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1 ......... Ted Cruz ............ 30
2 ......... Donald Trump .... 28
3 ......... Marco Rubio ....... 13
4 ......... Ben Carson ......... 10
5 ......... Jeb Bush .............. 5
6 ......... Rand Paul ............. 5
7 ......... Chris Christie ........ 3
8 ......... Carly Fiorina ......... 2
9 ......... John Kasich .......... 2
10 ....... Mike Huckabee ..... 1
11 ....... Rick Santorum ...... 1
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Originally Posted by Bill Paxtom
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz has an incredible 'ground game' in Iowa, and they are focusing on the Evangelical faction.
Cruz is putting everything he has into Iowa, to gain traction heading into the New Hampshire primary.
The Cruz Team is both focused and driven here, and providing that Ted makes no 'gaffes' during his
campaign speeches and Television interviews, he should maintain the lead in Iowa.
The Iowa Caucus is an 'odd' primary, and one must have a 'Top' ground game to succeed. Ted Cruz
has it, and he should win the Iowa Primary by 5 to 7 points.
Iowa Primary Prediction ........... First Place 34%
~ The Skinny ~
Anything less than a 1st Place win would be a 'defeat' for the Cruz Team.
Even gaining a 2nd Place position and with 25% of the Caucus Vote would be met with disappointment.
The Political Insiders are saying, that Ted Cruz is targeting the {34%} number. That should secure a
solid win in Iowa.
The hopeful and wishful reach is {40%}. If reached, that would be an incredible win, and one in which
Ted Cruz could label himself as the 'new' Front-Runner.
The Cruz Team is trying to 'sap off' the disheartened Ben Carson supporters. Many have already moved
over to Ted Cruz, and that is the reason for Ted's positive movement over the past 30-Days.
Oh. You want to hear all about our coming election year? The Libs will get in because the other guys got a head the shape of melted Easter egg and we cant have that.
@Andre I see bill was banned. What happened if you care to mention. Is it a permo ban.
@denilson200
No problem you f****** dick face f****** Connecticut f*** face. Barclay center my life s***. All hot air. You never even ate broccoli rabe.Quote:
Originally Posted by walrus
"'"90%''"
Bwahaha
Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb blow me waaaaaaaQuote:
Originally Posted by brocktonblockbustNo problem you f****** dick face f****** Connecticut f*** face. Barclay center my life s***. All hot air. You never even ate broccoli rabe.Quote:
Originally Posted by walrus
"'"90%''"
Bwahaha
There is only one party in America. And that's ran by Zionist money.
Thanks for sharing Adolf.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrbig1
I have to say I never really liked Trump always preferring the reason of someone like Rand Paul, but Trump has a way with words and the more the mainstream tries to paint him as extreme when he is making more and more sense has me liking him more. The stuff he is saying about the Clinton's and Isis is bang on really.
The good thing about Donald Trump is he will deport all illegal pieces of s***. Another good thing about Donald Trump is he will build a wall between America and Mexico. Another good thing about Donald Trump is he is good for the economy. I love the good thing about Donald Trump is he is not back by corporate donors he has his own money. That beats any mainstream ASS FUCKER politician 7 which ways to Monday. I'm voting for Donald Trump.
Clinton or Trump?
No debate. The witch dies.
Bush or Trump?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gandalf
No debate. The third of the Three Stooges dies.
What happened to Bill then?
Trump carnival barking with the birther card, in his 'own' party :vd:
Hillary must be fitting the curtains and tossing out Bills old stained covered couches already.
Honestly I can't believe some 'Mericans are stupid enough to think this media creation charlatan has any answers. You're being played..wake up.
That may well be true but I would rather be played by a guy who does not have any corporate sponsors and made all of his own money and is not bought and paid for by the corporations like the right and left Republicans and the Democrats f****** same ol same ol b*******. I say give a new guy a chance. It's worth a try look at the f****** alternatives Bush and Clinton f*** that s***
Trump is his own corporation and lobbyist donating and greasing the palms of any and all of those same politician who can benefit his corporate interests and investments. The guys a con man with redundant punch lines and zero specificity. The only difference between he and the politicians he mocks like a 10 year old with bitter beer face is that Trump will tell you your baby stinks rather than hugging it for the camera like the rest. Republicants can do better..they better, for the sake of all of us.
