Comments on: Today I Have To Comment On The Primaries https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/today-i-have-to-comment-on-the-primaries-13378/ The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Tue, 04 Jul 2023 10:54:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: spawn777 https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/today-i-have-to-comment-on-the-primaries-13378/#comment-29330 Wed, 11 May 2016 07:18:15 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=13378#comment-29330 I think it’s worth throwing in that this isn’t just America that this is happening in. While most of it has manifested as a re-emergence of right-wing race-baiting ultra-nationalist nut-jobs, it has also emerged on the left, empowering folks fighting the uphill battle against greed-at-all-costs, wars-for-profit, and environmental destruction. Not just Bernie, but also intra-party selection Jeremy Corbyn in the UK, dark horse victor in the election to lead his minority party. I think right about now, both side of the drink are wishing they had never opened up their primaries to the general public (even when limited to just their members).

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By: Sam38g https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/today-i-have-to-comment-on-the-primaries-13378/#comment-29303 Sat, 07 May 2016 20:39:44 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=13378#comment-29303 I think the Republicans let Trump run for their President candidate counting on him dropping out like he has before & just keeping all his money & fame for their coffers. Hence why they made each candidate swear that they would support the other candidate if they didn’t win the parties nomination. They did that to make sure Trump wouldn’t turn on them & run as an Independent when he didn’t get the numbers behind him early on. But he flipped the script on them and now they are stuck with him. They have no control over him what-so-ever.
Over 70% of what the Republican candidates say should have been career ending statements, especially Trump.
I was a Republican until they turned on women with trying to get Planned Parenthood shut down.
Hillary is just as manipulative as Trump. There are NO good guys or gals in politics, they weed those out early in the game and they never reach Washington level politics
Only one since leaving office has tried to make the world a better place is Carter, but from what I remember wasn’t that great of a President.

Debating what one says over another is a mute point, cause they change their opinions based upon what they think the audience wants to hear. Would be interesting to see what campaign promises are actually achieved once in office statistically.

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By: CrunkleSchwitz https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/today-i-have-to-comment-on-the-primaries-13378/#comment-29223 Thu, 05 May 2016 16:39:04 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=13378#comment-29223 Trump is a piece of egolistical shit. Fuck ’em

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By: joeschmoe https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/today-i-have-to-comment-on-the-primaries-13378/#comment-29201 Thu, 05 May 2016 02:32:54 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=13378#comment-29201 In reply to rawalex.

Rawalex…..There will be only one person to vote for in the rest of the states… so Trump will get all the remaining delegates as far as I know. He will have his majority now without question.

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By: Karmafan https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/today-i-have-to-comment-on-the-primaries-13378/#comment-29200 Thu, 05 May 2016 00:25:00 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=13378#comment-29200 In reply to rawalex.

History has taught us that the person going for President will often chose someone to offset the demographic they are weak in. Like Kennedy choosing Johnson as his VP.

Trump will have to choose a running mate from the South or Southwest or perhaps a woman? Kasich and Christie are just too similar to Trump (demographic wise).

On the other side it would be nice if Hillary Chose Elizabeth Warren. She is smart and actually a better President then Hillary is going to be. Maybe she will reach out to Bernie and offer him to be her VP?

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By: rawalex https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/today-i-have-to-comment-on-the-primaries-13378/#comment-29199 Thu, 05 May 2016 00:08:40 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=13378#comment-29199 “While I did expect Cruz to lose in Indiana, pretty much sealing his fate I did not expect him to quit. Now trump is the Republican nominee. All the Republican scheming to deprive him of it have fallen to the wayside, there won’t be a contested convention, Trump is the nominee.”

Actually, there is still a very strong possiblity that Trump gets to the convention with not enough delegates, and someone else gets drafted. He is the presumptive nominee, but the Republican part tends to eat it’s own for dinner, so you never know.

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By: LurkingReader https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/today-i-have-to-comment-on-the-primaries-13378/#comment-29198 Wed, 04 May 2016 22:01:27 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=13378#comment-29198 In reply to MikeSouth.

Christie put dibs on the AG spot….works to enhance his appeal down the road since his post 9/11 stuff wasn’t enough to carry him anywhere this time and gives Trump someone with credible experience for the position while it left door open for last minute delegate wrangling for the then looming contested convention. I’d agree that Trump might go with Kasich and NFW to Cruz.

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By: MikeSouth https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/today-i-have-to-comment-on-the-primaries-13378/#comment-29197 Wed, 04 May 2016 21:36:32 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=13378#comment-29197 In reply to joeschmoe.

I could see trump asking Kasich for sure Cruz no way….

Chris Christie (NJ guv) has already whored himself for the position, all but offering Trump a blowjob for it but I dont see trump going there

To me the most awesome move would be if he picked sanders but I realize that is unlikely but boy would that send a message and boost Trumps base big time. He would have to spin it by saying that whatever bernies faults, socialist blah blah that he too is a move away from politics as usual…fun as that would be it wont happen

I am 100% with you on the message that the voters sent to both parties … this may be the most interesting election of my lifetime….

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By: joeschmoe https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/today-i-have-to-comment-on-the-primaries-13378/#comment-29196 Wed, 04 May 2016 21:00:15 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=13378#comment-29196 I wouldnt be surprised of he makes Kasich the VP … it won’t be Cruz they really truly hate each other’s guts and no way they could work together….. maybe the NJ governor….

It’s been quite the ride to watch. One thing this should remind everyone is…. the people can make a difference if they get off their asses and cast ballots…. the scores of people who are sick of politics and don’t care or don’t vote go out and put Trump on top, and gave Sanders a huge wave of support that will lead to Hillary having to adopt some of his policies in order to court them for the general election.

Votes matter everyone; they really do. Trump’s place in this race , whether you like it or not, shows that people can upset the establishment if they get off their asses and stop whining and cast a ballot. Trump figured that out and pandered to those people; Jeb Bush did not and he disappeared like a fart in the wind.

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By: Toby https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/today-i-have-to-comment-on-the-primaries-13378/#comment-29195 Wed, 04 May 2016 20:38:11 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=13378#comment-29195 In reply to Karmafan.

Trump will go there, he won’t be able to resist, but it won’t likely have much impact. It’s all old news. Anyone that would be swayed by those statements isn’t a Hillary supporter anyway.

Really it all comes down to one thing. Are there more non-GOP voters that hate Hillary enough to vote Trump than there are non-DEM voters that hate Trump enough to vote Hillary. Given the recent past electoral college history, Trump has a taller task ahead than does Hillary.

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