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Trump 2016: Yes. We. Can.

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Honey Bear, Aug 5, 2015.

  1. LosPollosHermanos

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    In fact, I'll tell ya what...the amount of black people supporting trump will scare ya...like I mean its crazy how much "the blacks" love trump. If there was anybody that wasn't unlikeable...you can bet he's the most non unlikeable person you'll ever meet. If I had to put a number on it, it would be 99% or even more. Libtards and the lying media just push this message because they don't want everybody hearing the troof.
     
  2. JuanValdez

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    I don't think the main problem is trump praising the effectiveness of dictators in killing terrorists. What bothers me is that he praises them for not respecting the civil rights of suspects. Is that what he'd do as president? Just round up terror suspects and stick them in a military tribunal without due process?
     
  3. B-Bob

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    If he could get away with it? Probably. I don't say that because he's evil or a dictator-wannabe or anything like that.

    I say he'd violate civil rights, if he could, because it's the easy path that doesn't take a lot of work or thought. That's what his entire career, his body of spoken comments, and even his campaign show, over and over. Off the cuff, let's do something simple without a lot of analysis and move on.
     
  4. JuanValdez

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    Given the precedents we already have of holding detainees in Guantanamo without a trial, of secret surveillance programs run by the CIA inside the country, and of other borderline stuff, I worry what it can look like under a President with an obvious disregard for civil rights.
     
  5. dc rock

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    Hearing Guy Fieri is being vetted heavily, turned over twenty years of tax returns. Down to Guy and Sean Duffy.
     
  6. Liberon

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    Here's something you outta know. The current president of the Philippines elects to kill drug traffickers. His regime has killed over 30 of them. No trial no due process like in the west. He claims he was doing for their mothers because they couldn't do it themselves.. http://www.newsweek.com/philippines...ted-dutertes-first-four-days-president-477550


     
  7. JuanValdez

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    Apart from all knowledge being worthwhile, why ought I to know this?
     
  8. Commodore

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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">RNC convention whip count: 890 delegates for Trump, 680 anti-Trump, 900 &quot;in play.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/9KxxjGYL5p">https://t.co/9KxxjGYL5p</a></p>&mdash; Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/reidepstein/status/750799318966276096">July 6, 2016</a></blockquote>
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  9. dandorotik

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    It gets more comical by the day- per the other post, it has to be said that these are only sources confirming this, but apparently in a later Tweet, Flake said that this was the conversation verbatim:

    Donald Trump had an intense, testy exchange with Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona — one of his sharpest Republican critics on Capitol Hill — during a closed-door meeting with GOP senators on Thursday in Washington, DC.
    The Washington Post reported that when the Arizona Republican stood up and introduced himself, Trump said, "You've been very critical of me."

    "Yes, I'm the other senator from Arizona — the one who didn't get captured — and I want to talk to you about statements like that," Flake responded, two Republican officials told the Post.

    Flake was referring to Trump's comments from roughly one year ago when he questioned whether Sen. John McCain of Arizona was a war hero because he was captured during the Vietnam War. Trump said he preferred people who weren't captured.

    According to The Post, Flake told the Manhattan billionaire that he wants to be able to support him but is still uncomfortable doing so.

    Trump noted he had yet to start attacking Flake and threatened to start. Flake then urged Trump to stop attacking Mexicans, according to the report.

    The presumptive Republican nominee predicted Flake would lose his reelection bid, to which Flake shot back that he's not on the ballot until 2018.

    Sources told CNN's Manu Raju that Trump also threatened to defeat Flake in an election.
     
  10. Deckard

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    Good lord. Trump is somewhere beyond a "loose cannon." That he's the "presumptive" nominee of one of the two major parties is outright lunacy.
     
  11. Bobbythegreat

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    Well that's good news. Hopefully they can block Trump and run someone better....which would be pretty much anyone.
     
  12. JuanValdez

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    Sadly, I come here for relief from the excessive force threads. How sad is it that the potential to elect such a dangerous person to the most powerful position on earth is a less traumatic subject to think about.
     
  13. RocketsLegend

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    Says the moron that's voting for killary.
     
  14. RocketsLegend

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    Hey Codman you still think this **** isn't rigged
     
  15. Bobbythegreat

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    Says the moron that actually wants to vote for Trump.
     
  16. RocketsLegend

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    Says the moron with personality disorder
     
  17. Bobbythegreat

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    According to whom?
     
  18. LosPollosHermanos

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    Just...stop RocketsLegend. This is cringeworthy. I'll admit I laugh sometimes but after being slapped out of the Phillando shooting thread you're just embarrassing yourself.
     
  19. LosPollosHermanos

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    The Saudis Trump is begging for money. Well...actually as long as it comes from Trumps anus it doesn't matter.
     
  20. Bobbythegreat

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    I don't think those Saudis are qualified to diagnose a personality disorder.
     

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