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The Donald for President

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    Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    edited August 2015

    Illegals are not a problem that we should be focusing on. Income inequality is our biggest issue. Anyone in the middle class that doesn't see that has blinders on.

    economic and social issues created by illegal immagration are a very real problem no matter what financial class your in.

    Godfather.

    not if you're in the 1% bud...

    ummmmmm true enough !...wish I was part of that 1%

    Godfather.

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    CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    Big rally tonight in Alabama. Trump campaign expecting upwards of 40,000,000,000 people to be in attendance or "trying to get in."
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    CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    Trump is packing them in tonight. I love it when he goes after Jeb.
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    CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    wow. I think he's fucking drunk.
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    hedonisthedonist standing on the edge of forever Posts: 24,524
    Is this being aired somewhere? Could be a fun watch.
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,911
    CH156378 said:

    Big rally tonight in Alabama. Trump campaign expecting upwards of 40,000,000,000 people to be in attendance or "trying to get in."

    40,000,000,000!

    It's official. Trump is more popular than Jesus and The Beatles combined!

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
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    CH156378CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    hedonist said:

    Is this being aired somewhere? Could be a fun watch.

    Lol. They aired it live on all the major cable news stations. It was real fun .

    My daghter actually said, "I think he would make a fun president." lol.
    I laughed and said," it would be fun but this family supports Bernie Sanders as of now. You got it?" Then we looked at each other and laughed.

    Anyway, they'll probably replay on c-span or something.

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    Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Your Mom's Posts: 18,116
    did you catch the guy that kept yelling "White Power!"?.....real class
    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)

    1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
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    Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504

    did you catch the guy that kept yelling "White Power!"?.....real class

    did you catch that guy that said "hands up don't shoot"...sorry man had to post it LOL !!
    on a serious note, this sort of stuff has been happening a lot under obama, I have never seen so much racial devide.

    Godfather.

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    Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    1.) Trump believes that America should not intervene militarily in other country’s problems without being compensated for doing so. If America is going to risk the lives of our soldiers and incur the expense of going to war, then the nations we help must be willing to pay for our help. Using the Iraq War as an example, he cites the huge monetary expense to American taxpayers (over $1.5 trillion, and possibly much more depending on what sources are used to determine the cost) in addition to the cost in human life. He suggests that Iraq should have been required to give us enough of their oil to pay for the expenses we incurred. He includes in those expenses the medical costs for our military and $5 million for each family that lost a loved one in the war and $2 million for each family of soldiers who received severe injuries.

    2.) Speaking of the military, Trump wants America to have a strong military again. He believes the single most important function of the federal government is national defense. He has said he wants to find the General Patton or General MacArthur that could lead our military buildup back to the strength it needs to be. While he hasn’t said it directly that I know of, Trump’s attitude about America and about winning tells me he’d most likely be quick to eliminate rules of engagement that handicap our military in battle. Clearly Trump is a “win at all costs” kind of guy, and I’m sure that would apply to our national defense and security, too.

    3.) Trump wants a strong foreign policy and believes that it must include 7 core principles (which seem to support my comment in the last point):
    American interests come first. Always. No apologies.
    Maximum firepower and military preparedness.
    Only go to war to win.

    Stay loyal to your friends and suspicious of your enemies.
    Keep the technological sword razor sharp.
    See the unseen. Prepare for threats before they materialize.
    Respect and support our present and past warriors.

    4.) Trump believes that terrorists who are captured should be treated as military combatants, not as criminals like the Obama administration treats them.

    5.) Trump makes the point that China’s manipulation of their currency has given them unfair advantage in our trade dealings with them. He says we must tax their imports to offset their currency manipulation, which will cause American companies to be competitive again and drive manufacturing back to America and create jobs here. Although he sees China as the biggest offender, he believes that America should protect itself from all foreign efforts to take our jobs and manufacturing. For example, Ford is building a plant in Mexico and Trump suggests that every part or vehicle Ford makes in Mexico be taxed 35% if they want to bring it into the U. S., which would cause companies like Ford to no longer be competitive using their Mexican operations and move manufacturing back to the U. S., once again creating jobs here.

