it for years. We have heard complaints about Obama not giving access to anyone who asked him tough questions. They monitored press emails and investigated them, but Trump is the opne with dictatorial tendencies? Clinton wants government regulations of political videos but Trump can't take any stand against a hostile media?

https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/742755310838775808
 Scott Adams ‏@ScottAdamsSays 9h9 hours ago
Imagine every bad accusation about Trump's past is true. Then compare to your Clinton option

[Dan]

It's not one isolated case. It's his repeated inability to handle criticism like a sane human being, let alone the leader of the free world.

Again, I'm not comparing him to Clinton. I find them both to be frightening options. Hence #ImWithMitt

[aygart]

And that poll was conducted post orlando.

Only partially

[aygart]

It's not one isolated case. It's his repeated inability to handle criticism like a sane human being, let alone the leader of the free world.

Again, I'm not comparing him to Clinton. I find them both to be frightening options. Hence #ImWithMitt

There is no question that he strategically blows back at all criticism powerfully. I don't see that as a major issue and certainly not to show dictatorial tendencies.

So you ARE with Hillary. Mitt is not one of the options.

[Dan]

There is no question that he strategically blows back at all criticism powerfully. I don't see that as a major issue and certainly not to show dictatorial tendencies.

So you ARE with Hillary. Mitt is not one of the options.

Last time I checked the ballot had a write-in section, so please don't fill my ballot out for me.

You thought the whole Megyn Kelly thing made him look powerful?

[David Smith]

Last time I checked the ballot had a write-in section, so please don't fill my ballot out for me.

You thought the whole Megyn Kelly thing made him look powerful?

Write in = vote in the garbage. Save your time, and don't bother going.

[aygart]

Last time I checked the ballot had a write-in section, so please don't fill my ballot out for me.

You thought the whole Megyn Kelly thing made him look powerful?

If you are writing in a vote save yourself the trouble. It is nothing but a waste. Voting for anyone other than one of the top two is pointless. In our case it hands the presidency to Hillary. You need to deal with the options you have.

Re Megyn, Just because he does something strategically doesn't mean it works. THere is an argument to be made that he gained with that whole issue anyhow. See some of the links here for an explanation of his strategies. In general you will see a sane pattern in his actions by reading Scott Adam's blog. Does it work? I don't know, but it is definitely a strategy.

[Dan]

If you are writing in a vote save yourself the trouble. It is nothing but a waste. Voting for anyone other than one of the top two is pointless. In our case it hands the presidency to Hillary. You need to deal with the options you have.

At this point I have zero preference between these 2 egomaniac liars.
I'll show up to vote downballot, but I don't mind writing something in to make a statement of disgust at the options.

[sky121]

I literally have no idea who I would vote for if I had to vote today. And somehow I don't think the next few months will make me any wiser. What a crazy year.

[aygart]

At this point I have zero preference between these 2 egomaniac liars.
I'll show up to vote downballot, but I don't mind writing something in to make a statement of disgust at the options.

I seriously recommend that you read Scott Adams to see some level of strategic pattern in Trump. I think that it will make you view him very differently. Note that the concepts behind what he writes are all in Trump's The Art of the Deal.

[aygart]

I literally have no idea who I would vote for if I had to vote today. And somehow I don't think the next few months will make me any wiser. What a crazy year.

IMHO the discussion linked below is the only one which matters over the long term.

Some back and forth over what is arguably the most important issue of this election-the Supreme Court

http://www.libertylawsite.org/2016/05/22/trump-clinton-and-the-supreme-court/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/06/02/why-constitutional/

http://www.libertylawsite.org/2016/06/06/clinton-is-a-greater-threat-to-constitutional-jurisprudence-than-trump/

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=11&ved=0ahUKEwjS0bOyh5nNAhWC8x4KHYF6CQ8QqQIIQTAK&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fthe-world-ends-in-2021-1465407265&usg=AFQjCNGWFIb5QLpLj0DFIKgKOuA2qXLXFg&sig2=zVb0kf-BuZfCHw0FGcORJw&cad=rjt

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/06/06/trump-clinton-and-the-future-of-the-courts-a-reply-to-john-mcginnis/

[Dan]

I literally have no idea who I would vote for if I had to vote today. And somehow I don't think the next few months will make me any wiser. What a crazy year.

+1

[Dan]

IMHO the discussion linked below is the only one which matters over the long term.

I don't trust him to keep his word. This is all one big reality show to him.

[elit]

I literally have no idea who I would vote for if I had to vote today. And somehow I don't think the next few months will make me any wiser. What a crazy year.

Being a jets fan this like the giants pats superbowls

[CS1]

I don't trust him to keep his word. This is all one big reality show to him.

his cabinet will the ones making the decisions, and they will be bound to keep their word. It won't be Trump and his whim. He will be hiring professional, highly educated members for his cabinet.

[aygart]

I don't trust him to keep his word. This is all one big reality show to him.

Neither do any of those articles. Read them.

Either way, with Hillary we do know who she will nominate.

The other argument is that at the end of the day Trump is much more likely to go along with a R legislative agenda than Hillary.

[Dan]

his cabinet will the ones making the decisions, and they will be bound to keep their word. It won't be Trump and his whim. He will be hiring professional, highly educated members for his cabinet.

Says who?

[aygart]

This is all one big reality show to him.

I think that this statement of yours is tainting anything else you see. Once you see a strategic pattern to the craziness you will think differently. Just look at how when everyone was laughing him off for GOP nomination he went and won big.

[EJB]

I think that this statement of yours is tainting anything else you see. Once you see a strategic pattern to the craziness you will think differently. Just look at how when everyone was laughing him off for GOP nomination he went and won big.

Is that your best argument?