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Darryl1958
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Only if he wins. Otherwise everything he spent might has well have been squandered on the **** tables in Vegas for all the good it will have done.
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Monkey1976
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Just like the $230 million Ms. Clinton spent in 2008.
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pete_29
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How do you get to post hateful comments and get away with it? I’ve gotten in trouble for less.
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ATeNumquam
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We have been involved in other conflicts that you have started.
But I was thinking more about the effects that Trump’s trade policies would have on us. I call that skin in the game.
Definition (from ProgrammerInterview.com) :
“If someone is said to have some “skin in the game”, it usually means that person has something to lose (whether it’s some form of ownership, money, property, or just respect) in a given situation – and that situation is usually something business related”.
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Crossbones
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I seem to remember every Republican candidate in one of the debates saying they would put on the ground and that would be in Syria. So, it’s not such a far-fetched idea that it will happen under a Republican President. After all, who would have thought that Bush would get the US into the quagmire of Iraq and yet he did.
So, I take issue with people with no skin in the game insisting that the US should take a course of action that will cost American lives and fortune but are saying this from some foreign country that certainly will do their best to cut and run the first chance they get if they become involved at all.
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Crossbones
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I think worrying about trade policies is reasonable and I can certainly see why you would care for that. I think I explain myself in the post above this one.
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GaryTaylor
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11-million in 12 hours, that didn’t take long. 
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tomarin
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He doesn’t make me uncomfortable anymore, he just makes me laugh (unintentionally on his part).
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grotto
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We get it. You have been heard so you can quit letting everyone know your feelings.
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tomarin
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Sorry I didn’t mean to offend. Last comment: I was going to add, I don’t actually disagree with all of his statements and positions he advocates, I just don’t think he’s in any way shape or form conservative. I’ll bow out now.
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haljoseph
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Opinion would include the polls I feel. Polls should be eliminated as many are opinions of a minimum of 400 people. I simply can not see the accuracy of polls and choose to ignore them. ANY OPINIONS ON POLLS???
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Peter_J
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You can see the accuracy of a poll if you read its footnotes. Whether you do so or not doesn’t have any bearing on the discussion.
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ManOnFire
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Muslims are not a race and illegal immigrants are not a race. How does the unelected billionaire-owned media claim Trump is a racist?
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Mulligan2
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Are you suggesting that Mr. Trump reading lies from a teleprompter are all it takes to get Republican donors to open their wallets?11-million in 12 hours, that didn’t take long.
His speech was full of lies: wwltv.com/news/nation-now/fact-check-trumps-attack-on-clintons-character-np/253737000
And he is already backtracking: rawstory.com/2016/06/trump-quickly-backtracks-on-clintons-emails-i-think-i-read-that-and-i-heard-it/
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Crossbones
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I find them interesting as a math problem. Statistically, a well-chosen random sample can give a good picture on the population at large. That said, the biggest failure of modern polls have been changes in technology and demographics along with an inability to predict who will actually come out to vote (no matter what the sample says). In recent years, we have seen issues with failure to call cell phone users in survey and hence, undersampling young voters. A new issue is surveying in English where many new immigrants do not speak English.
The big thing I’ve noticed so far is a disconnect between the national polls, that are showing Clinton with a 5-6 point lead and state polls in swing states that do not correlate with the national polls. Quinnipiac and PPP have shown a much closer race in Ohio. Pennslyvania than one might expect based on national polls. That said, Quinnipiac showed Clinton with a lead in Florida in line with national polls and PPP had a NC poll that seems to better align with national polls (Trump up by 2 which is the same that Romney won by in 2012, when Obama won nationally by 4 points).
I wouldn’t get especially excited by the polls until August.
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larsont7
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Polls are unnecessary. Apparently one guy has already figured it out (note this article is from February before the primaries were decided):
usnews.com/news/articles/2016-02-26/trump-will-become-president-statistical-model-says
Of course, you can go with the school who has predicted every election correctly since 1975 - Western Illinois:
mediaite.com/print/guess-who-wins-the-presidency-according-to-school-with-100-prediction-history/
It doesn’t really matter - Hillary, Bernie, or Donald. They’re all one and the same. The only One Who will save this country/world is Jesus Christ through His blessed Mother and His Holy Catholic Church.
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Moro_Rock
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Alternatively, whenever bigoted comments are made against Catholics, we should be able to claim racism
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander
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_Abyssinia
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Although a different issue, I think there are questions about the accuracy and reliability of polls when you look at what happened with various EU referendum polls and how they turned out to not be reflecting reality of what has happened with the voting. This article was posted three days ago, and it talks of the possibility of “shy leavers” not wanting to tell pollsters because being associated with Nigel Farage (by the way I did not like that immigration poster that Nigel Farage stood behind, but I’m not going to go into that too
much), and as I think I heard on Fox News, perhaps from host Steve Doocy, a similar sort of thing could be happening with Trump, where people don’t want to tell pollsters they would vote for him, and therefore polls might be understating his support.
much), and as I think I heard on Fox News, perhaps from host Steve Doocy, a similar sort of thing could be happening with Trump, where people don’t want to tell pollsters they would vote for him, and therefore polls might be understating his support.
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Thorolfr
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After a momentous event like Britain’s vote to leave the EU, what does Trump think:
“I think it’s a great thing that happened. People are angry, all over the world. People, they’re angry…
"When the pound goes down, more people are coming to Turnberry [Trump’s golf course], frankly. For traveling and for other things, I think it very well could turn out to be a positive.”
He’s thinking, of course, of himself and his golf course and how much more money he’s going to make.
And when asked a few weeks ago about Brexit by reporter Michael Wolff:
Trump: “Huh?”
Michael Wolff: “Brexit”
Trump: “Hmm”
Michael Wolff: “The Brits leaving the E.U.”
Trump: “Oh yeah, I think they should leave”
It’s so reassuring to have a person that is so knowledgeable about foreign affairs, such a profound thinker, as the nominee for one of our two major parties.
“I think it’s a great thing that happened. People are angry, all over the world. People, they’re angry…
"When the pound goes down, more people are coming to Turnberry [Trump’s golf course], frankly. For traveling and for other things, I think it very well could turn out to be a positive.”
He’s thinking, of course, of himself and his golf course and how much more money he’s going to make.
And when asked a few weeks ago about Brexit by reporter Michael Wolff:
Trump: “Huh?”
Michael Wolff: “Brexit”
Trump: “Hmm”
Michael Wolff: “The Brits leaving the E.U.”
Trump: “Oh yeah, I think they should leave”
It’s so reassuring to have a person that is so knowledgeable about foreign affairs, such a profound thinker, as the nominee for one of our two major parties.
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