    6.) Trump wants passage of NOPEC legislation (No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act – NOPEC – S.394), which would allow the government to sue OPEC for violating antitrust laws. According to Trump, that would break up the cartel. He also wants to unleash our energy companies to drill domestically thereby increasing domestic production creating jobs and driving domestic costs of oil and gas down while reducing dependence on foreign oil.

    7.) Trump believes a secure border is critical for both security and prosperity in America. He wants to build a wall to stop illegals from entering put controls on immigration. (And he says he’ll get Mexico to pay for the wall, which many have scoffed at, but given his business successes I wouldn’t put it past him.) He also wants to enforce our immigration laws and provide no path to citizenship for illegals.

    8.) Trump wants a radical change to the tax system to not only make it better for average Americans, but also to encourage businesses to stay here and foreign businesses to move here. The resulting influx of money to our nation would do wonders for our economy. He wants to make America the place to do business. He also wants to lower the death tax and the taxes on capital gains and dividends. This would put more than $1.6 trillion back into the economy and help rebuild the 1.5 million jobs we’ve lost to the current tax system. He also wants to charge companies who outsource jobs overseas a 20% tax, but for those willing to move jobs back to America they would not be taxed. And for citizens he has a tax plan that would allow Americans to keep more of what they earn and spark economic growth. He wants to change the personal income tax to:

    Up to $30,000 taxed at 1%
    From $30,000 to $100,000 taxed at 5%
    From $100,000 to $1,000,000 taxed at 10%
    $1,000,000 and above taxed at 15%

    9.) Trump wants Obamacare repealed. He says it’s a “job-killing, health care-destroying monstrosity” that “can’t be reformed, salvaged, or fixed.” He believes in allowing real competition in the health insurance marketplace to allow competition to drive prices down. He also believes in tort reform to get rid of defensive medicine and lower costs.

    10.) Trump wants spending reforms in Washington, acknowledging that America spends far more than it receives in revenue. He has said he believes that if we don’t stop increasing the national debt once it hits $24 trillion it will be impossible to save this country.

    11.) Even though he says we need to cut spending, he does not want to harm those on Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security. He believes that the citizens have faithfully paid in to the system to have these services available and that the American government has an obligation to fulfill its end of the bargain and provide those benefits. Therefore, he wants to build the economy up so that we have the revenue to pay those costs without cutting the benefits to the recipients. He disagrees with Democrats who think raising taxes is the answer and says that when you do that you stifle the economy. On the other hand, when you lower taxes and create an environment to help businesses they will grow, hire more workers, and those new workers will be paying taxes that become more tax revenue for the government.

    12.) Trump also wants reform of the welfare state saying that America needs “a safety net, not a hammock.” He believes in a welfare to work program that would help reduce the welfare roles and encourage people to get back to work. And he wants a crackdown on entitlement fraud.

    13.) Trump believes climate change is a hoax.

    14.) Trump opposes Common Core.

    15.) Trump is pro-life, although he allows for an exception due to rape, incest, or the life of the mother.

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    Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    16.) Trump is pro 2nd Amendment rights.

    17.) Trump’s view on same-sex marriage is that marriage is between a man and a woman, but he also believes that this is a states' rights issue, not a federal issue.

    18.) Trump supports the death penalty.

    Trump believes that there is a lack of common sense, innovative thinking in Washington (Hmmm… looks like he believes in horse sense!). He says it’s about seeing the unseen and that’s the kind of thinking we need to turn this country around. He tells a personal story to illustrate the point:

    “When I opened Trump National Golf Club at Rancho Palos Verdes in Los Angeles, I was immediately told that I would need to build a new and costly ballroom. The current ballroom was gorgeous, but it only sat 200 people and we were losing business because people needed a larger space for their events. Building a new ballroom would take years to get approval and permits (since it’s on the Pacific Ocean), and cost about $5 million. I took one look at the ballroom and saw immediately what needed to be done. The problem wasn’t the size of the room, it was the size of the chairs.

