[POLL] United States Presidential Elections 2016

[GTPorsche]

Fabricated. Here is the editor of Texas Monthly dismantling the rag:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...tional-enquirer-in-tweetstorm-defending-cruz/

BREAKING NEWS: New York Court of Appeals has just ruled that Ted Cruz is a legal Natural Born US Citizen in a lawsuit filed by two New York residents. That and any legal challenges to the ballot was missed by three weeks. As a result, Ted Cruz is on the NY primary ballot.

Explain the $500,000 to Fiorina's campaign then...

 

[squadops]

I said the wall doesn't matter, I didn't say anything about immigration/trafficking or drugs. You're starting to pick up ques from Johnny. Don't fall to his level.

First off no, second off Johnny is fine.

I guess I didn't understand what you were saying, Trump, even being Trump knows better than to simply build a wall and charge Mexico. I don't think he needs to go into the detail you seem to want to get his point across.(at least to his supporters) I believe him as well and I'd never want to see him in office.

 

[CodeRedR51]

I guess I didn't understand what you were saying...

Maybe I should spell it out a bit more so people don't jump down my throat in here anymore, but I thought I was pretty specific by only mentioning the wall.

 

[squadops]

I wasn't trying to jump you, I feel the same way all the time with some of my posts, I'm just trying to converse. Scouts honor.

It's just GTP and the NET in general.

 

[Sanji Himura]

Explain the $500,000 to Fiorina's campaign then...

The answer is quite simple. Keep the Promise PAC is operated by David Barton, a frequent Blaze contributor. A lot of Glenn Beck's appearances on the campaign trail have been at Keep the Promise PAC events, and not at any campaign events. The actual group that donated $500,000 to Carly Fiorina's PAC, Carly for America Cmte, is Keep the Promise 1, which according to Opensecrets.org, originates from Port Jefferson Station, NY. David Barton's Keep the Promise PAC, originates in Texas where Mr. Barton actually lives.

 

[CodeRedR51]

I wasn't trying to jump you, I feel the same way all the time with some of my posts, I'm just trying to converse. Scouts honor.

It's just GTP and the NET in general.

Maybe not, but certainly making it seem like I'm ignorant to the situation. I know the problems down here, I refuse to go hiking in my area because it's too dangerous to traverse the desert with drug runners roaming about. I just think his wall idea is not the answer.

 

[squadops]

I'd venture a guess that the majority in this thread feel the same way.

 

[A2K78]

For once someone with a common sense foriegn policy

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/27/us/politics/donald-trump-foreign-policy.html

WaPo seem to believe that the foreign policy that Trump opposes is exclusives to the GOP...they're wrong as both parties have long embraced. In fact both Wilson and Truman are the brains behind Americas insane foreign policy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...89d688-f046-11e5-89c3-a647fcce95e0_story.html

 

[TenEightyOne]

For once someone with a common sense foriegn policy

Sometimes I think you're the master of irony, if not of spelling.

Where will the US go to balance the oil deficit if Saudi et. al. refuse to acquiesce in Trump's requests? China do good nuclear I guess, but nobody wants to hear Trump say "China" again. Ever.

 

[Dennisch]

Bernie is 3 for 3. Hawaii is also his domain now.

👍

88% counted, 71% v 29%

 

[Tornado]

you guys won't believe what *some op-ed piece no one would have known about if it hadn't been posted in this thread like a bizarre non-sequitur* said about *some viewpoint that even suggests Trump might be wrong about something* this time:

*link that doesn't appear to actually have been read beyond the opening paragraph*

really it's no wonder trump garners so much support when he says things like *whatever Trump happens to have said in the past few days*:

*another link that doesn't appear to actually have been read beyond the first paragraph*

 

[Johnnypenso]

Maybe not, but certainly making it seem like I'm ignorant to the situation. I know the problems down here, I refuse to go hiking in my area because it's too dangerous to traverse the desert with drug runners roaming about. I just think his wall idea is not the answer.

So what is Bernie's answer?

 

[Dennisch]

So what is Bernie's answer?

