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« Reply #1275 on: July 20, 2016, 09:28:41 PM »

The "if" is unnecessary here
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« Reply #1276 on: July 20, 2016, 09:29:07 PM »

Or plants.
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« Reply #1277 on: July 20, 2016, 09:30:25 PM »
Ladies and gentlemen, Ted has left the building.
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« Reply #1278 on: July 20, 2016, 09:30:38 PM »

Well, they were pissed. And they wanted revenge. At any cost, I guess.
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« Reply #1279 on: July 20, 2016, 09:31:03 PM »
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Ladies and gentlemen, Ted has left the building.

I guess, he has some booing to arrange for tomorrow.
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« Reply #1280 on: July 20, 2016, 09:31:09 PM »
Newt is putting people into a fear-coma. They'll be too scared to leave the house to go vote in November.
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« Reply #1281 on: July 20, 2016, 09:31:34 PM »
I can't wait to read every book they write about this election.
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« Reply #1282 on: July 20, 2016, 09:31:44 PM »
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« Reply #1283 on: July 20, 2016, 09:31:53 PM »
Do you really think that anyone on the Trump team had to whip up any true partisan?

Cruz built up this speech to end up with an endorsement and then turned WWE villain. He has balls, but what do you think was going to happen?
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« Reply #1284 on: July 20, 2016, 09:32:11 PM »

Idiocy!
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« Reply #1285 on: July 20, 2016, 09:32:49 PM »
At this point it may be prudent for Romney, Kasich, Bush and other Republicans to endorse Johnson. Why?

Simple.

Endorsing Johnson will prevent Trump from winning, and avoid the incoming decimation of the GOP. Clinton will become POTUS, GOP wins 2018 midterms and set themselves up for redistricting in 2020, securing the next decade in the House. Electing Trump will mean massive losses in 2018 and 2020, to a point where I'm not certain the GOP will be able to regain footing given demographic trends.

They could make the endorse as an attempt to protect the country from Trump and Clinton. Endorsing him may be enough to get him on the debate stage if not win a state.
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« Reply #1286 on: July 20, 2016, 09:34:01 PM »
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At this point it may be prudent for Romney, Kasich, Bush and other Republicans to endorse Johnson. Why?

Simple.

Endorsing Johnson will prevent Trump from winning, and avoid the incoming decimation of the GOP. Clinton will become POTUS, GOP wins 2018 midterms and set themselves up for redistricting in 2020, securing the next decade in the House. Electing Trump will mean massive losses in 2018 and 2020, to a point where I'm not certain the GOP will be able to regain footing given demographic trends.

They could make the endorse as an attempt to protect the country from Trump and Clinton. Endorsing him may be enough to get him on the debate stage if not win a state.

Kasich still thinks in terms of a political future. But, yeah, the rest of them have nothing to lose and everything to gain from going for Johnson.
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« Reply #1287 on: July 20, 2016, 09:34:18 PM »
Looks like Newt knows that Republicans are often the most electorally successful when the electorate is scared sh*tless.
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« Reply #1288 on: July 20, 2016, 09:35:19 PM »
Quote from: RJEvans on July 20, 2016, 09:32:49 PM
At this point it may be prudent for Romney, Kasich, Bush and other Republicans to endorse Johnson. Why?

Simple.

Endorsing Johnson will prevent Trump from winning, and avoid the incoming decimation of the GOP. Clinton will become POTUS, GOP wins 2018 midterms and set themselves up for redistricting in 2020, securing the next decade in the House. Electing Trump will mean massive losses in 2018 and 2020, to a point where I'm not certain the GOP will be able to regain footing given demographic trends.

They could make the endorse as an attempt to protect the country from Trump and Clinton. Endorsing him may be enough to get him on the debate stage if not win a state.

I kind of expect Jeb to endorse Johnson, maybe Romney as well. Not like they have any political future to care about anymore and they would be endorsing a pair of former GOP governors.
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« Reply #1289 on: July 20, 2016, 09:35:47 PM »
Quote from: Human on July 20, 2016, 09:19:32 PM
Eric just gave a beautiful speech.

And precisely no one will be talking about it tomorrow. We have the defining moment of the convention, barring Trump saying something unprecedentedly crazy even by his standards tomorrow night.
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« Reply #1290 on: July 20, 2016, 09:36:17 PM »
Trump sure knows how to pick some incongruous music, with The Who's "Eminence Front" now playing.
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« Reply #1291 on: July 20, 2016, 09:38:01 PM »
Cruz is seen as an ultimate traitor and sellout to the conservative movement. Mrs Cruz had to be removed from the building.
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« Reply #1292 on: July 20, 2016, 09:40:27 PM »
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« Reply #1293 on: July 20, 2016, 09:40:51 PM »
https://twitter.com/DylanByers/status/755953672928960512

"From @DanaBashCNN: Some people on donor suite level so angry at @tedcruz they called him disgrace to his face; one man had to be restrained…"
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« Reply #1294 on: July 20, 2016, 09:41:13 PM »
Paul Ryan can actually introduce Mike Pence with enthusiasm.
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« Reply #1295 on: July 20, 2016, 09:41:43 PM »
Quote from: Oak Hills on July 20, 2016, 09:41:13 PM
Paul Ryan can actually introduce Mike Pence with enthusiasm.

True.
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« Reply #1296 on: July 20, 2016, 09:42:02 PM »
Quote from: xīngkěrú on July 20, 2016, 09:34:18 PM
Looks like Newt knows that Republicans are often the most electorally successful when the electorate is scared sh*tless.

Of all the terrorists attacks he mentioned, only Orlando actually occurred in the United States.  Gingrich literally wants the United States to be the police officer to the world.
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« Reply #1297 on: July 20, 2016, 09:42:29 PM »
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« Reply #1298 on: July 20, 2016, 09:42:50 PM »
Gingrich is the best example I can think of of the Dunning-Kruger effect in politics.
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« Reply #1299 on: July 20, 2016, 09:43:10 PM »
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That swerve.
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