    They were huge, heavy, and unwieldy. We didn’t need a bigger ballroom, we needed smaller chairs! So I had them replaced with high-end, smaller chairs. I then had our people sell the old chairs and got more money for them than the cost of the new chairs. In the end, the ballroom went from seating 200 people to seating 320 people. Our visitors got the space they desired, and I spared everyone the hassle of years of construction and $5 million of expense. It’s amazing what you can accomplish with a little common sense.”

    On top of his saving years of construction and $5 million in expenses, he also was able to keep the ballroom open for business during the time it would have been under remodeling, which allowed him to continue to make money on the space instead of losing that revenue during construction time.

    Donald Trump’s entire life has been made up of success and winning. He’s been accused of bankruptcies, but that’s not true. He’s never filed personal bankruptcy. He’s bought companies and legally used bankruptcy laws to restructure their debt, just as businesses do all the time. But he’s never been bankrupt personally.

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    davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
    Donald J. Trump

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    Markets are crashing - all caused by poor planning and allowing China and Asia to dictate the agenda. This could get very messy! Vote Trump.
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    Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Your Mom's Posts: 18,116

    did you catch the guy that kept yelling "White Power!"?.....real class

    did you catch that guy that said "hands up don't shoot"...sorry man had to post it LOL !!
    on a serious note, this sort of stuff has been happening a lot under obama, I have never seen so much racial devide.

    Godfather.

    I have no idea what you are even talking about. As usual.
    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)

    1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,203

    did you catch the guy that kept yelling "White Power!"?.....real class

    did you catch that guy that said "hands up don't shoot"...sorry man had to post it LOL !!
    on a serious note, this sort of stuff has been happening a lot under obama, I have never seen so much racial devide.

    Godfather.

    I love it when people suggest this is one person's fault. This shit has been going on for centuries. You just never read about it on here, or any other digital media outlet. Bringing you 'news' faster than light.
    www.cluthelee.com
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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,203
    In other news, the GOP is a mess. Trump is a clown and is seeing to it that the Dems get another one of their people in the WH in 2016. Like the Ross Perot's and Ralph Nader's of old, there always has to be some kind of circus clown involved in our politics, otherwise a good number of us won't pay bloody attention.

    Garfunkel-
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    PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    edited December 2015
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    Drowned OutDrowned Out Posts: 6,056
    edited August 2015
    SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY

    Watch out dishonest hedge fund guys there is a new sheriff in town.
    Donald has the power to call them out and just as easily shut them down.
    If he delivers on that promise the world business organization will run more efficiently.
    He has the balls to say paper pushing do nothing's. Good for him.

    Should we read this in a B-movie trailer/monster truck ad voice?
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    rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    edited August 2015
    Article by Paul Thomas in the New Zealand Herald

    Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz called it "the darkest 24 hours in our nation's history". Was he referring to:

    • The outbreak of the Civil War.

    • The assassination of Abraham Lincoln or John Kennedy or Martin Luther King.

    • The 1929 Wall St crash.

    • Pearl Harbour.

    • 9/11.

    • The realisation that the immensely costly and destructive Iraq War was launched on the basis of a lie.

    None of the above: according to Cruz, America's darkest day was when the Supreme Court decided not to overturn the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, and ruled that states cannot ban same-sex marriage. Thus the extension of health insurance, previously the preserve of the rich, and marriage, previously the preserve of the straight, is worse than war, depression, assassination and mass murder.And what does fellow Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee believe will "bring death to America":

    • Bird flu.

    • Climate change.

    • Isis.

    • North Korean nuclear missiles.

    • Obesity.

    • Psychopathic gunmen wrapped in the Confederate flag.

    Again, none of the above: Huckabee was referring to the just-announced nuclear deal with Iran. He wasn't alone. It appears all 17 Republican presidential hopefuls believe the treaty painstakingly negotiated by the US, Russia, China, Britain and France is not merely not worth the paper it's written on, it's positively catastrophic.