Both parties should be able to do to do better than Donald Trump. However this is how far down on the American political climate well that's a stage has become or has descended. Ross Perot would have been much better then Donald Trump I think.
I favor Cruz and Rand Paul because they are strict Constitutionalists.
Of the two I prefer Paul. Partially because of his father. Mostly because Libertarian Girl has a crazy sexy tattoo on her right thigh.
I would have voted for Ron Paul. I don't know what happened with that campaign he had all the right answers and was a very strict constitutionalist. I don't know as much about his son as I knew about him
Another Donald Trump interview:
I think our country needs more ego, because it is being ripped off so badly by our so-called allies; i.e., Japan, West Germany, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, etc. They have literally outegotized this country, because they rule the greatest money machine ever assembled and it's sitting on our backs. Their products are better because they have so much subsidy. We Americans are laughed at around the world for losing a hundred and fifty billion dollars year after year, for defending wealthy nations for nothing, nations that would be wiped off the face of the earth in about fifteen minutes if it weren’t for us. Our "allies" are making billions screwing us.
[...]
It doesn’t sound like a good deal to me. They have totally outsmarted the American politician; they have no respect for us, because they're getting a free ride. Of course, it's not just the Japanese or the Europeans- the Saudis, the Kuwaitis walk all over us.
[..]
Our country is right now perceived as weak ... as being spit on by the rest of the world--
[...]
What's the first thing President Trump would do upon entering the Oval Office? Many things. A toughness of attitude would prevail. I'd throw a tax on every Mercedes-Benz rolling into this country and on all Japanese products, and we'd have wonderful allies again.
https://thecorporateculture.com/2015...-25-years-ago/
Except that interview is from March 1990. Trump thought America was weak and being laughed at around the world after eight years of Reagan and a few months after the Berlin Wall had come down.
I've got more to say about Trump, Sanders and the 2016 election tomorrow. I will just say though that it's impressive how politically engaged the American people are over the problems they face compared to Europeans and their problems. Trump may not be the answer but at least they're looking for answer god bless them. A President Trump might not be the worst possible outcome in November, at least it would advance the conversation somewhat although probably in the same old bifurcated way where righties believe Trump failed because he wasn't conservative enough and we get a timid centre-left liberal replacement.
Trump will face a major issue if he doesn't come in first in Iowa etc. One of his biggest campaign slogans is " I'm number one"
The latest polls say he's within three points of Cruz in Iowa. Cruz is going to get the traditional Iowa evangelical vote to turn out for him but Trump's strategy is to bring out people who have never voted before. If they're willing to turn out for a couple of hours on a freezing cold night in January -- and they've stood in line for hours to get into one of his rallies -- then he could blow the field away. Even a strong second is good as he's miles ahead in new Hampshire and the next state is South Carolina which was so pissed off at the establishment in 2012 that they voted for Newt Gingrich.
A strong second for Trump is probably more than enough to keep the ball rolling. If he does do that or better and then wins New Hampshire (which is a must-win for establishment guys like Bush and Rubio) then you'll see full on panic in the GOP establishment.
Trump has a much bigger chance of beating Hillary in the general than is generally believed too. There are issues that Trump has campaigned on -- trade, the money being made by Wall Street and taxing them more, strengthening social security and medicare, immigrants taking American jobs, America's crumbling infrastructure and so on that Hillary has a lot of weaknesses on for various reasons. Trump can hammer all these issues and market himself as a problem solver not a Washington native and he'll attract a lot of blue collar/union votes from the Democrats. He's also got the Clinton baggage from the nineties to go at. Trump would I think be a far more electable candidate than Cruz would be in the general. Just not a candidate that the GOP establishment want.
You know what, Trump could run Hillary so close that a faltering economy in 2016 -- there's the definite possibility of things getting really bad before November -- and Trump could be taking the oath this time next year.
