2016 Presidential General Election Thread

[Disco King]

Originally Posted by scottytheoneand

George Bush regularly spoke in spanish. He gave speaches in spanish while campaigning for both the presidency and governor. And he got a lot of Latino votes. no Dems ever called him pandering for it.

you would think it should be required for someone running for governor of Texas

Wasn't Bush also one of the Republicans who wanted to provide a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, only to get shut down by his party?

[reprise85]

shit bitch, poots you can get watermelons for $2.99 at aldi

[reprise85]

i haven't seen a seeded watermelon in years

unless you count those bitch white/translucent seeds. fuck those.

[reprise85]

for real though, watermelon precut from publix tastes like mana from the heavens

watermelon from aldi tastes like watery melon

[reprise85]

my digestion is pretty top notch. 50g of fiber a day minimum. usually get it 90% of the time #wholewheat #beans #vegetables #unnecessaryhashtags

[Disco King]

Originally Posted by Poots

ding ding ding! we have a winner! establishment presidential candidate man/woman wants tons of super cheap labor to flood the workforce! nothing to see here! happens all the time! You like $6.00 watermelons? Then shut the fuck up!

Lol what

You have more inexpensive labour when you keep them illegal because they will work for pretty much anything and you can pay them under the table and don't have to follow wage laws.

It's not like undocumented immigrants in the States aren't working already.

[Disco King]

Sometimes we get some watermelon with seeds, and it's usually better than the seedless stuff. More of that crisp, slightly grainy texture. A lot of those seedless watermelon are like fucking cucumber or something.

[Disco King]

Yeah unless you're an infant or perhaps really old, I don't see any realistic danger of choking on a watermelon seed. I don't get people who spit them out. Especially in front of me when I'm trying to enjoy my own slice. But that's probably my easily-disgusted Republican brain talking.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

what? do you eat the seeds?

[Cool As Ice Cream]

Originally Posted by Poots

politics forum now watermelon forum! suck the juice scotty! suckk it and smile!

yay!

[redbreegull]

I have things to contribute

1) watermelons are like over 90% water, there is no nutritional or digestive value beyond drinkin a glass of dang agua (lo siento, el pandering?)

2) when the seeds are small, soft, and pale they are generally ok to eat. I wouldn't eat a fully formed big black one tho

[redbreegull]

btw watermelon en español is sandía

[MyOneAndOnly]

there you go pandering

[redbreegull]

tbh I think why Kaine speaking Spanish seems so dumb is because his accent is so gringo

there are few things more embarrassing than watching a white person speak spanish with a straight english accent

[MyOneAndOnly]

Trump quotes by Zapp Brannigan

https://imgur.com/gallery/9tXrp

[redbreegull]

guys look at the new rigged polls

[The Omega Concern]

yah, what a coincidence. Internet gets flooded with all kinds of info on the rigged polls and how patently obvious it is and looky here: Reuters says the race is back within their margin of error (3%). At least they were smart enough to CYA.

[redbreegull]

it must suck




(RCP)


to be so dumb




(HuffPo)


that you think math is a conspiracy




(electionprojection)

[redbreegull]

or so desperate you have to invent excuses why you are going to lose before it even happens. trump nation, ladies and gentleman. the nation of losers

[fuzzyroes]

@RBG: You're such a hypocrite dude.

When Trump pulled ahead after the convention you ranted and raved about not understanding polling at all, and now that Clintons got her "convention boost" you're over the moon about the polling.

Clintons gonna be a clusterfuck, and I seriously worry for the country.

[redbreegull]

Originally Posted by fuzzyroes

@RBG: You're such a hypocrite dude.

When Trump pulled ahead after the convention you ranted and raved about not understanding polling at all, and now that Clintons got her "convention boost" you're over the moon about the polling.

Clintons gonna be a clusterfuck, and I seriously worry for the country.

Well this is the week after the week after so what is happening now, a sustained surge, is more meaningful. Again, see not understanding polling.

But I'm more commenting on the insistence that Trump's failure to balance the Clinton surge can only be the work of rigging. That's straight denial.

and probably not, Clinton is just going to continue Obama's policies for the most part

[reprise85]

I don't get the omg she'll ruin the country stance. She may not be personally likeable and she may have some questionable dealings with organizations of various types, and have done some stupid shit like the email server, but she's clearly qualified to lead.

[fuzzyroes]

have you looked at her foreign policy record? She doesn't have a clue.

[fuzzyroes]

And I think Trumps got a point with the rigging concerns... But even if it's not rigged, the medias doing everything they possibly can in order to try and bury the guy.

Did anyone see that Pakistani guy who spoke at the DNC with the super broken English? Guy went on stage with his wife and was being a total dick, acting all presumptuous and sarcastic. The wife was up on stage with him and didn't even say a single word. So Trump simply points out that it was kind of odd for someone to go up on stage to the podium and not even say a word and the media buries him. "How dare he say anything back against the guy being a dick!!! His kid died in the military!!!"

It's unbelievable really.

[redbreegull]

She is a rational actor and an intelligent policy wonk, and that is what I am voting for.

note that fuzzyroes has previously said he likes obama and justin trudeau. his opinion is not based on policy whatsoever

[fuzzyroes]

I said I like Obama? I think he seems like a cool guy and did a decent enough job, but I'm not a fan.

[redbreegull]

but you like the Canadian PM who is just like Obama but more liberal huh

[redbreegull]

let me guess he just seems awesome and is a boss

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by fuzzyroes

And I think Trumps got a point with the rigging concerns... But even if it's not rigged, the medias doing everything they possibly can in order to try and bury the guy.

Did anyone see that Pakistani guy who spoke at the DNC with the super broken English? Guy went on stage with his wife and was being a total dick, acting all presumptuous and sarcastic. The wife was up on stage with him and didn't even say a single word. So Trump simply points out that it was kind of odd for someone to go up on stage to the podium and not even say a word and the media buries him. "How dare he say anything back against the guy being a dick!!! His kid died in the military!!!"

It's unbelievable really.

his english wasn't broken - he has an accent. I bet you wouldn't call someone with a thick european accent of any type as having broken english. and i'd be a bit mad and exasperated if a presidential candidate wanted to put people of my faith on a registry like fucking jews in ww2 germany

she went up there with her husband, who spoke. that's not odd at all. and trump said several times that she "had nothing to say" instead of actually responding to the dude who, yes, had a son who died in combat and was showing how muslim americans are still americans and muslim american families sacrifice just like other american families in times of war. any other candidate would have acknowledged the man but instead trump attacks his wife and says he sacrificed too by building things.

it's like you're on another planet

[reprise85]

and the media fucking made donald trump the republican candidate by reporting on him constantly. hilarious how now doing the same thing they are trying to tank him. all they are doing is showing him being him. his bullshit just doesn't go over as well in a general election as it did in the republican primary