    It will - Huckabee again - "wipe Israel off the map". It's worth pointing out that Israel, itself often accused of being a terrorist state, has a nuclear arsenal whereas Iran doesn't and, by virtue of this treaty, won't have for at least a decade.

    So apart from bringing death to America and Israel, are there any other flaws? You bet: it will lead to widespread war in the Middle East.

    Leaving aside the fact that war in the Middle East is the current and normal state of affairs, this assertion begs the question of how the critics would deal with Iran and its nuclear programme. Well, by making war in the Middle East even more widespread or, as the 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain put it, singing along to the tune of the Beach Boys' Barbara Ann, "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran".

    Fittingly, given that the Republicans are now essentially a party of religious fundamentalism, their candidates are partly taking their lead from Zionist Israel and Wahhabist Saudi Arabia who are terrified - hopefully with good reason - that the Iran deal foreshadows a seismic realignment which reduces their malign influence on US Middle East policy.

    But their kneejerk denunciations also signal a frightening abandonment of diplomacy as a means of defusing tension, avoiding conflict and managing international affairs. The mindset seems to be that diplomacy should be reserved for friendly nations with whom you have interests in common. That they remain disposed towards armed intervention which has accelerated rather than suppressed Islamic militancy shouldn't come as a surprise since persisting with policies that achieve the exact opposite of what was intended is something of an American speciality.

    The takeover of American conservatism by evangelical Christianity, Fox News and a handful of shadowy billionaires has transformed the Republicans into the party of wilful ignorance: doctrinal purity is more valued than intelligence; tolerance has been supplanted by persecutory moralising; paranoia has replaced realism.

    This process may be reaching its logical conclusion with the emergence of property billionaire Donald Trump as the front-runner for the party's presidential nomination.

    Trump personifies everything the rest of the world despises about America: casual racism, crass materialism, relentless self-aggrandisement, vulgarity on an epic scale. He is the Ugly American in excelsis.

    You might expect a tycoon/buffoon cross to be a political player in some Latin American failed state or backward former Soviet republic, places with no democratic tradition or public institutions that have stood the test of time and no such thing as "the people" in the sense of an educated, civic-minded citizenry.

    The fact that so many Republicans are comfortable with the thought of this monumentally unqualified individual in the Oval Office shows how warped the party has become. To borrow the rhetoric of their candidates, the party is now an existential threat to America's leadership of the global community.
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    That's 18 reasons I'm voting trump
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    Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Your Mom's Posts: 18,116
    http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/donald-trump-jeb-bush-speaking-mexican

    Trump nails Bush for speaking "Mexican"....all hail Trump
    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)

    1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
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    callencallen Posts: 6,388

    SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY

    Watch out dishonest hedge fund guys there is a new sheriff in town.
    Donald has the power to call them out and just as easily shut them down.
    If he delivers on that promise the world business organization will run more efficiently.
    He has the balls to say paper pushing do nothing's. Good for him.

    Should we read this in a B-movie trailer/monster truck ad voice?
    HA. Went back and reread in movie trailer deep voice. Worked. Hahahaha.
    10-18-2000 Houston, 04-06-2003 Houston, 6-25-2003 Toronto, 10-8-2004 Kissimmee, 9-4-2005 Calgary, 12-3-05 Sao Paulo, 7-2-2006 Denver, 7-22-06 Gorge, 7-23-2006 Gorge, 9-13-2006 Bern, 6-22-2008 DC, 6-24-2008 MSG, 6-25-2008 MSG
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    rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576

    http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/donald-trump-jeb-bush-speaking-mexican

    Trump nails Bush for speaking "Mexican"....all hail Trump

    Typical Trump-ism.
    He would make us the clown of the world, way worse than Bush did.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
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    callencallen Posts: 6,388
    Trumps doing it folks. Understands what to say. Give him credit.

    Dubya's brother speaking Mexican. HAHAHAHA.

    Trump Huckabee Cruz Perry.

    Just couldn't come up with better field.

