Discussing American politics as civil human beings

10-13-2015

Donald Trump tops the pack today in a Republican presidential primary in Connecticut with 34 percent, his highest score in any Quinnipiac University state poll so far...

Dr. Ben Carson gets 14 percent of Republican primary votes in Connecticut, with 11 percent for Carly Fiorina, 7 percent for U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and 6 percent each for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. No other candidate tops 4 percent, with 9 percent undecided.

Trump tops the GOP "no way" list as 25 percent say they would "definitely not" vote for him, followed by Bush with 22 percent who would not support him.

"Connecticut Republicans apparently want an outsider, as Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina lead the field and get a combined total of 59 percent of the Republican primary vote. Establishment candidates such as Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio are in single digits," said Quinnipiac University Poll Director Douglas Schwartz, PhD.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-...oll/connecticut/release-detail?ReleaseID=2289


Yay! Establishment Repubs continue to take it in the shorts. Yay!

 

I wonder why?

Probably because at this point Trump could shoot Jeb bush point blank on stage, and some would still vote for him. Trying to hard not to vote for the GOP that you vote for the guy who has nearly no thought out policy, rabbles on about everything without making a point, insults anyone who disagrees with him and say he'll learn things "when he's in office".

I wonder why people like him so much, he betrays an arrogant, self-centered ******* with no respect for others or their idea- hey wait a minute

 

"A former investigator for the House Select Committee on Benghazi tells CNN that the committee became a “partisan investigation” meant to target Hillary Clinton.

Major Bradley Podliska, an intelligence officer for the Air Force Reserve fired ten months ago, says that the investigation began as a nonpartisan inquiry into the September 11 attack on the Benghazi consulate. But Podliska claims the committee pulled funding from other lanes of inquiry and changed into a Clinton-focused investigation once they learned of the former Secretary of State’s private email server.”*

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/10/p...itical-hillary-clinton-brad-podliska-lawsuit/

Only in America.

 

Yeah I believe he's portraying himself as anti-establishment as possible with his own funding, rude talk and attitude, and mostly saying how corrupt the system is and how he intends to change it.

I much rather believe a Bernie Sanders who has been doing this Bane Shift his whole life, than a guy who was abusing said system and now all of a sudden feels sorry for everyone. Yeah, right. As I said, trying to sell his brand some more and on the off chance he lands the job, he lands the job.

Perhaps America deserves a Donald Trump to win, just to showcase the difference with Obama. Let them feel what idiots they're voting for. However, it's far more likely they'd blame someone else for their idols mistakes.

 

Regardless, it seems that in the American political system, you gotta get down and dirty. Your policies don't matter nearly as much on their own if you can't slander your opponent. Put them down real good. If it was only in debates or ads, it would be low but manageable.

But using taxpayer money to try and get dirt on other candidates? Utterly pathetic. This coming from the same GOP who will blame Obama for spending too much and keeps saying they'll give taxcuts and stop spending. Stop spending. Stop spending.

Funny how irony works

 

By the way, the democratic debate starts in 10 minutes, right?

 

ah dammit, is there a way to re-watch it later? Don't really feel like staying up until dawn when I have places to be tomorrow

 

Politicians being super nasty as they battle back and forth over politics does NOT happen "only in America." Sorry, but you sound biased and ignorant.

 

Tens of millions of Americans still think Obama knows what he is doing. Dude is an empty suit. And his supporters still blame GW Bush for darn near everythAng. We agree then?

 

You just described how Obama rose to power in Murica. He used all those tactics and more. Are you FURIOUS with him now?

America is digging a MASSIVE financial hole, and continues to do so each and every day. Obama is guilty. Dems are guilty. Repubs are guilty. Corruption to the max.

 

Yeah, the "debate" will start soon. I bet it will not be watched by many. And I deduce that it will be kiddie gloves hour.

 

Oh really. From all the so called 'top civilized countries" no country slanders it's opposising politicians as much as America. It seems your ads are include a huge deal of "X is super bad but Y is wants stuff for you, the real american! vote Y, X hates america" kind of bs. The whole thing Obama had to go through with his birth certificate, the claiming he's a muslim, etc.

I dare you to find a top civilized country where this is the norm. Yes, I use the word norm, because politicians don't defend their own policy. They put down other people's policy and then contrast it to their own. Except they'll quite often go 'ad hominem' while going after the persons policy.

Honestly, it's so contrasting to the standard in Belgium that it's mindblowing that Americans put up with this sort of crap. How people aren't outraged at the amount of lies and false information spread in these ads is beyond me.