As Ted Cruz tells it, the story of how he financed his upstart campaign for the United States Senate four years ago is an endearing example of loyalty and shared sacrifice between a married couple.
“Sweetheart, I’d like us to liquidate our entire net worth, liquid net worth, and put it into the campaign,” he says he told his wife, Heidi, who readily agreed.
But the couple’s decision to pump more than $1 million into Mr. Cruz’s successful Tea Party-darling Senate bid in Texas was made easier by a large loan from Goldman Sachs, where Mrs. Cruz works. That loan was not disclosed in campaign finance reports.
Those reports show that in the critical weeks before the May 2012 Republican primary, Mr. Cruz — currently a leading contender for his party’s presidential nomination — put “personal funds” totaling $960,000 into his Senate campaign. Two months later, shortly before a scheduled runoff election, he added more, bringing the total to $1.2 million — “which is all we had saved,” as Mr. Cruz described it in an interview with The New York Times several years ago.
A review of personal financial disclosures that Mr. Cruz filed later with the Senate does not find a liquidation of assets that would have accounted for all the money he spent on his campaign. What it does show, however, is that in the first half of 2012, Ted and Heidi Cruz obtained the low-interest loan from Goldman Sachs, as well as another one from Citibank. The loans totaled as much as $750,000 and eventually increased to a maximum of $1 million before being paid down later that year. There is no explanation of their purpose.
Neither loan appears in reports the Ted Cruz for Senate Committee filed with the Federal Election Commission, in which candidates are required to disclose the source of money they borrow to finance their campaigns. Other campaigns have been investigated and fined for failing to make such disclosures, which are intended to inform voters and prevent candidates from receiving special treatment from lenders. There is no evidence that the Cruzes got a break on their loans.
A spokeswoman for Mr. Cruz’s presidential campaign, Catherine Frazier, acknowledged that the loan from Goldman Sachs, drawn against the value of the Cruzes’ brokerage account, was a source of money for the Senate race. Ms. Frazier added that Mr. Cruz also sold stocks and liquidated savings, but she did not address whether the Citibank loan was used.
The failure to report the Goldman Sachs loan, for as much as $500,000, was “inadvertent,” she said, adding that the campaign would file corrected reports as necessary. Ms. Frazier said there had been no attempt to hide anything..............
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/us...=top-news&_r=0
This is unfortunately small potatoes compared to the financial shit these assholes pull lately, and forever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing
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Originally Posted by walrusThis is unfortunately small potatoes compared to the financial shit these assholes pull lately, and forever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing
Not with the orange supremacist though. He's got his own money. He's going to give all the lads at Goldman Sachs a nice big tax bill too. That doesn't appeal to you?
If he took a low interest loan on his own money, declared it on one statement but not the other, I don't see a major issue. Its not like the Clinton charitable fund.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingQuote:
Originally Posted by walrusThis is unfortunately small potatoes compared to the financial shit these assholes pull lately, and forever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing
Not with the orange supremacist though. He's got his own money. He's going to give all the lads at Goldman Sachs a nice big tax bill too. That doesn't appeal to you?
So telling voters you sold all your assets to fund your campaign when in fact you got the money loaned from a firm with a reputation for buying politicians isn't hypocritical then? It's definitely a lie.Quote:
Originally Posted by walrusIf he took a low interest loan on his own money, declared it on one statement but not the other, I don't see a major issue. Its not like the Clinton charitable fund.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingQuote:
Originally Posted by walrusThis is unfortunately small potatoes compared to the financial shit these assholes pull lately, and forever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing
Not with the orange supremacist though. He's got his own money. He's going to give all the lads at Goldman Sachs a nice big tax bill too. That doesn't appeal to you?
And people running for dogcatcher manage to fill in their financial declaration forms correctly. How the hell can you forget about a one million dollar loan? Cruz is just another bullshitting politician. And he's Canadian.
Agreed his a bullshitting politician but they did finance, albiet favorable, their own money. NYT runs this hit pieced but fluffs every Clinton piece. Makes me wonder. There is no doubt that Cruz is american. If I were born outside the us by a legal citizen, I am american. John mcain was born in panama, did we hear this shit then.