    Remember people voted for Dubya and Palin so you never know.
    10-18-2000 Houston, 04-06-2003 Houston, 6-25-2003 Toronto, 10-8-2004 Kissimmee, 9-4-2005 Calgary, 12-3-05 Sao Paulo, 7-2-2006 Denver, 7-22-06 Gorge, 7-23-2006 Gorge, 9-13-2006 Bern, 6-22-2008 DC, 6-24-2008 MSG, 6-25-2008 MSG
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    callencallen Posts: 6,388

    That's 18 reasons I'm voting trump

    Agree with a few.
    10-18-2000 Houston, 04-06-2003 Houston, 6-25-2003 Toronto, 10-8-2004 Kissimmee, 9-4-2005 Calgary, 12-3-05 Sao Paulo, 7-2-2006 Denver, 7-22-06 Gorge, 7-23-2006 Gorge, 9-13-2006 Bern, 6-22-2008 DC, 6-24-2008 MSG, 6-25-2008 MSG
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    josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 28,418
    Wait let me get this straight how many of you clowns here will vote for master clown , just need to know in case I ever have to be some where near any of you !!!!
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
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    PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    edited December 2015

    Wait let me get this straight how many of you clowns here will vote for master clown , just need to know in case I ever have to be some where near any of you !!!!

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    Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504

    Wait let me get this straight how many of you clowns here will vote for master clown , just need to know in case I ever have to be some where near any of you !!!!

    him or sanders, I've narrowed it down to that, and .....really ????? your that upset over someones choice for president ? did you vote for obama ?....knowing full well I had serious doubts about him and swar I'd not vote for him.......that's it we're breaking up !!!!!!! HAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHA come on man your choice=your vote.

    Godfather.

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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,736

    Wait let me get this straight how many of you clowns here will vote for master clown , just need to know in case I ever have to be some where near any of you !!!!

    him or sanders, I've narrowed it down to that, and .....really ????? your that upset over someones choice for president ? did you vote for obama ?....knowing full well I had serious doubts about him and swar I'd not vote for him.......that's it we're breaking up !!!!!!! HAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHA come on man your choice=your vote.

    Godfather.

    So you've narrowed it down to a pure capitalist and a democratic socialist. :lol:
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
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    Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    PJ_Soul said:

    Wait let me get this straight how many of you clowns here will vote for master clown , just need to know in case I ever have to be some where near any of you !!!!

    him or sanders, I've narrowed it down to that, and .....really ????? your that upset over someones choice for president ? did you vote for obama ?....knowing full well I had serious doubts about him and swar I'd not vote for him.......that's it we're breaking up !!!!!!! HAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHA come on man your choice=your vote.

    Godfather.

    So you've narrowed it down to a pure capitalist and a democratic socialist. :lol:
    well I suppose anybody but clinton or bush would be fine...btw pure capitalist and a democratic socialist, not a bad call you're clever.

    Godfather.

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    callencallen Posts: 6,388

    PJ_Soul said:

    Wait let me get this straight how many of you clowns here will vote for master clown , just need to know in case I ever have to be some where near any of you !!!!

    him or sanders, I've narrowed it down to that, and .....really ????? your that upset over someones choice for president ? did you vote for obama ?....knowing full well I had serious doubts about him and swar I'd not vote for him.......that's it we're breaking up !!!!!!! HAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHA come on man your choice=your vote.

    Godfather.

    So you've narrowed it down to a pure capitalist and a democratic socialist. :lol:
    well I suppose anybody but clinton or bush would be fine...btw pure capitalist and a democratic socialist, not a bad call you're clever.

    Godfather.

    Can't argue anti Clinton/bush strategy.
    10-18-2000 Houston, 04-06-2003 Houston, 6-25-2003 Toronto, 10-8-2004 Kissimmee, 9-4-2005 Calgary, 12-3-05 Sao Paulo, 7-2-2006 Denver, 7-22-06 Gorge, 7-23-2006 Gorge, 9-13-2006 Bern, 6-22-2008 DC, 6-24-2008 MSG, 6-25-2008 MSG
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