FREE DRUGS FOR EVERYONE!

 

[Sanji Himura]

Where will the US go to balance the oil deficit if Saudi et. al. refuse to acquiesce in Trump's requests? China do good nuclear I guess, but nobody wants to hear Trump say "China" again. Ever.

We have plenty of oil in our oceans and in Alaska. We could tank OPEC if we wanted to.

 

[TenEightyOne]

We have plenty of oil in our oceans and in Alaska. We could tank OPEC if we wanted to.

Right now? No. The projections for the USA being in net oil profit put that scenario a long way off. Projections that might lead to them "tanking OPEC" are even further away. America imports a lot of crude right now.

 

[Sanji Himura]

Right now? No. The projections for the USA being in net oil profit put that scenario a long way off. Projections that might lead to them "tanking OPEC" are even further away. America imports a lot of crude right now.

Source?

 

[TenEightyOne]

Source?

Here.

 

[Sanji Himura]

Here.

The data is a bit misleading. I'll break it down into two parts.

1. Our most influential energy partner is actually Canada, not Saudi Arabia.

All of OPEC's member countries, of which there are 13 of them, only account for 35% of all oil imports into the US at 3.24 million barrels a day. Of that, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Iraq are our top three importers of OPEC oil at 2.33 million barrels a day (with 1.17 belonging to Saudi Arabia, 0.79 belonging to Venezuela, and 0.37 belonging to Iraq, or rather 13%, 9%, and 4% of all US imports) Canada, on the other hand, exports 37% of their oil to the US, or 3.39 million barrels a day into the US.

Then you might be asking, what about non-OPEC Persian Gulf states? Taking their 1.88 million barrels of oil into account, even if OPEC cuts off production, Canada actually picks up the slack for what ever OPEC leaves behind because they might (I don't want to get caught in a quote trap) increase production to make up the difference.

2. Our production capabilities are increasing.

Please take the time to read the following chart before proceeding:

This is the most recent data on oil production in the US. We produce over 250 million barrels (year over year) over the two sites listed on the chart. As a result, our reliance on foreign oil is becoming more and more like a myth than it is like a strength of our economy. Another factor to consider is that OPEC themselves do not necessarily control the price of oil. They manipulate the futures market, which actually DOES set the price of fuel in the long run. There is not enough data available to me that shows one way or the other that we are actually decreasing our imports of OPEC oil, however, there is enough data available here that shows that regardless of what OPEC does in the future, we do have the reserves necessary to combat this for a while.

 

[Biggles]

I would be surprised if the 2105 figures are not substantially different. The point about Opec oil, especially Saudia Arabia's, is that it is cheap to extract. Canada's oil is dirty & expensive, so although it is theoretically possible for Canada to supply more oil, it's only going to happen at much higher prices.

 

[TenEightyOne]

The data is a bit misleading.

I didn't feel at all misled even on review. You said;

We have plenty of oil in our oceans and in Alaska. We could tank OPEC if we wanted to.

I agreed that eventually the US could become self-sufficient with oil. Right now they're not. The days of them being so are some way off, further off (despite your irrelevant explanation of how OPEC pricing works) are the days when the US "tanks OPEC". The net imports from OPEC are only ordered because they're cheaper overall than imports from Canada.

We produce over 250 million barrels (year over year) over the two sites listed on the chart. As a result, our reliance on foreign oil is becoming more and more like a myth than it is like a strength of our economy.

Yes, the US produces a lot of oil. There's still a net deficit covered by imports though. You will never ever convince me that any country's reliance on foreign oil is a strength of their economy.

 

[squadops]

It's been a political issue here for quite some time, sure it would cost more dollar wise but we're paying another price all together and that has to be considered.

Now quite a few liberals don't want us drilling here at all, they don't want us in war in the middle east either but yet they still want to drive their cars.

Conservatives in general would like to see less trade but not no trade, and we would like to drill and probably wouldn't mind the price if less of our kids died over there.

Opec knows what it costs us to extract, that is why gas is so cheap right now imo.