The NYT have published several articles just recently that were completely inaccurate hit pieces on Hillary Clinton including one that said she was now the target of a criminal investigation by the FBI. This made headlines all over America for a couple of days and then was quietly retracted. The article about Cruz being given millions in loans and then lying about it and not publicly declaring the loans is entirely accurate though.Quote:
Originally Posted by walrus
McCain was born on a US military base which is American territory. Lawrence Tribe, emeritus professor of constitutional law at harvard says Cruz may very well not be an American citizen. Tribe is the top law expert in the country and taught constitutional law to a bunch of prominent Americans including the current US Supreme Court Chief Justice, Barack Obama and Ted Cruz.
I have to say that if you'd told me ten years ago that America would soon elect a Kenyan president and follow it by electing a Canadian president I wouldn't have believed you. But now there's a good chance that a Mexican-Canadian could be elected US president in November.
Interesting reading. The guy who runs this site exactly predicted state by state the results of the last two prsidential elections.
Donald Trump Is Really Unpopular With General Election Voters
By Nate Silver
Donald Trump Is Really Unpopular With General Election Voters | FiveThirtyEight
Beware A GOP Calendar Front-Loaded With States Friendly To Trump And Cruz | FiveThirtyEight
Silver a couple of weeks ago was giving Trump a 2% chance of winning the nomination.
Statuary law says he is an american, no doubtQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingThe NYT have published several articles just recently that were completely inaccurate hit pieces on Hillary Clinton including one that said she was now the target of a criminal investigation by the FBI. This made headlines all over America for a couple of days and then was quietly retracted. The article about Cruz being given millions in loans and then lying about it and not publicly declaring the loans is entirely accurate though.Quote:
Originally Posted by walrus
McCain was born on a US military base which is American territory. Lawrence Tribe, emeritus professor of constitutional law at harvard says Cruz may very well not be an American citizen. Tribe is the top law expert in the country and taught constitutional law to a bunch of prominent Americans including the current US Supreme Court Chief Justice, Barack Obama and Ted Cruz.
I have to say that if you'd told me ten years ago that America would soon elect a Kenyan president and follow it by electing a Canadian president I wouldn't have believed you. But now there's a good chance that a Mexican-Canadian could be elected US president in November.
Kirk, I don't know if you know this but Goldwater, who ran for president was born in Arizona when it was a territory, not a state. McCain may have been born in coco solo or a nearby hospital. The constitution states Natural Born Citizen but does not define. There is a letter betwixt Washington and Jay regarding the issue. Basically, we care getting into constitutional interpretation. Currently, if you are born overseas to us parents you are an american citizen. Could it be brought to the supreme court and fought, yes, but it hasn't, although it was threatened during both Goldwater, McCain and at least one other. Birthrite citizenship of the us could also be argued but at the time being is a accepted
I'm curious kirk, you say Cruz is not an american. Fact being, he is and until the supreme court rules otherwise, he will remain so.
So being endorsed by Palin is supposedly a good thing ? ;D Did they find Trump and Sarah backstage at the Jerry Springer Show ? It would be quite funny if not so serious. We have a cliched fox hunting Eton honed toffee nosed snob running the show here, and it looks like you may give the keys to your asylum to another equally caricatured inmate who surely represents very few average citizens. Good luck with that.
Who are you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenbeanz
Crazed loon endorsed by pouting simpleton.
It puts him back in the news cycle, which he hasn't left.Quote:
Originally Posted by X
I'm going to go with the considered opinion of the Harvard Emeritus Professor of Constitutional Law. A Mexican-Canadian may be the next President.Quote:
Originally Posted by walrus
So one professor against current law. You sound more like trump everyday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkland LaingI'm going to go with the considered opinion of the Harvard Emeritus Professor of Constitutional Law. A Mexican-Canadian may be the next President.Quote:
Originally Posted by walrus
If Americans were willing to accept that John McEnroe is an American, then they should up use the same logic to admit that these guys are Americans too!