Comments on: Trump vs. Walker

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:34:49 +0000

I am disappointed as he was one of my favorites but this season is not for him apparently.

In a real democracy that wouldn’t be necessary, since your second tier vote would be automatically tallied and routed to your second favorite candidate.

In the current system, it’s as if the primary votes for Walker were never counted at all. Those votes may have gone elsewhere and boosted up a different candidate, but when Walker was “excised” for whatever reasons, that manipulates the power balance from on top. You, the voter, don’t get to choose how it gets tipped.

By: Liberty Wolf

Liberty Wolf — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 08:22:21 +0000

I liked Walker, he actually has a record of getting the job done against tremendous odds in Wisconsin. The demonstrations against his reforms were fierce, the left was out for blood. And, he survived a recall, as I remember. However, even with all that success I think he has a charisma deficit. Maybe he can pull it off in the future, he’s still quite young as far as presidential contenders go. I am disappointed as he was one of my favorites but this season is not for him apparently.

I agree Neo that Cruz, Fiorina, Carson and Rubio are the contenders – aside from Trump of course. I would hope at least one of them will rise ahead of the pack. I still think Cruz may come out ahead at some point in the future, but who knows what will happen. I do like them all, and time will tell.

By: Matt_SE

Matt_SE — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 02:58:51 +0000

Trumpkins are fanatics…zealots. It’s not necessarily that they support Trump so much as they are emotionally invested in his success at this point.
It’s not about him, it’s about them.

He’ll keep 20% no matter what. The interesting part comes if one other candidate gets 40%.

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 02:07:39 +0000

Paul A'Barge: Actual, my usage is one of the meanings of the word. See this.

By: Paul A'Barge

Paul A'Barge — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 01:59:06 +0000

…Chris Cillizza’s article on Walker’s dropping out of the race is entitled (sic)…

“titled”. Not “entitled”.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 23:25:50 +0000

There is a line for it, great minds think alike.

By: Cornflour

Cornflour — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 21:02:36 +0000

Neo:

I wrote my comment above, and submitted it a few minutes before you published your post entitled “Hey, I’ve got an idea: how about telling the truth?”

Since we said pretty much the same thing, and even cited the same YouTube video, I obviously wouldn’t have commented here if you’d typed just a little bit faster.

There must be an aphorism that covers this situation. In any event, sorry for the redundant remarks.

By: Mike M

Mike M — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 20:54:57 +0000

Thanks for the link Neo.

In my mind I substituted Bill Clinton, the Archdevil who forever changed the Democrat Poarty to an evil force in America and the World, for Hitler and it works if Obam becomes Hitler circa 1937.

All fascists are the same species, like finches. Different beaks shapes and different islands they live on is all.

Democrats (the thing that used to be no longer exists) are Fascist to a man, woman, and warlock. If they are not stomping on your neck exactly today it is only because they cannot exactly today. But as sure a h*ll they will do it tomorrow.

ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL of them.

No exceptions.

Period.

By: vanderleun

vanderleun — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 20:49:52 +0000

All the birds of the air
fell a-sighing and a-sobbing,
when they heard the bell toll
for poor Cock Robin.

By: Jim Doherty

Jim Doherty — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 20:08:48 +0000

Do not comment here much, mainly a lurker. But I am not worried about Trump. The pollsters predicted the repubs would win 9 senate seats right? That they would gain house seats ?

Nope.

They can hype polls for ratings and they do. No votes have been cast. When it comes down to it, many people might say they support Trump now, but when it comes time to vote, they want to be on the winning side. If Trump cant convince folks that he can win the general, he will lose, big. Sure he will get 25% in Iowa, then 20% in New Hampsire, then that will be that.