Do you trust Donald Trump as a possible U.S. president? (feat. immortal lizards)

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  1. Yes

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  2. No

    84.2%
  1. Swt

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    nevermind
     
  2. Handcuffed

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    it's funny that of all the things people criticize Hillary Clinton about for being inauthentic, it's this "hot sauce pandering" that she gets chastised for.

    http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/04/hillary-clinton-pandering-radio/479004/

    but as the atlantic shows, her love for hot sauce is allegedly decades-old. Keeping it 1600 had a good bit about how this perfectly captures Hillary's problem: it's actually genuine, but people (young people specifically) think she's lying.
     
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  3. Swt

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    It's insane that this many people are still showing up to see Sanders. Hillary will never see this kind of support. She only loses more of Bills votes the longer she campaigns and she's already close with Trump. This dudes the only hope that democrats have at beating Trump and his party wants nothing to do with him.

     
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  4. Jake Barnes

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    Isn't Sanders' support pretty highly regionalized though?
     
  5. TheChatch

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    The candidate who cried wolf :idk:
     
  6. Joe_Pesci

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    i'll be damned if i let black people have a monopoly on hot sauce
     
  7. PEGGY HILL

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    I see it more as a little tone deaf ie look black people I like hot sauce too we have that in common, than a falsehood.
    lol she has a shitload more votes than him
     
  8. Swt

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    Sanders has gotten no coverage his entire campaign except on the internet. He's up against american royalty and still polls better in all the swing states against Trump than she does right now. He has gained support while she has lost support in every state, as time goes on those trends would just continue.
     
  9. Joe_Pesci

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    how long have you been following this thing
     
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  10. Lyrtch

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    almost feel bad for bernie bros

    almost
     
  11. Truman

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  12. Swt

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    idk, a year maybe
     
  13. Fran Tarkenton

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    explain you theory that Television is the reason Trump won
     
  14. PEGGY HILL

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    why do you think he still lost penn, ny ct, and delaware that had decent demographics for him and abundant time to hear his message
     
  15. TheChatch

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    For the last year, he's been the most covered politician in a national primary that I can recall in my lifetime. Everyone covered him, and thusly, legitimized him. Cable news and the 24/7 entertainment news cycle is as much to blame for the Trump phenomenon as those few morons who supported him initially.
     
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  16. Tobias

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    i voted for bernie and am regretting that decision after this swt diatribe
     
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  17. Fran Tarkenton

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    thats bc for the last year he has led in every poll amongst the Republican field. Leaders get more coverage; that is how media works. Jim Gilmores dont get fairness just bc you cry for it.

    and you already made this unconvincing point earlier. Anything else?
     
  18. Fran Tarkenton

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    its groundhog day

    the guy was already leading all polls prior to the mainstream liberal media coverage
     
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  19. Swt

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    What's abundant time to hear his message? If you get all your info from cable tv you probably still don't know his message.
     
  20. IrishLAX2

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    Trump was 100 to 1 to win the Republican Nomination a year ago
     
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  22. LuPoor

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    He's also led in the Republican primary polls essentially since the day he declared.
     
  23. blotter

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    NY's registration deadline to vote in their closed primary was in October.. 3 months before the Iowa primary
     
  24. Fran Tarkenton

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    hopefully Vegas learns to factor polling more into their odds? Or are you suggesting the media should allot coverage based on vegas odds.
     
  25. PEGGY HILL

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    the notion that hillary voters just havent heard the gospel is ridiculous tbh

    as is the notion that bernie supporters are naive and only want free stuff, but thats not the issue here
     
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  26. Daniel Ocean

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    I had a chicken Caesar salad for dinner. Crazy
     
  27. PEGGY HILL

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    i wanna start handicapping politics. how long would rick santorums odds have to be before you put money on him? 100000-1?
     
  28. IrishLAX2

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    When did he declare?

    Bush was ahead in the polls this time last year.
     
  29. Redav

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    June
     
  30. OHW

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    CNN put guns to Republicans' heads and made them vote for Donald Trump.
     
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  31. LuPoor

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    A quick check with the Google machine tells me he declared June 16th
     
  32. Fran Tarkenton

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    the Chatch says Trump won in spite of GOP establishment bc of CNN

    then how do we explain the rise of Ted Cruz; or the other ~30% of the popular vote that non-establishment candidates received? Media coverage from MSNBC or something else?
     
  33. bro

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    Those wv "democrats"

    Such a strong contingent
     
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  34. OHW

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    Obama's radical policies too don't forget
     
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  35. Swt

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    A ton of Bernie's are though. It comes with getting all the young voters. As is getting all your info from the tv in the 65+ crowd.
     
  36. Shu

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    Are people disagreeing with this?

    Not that this is the only reason, but it's a big reason.
     
  37. Swt

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    Swing states will be a less extreme of that once Trump starts in on her with his mans man bully routine slinging all the shit at her.
     
  38. TheChatch

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    lol no.
     
  39. LuPoor

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  40. Fran Tarkenton

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    Trump led the entire republican field his whole candidacy - nationally at least.

    CNN didnt create that. Nor Cruz being 2nd. Nor Carson. Nor Herman Cain. Nor Sarah Palin.
     
  41. Fran Tarkenton

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    the less educated you were meant you were more likely to vote for Mitt Romney in 2012. Same with Trump in 2016.

    This is CNN's fault. Not their platform.
     
  42. bro

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  43. PEGGY HILL

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    I meant the notion that all were like that.

    I prefer bernie but he really wasn't a great candidate
     
  44. Teflon Queen

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    One thing's for certain...there's nothing wrong with the GOP
     
  45. harvey birdman

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    His initial strategy of just trying to appeal to white people seemed to spell his doom. Although it is probably due to thinking the field would be larger and his inexperience with dealing with minorities due to the state he represents.
     
  46. Lyrtch

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    I honestly hope that if Trump gets trounced that the GOP pins it all on the media and continues down the same path they've been on.
     
  47. Bert Handsome

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    :beo:
     
  48. OHW

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  49. Swt

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    I miss Jon Stewart, wish more dudes like this would start podcasts. He describes perfectly a big reason why Hillary will lose a big enough chunk of her base I think. In the GOP he exposed everyone he ran against for their fake garbage until they got flustered enough to get in the mud with him which only worsened their cause. There's not many politicians that come off faker than Hilllary Clinton to me.

     
  50. TheChatch

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    What are you looking for from me? Proof? I can't really prove that the media, and the way they covered Trump had a huge effect on his candidacy, just like you cannot prove that it didn't, but the subject has been written on many, many times over, since he ascended to the top of the primary group. It's not some new idea that you're reading here on a message board. Do you want me to post articles? I guess I'm unsure of what you're looking for from me.