I think the U.S. is just waiting till x-mas to open the gift

@Dotini I meant to edit this into my post to you but somehow forgot to.

the most liberal - even socialist or, gasp, communist - region in the nation.

You do realize that communists don't care much for democracy or capitalism right? The fear stems from marxism and nazism right? 👍

 

[Sanji Himura]

Trump: "I have no idea whether it was right or not. They [National Enquirer] actually have a very good record of being right. But I have absolutely no idea"

When you’re writing about alien abductions and phony this, phony that, people understand that you’re going for shock value and entertainment.

...

Women linked to the story have already come out and stated that they weren’t Cruz “mistresses,” and even Trump shill Ann Coulter doesn’t believe it’s true.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box...onal-enquirer-has-a-very-good-record-of-being

http://www.youngcons.com/trump-claims-national-enquirer-has-very-good-record-of-being-right/

 

[TenEightyOne]

Trump has blown hot on the Republican pledge, now he's blowing a little colder and leaving a nastier smell than usual. BBC.

My favourite bit of the linked article is where he's told his argument is like that of a five year old and he answers...

Asked by CNN about the dispute, Mr Trump said: "He started it."

CNN presenter Anderson Cooper said: "But, sir, with all due respect, that's the argument of a five-year-old."

"No, it's not," said Mr Trump.

Personally I think that Trump was always going to renege on Da Pledge just as soon as it suited him to do so. That moment is now, another turning point in the strangest Presidential run-up I've ever seen.

 

[Dotini]

Trump has blown hot on the Republican pledge, now he's blowing a little colder and leaving a nastier smell than usual. BBC.

My favourite bit of the linked article is where he's told his argument is like that of a five year old and he answers...



Personally I think that Trump was always going to renege on Da Pledge just as soon as it suited him to do so. That moment is now, another turning point in the strangest Presidential run-up I've ever seen.

Apparently all the GOP candidates are walking back their pledge to support the nominee. In short, GOP still in circular firing squad mode. Couldn't happen to a better bunch of jerks and stuffed shirts. Go Trump!! Bend, crack and break it, yeah!!

 

[TenEightyOne]

Apparently all the GOP candidates are walking back their pledge to support the nominee. In short, GOP still in circular firing squad mode.

Trump is maybe taking time-old advice and refusing to be part of any club that would have him.

 

[squadops]

We shall have Hillary.

 

[CodeRedR51]

We shall have Hillary.

If she doesn't end up in jail.

 

[squadops]

she won't ever see that place.

 

[Biggles]

Apparently all the GOP candidates are walking back their pledge to support the nominee. In short, GOP still in circular firing squad mode. Couldn't happen to a better bunch of jerks and stuffed shirts. Go Trump!! Bend, crack and break it, yeah!!

If you saw the "town hall" last night, Trump lobbed a hand grenade into the middle of the firing squad. When asked what the top 3 priorities of the Federal government should be, he listed security, health care & education, not ... shall we say ... the traditional position of conservatives. He went on to suggest that Japan & South Korea should be allowed to arm themselves with nukes ... as well as Saudia Arabia.

Trump's popularity rather suggests that what the largest chunk of the American "conservative" population actually wants is not libertarian laissez-faire, or fiscal conservatism, or social conservatism, but good old-fashioned, patriarchal, authoritarian nationalism.

 

[Dotini]

If you saw the "town hall" last night, Trump lobbed a hand grenade into the middle of firing squad. When asked what the top 3 priorities of the Federal government should be, he listed security, health care & education, not ... shall we say ... the traditional position of conservatives. He went on to suggest that Japan & South Korea should be allowed to arm themselves with nukes ... as well as Saudia Arabia.

Trump's popularity rather suggests that what the largest chunk of the American "conservative" population actually wants is not libertarian laissez-faire, or fiscal conservatism, or social conservatism, but good old-fashioned, patriarchal, authoritarian nationalism.

All good thoughts.
But what the people really want is money, money that comes from jobs. Good, steady, full time jobs. If they already had that, there would be no prairie fire.