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#1841 Re: Guns N' Roses » Best Guns Gig you have never seen, UNTIL NOW » 557 weeks ago
Jebus Axl sounds great in these. Pretty crazy I wasn't around to witness
. Wish I could have been there back then.
Yea, it's the first thing I noticed. He sounds awesome.
#1842 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 557 weeks ago
I'd rather my money be used for education, infrastructure, healthcare, childcare, and the elderly etc. rather than corporations, and/or war profiteers. I think that's one of the main differences between the two parties: How do we want our money allocated for the betterment of society? The choices I see, are socialism for the rich ONLY or socialism for the rest of us. The latter makes much more sense to me.
#1843 Re: Guns N' Roses » Alice In Chains as Opening Act in Vegas? » 557 weeks ago
Seeing AIC open makes the Vegas show that much more awesome IMO.
#1844 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 557 weeks ago
Are you watching this Trump thing? It's terrible. He had that great line about Cruz winning Maine because it was so close to Canada, which actually made me laugh, then he goes on and on repeating the same narcassitc me, me, me, me stuff, and asks for people to please give him credit for shit, and then gets so bent out of shape about the petty shit, like the hands stuff. The guy works good in sound bytes. This format he's terrible, same with the debates.
My favorite Trump line of all time @ 50 seconds:
#1845 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 557 weeks ago
misterID wrote:polluxlm wrote:Well, chances are it will be Trump again...
No doubt he will run again after he loses this election.
Wow. I think the exact opposite. I do think his ego began to take this seriously recently, and I do think he "wants" to be President. But the rigors & time away from what he really does, and the potential harm to his business brand/legacy, and kids, I think no way he runs again.
This whole thing is partially a joke deep down to him. A botched prank gone awry.
I agree. I see this as a one time deal.
Part of me wonders if he ever imagined he would get this far (as you said.) That he just wanted to get in, ruffle feathers, build on his brand and finally dip out. But now here we are...
The other part of me wonders if this is one big troll. He gets the nomination, then drops out and endorses Hillary. hahaha. Highly improbable, but still...
#1846 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 557 weeks ago
Pathetic.
#1847 Re: Guns N' Roses » Update from Izzy Stradlin » 558 weeks ago
Sometimes I think GnR fans are just the worst...total lame asses.
#1848 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 558 weeks ago
Cramer wrote:The Latino vote btw is one of the largest growing demographics, who the GOP desperately need, that Trump has completely alienated from the get-go.
Are we sure about that? I see a lot of immigrants wanting to protect their current gains. I know if I had moved to a new country and floods of people from my country were giving us a bad reputation I'd want that to stop. As long as Trump walks the line carefully he might not sweep the latino vote, but I can see him doing a lot better than any other GOP candidate. Minorities have always been a problem for them, and I don't see Trump necessarily making it any worse. He won the republican latino vote in Vegas at least.
The immigration issue is a canard.
Pew research and Political fact checks say that illegal immigration is at net zero for the last few years now. Of course conservative blogs say these are totally wrong. The same group of people who predicted Romney would win in a landslide, and that polling data was skewed left. But I digress...
I guess it depends on many different factors. But I'd imagine the super PACs for the Dems are going to run his statements about Mexcians endlessly before the election in both English and Spanish.
#1849 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 558 weeks ago
Dude, I haven't met one single person that doesn't think Trump isn't the savior of America. Including Democrats. The only naysayers i've seen are the conspiracy types that, are correct, in pointing out Trump's many evils over the years and are convinced he'd be Mussolini for a President.
A good amount of registered Republicans loathe this man. Can't stand him. Find him obtuse and obnoxious. Dangerous.
If you think that the GOP will come out en masse to vote for Trump, and at the same time democratic defectors will cross the line from the left side of the aisle to vote for him, you're completely mistaken. If he was going to "Crush" Hillary, polling data would already show that, but it doesn't. On the other hand, polling data consistently shows him obliterating the right wing field, which he has. However for the GE the latest FOX NEWS poll has Hillary at 47 and Trump at 42. NBC has Clinton at 50 and Trump at 40. Quinnipac has Clinton on top again at 46/41. However, that's today. The election is still a long ways away.
You're also completely ignoring the reality of the electoral map. If you keep NV, OH, CO, IA, FL, NC, VA and WI as toss up states, that still leaves Hillary at 241 walking in the door. And that's me being very generous with WI, IA and NV. (if I included those three, which I'd say is likely, she's at 263 to start)
If Trump does beat Hillary, it's going to be by 30 points or so, and that's really difficult math for the Republican party to pull off.
Edit: and while all the alpha-male posturing, trash talking other cultures and misogyny made him a darling with the GOP, that same narrative will be used against him 24/7 by the DNC. The Latino vote btw is one of the largest growing demographics, who the GOP desperately need, that Trump has completely alienated from the get-go.
#1850 Re: The Garden » 2016 Presidential Election Thread » 558 weeks ago
I don't believe California is in play. I understand and believe your sentiment, but the state may also be drawn up in such a way that would make it nearly impossible to be turned red. Ever been to South Florida? In particular Miami? English is a second language down there. I'll go to restaurants, grocery stores... you name it, and Spanish is the dominant language. The waitress will approach the table and speak to us in Spanish. White flight up to West Palm, Lauderdale etc, but the state has actually gone blue the last two elections.
Hillary can win without Ohio no problem. Ohio is losing it's heft because of states like Colorado, Nevada, Virginia, NC, Wisconsin, and Iowa have been trending blue lately. As I said to you before though, I think Trump could flip many of them red this time.
I'd argue against a blowout election either way. I don't see it happening for either one. But that's today...by October who knows.
